The+Big+Whoppers

=__The Big Ideas to Better Students' Understanding__ =


 * How can I introduce this in such a way that my students are engaged?
 * Picture Books: This is a fun way to introduce a topic to students to spark their interest and provides an opportunity for transition into the instruction part of the lesson.
 * Essential Questions: This use of this hook can begin the lesson by asking students to think critically about the upcoming content and provides a basis for an introductory class discussion.
 * How should I present this material to deepen my students' understanding?
 * Visual Representation: Helps make instruction meaningful to students and suits different learning styles by presenting material in alternative ways: used as a means of reinforcement for material, engages different levels of student thinking by presenting the material in various ways. When using a visual aid, remember to make sure it supports your objectives, goals are organized and clear, and try to use a variety of visual representations (i.e. flip charts, handouts, models, photographs, graphs, etc.)
 * Geometrical Art - this activity provides an opportunity for students to create and critically observe and investigate their art and application to the material.
 * Hands-on Activities: Gets students involved in learning and assists them by helping them develop a conceptual understanding of the concept through concrete involvement: allows for engagement of a variety of senses simultaneously, as well as appealing to all learning styles.
 * Twizzlers Activity -this activity is a fun way for students to get involved in learning the material as well as having the possibility to serve as a potential performance assessment in which they display their understanding of the material.
 * Real Life Application: This is important because it helps students personally connect to the material in such a way that makes it seem relevant and applicable to their lives, deepen their conceptual understanding of the material.
 * Implementation for the specific topic: have students think of everyday encounters or real life examples of objects made up of parallel and perpendicular lines
 * Incorporation of Technology: This is important because it engages all learning styles and uses a source of instruction that students are familiar and comfortable with, while developing technical skills.
 * Using GSP - import a picture of a classroom object; overlay grid on picture; identify parallel and perpendicular lines withing the picture (examples: railroad tracks, ladders, building, bridges, roads, power lines, etc.)
 * How should I organize this material?
 * When preparing to present students with new material, it is always important to anticipate at what pace you think your students will grasp the material. When considering teaching parallel and perpendicular lines, you should the organize the presentation of material in such a sequential order that begins with the basics and builds to more complex concepts. This arrangement will help your students gain confidence in their mastery of the material.
 * In reference to parallel and perpendicular lines, presenting students with properties and characteristics associated with parallel lines will familiarize them with geometric concepts and provide a foundation for teaching perpendicular lines, which involve a more complex understanding due to the incorporation of intersections and angles.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">van Hiele Levels
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">4th Grade Standard: Level 1: Analysis - Recognize that each shape has different properties, identify that shape by that property. Example: A student is able to identify that a parallelogram has two pairs of parallel sides, and that if a quadrilateral has two pairs of parallel sides, it is identified as a parallelogram.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">7th Grade Standard: Level 1: Analysis - Recognize that each shape has different properties, identify that shape by that property. Example:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">8th Grade Standard: Level 2: Informal Deduction - See the interrelationships between figures. Example: