Teacher : __Cassidy Vance___ Unit: Unit 5B: Geometry and Fractional Parts Class: 2 nd grade math
Date of lesson: 4-14-14
ESSENTIAL QUESTION and Standards:
What is the MOST important concepts or skills?
With key questions if necessary. EQ: What does it mean to partition shapes?
CCAKS: 30.G.2- partition a rectangle into rows and columns of same-size squares and count to find the total number of them 31.G.3- partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, thirds, half of, a third of, etc., and describe the whole as two halves, three thirds, four fourths. Recognize that equal shares of identical wholes need not have the same shape Activating Strategy:
How will you activate your lesson or link to prior knowledge?
*Then introduce these Fraction Apps from, http://www.appolicious.com/searches?term=fractions,that the individual groups will be working on with partners.
TEACHING STRATEGIES:
What instructional strategies will you use in your lesson? (Examples: graphic organizer, distributed guided practice, distributed summarizing, collaborative pairs)
Teaching: DOE Lesson Making Rectangles (Whole Group mini-lesson)
*SMALL GROUP DAY Teaching: 1. Teacher Table use formative assessments to address student needs 2. Blue Table - Fractions App By Tap To Learn (http://www.appolicious.com/education/apps/352842-fractions-app-by-tap- to-learn-june-infrastructure-pvt-ltd) 3. Green Table - Fraction Basics App (http://www.appolicious.com/education/apps/469956-fraction-basics-ng- wei-chong) 4. Red Table - Slice Fractions App (http://www.appolicious.com/education/apps/3425657-slice-fractions- ululab-inc) SUMMARIZING STRATEGIES:
How will students summarize what they are learning during the lesson and at the end? (Examples: Ticket out the Door, 3-2-1, etc. Answer the EQ)
Summary: Journal Response Draw a rectangle and partition it into 4 equal rows.
RE-TEACHING FOCUS AND STRATEGY (if necessary) Math Maintenance: Subtraction Strategies Addition Fact fluency practice *Utilize this app for math fluency: Maths Basic Facts Classroom Edition (http://www.appolicious.com/education/apps/2896954-maths-basic-facts- classroom-edition-andrew-rowatt)