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Given a new course in Geometry all learners will be able to teach previously taught skills such as performing accurate calculations using signed numbers with a graphic organizer, specifically a T-chart.
 * __Project 1: Goal Statement __****: **

__What is the problem that was initially articulated __? __Needs Assessment__ Math learners have been able to determine that across the board, high school learners enter courses in which they are not prepared for. Learners do not have fundamental skills that are necessary to be successful in Algebra, Geometry, Algebra II and Pre-Calculus. Although learners do review basic Algebra I skills at the beginning of each year, they still make the same errors. Teachers have very little success and waste precious class time trying to have students prove that they have an understanding of performing accurate calculations using signed integers. The lack of these basic skills leads to learner frustration. They find it difficult to reach what the students were originally intended to learn.

__Is it possible to implement a solution to this problem __? Learners have shown that with repeated practice, they can perform very simple techniques. Learners can set aside time every single day to review these skills and use a basic formative assessment to gain feedback to measure if the skills were comprehended or not. The skills will be measured by an assessment that consists of at least 10 questions.

**__Instructional Goal and Relationship to Organizational Goals __** The signed integer unit is what teachers introduce to students in the 6th grade and expected to know by the end of their 7th grade year. See attachments below.

**Content: ** The Geometry course is a basic course that includes geometric shapes, but essentially is Algebra I. The **__instructional emphasis__** will be to **//__utilize__//** **__a T-Chart__** to allow students to develop a conceptual understanding of the topics, which include Geometric Representations, Properties of Triangles, Triangle Congruence, Right Triangles, and Polygons <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.

**<span style="color: #365f91; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Goals: **
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">To provide <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">learners with a way to effectively teach all four mathematical operations for signed integers.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">To enable learners to show students how to perform accurate calculations using any type of signed integer, using a reference.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">To increase confidence in students through a referenced graphic organizer so that entering Geometry or any other new math course in high school can have the possibility of more student success in these courses.

**<span style="color: #365f91; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Simplifying the Instructional Goal: **

__<span style="color: #365f91; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The topic of instruction about teaching with a T-chart, and the objectives will be: __

<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1. The learners will be able to recognize how they will explain what they want the students to perform. <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2. The learners will <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">provide accurate instructions of what they want their students to place on a reference guide whether it be addition, subtraction, multiplication or division with signed numbers. <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3. The learner will effectively instruct students how to reference their T-chart to perform all four mathematical operations bi-weekly for the entire school year using a precise and formal summative assessment.