Jeremy Bruington

April 12, 2017

Mrs. Lisa Northup
Carl Junction Intermediate

12.2 & 12.3 Triangle Sides, Angles and Classifications

Learner and Environmental Factors
Grade Level 5th Grade Content Area Mathematics

Standards (KCCRS):
Grade 5 Geometry
Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.
CCSS.Math.Content.5.G.B.3 Understand that attributes belonging to a category
of two-dimensional figures also belong to all subcategories of that category. For
example, all rectangles have four right angles and squares are rectangles, so all
squares have four right angles.

Lesson Performance Objective:

Students will measure triangle sides and angles and will classify triangles based
on those attributes and score at least 76% accuracy (13 out of 17) on the
homework.
Materials:
For each student For the teacher
My Math workbook Smartboard
Notecards Ruler
Pencil Protractor
Protractor
Ruler

Background Knowledge required

Draw 2D shapes
Measure straight lines using a ruler
Measure an angle with a protractor
Identify congruent sides

Student Grouping(s)
Students will work individually on classwork and homework, but give answers to
teacher questions either individually as called upon or as a class.
 Jeremy Bruington
April 12, 2017
Mrs. Lisa Northup
Carl Junction Intermediate

THE PLAN

Anticipatory Set: (The HOOK)

Today we are going to try to do some math. We have a lot to do today
and will be skipping around so I need all of you on your best behavior and
for everyone to participate.
So, triangles come in different shapes and sizes, but what makes them
different from each other? (Different side lengths, different angles)
When sides are the same we call the congruent. What does congruent
mean? (Equal)
Talk to students about what acute, obtuse and right angles are. (Less
than, More than, and Equal to 90 degrees). Talk to students how they can
identify an acute angle is if the angle does not look like an L.

Introduce the Lesson:

Today we are going to measure the sides and angles of triangles and learn how
to classify them.

Instruction:

1) Teaching the Lesson

a) Have students open their workbook up to pg. 909
b) Show students Pair A of triangles and as a group measure one of them.
c) Talk about how all three sides are the same length after measuring them.
All three sides are CONGRUENT.
d) Measure one triangle from Pair B and Pair C and discuss with your students
how Pair B triangle has two congruent sides and Pair C has no congruent
sides.
e) Go to the Guided Practice and select one triangle and after measuring it
have students help you identify how many congruent sides it has.
f) Have students turn to pg. 915 and read through the Math in my World
Example 1. Work through it with students.
g) Talk to students about how we give triangles different names based upon
their number of congruent sides and the kinds of angles they have.
h) Have students pull out the notecard and draw and write what you do on
the board.
i) First, we are going to talk about the kinds of triangles we make with
different sides. Draw an example of each on the board with the rule for
each.
i) Isosceles two sides are congruent, underline the Isosceles to show
students that there are two congruent sides (two ss)
 Jeremy Bruington
April 12, 2017
Mrs. Lisa Northup
Carl Junction Intermediate

ii) Equilateral All sides are congruent, point out to students that the
beginning of the word sort of looks like the word equal
iii) Scalene no sides are congruent
j) Go back over these quickly and then move on the Example 2 of Math in
My World.
k) Have students identify how many acute, obtuse and right angles in the
pyramid. (3 acute angles)
l) Tell students that we also classify triangles according to angles
m) Have students pull out the notecard and draw and write what you do on
the board.
n) We are going to talk about the kinds of triangles we make with different
angles. Draw an example of each on the board with the rule for each.
i) Acute triangle all three angles are acute. Tell students that you know
they are acute, because they are so small and they make a cute
triangle
ii) Right triangle 1 right angle. When you look at the sides that the right
angle makes they go straight up and straight across
iii) Obtuse triangle 1 obtuse angle. Give a big sneeze and go OB-tuse!
One of the angles is big like a big sneeze.
o) Ask students whether they have any questions.
p) Flip to the Guided Practice and work through with students 1-2 problem
within each section. Correct any misunderstandings.
q) Have students flip back to pg. 910 and talk to students about how in this
last section we are going to measure angles and see which ones are
congruent.
r) Ask students again what congruent means.
s) Talk to students about how to properly use a protractor. (How to measure
correctly)
t) Show students Pair A of triangles and as a group measure one of them.
u) Talk about how all three angles are the same length after measuring
them. All three sides are CONGRUENT.
v) Measure one triangle from Pair B and Pair C and discuss with your students
how Pair B triangle has two congruent angles and Pair C has no
congruent angles.
w) Go to the Guided Practice and select two triangles and after measuring it
have students help you identify how many congruent angles it has.

2) Check for Understanding

a) Ask students whether they understand all the material. If any students
appear to struggle with this, gather them together into a small group and
allow the rest of the class to work on the homework independently.
 Jeremy Bruington
April 12, 2017
Mrs. Lisa Northup
Carl Junction Intermediate

3) Independent Practice
a) Have students begin work on their My Homework section in the My Math
workbooks.
b) Walk around the classroom to make sure that students are understanding
the lesson covered and answering any questions students have.
c) When students complete the homework have them input their work on
their Chromebook online. If students miss a problem they are to mark it
wrong in their workbook and reattempt to solve the problem. After
completing the assignment students are to record their score at the top of
the worksheet.

Closure:

Talk to students again about what the different kinds of triangles are.
(Isosceles, Equilateral, Right, Acute, etc.)
Have students pack up their belonging to get ready to transition to the
next class.

Assessment/Evaluation: Students will be graded on their My Math Homework

achieving at least 13 out of 17 questions correctly (76% accuracy).