Rachel Solomon

MATH214 9am
May 11, 2015
Project 3B Lesson Plan
Part A Lesson Plan and Description
Learning Venn Diagrams Lesson for either Grade 2
Objective: Students will be able to correctly fill in Venn Diagrams by
reading word problems and solving the appropriate mathematical
equations.
I like writing this more in lesson plan format rather than an actual
outline. I did write word-for-word what I would say in some parts, but
not all parts. I found it is more useful in case I actually wanted to use
this in the future.
Today we are going to learn about Venn Diagrams and how to use
them. Some of you may have seen Venn Diagrams before. A simple
Venn Diagram usually looks like two circles overlapping in the middle,
and often the two circles will be surrounded by a box or rectangle.
Filling in Venn Diagrams can be very simple as long as we understand
the math equations that we have to solve. Let me show you an
example.
Draw a Venn Diagram on the chalkboard.
Lets say there are 22
students in a given
classroom. For our Venn
Diagram, that means there
2
7
8
will be 22 total people inside
this box. 10 total students
like art, 15 total students like
music, 8 students like both,
5
and 5 students like neither.
This may sound like a lot of numbers, but lets break it down.
Art

Music

You can see from what I drew on the board that the left circle
represents students who like art, and the right circle represents
students who like music. The space where the two circles overlap
represents students who like both art and music. The rest of the empty
space in the rectangle represents students who do not like art or
music, and would not be in either circle. Lets start with the simplest

part. We know that 5 students do not like art or music. This means we
place them in the empty white space of the rectangle. (Fill in the Venn
Diagram on the board as you go, as pictured above). Lets do the math
problem to figure out how many students are left.
If we have 22 total students, and 5 dont like art or music, lets do the
subtraction problem to see how many students are left for us to place
in our Venn Diagram.
22 5 = 17
Take volunteers to help you figure out the math problem on the board.
Great! So now we see that we have 17 students left to place in our
Venn Diagram. Lets move on. We know that we have 8 students who
like both art and music. These students would be placed in the middle,
in the overlapping circles of art and music. Now we can do subtraction
again to figure out how many students are left.
17 8 = 9
Take volunteers to help you figure out the math problem on the board.
Great! Now we have 9 students left to place in our Venn Diagram. This
is where it gets a little bit trickier. We know we have 10 total students
who like art, which means there are 10 TOTAL students in the entire
art circle. If we look at the WHOLE art circle, we see there are already
8 students in there. This is where we have to do subtraction again to
figure out how many students are in the art circle, but DO NOT like
music.
10 8 = 2
Take volunteers to help you figure out the math problem on the board.
So there are 2 students who like art, but DO NOT like music. These
students get placed in the rest of the art circle. Now we have to do the
same thing on the music side. We know there are 15 total students
who like music, which means there are 15 TOTAL students in the entire
music circle. If we look at the WHOLE music circle, we see there are
already 8 students in there. Now, we do subtraction again!
15 8 = 7
Take volunteers to help you figure out the math problem on the board.

So there are 7 students who like music, but DO NOT like art. These
students get placed in the rest of the music circle. Great! Were almost
done Lets just double-check our work! To do this, we can add up all
of the numbers in our Venn Diagram and make sure they add up to the
total number of students, which in this case is 22.
2 + 8 + 7 + 5 = 22
Great job! We correctly filled in the Venn Diagram!

I would present everything above pretty much exactly how I wrote it

out. I would perform that example, and ask if anyone had any
questions (as I was going), and answer them accordingly. If a lot of
students in the class seemed to not understand, I would perform
another very similar example. I think it is presented in a simple enough
way though, that most students should be able to understand it. The
first part of the lesson (above) would be mostly lecture, with some
interactive questions or student volunteers to help with math
problems. After the lecture/example, I will hand out the in-class activity
worksheet.
Part B Activity
The students will work on the handout in pairs or small groups. The
problems will be just like the example that the teacher just
demonstrated on the board. This will help the students learn and
understand the mathematical concepts because working together with
their peers will help them talk out anything they may not understand
or be struggling with. They will get better at filling out Venn Diagrams
simply with more practice, and this in-class activity is more practice for
them. After they are done, the teacher will go over the worksheet so
students can check their work, and ask questions if they got something
wrong or were confused. This activity will sort of act as a concept
check along the way of the lesson.
See handout on next page.

Name: ________________________________________ Date: __________________________________

Practicing Venn Diagrams
Directions: Work with a partner or in a small group to complete the
following problems. Use addition and subtraction as needed to fill in
the Venn Diagrams.
1. Joes Ice Cream shop sold 52 sundaes last week. 17 of them had
sprinkles as a topping, 23 of them had chocolate syrup as a
topping, and 9 had both sprinkles and chocolate syrup as
toppings.
Fill in the Venn Diagram below with the correct number of
sundaes for each region.
Hint: Keep in mind that there are some sundaes that had neither
sprinkles nor chocolate syrup on them (that number goes in the
white space in the rectangle)!

Sprinkles

Chocolate
Syrup

2. There are 46 people at a small concert. 14 of them like country

music, 30 of them like rap music, and 4 of them like both country
and rap music.
Fill in the Venn Diagram below with the correct number of people
for each region.
Hint: Keep in mind that there are some people that like neither
country nor rap music (that number goes in the white space in
the rectangle)!

Rap

Country

Teacher Answer Key for

Class Activity:
Practicing Venn
Diagrams

In-

Use this for when you go over the handout in class after the students
have tried to complete it on their own.
Problem #1

Chocolate
Syrup

Sprinkles
8

14

21

Problem #2

Rap

Country
10

26

Part C Assessment
See next page for quiz.
Teacher Answer Key for Venn Diagrams Quiz
Problem #1

Hot Dogs

Hamburge
rs
30

10

20

18

Problem #2
C. 18 people
For the multiple-choice question, I came up with the incorrect answer
choices by just using numbers that surrounded the correct answer.
Students would get the wrong answer by simply making a
mathematical miscalculation. For the free-answer question (fill in the
Venn Diagram), students may make mathematical miscalculations or
be confused by what exact calculations to do. Most likely, if one
number is wrong, they will all be wrong (because it throws off all of
your calculations). Due to this, I would give partial credit if I saw that a
student made a simple error, but still understand the concept. For
example, if they did the first calculation wrong (got the wrong
number), but then continued to figure out the problem correctly using
that wrong number, they would get partial credit. If by looking at their
work, I can tell that they dont understand the concept at all or did it
completely wrong, then they would get no credit.

Name: ________________________________________ Date: __________________________________

Venn Diagrams Quiz
Directions: Read the word problem, and then use it to help you answer
the following questions. Please show all work.
At a baseball game, there is a food cart that sells hamburgers, hot
dogs, and other food items. In one day, the cart sold food to 78
different people. 40 people bought a hamburger, 30 people bought a
hot dog, and 10 of those people bought both a hamburger and a hot
dog.
1. Fill in the Venn Diagram below, and then use it to help you answer
the following questions.

Hamburge
rs

Hot Dogs

2. How many people bought neither a hamburger nor a hot dog?

A.
B.
C.
D.

20
19
18
17

people
people
people
people