Spring 08
Boston University – School of Education
LESSON PLAN
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Your Name |
Breanna Akama |
Supervising Teacher |
Mrs. Battle |
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Grade/School |
Kindergarten/Gardner |
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Lesson title |
Fun with Addition |
Content area |
Math |
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Time of activities |
15 minutes |
Duration of Lesson/Unit |
15 minutes |
1. Content Area: This lesson will be covering counting for kindergarteners.
2. Topic: Learning how to count numbers one through ten and learning how to read the numbers when they are written out.
3. Goals: I want the students to come away with a firmer grasp on numbers one through ten, including how to read them as words, as well as the quantities each number represents.
4. Objectives: My students will be able to count from one to ten without my help, or mostly without my help (depending on the student).
My students will be able to read numbers one through ten when written.
My students will be able to count the number of any objects.
My students will be able to use pictures to comprehend the quantities of any given number including as well as between one and ten.
5. Technology, materials and aids: I plan to do the lesson for half of their computer lab time. I plan to make flashcards that have pictures of fruit numbering from one to ten—one set with just the pictures and one with pictures and numbers and one with pictures as well as the numbers as words, in order to interactively teach them to count. I then plan to have them go to the computers and work with the website, where all seventeen of them will have gender differentiated exercises to work with.
6. Procedures/methods:
a. Overview: I will begin the lesson with a review of counting. The students will then move to the computers to interact with the website which will have personalized links based on their gender that will have exercises to test their knowledge. At the end I will ask them to take notice of how often they use addition without realizing it.
b. Introduction: I will start by using flashcards that have the pictures with just numbers, I will have them all count with me in numerical order. Then I will do the same with the ones with the number words. Finally I will shuffle the flash cards and using the ones with only pictures of fruit, ask for volunteers to count the number of fruit and identify the matching number and word flash cards. This will reinforce the concept of counting and reading numbers one through ten, and help them understand their quantities.
c. Activities:
I. Lesson
A. Counting (with Flashcards)
1) Numbers one through ten
2) Written numbers one through ten
3) Counting the pictures and matching with numbers and number words
B. Evaluation
(divided between flashcards and website)
1)
Quizzes
a)
How many fruit can you count?
b)
What number is that?
c)
Can you match the number to the number word?
d)
Match the pictures to the number word.
2)
Give an example of when it is really important to know how to
count from one to ten and be familiar with quantities and number words.
d. Follow-up: Give them examples from my life where I find the skill of counting most useful sometimes without realizing it. Then later during math time in class, spend some individual time with each of them with the flashcards provided for them at the counting station, to review and reinforce.
Technology Frameworks:
2.1 Follow
classroom rules for responsible use of computers.
2.4
Develop understanding of how the computer is a tool for learning.
3.3
Explore the use of content-specific tools to enhance understanding of
curriculum
content.
Assessment Plan
Objectives:
My students will be able to count from one to ten without my help, or
mostly without my help (depending on the student).
My students will be able to read numbers one through ten when written.
My students will be able to count the number of any objects (up to ten).
My students will be able to use pictures to comprehend the quantities of any given number including as well as between one and ten.
I would like my students to gain an appropriate familiarity with counting numbers from one through ten. I would also like for them to be able to read and eventually write the number words and be able to recognize their relation to quantities. It seems a simple concept but seeing as how they are in kindergarten and the majority of them do not speak English at home, this is a skill they need to practice over and over in order to master it. Hopefully my students will be able to count any number of things (at least less than ten) with ease whether it be the number of bucks in their bank or shapes in the counting jar. It would be great for every single one of them to get to Application, as numbers are a pretty basic skill necessary to achieve academic success early on and can be applied to most other aspects of their lives. Seeing as how they are only in kindergarten they probably will not be able to get as far as Analysis.
Multiple Choice Questions on
website, paired with pictures:
Boy Questions:
1. How many ladybugs can you count?
a)
Two
b)
Three
c)
Four
2. How many raindrops can you count?
a) Six
b) Seven
c) Eight
3. How many green diamonds can you count?
a) Three
b) Two
c) One
4. How many pink squares can you count?
a) Nine
b) Eight
c) Seven
5. How many Spidermen can you count?
a) Three
b) Four
c) Five
Girl Questions:
1. How many ladybugs can you count?
a)
Two
b)
Three
c)
Four
2. How many raindrops can you count?
a) Six
b) Seven
c) Eight
3. How many green diamonds can you count?
a) Three
b) Two
c) One
4. How many pink squares can you count?
a) Nine
b) Eight
c) Seven
5. How many Doras can you count?
a) Four
b) Five
c) Six
Answer
Key
Boys:
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5.
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Girls:
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