Triangle Time! ~ Mrs. Foley

This week students learned how to classify triangles by their sides and angles. To demonstrate mastery of this concept we used the Pro-Bots to create different types of triangles. By choosing appropriate angle measure turns and distances for the triangle sides, students could create a variety of different triangles.

We brainstormed on these sheets:

Next, students ran their Pro-Bots to create their triangles. They used the actual experience of programming the Pro-Bot to edit their drafts and create true triangles..... and some other designs they liked!

I was so impressed with their ability to understand the concept of additive angles and the relationships between interior and exterior angles. They continue to impress me more and more every week! :)

Student Leaders

Student Leaders

Today three of my students taught Mrs. Lowerre and several of her students all about the ProBots. This was such an exciting experience as we can continue this next week to spread our knowledge, deepen our own thinking/ learning, and empower students to help others. 

Thank you so much to Carter, Joe, and Kevin. They were AMAZING!!

Empowering Students to Demonstrate Learning

Empowering Students to Demonstrate Learning

Teaching adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators can be daunting and difficult for students to grasp conceptually. This week I challenged students to experiment with the ProBots to see if they could show me that they understand this concept- rather than complete problem after problem on paper. The students dove in, and I have been in awe for two days at what they continue to come up with.
Day 1... Collaboration & Critical Thinking (real-world and interest-based!)

Day 2... Creativity, Application, Perseverance, Communication, more Collaboration & Critical Thinking! 

We have more projects to add next week, so stay tuned!

Angle Types ~ Mrs. Foley

This week we focused on creating acute, obtuse, right, and straight angles with the Pro-Bots. Originally I had designed this lesson to give students a hands-on, creative way to display their knowledge of the angle types. It actually ended up morphing into more of a lesson about how angles are additive and identifying supplementary angle measures. This is what I love about the Pro-Bots! What can start as a straightforward learning target turns into a variety of learning objectives.

Learning Objectives:

• Name and identify the 4 angle types
• Create examples of the 4 angle types using the Pro-Bot
• Recognize that an acute angle turn results in an obtuse angle and vice versa.

They were then able to translate their knowledge into this:

AMAZING WORK THIS WEEK!! :)