Teacher: Alyssa TeKolste School: Campus Middle School Content Area: Mathematics Unit Title: Ratios and Proportional

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Date: Thurs. February 14, 2013 Grade Level: 7th Grade Course Title: Math 7 Lesson #: 4 of 10

Content Standards addressed by this lesson: 7.RP.2 Recognize and represent proportional relationships between quantities. MP1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them MP7 Look for and make use of structure MP8 Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning Inquiry Questions: When do two ratios form a proportion? Evidence Outcomes: Every student will be able to: Compare two ratios to determine if ratios form a proportion using proportional reasoning skills and cross products Assessment of Evidence Outcomes: White board problems In order to set students up for success on tomorrows lesson, require that students solve problems using cross products. Materials Needed: Mini white boards Dry erase marker for each student Agenda for Board: Homework review Proportions-notes White board problems Homework Procedure: Homework Check: Refresh students memories about unit rates and unit costs. Use this time to summarize the concepts that have been discussed over the past two lessons. Address misconceptions that were apparent, or suspected throughout the past two

lessons. Ask students leading questions that will help to guide you through this summary. What is the difference between a rate and a unit rate? How can we determine a unit rate or unit cost? When would we want to calculate a unit rate or unit cost? Read answers to homework assignment out loud. Allow students to record correct answers and make corrections to their homework assignment in colored pen. Provide students with time to ask clarifying questions pertaining to their homework assignment, or the past topics. After collecting assignment, take note of what questions students struggled with. Since they corrected their assignment in pen, it should be easy to differentiate between the work the student completed correctly at home, and the incorrect answers. Use this as feedback to guide future lessons. Direct Instruction Guide students through Cornell notes. Allow them to turn to a partner to verify their answers throughout the lesson. The notes begin by defining proportion as an equation stating that two ratios are equal. The notes guide the lesson through two different ways to test if ratios form a proportion. Some students may prefer one-way to another, which is okay. However, emphasize that they need to know how to cross-multiply two ratios for future lessons and activities. When introducing the topic of cross multiplying, use different color dry erase markers on board to show which numbers you are multiplying by. Accommodations/Modifications No accommodations or modifications are needed for this lesson. Check for Understanding Allow two students to pass out white boards and a black marker to each one of their classmates. Select problems from Section 5.3 in textbook. Write one problem on the board at the time, have students show their work and answer on their own white board. Instruct them not to hold up their board, until you prompt them to. If necessary, show solution to problem on board. If students are successfully cross multiplying, extend this activity and ask students to explain to you why their answer makes sense (use proportional reasoning skills).

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