Pre- assessment and Introduction to equal to.

Topic: Comparing up 5. Grade Level: kindergarten Name: Samantha Homlquist

Lesson Type: New material Performance Level: on Group Size: whole group

Standard: K.CC.B.6: Identify whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less
than, or equal to the number of objects in another group, eg., by using matching and counting
strategies.
Objective: Students will be able to accurately recognize and identify equal numbers of objects
4 out of 5 times during the lesson.

Assessment plan: keep track of the students’ s ability to find a matching partner. The students
will write on their white boards a number that will be equal to that given by the teacher during
the story line.

Key vocabulary terms and definitions:

Equal to (the same as): the same number of items in each group.

Materials: whiteboard, marker, eraser,

Differentiation/Accommodations: learning environment provide hands on materials.

Support: Have support teacher sit next to the student who needs more help or is being
disruptive to the whole class. Group 1 will be allowed to go independently to find someone
with a matching picture. Group2 will receive help from the teachers to find a partner.

Management Decisions
Behavioral Expectations: Transitions from place to place or Fast
Students will raise their hand when between activities: Finishers:
they want to ask or answer a Tell students where to go and sit.
question or talk.

Attention Signal (Regain Student Material Management: Grouping:

Focus) “1, 2, 3, eyes on me…ears Teachers will pass out all needed None
are listening carefully” materials. The students will return all the
materials to the appropriate places.

Lesson Sequence
Time What the teacher is doing What the students are doing
3min Gain Attention/Activate prior knowledge: Students
 Play equal means the same song and come up with hand moves will watch
the video
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKrL4K4GGMM and sing
along.

4 Input & Modeling: Students

min Teacher will say, “boys today we are going to learn new words, equal to, will answer
less than and greater than.” what they
think equal
Ask, “what does equal mean?” means.
Give an example if I had 2 socks the equal number of shoes would be 2
shoes. Draw them on the board.

Introduce that equal means the same amount. Show the equal sign and
have students repeat saying and signing equal.

2min Guided practice: Students

Teacher will hand out animal pictures to the students and they have to will walk
find someone with the equal number of animals. around to
find
someone
with the
equal
number of
animals.

2 Independent practice: Students

min Each student will receive a white board and marker. The erasers will be will draw or
shared between students. The teacher will come up with stories problems write the
for each student to work out on the white board. Eg say, “If Miss answers on
Orchard had 2 apples and I had the same number of apples as her how their white
many apples would she have?” boards.
3min Closure/Summary: Students
Ask what does equal mean? will answer
the
Invite students to draw it on their whiteboards. question.

Items to be collected as a result of this lesson: white boards and markers