PG PLT 12/14/16

We talked about our plans for RTI as we finish the semester.  We talked about finals.  We talked about course recommendations.

PG PLT 12/7/2016

We talked about our pace as we finish the end of semester.  We talked about changing where the label of a point is on the 4.2 test.  We did referrals for 4.2.

PG PLT 11/30/16

We did new referrals for RTI for standard 4.1.  We talked about our pacing for the rest of the semester.  We should be able to do referrals for 4.2 next Wednesday.

PG PLT 11/16/16

We talked about our pacing for the rest of the semester.  We will do RTI referrals for the 4.1 standard on 11/30/16.  We talked about giving benchmark test for math practice standard #3 after unit 5.  We also started creating the post test for the math practice standard #4 that we will give next year.

PG PLT 11/9/2016

We talked about our pace for unit 4.  We did our placements for unit 3 RTI.  We will make referrals for Nov 30th for all or part of unit 4.  This might mean splitting up the unit 4 test by standard.

PG PLT 11/2/16

We talked about our timeline.  We talked about the next unit: Triangles and Transformations.  We will be making unit 3 RTI referrals next week.

PG PLT 10/26/2016

We talked about our timeline for unit 3.  We entered our pre-assessment data for the Mathematical Practice #3 into the 2016-2017 Plane Geometry Results spreadsheet.  We then worked on some formative assessments.

PG PLT 10/19/2016

We used a common rubric to score the pre-test of our mathematical practice #3 common question.
We also discussed our time line.

PG PLT 10/12/16

We talked about our timeline for the course.  We also worked on RTI referrals.

PG PLT 9/28/2016

We talked about our schedule for unit 2.  We will be making new RTI recommendations Oct 12.

PG PLT 9/21/16

We talked about our timeline for unit 2 and worked on RTI placements for unit 1.

PG PLT Meeting 9/14/16

We talked about our timeline and will be making RTI  recommendations next week.  We worked on creating questions to be implemented next year for Math practice #4:  Modeling with Mathematics.

PG PLT Meeting 9/7/2016

We worked on our three questions for testing mathematical practice #3.  We also discussed our timeline for unit 1.

PG PLT Meeting 8/31/16

We talked about mathematical practice #3 and decided to do the pretest for it during unit 2.  We picked the second question to do mid-year.  We created the third question to give near the end of the school year and talked about the rubric.

PG PLT Meeting 8/24/16

We discussed our timeline.  We discussed the rubric for the Mathematical Practice Standard #3:  Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.  Then we created a question to test the standard.

PG PLT Meeting 8/17/16

We reviewed our PLT goals that were set at the end of last year based on recommendations from Audrey.  We talked about how kids will get assigned to RTI.  Amanda will share retake packets with us.  Download them to microsoft office so we can have good math formatting.  We also discussed union and intersection as the topics they will struggle with the most in unit 1.  For our next meeting, come with an idea of where you are pacing-wise in unit 1.

PG PLT Meeting 8/11/16

We set our retake testing policy.  We made sure our syllabi were the same and uploaded them to the MW Math shared folder.

PG PLT Meeting 5/11/16

We looked at the final exam and linked questions to standards. We were chose to add questions for some standards and reduce the number for others.  Modifications were made accordingly.

The RTI specialist updated us on progress.

PG PLT Meeting 4/20/16

We discussed the new grading policy and how it will effect our practices.

We used data to determine who should be referred to RTI. Some will be referred this week and others will be referred next week. The RTI specialist updated us on the progress of students.

We looked at our final exam reviews to make sure we have interactive versions of assessments for each unit. We have at least one for each unit on Socrative. We also decided to explore a new interactive assessment site, Quizlet Live, at our next meeting.

PG PLT Meeting 4/13/16

We compared timelines. All should be ready to assess at least the first 2 standards of unit 8 next week. The third standard will most likely be assessed separately. We talked about and shared projects that could be used to review area.

Progress of RTI students was discussed.

PG PLT Meeting 4/6/16

We compared timelines. Most will not be ready to assess for another two weeks. We decided it would be a good idea to assess standards 8/1 and 8.2 together, then assess standard 8.3 separately.

The RTI specialist updated us on the progress of students.

PG PLT Meeting 3/23/16

The PLT specialist updated us on the progress of students. Data was used to assign more students for standard 7.3.

Timelines for unit 8 were shared. Websites and activities were shared as well.

March 15^th               (Area of irregular shapes)         Area of irregular shape from vertices   http://www.analyzemath.com/Geometry_calculators/irregular_polygon_area.html

March 18^th               (Area of a triangle)                   Examples of finding area of a triangle http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/TriangleExplorer/

April 21^st                  (Area of a parallelogram)          Illustration of base/height on par. needed for area http://www.mathopenref.com/parallelogramarea.html

                                (Area of a kite)                         How kite formula relates to rect. Formula http://tube.geogebra.org/student/m14644

April 27^th                  (Area of a trapezoid)                 Determine the size of the trapezoid behind the (hockey) net http://i.imgur.com/mcGboji.png

April 29^th                  (Area of a circle)                       Visual proof of circumference and area formulas http://tube.geogebra.org/student/m279

                                                                                Validating area of a circle http://www.mathopenref.com/circlearea.html

May 1^st                     (Area of a sector)                      Exploring a sector http://www.mathopenref.com/arcsector.html

May 8^th                     (Area from subtracting)            Example of square with four circles inside https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBUOvl0DpWE

                                (Areas of different shapes)        Stained glass window examples

                                                 https://www.google.com/search?q=stained+glass+windows&rlz=1C1GPCK_enUS439US439&espv=2&biw=1680&bih=949&tbm=isch&imgil=PE4FOhYWkIa-5M%253A%253BfKevfEkbwulZKM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fen.wikipedia.org%25252Fwiki%25252FStained_glass&source=iu&pf=m&fir=PE4FOhYWkIa-5M%253A%252CfKevfEkbwulZKM%252C_&usg=__o5dp3fPbx1LCrKE1Jwoyt9B8Wu8%3D&ved=0CCsQyjc&ei=wrNMVa_OGsOzyAT-qYG4Bg#tbm=isch&tbs=rimg%3ACba-cK-VkjYeIjh42Un6tryRf8rN-heKWV-Un_1Hlwya4AH1R0K4qcfhhPhAlA_1wlsnSobqu_10LByrCL151YrospuxioSCXjZSfq2vJF_1EXWtwfH2FUD_1KhIJys36F4pZX5QRdWE98fWA99cqEgmf8eXDJrgAfREMwgFxzOtOAioSCVHQripx-GE-EUg4w9fH267DKhIJECUD_1CWydKgRC0eGVqx8yi8qEgluq7_1QsHKsIhGpjUzbhuO0JyoSCfXnViuiym7GEZsJMZo35kch&q=stained%20glass%20windows&imgdii=tr5wr5WSNh5knM%3A%3Btr5wr5WSNh5knM%3A%3Bbqu_0LByrCLMKM%3A

April 13^th                  (Area of irregular shapes)         Any shape constructed by selecting corner points  http://www.sketchandcalc.com/

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PG PLT Meeting 3/16/16

The PLT specialist updated us on the progress of students.

We looked at data to determine who should be placed in RTI for standard 7.3. Some will be placed this week, the rest will be placed next week.

PG PLT Meeting 3/9/16

The RTI specialist discussed the progress of students.

We discussed ways to assess common core practice standard 3.

We filled in the narrative tab on the instructional response sheet for the PLT.

John shared a trigonometry enrichment with the group.

PG PLT Meeting 3/2/16

Our RTI specialist updated us of the progress of students. We set a deadline for those still working on unit 6 standards. They should be done by this time next week. We looked at data and determined who should eb assigned to RTI for standards 7.1 and 7.2.

PG PLT Meeting 2/24/16

The PLT specialist updated us on the progress of students.

We compared timelines. We agreed it will be best to assess standards 7.1 & 7.2 together, then assess standard 7.3 separately at a later date. We should be ready to assign students to RTI for standards 7.1 & 7.2 at our next meeting. Students working in RTI on unit 6 standards will be removed if they are not done by that time.

We discussed ways that we present trigonometry (standard 7.3). We also shared projects that we use during the unit.

PG PLT Meeting 2/17/16

The RTI coordinator updated us on the progress of students in RTI. We used data to determine which other students should be assigned to RTI.

We discussed timelines. All are still in the early stages of unit 7, but should be ready to assess by the end of the quarter.

PG PLT Meeting 2/10/16

We discussed timelines. The RTI specialist discussed how things are going. We data to recommend more students for RTI.

We discussed whether to change the order of Unit 6. Next year, John will pilot teaching Standard 6.3 first.

PG PLT Meeting 2/3/16

We used data to determine who would be assigned to RTI for standards 6.1 and 6.2. If some students test out before our next meeting, we may assign more students then.  We discussed timelines, and we may also be ready to assign students for standard 6.3 at next week's meeting.

PG PLT Meeting 1/27/16

We compared timelines. We should all be assessing the first two standards before our next meeting.  Those that have already assessed Standard 1 are planning on retesting, based on results.  We will decide at the next meeting who to refer to RtI.

John shared a review assignment and 2 kahoots for Standard 1. We discussed other ways to review the properties and types of quadrilaterals.

PG PLT Meeting 1/20/16

We discussed timelines. Some have already begun assessing some of the Unit 6 standards. Others will do so next week. This will allow us to stagger when students are assigned, so they should get more individualized attention. Data was used to determine which of the students that have been assessed should be placed into RtI.

PG PLT 1/13/16

We discussed timelines. We will assess the standards separately this unit in order to address concerns sooner. This will allow us to assign students to RTI sooner. No students will be referred to RTI this week, but some will be assigned next week.

We discussed strategies for teaching the properties of quadrilaterals. We decided that we will again allow students to use a property chart on assessments for this unit.