University of West Alabama

5E Lesson Plan Template (Collaborative Technology Product)

Teacher: Paul David Campbell

Date: 01/28/2019

Subject area/course/grade level: Seventh grade Math Class

Materials: index card, paper, pencil, computer

Standards (State and ISTE Standards for Students):

- Alabama Course of Study, 7th grade math: 7.10) Use variables to represent quantities in a real-world or
mathematical problem, and construct simple equations and inequalities to solve problems by reasoning
about the quantities

- ITSE Student Standards: 4a Students know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas,
testing theories, creating innovative artifacts or solving authentic problems.

7b Students use collaborative technologies to work with others, including peers, experts or community
members, to examine issues and problems from multiple viewpoints.

Objectives: Understanding Equations

Differentiation Strategies: calculator, small group

ENGAGEMENT:

Learning Target: I can build an equation and write an expression.

-YouTube video “5 Steps to Crate Training Your Dog” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yThgxJHYG_I

-Discussion about video and any personal experiences with crate training dogs

Assessment: participation in group discussion

EXPLORATION:

Your parents have let you get a new dog. You already have one dog and this second dog must be crate
trained too. Each crate if 4 feet wide. The wall where the dog crates will go is 14 feet wide. You want both
crates placed so that the distance from the edge of each crate is the same distance between the crates.
What is the needed distance?

Assessment: participation in group discussion

Approved January 2013

EXPLANATION:
-Talk to students about the goal of the lesson - building expressions and then writing equations.

-Discussion of Vocabulary for Understanding Equations:

-EQUATION: An equation is a statement of equality between two expressions.
-NUMBER SENTENCE: A number sentence is a statement of equality (or inequality) between two
numerical expressions.
SOLUTION: A solution to an equation with one variable is a number that, when substituted for all instances
of the variable in both expressions, makes the equation a true number sentence.

-Show the students that if we KNOW the distance between the wall and crate is two feet – we can write an
expression for the total length of the wall.  2 +4 + 2 +4 + 2 or 3(2) +4 + 4 or 3(2) +8.

- Explain that if we need to solve the problem using algebra and did not know the answer is two feet, we
would…. let the distance between a picture and the nearest edge of the wall be 𝑥 feet. Write an expression
for the total length of such a wall in terms of 𝑥.  𝑥 + 4 + 𝑥 + 4+ 𝑥 or 3𝑥 + 4 + 4 or 3𝑥 + 8.
-The expression equal to the total length of the wall described in the problem, 14 feet, gives an equation - 
𝑥 + 4 + 𝑥 + 4+ 𝑥 = 14 3𝑥 + 4+ 4 = 14 3𝑥 + 8 = 14.
- 2 is a solution to the equation 3𝑥 + 8 = 14 because when it is substituted into the equation for 𝑥, it makes
the equation a true number sentence: 3(2) + 8 = 14.

Assessment: a brief written summary on an index card

Differentiation: small group with special education teacher
ELABORATION:

-Collaboratively, students will create a technology product to demonstrate his/her understanding of the
following:
Susan pays a $25 membership fee each month at the gym
a. If she also buys two waters at a price of $2 each, what is the total cost?
b. If Susan purchases 𝒏 waters for $2 each, write an expression for the total cost.
Susan’s friend has saved $54 but is not sure how many waters she can afford each month if she buys the
membership and some waters. Use the expression in part (b) to write an equation that can be used to
determine how many waters Susan’s friend can buy.

Assessment: completed technology product

Differentiation: completion of project with special education teacher in small group, calculator
EVALUATION: checklist

Points Earned Activity

___ __/10 Participation in discussion about “5 Steps to Crate Training Your Dog” video.
/10 Participation in discussion about dog crates.
/10 Completed written summary about distance of crates
/20 Completed technology product

Approved January 2013

 /10 Answer to Question 1
/20 Answer to Question 2
/20 Answer to Question 3
/100 TOTAL POINTS

Approved January 2013