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Department of Education
National Capital Region
Schools Division Office of Caloocan City
MARIA CLARA HIGH SCHOOL
Maria Clara St. cor. 8th Avenue, Bgy. 109, Grace Park, Caloocan City

CATCH-UP FRIDAYS – March 22, 2024

National Reading Program Material in Mathematics 9
Intervention and Enhancement

Objectives:
• To prepare the environment a`nd learners for the reading session
• To engage in uninterrupted reading.
• To assess progress, address reading issues, build relationships, and reflect experiences.

Preparation:
Deep breathing exercises to prepare students for a reading mindset.

Dedicated Reading Time:

Stay focused on reading the text

A Special Triangle, by Ayesha Saleem

Isis is a triangle and her friend, Trinity, is a triangle who is also a conjoined twin. She is
conjoined with her brother and together they are an equilateral triangle, which has three
congruent sides and angles. About two weeks ago, Trinity and her brother underwent a
rigorous surgery to get separated from one another. They had to stay in the hospital for a little
over a week so that the doctors could keep an eye on their recovery. The siblings were allowed
to go home yesterday, and today Isis and Trinity went to the park to hang out. Isis wanted to
see how her best friend was and how she looks now that she is not connected to her brother by
one side.
They met at a local park where they used to go to a lot when they were younger. Isis was
so shocked at how differently Trinity looked. She was so happy that she has been recovering
well and that she is happy with the surgery. Trinity brought along a measuring tape and a
protractor. She wanted Isis to help her measure her sides and angles since she didn’t know
what their measurements were anymore.
Isis wanted to start by measuring her sides, so they started with Trinity’s base. They
measured in across the bottom to be one foot long. Then they measured her hypotenuse,
which was two feet long. Now they had to measure her height. They measured it and it came
out to be a weird, decimal number. So, to be more exact, they decided to use the formula,
a2+b2=c2, to find the last length. They found that Trinity’s height was √3 feet. They found this by
doing the following:
a2+b2=c2

a2+12=22
a2+1-1=4-1

√a2=√3

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Department of Education
National Capital Region
Schools Division Office of Caloocan City
MARIA CLARA HIGH SCHOOL
Maria Clara St. cor. 8th Avenue, Bgy. 109, Grace Park, Caloocan City

a=√3
Next, they moved on to measuring her angles. They stared with the angle made between
her height and base. They used the protractor and measured that it was a 90o angle, or a right
angle. Then they measured her bottom right angle and found it to be 60o. Since Isis couldn’t
reach up to the last angle at the top of Trinity, they decided to do it mathematically. They
already knew that all triangles have three angles that will always add up to a total of 180o. They
found that the last angle is 30o by doing the following:

90+60+x=180

150-150+x=180-150
x=30
After doing all the measuring, they discovered that Trinity is now a Special, 30-60-90,
Triangle. Trinity was so surprised; she didn’t think that she deserved to be a Special Triangle!
Isis congratulated her and she was happy for her best friend. Trinity suggested that they
measure Isis and maybe that she is also a Special Triangle, but Isis said she already knew that
she was an Isosceles Triangle, meaning she had to equal sides and two equal angles. Isis was
fine with being an Isosceles Triangle and Trinity was happy to find out that she was a Special,
30-60-90, Triangle.

Process Monitoring through Reflection and Sharing:

The teacher will facilitate the discussion:

1. Engage students with real-life examples or visual aids to illustrate the concept.
2. Guide students in identifying patterns or relationships among the angles and sides of
the triangle.
3. Encourage students to apply their understanding of the triangle's properties to solve
problems.
4. How do the properties of the special triangle relate to other geometric concepts
you've learned??

Prepared by:

Cheryl M. Asia, Ph.D.

Master Teacher I

Address: Ma. Clara St. cor. 8th Avenue, Bgy. 109, Grace Park, Caloocan City
Telephone No.: 8633-4522
Email Address: mariaclarahighschoolcaloocan@gmail.com
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
National Capital Region
Schools Division Office of Caloocan City
MARIA CLARA HIGH SCHOOL
Maria Clara St. cor. 8th Avenue, Bgy. 109, Grace Park, Caloocan City

Address: Ma. Clara St. cor. 8th Avenue, Bgy. 109, Grace Park, Caloocan City
Telephone No.: 8633-4522
Email Address: mariaclarahighschoolcaloocan@gmail.com