This lesson goes over the following 8th grade mathematics standards:

MGSE8.G.1 Verify experimentally the congruence properties of rotations, reflections, and translations: lines are taken to lines and line segments to line segments of the same length; angles are taken to angles of the same measure; parallel lines are taken to parallel lines.

MGSE8.G.2 Understand that a two dimensional figure is congruent to another if the second can be obtained from the first by a sequence of rotations, reflections, and translations; given two congruent figures, describe a sequence that exhibits the congruence between them.

MGSE8.G.3 Describe the effect of dilations, translations, rotations and reflections on two dimensional figures using coordinates.

This lesson is a great way to introduce students to the transformations of 2D shapes. This lesson introduces students to translations, reflections, dilations, and rotations. It also included real-life examples to make the content more relatable. This PowerPoint presentation uses animation and matches the blanks that the students will see on their guided notes. It is a great way to scaffold the students' learning, as well as keep them engaged within the lesson. This took about 20-25 minutes to teach and then I had my students use their notes to work on an activity dealing with translations. You can also break up the notes into different days if you want to teach each transformation one by one. My goal of these notes were to make the new content less overwhelming to the students by breaking it up in an organized manner. Let me know what you think or if you need any edits! :)