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The following is a lesson plan I created for a third grade elementary classroom.  The focus was on quadrilaterals and the term congruency.  The students used brain pop to further learn information on the topic and it served as a great assessment tool, both informally and formally. 

Identifying Quadrilaterals

1. Lesson Plan Code: M-1 (Mathematics, lesson 1)

2. Subject: Math

3. Grade Level: 3rd

4. Title: Identifying Quadrilaterals and Understanding their Attributes

5. Alignments: NETS Standards: Empowered Learner: Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences. 1d: Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies. Standard: 3.G.1 - Understand that shapes in different categories may share attributes (have 4 sides) and the defined attributes can define a larger category.  Recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals. Eligible Content: M.O.3.C-G.1.1.1 and M.O.3.C-G.1.1.2 Big Idea: Explore geometric attributes of polygons and classify quadrilaterals into categories based on their attributes. Concept: Geometry Competencies: Understand that shapes in different categories may share attributes.

6. Vocabulary: quadrilateral, parallel lines, congruent

7. Objective: Students will be able to identify quadrilaterals and discuss the attributes of each of the different quadrilaterals and the concepts of congruent shapes (square, rectangle, rhombus, parallelogram, and trapezoid)

8. Essential Question: How can we reason with shapes and their attributes?

9. Duration:  About 60 minutes

10. Materials: Post-its, snowball fight cards (match cards), quadrilateral posters, interactive whiteboard. (Technology, brain pop jr.)

11. Instructional Procedures: Introduction - Introduce the term quadrilateral and discuss what they think the word “quad” means.  Talk about the five different types of quadrilaterals.  Introduce the term congruent and talk about what that means. During Lesson -  Students will have five post it notes and they will decide where each figure on their post it belongs,  according to the names of the quadrilaterals on the board. Then we will start to discuss the attributes of each of the figures and what makes each one unique.  Students will then receive a paper with a figure or a name on it.  Students will have a mock snowball fight towards the teacher to mix up the definitions and then find a snowball to make a match with partners. Then students will watch a Brain Pop Jr video that will help them understand the concept of congruency. As a whole group we will take the hard assessment, talking about different answers and ideas.   Closing -  Review the five different shapes and their names with students and that they all fall under the same category of quadrilaterals. As an exit ticket students will take a paper pencil version of the easy quiz from the brain pop jr. site. 12. Assessments: Students will be assessed informally through their pre-assessment at the beginning of the lesson of placing the post its on the correct shape name, and also informally by their abilities to discuss and brainstorm attributes of each of the different shapes.  Finally students will be assessed through their abilities to match the shape and name in both the snowball matching game / whole group quiz and through the exit ticket from the site.