Rebecca Anguiano

Education 1010
Lesson Plan
4/20/16
Curriculum Title: Collecting Data 2 Mathematics Grade 2
Utah State Standard: Students will be involved in collecting and describing data. They will learn
to predict information, find the actual amount, and compare their findings with their predictions.
Objective(s): Students will learn how to draw a bar graph (with a single-unit scale) to represent a
data set with up to four categories. Due to time, my teaching demonstration will only focus on
one category. The students will also learn how to solve simple put-together, take-apart, and
compare problems using information from the bar graphs.
Background for Teachers: Considering this lesson is actually a review lesson, the students should
have been taught and be very familiar with Bar graphs, line graphs, and pictographs. In this case,
for the teaching demonstration I will be focusing on Bar graphs in specific. Students will also
choose and construct their own graphs as well.
Intended learning outcomes:
For the teaching demonstration, students will/should(1) Become effective problem solvers by selecting appropriate methods.
(2) Communicate mathematical ideas coherently to peers and teachers using the correct language
and notation.
(3) Connect mathematical ideas to other disciplines and to everyday experiences.
Materials: First, you will need various coins, (pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters) but because
of time, I will only be focusing on pennies for the teaching demonstration. Then, you will need,
paper towels, water droppers, water cups, and most importantly water.
Instructional Procedure:
1. Ask students how many drops of water they can fit on a penny. Have them make a
prediction.
2. Have the students put the penny on a paper towel and fill their water dropper with
water. They can begin dropping water on their penny.
3. Have then count how many drops of water they were able to hold on their penny and
write it down on their chart.
4. Do this 2 more time and find the median. (Middle #). Have them compare their
prediction with the actual number they got and share.
5. Repeat these steps using quarters and dimes next. Keep having them make predictions
and compare. (On their own this time).
6. Conclude the lesson by asking any final questions and going over final things.
Family Connections (take-home activity): Once the lesson and the instructional procedures have
been met, students will be assigned to make a graph they would make at home, in specific, the
students would have to gather data by asking how old everyone in their home is, find the average

age and record it on paper by creating a data table. The students next task would be to bring the
paper back the next day and share it with the class.
Assessment Plan: I plan on having the students go through a short review quiz with at least five
or six questions that ask about the things we went through in class and what we had gone over in
last nights homework. If by any chance there is still something the students arent
understanding, I will go through it once again before the actual test comes around.