Assessment

Floor Pattern

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You'll never look at floor tiles the same again. An assessment task prompts learners to investigate relationships between patterns involving squares and kites to determine angle measurements. They then prove whether a given quadrilateral is a parallelogram.

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CCSS: Designed
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Instructional Ideas
  • Repurpose the task as an in-class activity
Classroom Considerations
  • Learners need to have experience with properties of different types of quadrilaterals
  • Suggest placing the patterns that scholars need to compare on the same page
Pros
  • Easily decipherable diagrams make the task clear and easy to understand
  • Simple context, but with complex solutions
Cons
  • The entire first diagram is unnecessary
Common Core