Lesson+Plans

Number sense and numeration U//nit 2 review - Ratio, Rate, and Percent// //(Steven Huynh)//
 * Grade 7 **
 * Gave 5 questions to students to work on in pairs that covered the entire unit. "If you can answer these, you can answer any question in Unit 2!" My particular class found the questions in this lesson to be too difficult and required extra time just to finish them. However, they generally liked the questions and nobody offered, "I don't get the point of doing this."

Proportion - Solving Percentage Problems with Decimals (Eddie Gissing)
 * My formative assessments (and my AT's feedback) indicated that my class had extensive prior knowledge on solving percentage problems using decimals. So, I made a review lesson for solving percentage problems with decimals. What I did was I made two fully worked out math problems and then cut them up and jumbled them up. This turned my problem into a "puzzle" that the class had to put back together for it to make sense. I did this up on the SMART Board and my class totally loved it. They all gathered around the SMART Board and everyone wanted a chance to come up and move the "puzzle pieces" back in the right place to solve the problem up on the board.

Unit 2 - Dividing Decimals (Chris Nelan)
 * The topic itself was not the important part of the lesson. The thing to take from this is the way I took up homework and also used this method in review. Using small whiteboards, I had the class form groups using suits of cards and then I asked questions and they all completed the question on their whiteboard and held it up in the air when they were done. The concept worked really well and my AT plans on using the same format in the future of his class.

Measurement

Area of Complex Shapes (Brian) Allows students to use know shapes to solve the area of a complex shape, discussion leads to real world issues

Area of a tapezoid (Brian) Allows students to develop the formula for the area of a trapezoid

Geometry and Spatial Sense

Data Management & Probability

Bias and collecting data through the use of surveys (Michelle B)

Patterning and Algebra

Number sense and numeration
 * Grade 8 **
 * This is a review lecture on smart notebook for order of operations. For this class, I was teaching students fractions with mixed numbers, so I felt it would be beneficial to give them a review and get the to complete questions as a group, even though I didn't show a concrete example. In the next class, I would discuss common problems and address and questions they had about the 6 specific questions I assigned. **(Rubina)**[[file:Tuesday Oct 19 - quiz and order of operations with fractions.docx]]

//(60 minutes) - Nathan//
 * Absolute wonderful discussion based on the [|Grocery Line open question] (ala Dan Meyer). Students were saying and thinking all the right things. Got to bring up Ratios. 90% to 100% engagement! Awesome way to make the distinction between Ratios and Rates!.

//(60 minutes) - Nathan//
 * Be careful if your class isn't used to manipulatives (like my class isn't). Basically they just want to play with them for like 20 minutes (which is understandable) and things may get crazy! Community circle at the end worked very well and was fun!

//(60 minutes) - Nathan//
 * Focus group worked out well to get them up to speed with the rest of the class.
 * Make sure the rest of the group is on task!

//(60 minutes) - Nathan//
 * This is the lesson I used for when my FA visited. Overall interesting lesson.
 * Kids seemed a bit bored during the 8 minute video, but got really excited at the end.
 * Watch your time on this lesson, you may want to cut some material out.
 * Be sure to hit the consolidation! That's where all the pay dirt is!!


 * Rates (Lisa)**
 * Students loved going "shopping" in class.
 * Had an interesting discussion involving sales and "no-name" brands VS brand names

Measurement //(Girthiga Gunarajah)//

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Geometry and Spatial Sense Pythagorean Theorem - Word Problems (Liz W)   (Liz W)
 * First Started (Minds On) with Clicker Questions (see notebook)
 * Major Activity had students in Groups of 2 (Think Pair Share)
 * Each student by end of class was responsible creating own right angle triangle word problem solving for a leg
 * Students enjoyed activity
 * That night I published students work for entire class, and gave to them as a booklet for review for Unit Test

Data Management & Probability

//(Kathryn Navarro)//
 * Exploring Sample Size- lesson plan, PowerPoint, Smart Board Survey (Yana Ma)

Histogram- lesson plan (Samina)  Create Winter Carnival (Brad) I am teaching the data analysis unit for grade 7. Instead of having a unit test at the end of their unit, I have elected to assign a “Create a Winter Carnival” unit project. Summarized, students have the task of proposing a grade 7 winter carnival to the mayor (myself). They create questions, survey each other, represent their data in graphs and interpret the data they collected. All of this is presented on a poster. After each lesson, students are able to complete a new part of their winter carnival proposal which I give them class time each day to work on. The students have really enjoyed creating this project and they are coming along quite nicely. Attached is the assignment package and the modified assignment package.

Patterning and Algebra //(60 minutes) - Nathan//
 * I haven't taught this lesson yet, but it's made for anyone to use, adapt and modify. If you do use it, please posted here (or let me know individually) what was good and bad about it.
 * Someone in my section was asked by their AT to teach a lesson on solving equations with fractions (they're not in Math Core). They sent out an email for ideas about how to teach it, and I gave this plan to them. I asked for feedback on it when they teach it, and will relay that feedbak here if they have some. :)


 * Here are some of mine for Algebra (in accordance with Math Makes Sense 8: Chapter 10.) (Christe M.)**

I would like to mention that I removed my name and the associate teacher's name off the lesson plan for security purposes, since these wikipages are "crawled" and put onto search engines like Google.

The next piece of work is a tutorial I made for the class from scratch and a worksheet to see if they understood the topics so far. I spent a lot of time creating the tutorial with arrows and steps - so if you decide to use it, I think your students will appreciate it! Enjoy...