Grade:Kindergarten
Topic(s) Math Vocabulary using Comparison Words
Title of Lesson: How many bears do you have?
ASSESSMENT
Formative Assessment: (How will you monitor student understanding along the way? How
will you determine if you and your students have achieved the lessons objectives?)
students questions about what they worked on with their partner. This will
allow for students to share their math statements and also to help one
another learn from hearing their classmates talk about the lesson.
Performance Task
How will learning be measured? What will students produce as acceptable evidence of
understanding?
Materials/Resources: (Include all materials you and the students will use in this lesson
and any resources, such as websites & online lessons, you used to help prepare this lesson. )
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Prior Knowledge: (How will you find out what the students know and/or remember?)
At beginning of lesson we will have class discussion about quantities. I will
show students a book showing comparisons. The book Just Enough Carrots is
a great book to have kids entertained but also learning more about the
current concept.
LESSON DELIVERY
Opening Format: (Check the format you will use for the lesson introduction.)
Lesson will follow the I do, we do, you do format.
Guided lesson with activity involved.
Key Vocabulary
More
Less
Equal
Fewer
Same amount
Opening: (Describe in detail how you will prepare the students for this lesson.)
I will begin by telling the class we are going to learn a new math concept that
is very important in describing amounts of something. I will tell them we will
use our counting strategies to make math statements using words such as
less, more or equal.
During Lesson: (Explain the step-by-step details you will follow. Include specific instructional
strategies, methods, student groupings, actions, activities and questions you will ask.)
How will students be grouped?
X Whole Class
Small Group
X Partners
Independent
The book will be read at the start of our lesson to allow students to show me
their prior knowledge of this topic. After reading book I will show students
the game they will play with their partner. Each partnership will have 2 sets
of number cards (1-10). Student 1 will pick a card and then put the number of
bears of their color out in front of them. For example if the card said 5 the
student would pick up 5 bears and put them out in front of them. The next
student would do the same thing. Then the partners will work together to
come up with a math statement. I will then go around the room and ask
students what math statement they came up with. The partners will stay near
the rug but spread out enough for them to be able to work together. When I
ring the bell students will prepare to share their math statements with the
class. Some math statements that could be used are There are more red
bears then blue bears in our pile or Sara had less bears then I had. If
students are unable to come up with a math statement I will talk class
through it and see if other students can help them. At the end of lesson we
will talk about why this is an important concept to learn in math.
Differentiation: (How will you meet the needs of different learners in your class. Give
specific examples and strategies for specific learning needs.)
Talk to students about why this concept is important to math and ask them how they
worked with their partner to make a math statement. Also, tell them that math statements
can be used to compare other things as well such as weight and height of an object. Tell
students we will continue to use math statements throughout the year.
POST-TEACHING REFLECTION
What questions will you ask yourself once your have taught the lesson?
Was this an effective way to teach this concept?
Did this lesson allow students to be actively learning?
Did the standards all get touched upon during lesson?
Follow-up: (How will you reinforce the learning in the next lesson?)
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Continue work with comparison words and math statements throughout the year.
Send games home with directions for parents that follow up with this concept.
Put worksheets out that follow up with this concept at center time.