This is an example of a lesson plan that would be used in Miss Fitzgerald's fourth grade classroom.

Unit Topic: Math

Grade: 1-2

Lesson Topic: Addition

Lesson Objectives: The students will be able to add positive whole numbers in the fact families one through nine.

Instructional Technique: Computer work, practice with partner.

Instructional Materials:

- http://www.fun4thebrain.com/addition/coneFlurryAdd.swf

- Additional handout to guide activity

-Home made flash cards on index cards

Theoretical Perspective:

Students will need to know basic addition as a stepping-stone to other, more difficult math skills in their future. Also, addition is an important skill that is needed for everyday life. For example, if there are five people in the family, and two friends come over for dinner, how many forks will he/she need to set the table? 5+2=7. Basic addition is used all the time so it is important to master.

Procedure:

B. Step-by-step (descriptive outline):

·        The teacher will introduce the interactive website and show students how to get onto it and get started.

·        Teacher will instruct students on which fact family they will be working on (1-9) and pass out handout and instruct students to write what they got wrong on the paper as they go along.

·        Students get started with the activity, using the additional worksheet to write the problems they got wrong.

·        As the kids finish up, the teacher will pass out index cards and tell the kids to create their own flash cards based on the problems they got wrong, (addition problem on the front, answer on the back).

·        Teacher will have kids pair up and practice addition problems from their flash cards with a partner.

·        When each pair is finished the teacher will pass out a “ticket to leave” and the students will have to complete ten basic addition problems and pass it in before they can leave for recess.

C. Closure:
“Ticket to Leave” à Before the students can leave for recess they will need to fill out a series of 10 basic addition problems (on their own) and pass it in to the teacher. This will be used as an assessment to see if the students are getting the material and to see what kids need more help and what kids are ready to move on.

D. Adaptations:
-The teacher will provide one-on-one help for students with different learning needs.

Evaluation:

A. The students will be able to add positive whole numbers in fact families one through nine, we will know if this goal is successful after the students hand in their ticket to leave. If they did well, we know we completed the objective, however if many students did poorly we can tell that we have more work to do.

B. We are concerned that we are only teaching the students to memorize addition problems without teaching them HOW to add, so they are not grasping the idea behind adding.

 




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