PERCENTAGES UNIT PLANNER

Pre-service Teacher name: Highlight planning process: Date:

Monique Eggers Planned collaboratively with ST 14/9 –
Year level/ age range & number of students: Planned collaboratively with peer 23/9
Year 7’s – 26 students Planned independently based on ST
lessons
Planned Independently
Unit title: Percentages
Learning area and outcomes: (E.g. English, Mathematics, Science, Health & Physical Education,
Humanities & Social Sciences, The Arts, Technologies and Languages & Australian Curriculum links)
Achievement Standards & Content Descriptors (ACARA, 2020)
• Expresses one quantity as a fraction or percentage of another
• Uses fractions, decimals and percentages, and their equivalences
• Solve problems involving percentages and all four operations with fractions and decimals
• Connect fractions, decimals and percentages and carry out simple conversions
• Find percentages of quantities and express one quantity as a percentage of another, with and without
digital technologies.

General capabilities consideration: literacy, numeracy, ICT, critical & creative thinking, ethical
understandings, intercultural understandings, personal & social capabilities
Numeracy, Critical and creative thinking, Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Cross-curricula consideration: ATSI, Asia & Aust engagement with Asia, Sustainability

Student diversity consideration: students with disability, gifted and talented students, students for whom
EAL/D
Additional harder tasks for more advanced students.
Learning intentions: (Descriptions of what Success criteria for students: (clear and specific
learners should understand and be able to do by the measures of how students have met the learning
end of a learning period, the ‘what and why’ of the intentions, i.e. how they are going with the task, this
learning task: ‘We are learning to …. (learning can include both learning content and strategies; ‘I
intention ‘what) so that we can …… (learning know that I can do this when I have..)
intention ‘why’))
Students are successful when they can confidently
We are learning to express percentage and answer a range of percentage questions.
percentange questions in numerous ways so that
wek can understand how percentages work.

Formative assessment: Summative assessment:

Activities and workshets
Test
Range of teaching strategies: preparation/ organisation/ resources:
(What range of teaching strategies will I use and so what resources will I need for the students to engage in
the activity? Where will I access the resources from?)
Group work
Having students prepare to present one of the questions at the end of the lesson
Exit slips
O’clock buddies
Going around questioning groups, what strategy worked, why, etc.
Smartnote, smartboard, mini whiteboards, whiteboard markers, maths books
Differentiation: (Are there any students that I need to personalise the activity for)

Specific student needs: learning/ behaviour Adjustment and considerations

Harder tasks
UNIT TIMETABLE
(Weekly overview – brief detail only – use to determine time-frame etc)
WEEK MON TUES WED
BEG.
Week 9 Percentages- intro Equivalents Number lines/School Photos
Week 10 One quantity as a percentage Percentage of a quantity, Test and fun activities
of another revision
SEQUENCE OF LESSONS/ LEARNING EXPERIENCES
Lesson Check for
Main Resources
sequence Learning Experiences learning/
Focus Assessment
Tables Challenge  Smartbord Have a look
Mental routine  Maths document at brainstorm
Sit with 10 o’clock buddy  Miniwhiteboards
Whiteboard
Percentages Go over test (already marked bonus question, go markers
Intro- through how to do bonus question. Then go through Maths books
Inquiry: test answers- they mark themselves. Tables challenege
Working in sheets
o’clock BREAK Maths challenge
buddies, play best out of three rock, paper, scissors with clock Maths challenge
Having buddy smartnote
students
prepare to - Prior Knowledge activity- show ‘%’ on board-
present one brainstorm
of the - P.P – what are percentages? (history and
questions at definition, what they look like)
the end of - Recap at end of lesson
the lesson - Maths Challenge
Equivalents Mental routine  Smartboard Have a look
Inquiry: Sit with 3 o’clock buddy- remind about rules  Maths document at
Working in  Worksheet equavalents
o’clock - Recap previous lesson  Miniwhiteboards task
buddies, - Writing percentages as fractions/decimals  Whiteboard
Having - (using number line on smartboard) markers
students BREAK  Maths books
prepare to Silent Ball
 Equivalents
present one
sheets- hard and
of the Equivalents worksheet
harder
questions at
 Exit slips
the end of Exit slip (inquiry on confidence)
the lesson,
Exit slip
(inquiry on
confidence)
Number Come in from recess:  tables challenge 1%
lines/School Tables challenge  mental routine
Photos Mental routine questions
Recap previous lesson  Smartboard
Inquiry: Do 1% worksheet. While they are doing that, they can  Maths document
Having be working on number lines on board. Worksheet- 1%
students SCHOOL PHOTOS DAY Maths books
prepare to Students work at their own pace throughout the lesson
present one as students will be coming and going for school
of the photos.
questions at
the end of
the lesson,
Working in
groups ( 2 x
o’clock
buddy pairs),
Going
around
questioning
groups, what
strategy
worked,
why, etc.
One quantity Tables challenge  Smartboard 2%
as a Mental routine  Smart note-
percentage of - Recap previous lesson- 1% answers percentages
another - Working out one quantity as a percentage of  Worksheets
another  Mental routine
Inquiry: 5 out of 25= ?%  Tables challenge
Working in sheets
o’clock Maths challenge
buddies, - Writing one quantity as a notes
Having percentage of another worksheet- 2% Exit slips
students - Recap at end of lesson
prepare to - Exit slip (inquiry on confidence)
present one
of the Maths challenge- go over last weeks answers, and
questions at introduce this weeks questions.
the end of Exit slip (inquiry on confidence)
the lesson,
Exit slip
(inquiry on
confidence)
Come in from recess:  Smartboard Joke
Percentage
Mental routine  Smart note- worksheet
of a quantity,
Go through numberline- have students put answers on percentages
revision
number line. Then put some in random places- ask  Worksheets-joke
students what is wrong with them? People can finish worksheet
Inquiry:
2% sheet during this time.  Mental routine
Working in
Introduce percentage of a quantity Number lines
o’clock
- Work in pairs to create strategy to work it out Harder percentage
buddies,
- Joke worksheet questions
Having
- If you have time left over: can you make your worksheets
students
own joke using the number=alphabet already Exit slips
prepare to
given
present one
of the
Harder percentage questions worksheet for more
questions at
advanced students.
the end of
the lesson,
Exit slip (inquiry on confidence)
Exit slip
(inquiry on
confidence)
Come in from recess:  Smartboard Test
Tables challenge  Smart note-
Test- have until the end of lesson to complete. Can percentages
use calculator for questions that say you can.  Test
Fun worksheets to complete until end of lesson  worksheets
- Percentages puzzle  mad mental
Test and fun - Percentage colouring in. smartnote
activities Break- go outside and play a game of students choice (yay Tables challenge
for finishing percentages)
sheets
Come back in and mark test and 2% worksheet
Mental graph- use smartnote to explain Mental graph
smartnote
mad mental (end of term) Graph paper
EVALUATION & REFLECTION: How effective was this unit?

Students
Level of Engagement
low high
Challenge for students
low high
Achievement/progress towards goals
low high
All learners catered for
no yes
Future teaching suggestions: What information did this unit provide about the future teaching/learning
needs of these students?

Assessment
difficult to carry out easy to carry out
allowed for range of student
unrelated to outcomes responses

Student feedback:

Supervising Teacher feedback:

Pre-service teacher evaluation: If you were to use this unit again, what changes would you make?