Intern Name: Sydney Cortez

Lesson Title (Subject/Topic): Math/Probability

Grade: 3rd
Length of Lesson: 45 minutes 1:15 - 2 pm (dismissal)

LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE

In this lesson… students will roll dice, tally the number of each numbered side that is rolled,
Overview then analyze and discuss their results.
Probability and Statistics 3.14
Standards of Learning - The student will investigate and describe the concept of probability as a measurement of
chance and list possible outcomes for a single event.
- What is probability?
- What is certain?
- What is impossible?
Essential Questions - What is unlikely?
- What is likely?
- What is equally likely?
Students will be able to… roll dice, tally the number of each numbered side rolled, then analyze
Objectives and discuss their results.

I will be able to roll a dice and analyze the number of times each side was rolled, and review key
Learning Target vocabulary.
- Number on a die
- Impossible
Necessary Prior - Certain
Knowledge - Unlikely
- Likely
- Equally likely
- Dice
Materials - Math notebook
- Pencil
- Students will be asked questions reviewing notes of probability in their math
Introduction/Hook notebooks.
- Review what impossible and certain mean
- In small groups, students will each be given a dice to roll a total of 10 times.
- With each roll students will tally in their math notebooks how many times they roll
Instructional Activities & each side
Strategies - Students are to then discuss their findings and create fractions based on the number
of total rolls and how many times each side was rolled.
- Probability
- Impossible
Key Vocabulary or - Certain
Concepts - Unlikely
- Likely
- Equally likely

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)
Assessments No assessments
- Students are asked questions relating to probability
Closure Activity - For example: “If I have 25 red shirts is it impossible or certain that I will pick out a
blue shirt?”
Reflection on a Lesson Plan Taught
Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow
Intern Name: Sydney Cortez
Lesson Title (Subject/Topic): Math/Probability
Date of Lesson Taught: 5/18/22
Cooperating Teacher & School: Mrs. Lessmann, Corporate Elementary School
Grade: 3rd
Time of Day: 1:15 - 2 pm
1. What steps did you go through to create this lesson? With whom did you talk, discuss, or edit your lesson?
I used the internet to look up different questions to ask students for review. My internship teacher helped me to make up a small
group lesson plan and what would be best to do, in order to introduce the topic.
2. How did the SOLs and Objectives help focus your instruction?
They helped me to understand what the students needed to know for the future SOL.
3. What parts of the instructional plan worked as you anticipated?
The instructional activity of students rolling the die and making tally marks.
4. What, if any, adjustments need to be made once you begin?
None need to be made once beginning.
5. How well did you anticipate the materials needed?
I anticipated the materials very well.
6. How effective was the assessment you chose to use? (If no assessment was used, what will the future assessment be and how
will you gauge its effectiveness?)
The future assessment would be the SOL. I used the SOL objectives to help guide this lesson plan and its effectiveness will be based
on how the students do in the probability section.
7. To what degree do you feel that this lesson was a success? What evidence do you have for the success of the lesson? (Hint:
Student learning is the key to a lesson’s success!)
I believe this lesson plan was a medium success because I had difficulty getting the students to focus and follow directions. However,
it was successful because after the students gathered data they were easily able to discuss it with others.
8. How did the time spent preparing for your lesson contribute to its success?
I wish I had spent more time preparing so I wouldn't have forgotten small details, like questions.
9. If you could do this lesson again with the same students, would you do anything differently? If so, what?
I would be more stern so the students would focus and write down the review material I was going to go over on paper so that I
wouldn't forget it.
10. Any last comments/reflections about your lesson?
The small group mini-lesson plan was fun but if I had to do it again I would make some adjustments.

Adapted from the Teacher Cadet Curriculum, Property of CERRA—South Carolina © 2004, and/or the Virginia Teachers for Tomorrow Curriculum
John M. Merritt, English Teacher at Kellam High School (Virginia Beach City Public Schools)