Heritage Month Lesson Plan: Logan Bateman

Grade Level and Content Area: 5th

Heritage: Asian Pacific Month : May
Nevada State Content Standards:
➢ Add and subtract fractions with unlike denominators (including mixed numbers)
by replacing given fractions with equivalent fractions in such a way as to produce
an equivalent sum or difference of fractions with like denominators. For example,
2/3 + 5/4 = 8/12 + 15/12 = 23/12. (In general, a/b + c/d = (ad + bc)/bd.)
Objective(s):
● Memorize the process and answers to math problems that will later be tested on.
● Discuss importance of fans on Asian culture.
● Produce a fan that also functions as a study guide.
INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITY:
● The teacher will begin by passing out the article The Story of the Chinese Fan.
● The class will popcorn read the article aloud and follow along together.
● The class will then discuss the importance of fans and interesting parts of the
article.
● The teacher will then explain that hidden messages and reminders were
sometimes written on the insides of these fans.
● The teacher will then hand out a math facts worksheet.
● The students will be required to complete the worksheet before moving on to the
main activity.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES:
● The teacher will begin by handing out one paper plate to every two students.
● The students will use a sharpie to put a dot in the center of the plate.
● The students will then cut through the center of the plate, passing through the
dot.
● The student who did the cutting will then give one half of their now two paper
plates to the second students.
● After that is done the students will the be allowed to decorate the front of their
fans (which would have been the bottom of their plates).
● The can begin by using a combination of pencil and sharpie to outline patterns
and designs on the fan.
● The teacher will then hand out paper plates with three small pools of paint of
varying colors chosen by the students to each team of two students to share
when decorating their fans.
● The students will be given some time to paint and let the paint dry before the
teacher should hand out two large popsicle sticks to each student.
● The students will then use glue to glue the popsicle sticks to the backside of their
fan.
● These sticks will become the base of the fan (see teacher sample).
● After the fan has been fully constructed the teacher will project an answer key to
the math worksheet the students had just completed and the students will grade
their peers worksheet as a class.
● After grading the papers will be returned to their rightful owners.
● The students will then look at the questions they got wrong and write those
 problems and answers on the back of the fan.
● The teacher will remind the students that they will be tested on these questions
so they can now use the fan to study!
MATERIALS:
● Copy of The Story of the Chinese Fan
● Math Worksheet
● Paper Plate
● Acrylic Paint
● Sharpie
● Pencil
● Popsicle Sticks
ASSESSMENT:
● The students will be assessed on completion/correctness of their math worksheet and
the creation of their fan.
LEVELS OF BLOOM’S TAXONOMY FOR THIS LESSON: Check all that apply to your
lesson.

_X_ Knowledge (Know) _X_ Comprehension (Understand) _X_ Application

(Apply)

__ Analysis (Analyze) __ Synthesis (Evaluate) __ Evaluation (Create)

LEVELS OF DOK FOR THIS LESSON:

___X__ Level 1 __X___ Level 2 _____ Level 3 _____ Level 4

Resources: Specific website names and addresses:

● http://www.theworldofchinese.com/2014/11/the-story-of-the-chinese-fan/
● http://thepinterestedparent.com/2017/01/paper-plate-hand-fans/