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Springfield College

Lesson Plan Template

Teacher: Brittany Anderson Date: Friday January 23rd

Subject: Math Grade Level: K

Title of Lesson: Comparing Shoes Lesson Length: 30 min (2:30-3)

Overview of the Lesson

Lesson Summary:

In this lesson, students will understand how to compare the different lengths of shoes and how to sort them.

Massachusetts Framework Standards:K.MD.A.1 Describe measurable attributes of objects, such as length or weight. Describe several measurable attributes of a single object.

Lesson Objectives: The students will be able to..

Compare the lengths of shoes.

Describe the similarities and differences.

Materials/Equipment to be Used in Teaching the Lesson:

Traced shoes papers

Enduring Understandings:

Big Ideas: The students will understand thatthere are different ways of measuring the same thing (starting from the beginning or end of the shoe, estimating), and different ways to sort objects. Concepts: counting, recording, measuring, sorting, comparing

Essential Questions:

How can we measure an object? How do objects compare? How can we sort the objects?

Content

Factual Content:

The students will learn how to use comparison when talking about the lengths of objects. The students will learn how to sort objects by different variables.

Vocabulary:

Tier 1:

Count to determine the total number or amount of something Sort to put objects into different categories based on a common variable.

Compare to relate two objects together based on a similarity

Tier 2:

Measure use a standard tool or instrument to determine the total amount or number of something (length, weight, height, etc) Record to write down a piece of information or observation

Tier 3:

Critical Thinking Skills (Reading, Writing, Speech, Listening)

The students will describe their sorting method.

The students will sort their objects.

The students will compare and contrast their objects.

Assessments (Performance Tasks/Tests/Quizzes Formative/Summative, Informal/Formal)

The teacher will informally assess the students by having a whole class discussion. The students will describe their sorting method by comparing and contrasting their shoe traces.

Action/Instructional ProceduresProcedures:

Anticipatory Set: Begin with the teacher standing in front of the room with the students on the rug sitting in a cluster of grapes. The teacher will ask the students, Who remembers measuring their shoes the other day? The teacher will call on students to say something out loud about what they remember from that activity. How long was their shoe? (5 min)

Step 1: The teacher will explain the activity The teacher will pass out the paper with the shoe outline on them to each student one by one. After the student gets their paper back, they will pick out a clipboard and get a pencil. After each student has those three items, they will walk around the classroom and find one student who has an outline larger than theirs, smaller than theirs, and equal to theirs. They will write those students names down on the paper provided in the correct blanks. (8 min) Step 2: The teacher will give a 1 minute warning and once everyone has filled in all three blank spots on their worksheet, they will come back to the rug to discuss the findings. (4 min)

Step 3: As a whole group, discuss the findings of the activity. Was it difficult to find someone who was smaller than you? Bigger? Equal? (5 min)

Step 4: The teacher will call on students one by one to put their clipboard with their shoe outline on the whiteboard shelf in order from smallest to biggest. Talk about the findings with the students. What do you notice? What is the range of the shoe measurements? (8 min) Reflection:

I thought I explained the activity very well and the students were very organized and calm walking to the table to get their paper, clipboard, pencil, and counting cubes

It was Friday at 2:30 so even Mrs. Bates said it would have been difficult for her to retain their attention for the whole 30 minutes

The students were distracted when coming back to the rug and Mrs. Bates gave me some tips tell the students to put their counting cubes behind them and to sit on their clipboards so they had nothing in their hands to play with or distract themselves with

Mrs. Bates said I looked very calm and confident in front of the students

I still need to work on pacing because everyone was done at different times so maybe next time, the students who finished early can look for more comparisons until the whole class is finished