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Part 2: Lesson with Technology Integration

Teacher: Ms. Morello

Content: Middle-Level Mathematics

Lesson: Area of Irregular Figures

Clarifying the purpose of this lesson:

Lesson Continue practicing finding area of irregular figures

Overview

Desired SWBAT:

outcomes for ● Decompose irregular figures

the lesson, ● Find the area of irregular figures

including TWBAT​:

specific goals ● Manage time

and standards. ● Monitor student thinking

● Allow students to work independently

Common Core Standard 6.G.1

Prior I taught this lesson to my students on Friday. They were having a lot of trouble

knowledge/ grasping the concept. Today we will continue to practice finding the area of

ideas to irregular shapes.

consider
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Instructional Plan

Time Actions Teacher Note(s)/Student Support?

Students are rotating to my classroom We have a 3 group rotation. Each group is

from digital content. My class consists at each station for 30 minutes. They go from

of Direct Instruction with technology Direct Instruction→Digital

integration. Digital content is where Creation→Digital Content.

students use their Chromebooks to The digital content students are at tables in

complete lessons on the math the back of my room lined along the wall so

educational program called Aleks. They I can see their computers as I am working

have a certain amount of lessons to with my direct instruction group. The digital

complete each week. The lessons content group and direct instruction group

correlate to the math lessons the are in my room at the same time.

students are doing each week in class. (Blended learning is taking hold of the

These students will have direct school systems. Plain direct instruction is

instruction with me for 30 minutes slowly fading away. Students will be able to

before they rotate to the next station learn with a combination of direct

which is Digital Creation next door. instruction along with the integration of

technology. This exposes the students to

more cognitive thinking and therefore is

better for student learning.)

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As we do every class we will review the These quotes may help some students.

quote of the day. These are They are very inspirational/motivational and

inspirational/motivational quotes that I may spark a feeling in the students

put on the board every day to briefly

discuss with students.

With a partner, students will use their Students should basically be reviewing

Chromebooks and log on to Learnzillion since we had a lecture on this topic

(​https://learnzillion.com/lessons/1061-fi yesterday. Promoting learning by

nd-the-area-of-polygons-by-decomposin partner-to-partner interaction.

g-into-triangles-rectangles-parallelogra (Instead of having students listen to me, the

ms-and-trapezoids​). Here they will teacher, lecture again about the topic, I have

watch the tutorial video for a review and to students utilized an educational website.

then complete the interactive activities Students tend to be more active when they

that go along with the video. All parts of are on computers. Using LearnZillion will

the video are pertaining to finding the promote student engagement also allowing

area of irregular shapes. for peer-to-peer interaction)

I will utilize the smartboard so students This allows the students to review

can come up to the board and hands-on. I see that the students in my class

decompose the shapes and then solve for learn better with hands-on activities.

the area. Smartboard has interactive (This is another interactive tool that

features that will allow the students to promotes student engagement. If students

move the figure around and determine

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what shapes make up that irregular are not engaged then they are not learning.

figure. They will be sitting ducks.)

Students will log into the program Monitor students as they are completing the

I-Ready and complete the assignments worksheet and using the computer to work

on Irregular Figures. This is individual on their I-Ready assignments.

work. Make sure students are not on other

websites other than I-Ready.

I will be walking around monitoring

students and their thinking. (informal

assessment)

(This is an alternative to a quiz on paper.

Students utilize the computer program

I-Ready to check their skill. This allows me

to conduct my informal assessment)

With the last few minutes of class I will Consider student feedback. The exit slip

ask students to log into Socrative.com allows me to see how my students feel

and fill out an exit slip. about today’s activities and concept.

Assessment/ Informal assessment.

Evaluations

(including

HW)
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Materials, resources, and preparation required

Materials SmartBoard

Chromebooks

Resources LearnZillion

I-Ready computer program

Preparation Make sure internet connectivity is good

Blended Learning Rotational Schedule (3 Group Rotation)

First Group is in Direct Instruction with me

Second Group is in Digital Creation next door

Third Group is in Digital Content on the back tables of the classroom

*Digital content students are working on the educational program Aleks on their

Chromebooks, they have a certain amount of math lessons they must complete

each week.

We rotate each group every 30 minutes.