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/

Attachments area

Preview YouTube video Find Area By Subtraction

Find Area By Subtraction

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.