LESSON PLAN

Name: Justin Hadlock

GENERAL INFORMATION

Lesson Title & Subject(s): Math

Topic or Unit of Study: Find the sum and difference of polynomials

Grade/Level: 10th

Instructional Setting: The instructional setting includes four walls and one door. The students
are seated at 10 small tables with 4 chairs each. There is one smartboard at the front of the
class surrounded by whiteboard on each side. A desk with a computer sits opposite the
smartboard. The classroom includes 40 chromebooks and a set of 20 TI84+ calculators.

STANDARDS AND OBJECTIVES

Your State Core Curriculum/Student Achievement Standard(s): A.REI.4.b Solve quadratic

equations by . . . factoring. . . Also, A.SSE.3.a, A.CED.1, F.IF.8a

Lesson Objective(s): Using a graphing calculator students will be able to add and subtract
polynomials with 80% accuracy

MATERIALS AND RESOURCES

Instructional Materials: Smartboard, Chromebooks, Individual whiteboards and markers

Resources: Pearson Integrated High School Mathematics, Mathematics 2, Volume 1

INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN

Sequence of Instructional Procedures/Activities/Events (provide description and indicate

approximate time for each):
 Identification of Student Prerequisite Skills Needed for Lesson: Students have
taken pre-test before beginning the unit. The test is designed to identify prerequisite skills of
each student as they move into the unit and activate prior knowledge regarding the subject.
Presentation of New Information or Modeling: Students are given monomials of like
terms and shown how to combine like terms. Students are given algebra blocks in order to
model like terms and connect learning with previous knowledge of summation and subtraction.

Guided Practice: Students are placed in small cooperative groups and given small
white boards to practice on. Problems are placed on the board in increasing difficulty and
students work them out together. After a set amount of time, each problem is completed as a
class on the front of the board usually by a student that has done it correctly.

Independent Student Practice: Students are given given the link to Khan academy and
asked to complete the questions from the polynomial section.
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/introduction-to-polynomial-expressions/adding-and-
subtracting-polynomials/v/adding-and-subtracting-polynomials-1

Culminating or Closing Procedure/Activity/Event: Student sare given an exit ticket

with two problems. The students must complete the problems on the way out the door in order
to help guide future instruction.

Pedagogical Strategy (or Strategies): Direct instruction, cooperative learning groups

Differentiated Instruction: Students who have learning challenges (ADHD, Autism, slow
processing) will be partnered or grouped with students who can help and support them in the
learning activity.

Student Assessment/Rubrics:Students will be able to add polynomials of the form 80%

accuracy on the given homework

Lesson Plan Summary: Students begin by modeling polynomials with algebra block. This
helps them activate prior knowledge, and get a comfortable base for the unit. Using the algebra
blocks, adding a subtracting becomes a very familiar process. A constructivist method is used to
get students to create their own understanding of concepts. The exit tickets helps to measure
the level of understanding before students leave the classroom. This will guide future instruction
throughout the unit.