Lesson Plan

Outline

Unit Topic: Representing Addition

Grade: Second

 

Theme: Addition

Lesson Objectives: Students will be able to review simple addition by using marbles. Students will be able to grasp the concept of adding double digit numbers.

Technique: Students will work in both small groups and individuality.

Materials: Students will be able to have access to ABCya and marbles. They will also have handouts to do. http://webcdn.abcya.com/games/addition.htm

Perspective: Addition is an important math concept to understand for many reasons. Students will need addition for the rest of their lives, for example; to move onto the next grade because that they will learn next year will be based off of that they learn this year. If a student doesn’t understand how to add, then they can run into problems in their future math classes.

Procedure:

A.    For an introduction, the teacher will have the students get into groups of two and go to the computers. Once each group is at a computer, the teacher will then explain and demonstrate the directions. While on the computer students will play a math game that should be a review to them. In case they don’t remember the simple addition, the teacher has provided a worksheet to go along with the site. The worksheet will act as a resource for the teacher to have a clear understanding of where the students are with their math. Students will only play up to round four. Once each group is finished, everyone will go back to their seats to continue the lesson.

B.    After students have reached round four, they are to hand in their worksheets and get a white board. Once everyone is settled, the teacher will then start to teach students how to add with double digits. After giving the students a general understanding, the teacher will do class examples and hand out work sheets. The teacher will put examples on the class white board and have students solve on their own. The students will get a minute to solve; while students work, the teacher will walk around the room to see who is struggling. After going back to the class white board, the teacher will have the students hold up their boards. The teacher will then explain the steps of how to solve the problem. After the teacher is done, the teacher will ask the students who got the wrong answer to explain how they got their answer. Once the teacher had a better understanding of those who got the wrong answer, the teacher can explain to them at their desk where they went wrong. The teacher will then do a few more questions on the board. After that students will be working on a practice worksheet. If/ when students need help, they will be able to call the teacher over. By the end of the lesson, students should have a good idea of how to add with double digits.

C.    A closure for the lesson, if time, would be that the students will get back to their computer game and do all the levels. The game has both review and double digit adding.

D.    Students with learning disabilities will be able to work in a small group together and solve the problems. The teacher will be able to help the kids in the small group, to keep them on track. The teacher can give the struggling students smaller numbers to work with; using smaller numbers the teacher would be able to give students marbles or blocks to help them learn visually.

E.    No Homework.

 

A.    The teacher will be able to tell if they have met their objective by two things. The first would be if their students are able to the simple math (that was a review) The teacher is able to look at the worksheet that students did on the website. If students aren’t able to do the review math, then they would not be able to move onto the next objective. Secondly, the teacher will know if they taught their students to add with double digits because of the worksheets in class. Also, the teacher will be able to see who understands the concept by watching the students work on the white boards.

B.    A concern with the lesson would be keeping the students on task. Students may get off track by going from computer to desk, and students could draw picture on their board instead of math.


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