Subject Area Math

Grade Level Grade 8

Topic Understanding Percent

Length of Unit (days) 15 classes - Sept 1st to 13th

Rationale

In this unit, students will learn about fractions, percents, and decimals. The lessons in this unit
have been taught in a particular order, which allows students to have the foundational
knowledge they need to move on to the next lesson/unit. I broke down each section in the
textbook chapter into multiple lessons, where each class focused on a specific
concept/example. This allows students to fully understand and grasp the concept that is being
taught.
Collaboration with peers has been incorporated into each lesson when possible. When
students are given the opportunity to collaborate with their peers, they can engage in deep
mathematical learning. To ensure collaborative learning is effective it must be complex, allow
for argumentation, and include sufficient language support. When these specific conditions
are met, students spur each other’s thinking (Hattie, Fisher & Frey, p.154).
Throughout the unit, many different formative assessments were used, such as
mini-whiteboards, exit slips, worksheets, and activities. The different forms of formative
assessment provide me with ongoing feedback and allows me to monitor my students learning.
Formative assessments are very important as it helps me gauge how my students are doing
and how well they are understanding the material. It allows me to have a clearer
understanding if the students are needing more practice on a particular topic/idea. I can make
important instructional changes if needed, based on the feedback that these assessments
provide, indicating what the students need more help with. Exit slips and mini whiteboards
are low stake assessments that provide me with feedback with how the students are
understanding the concepts. I used mini whiteboards to begin class and review the main
concept from the previous day. Mini whiteboards are great as they are a non-permanent
surface, which often allows students to be less afraid to get the answer wrong. I used exit slips
to gauge how well my students understood the lesson that we had learnt that day and gauge
how they are feeling about the concepts that are being taught.
The assignments and quizzes will be used to assess the students’ knowledge after each
section in the chapter of the textbook. The unit test will begin as a formative assessment, and
then become a summative assessment after the students are given the opportunity to make
corrections. Providing feedback on the unit test will help students identify their strengths and
weaknesses and focus on what they need to work on most. This is important because it teaches
students how to use the feedback they were given and make changes to fix their mistakes.
Desired Results
Learning Outcomes:
GLO: Develop number sense
SLO: Demonstrate an understanding of percents greater than or equal to 0%, including greater than 100%. [CN,
PS, R, V]

Understandings: Essential Questions:

Students will understand that…
● Percents, fractions and decimals are
interrelated and can represent real life
problems
● Graphs can visually represent percents,
fractions and decimals.
● How are percents, decimals, and fractions related?
● How can percents, decimals and fractions be
represented visually?
● What kind of problems can we solve using percents,
fractions, and decimals?

Resources/Materials Students will be able to…

- Workbook ● Interpret, represent, and use percents greater
- Math Links Textbook than 100%
- Internet resources ● Interpret, represent and use percents between
0% and 1%
● Relate percents, fractions and decimals
● Solve problems involving percents

Assessments

Learning Practice
Title Exit Slips Assignments Quizzes Unit Test
Problems
Outcomes

Type (Formative/Summative) F F S S F/S

Demonstrate an understanding of
percents greater than or equal to 0%,
X X X X X
including greater than 100%. [CN, PS,
R, V]
Assessment Formative or
POS Brief Description Summative
Tool Assessment?

This will include a variety of different formats. This may include

games, team activities, worksheets, mini-whiteboard review,
Practice
SO3 think pair share, kahoot, and textbook questions. This will allow F
Problems
students to engage in several different activities while still testing
their knowledge on the curriculum being learnt.

At the end of each textbook section, students will be required to

answer one or two questions regarding that section and hand it
in to receive constructive feedback. The exit slips will be used to
Exit Slips SO3 F
assess students' comprehension and preparedness for the
quizzes. This will inform future lesson plans as well as when the
quizzes are implemented.

Students will be given assignments throughout the unit that

address questions pertaining to the intended learning outcomes.
They will hand in their assignments to receive constructive
Assignments SO3 S
feedback. The assignments, in conjunction with the exit slips, will
be used to determine if the students are understanding the
material and are ready to engage in the quizzes.

Students will write 2 quizzes after they have shown

comprehension on the material via the exit slips and practice
Quizzes SO3 problems. The quiz will be marked summatively to determine S
their understanding and whether or not there should be more
time spent teaching certain concepts.

After students have shown sufficient comprehension of the

material, which will be gauged by their performance on all of the
formative and summative assessments outlined, then the
students will be required to take a unit test. The unit test consists
of material from the intended outcome and will apply their
Unit Test SO3 knowledge of understanding percent. Students will receive F/S
formative feedback on their unit test, and will have the
opportunity to make corrections and resubmit their test. After
resubmitting the test, this will be their summative grade.
Corrections must be done individually, and students will only
receive half marks on any corrections made.
 Class Schedule
September 1st - 13th
Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 ​Class 5

September 1st September 2nd September 2nd September 6th September 6th
Teach a lesson Teach a lesson on Teach a lesson on Mini-whiteboard Students will
introducing representing percents conversion of review to begin class. complete an
hundred grids and on a grid (section 4.1). fractions, percents, Teach a lesson on assignment on
determining percent Students will and decimals (section determining a sections 4.1 and 4.2.
on a grid (section participate in a 4.2). Students will percent (section 4.2).
4.1). Students will mini-whiteboard complete a worksheet. Practice questions
participate in a “find activity. They will get a from the textbook Summative
your match” activity. mini-whiteboard and Formative with a partner. Assessment:
Half of the students will be shown a Assessment: Assignment
will receive a card number and will need Worksheet Formative
with a grid on it, the to represent the Assessment:
other half will percent on a grid. Resources: Slideshow, Textbook questions, Resources:
receive a written textbook, worksheet observation Slideshow,
percent. Students assignment
will have to Resources:
determine their Formative Assessment: Slideshow, textbook
number on their Observation
card and stand up
and walk around the Resources: Slideshow,
classroom to find mini-whiteboards
their match. To end (with grid paper),
class, students will textbook
hand in an exit slip
with one question
on it determining
the percent of a
given graph.

Formative
Assessment: Exit
Slip, Observation,
Activity

Resources:
Textbook, slideshow,
activity cards, exit
slips
Class 6 Class 7 Class 8 Class 9 Class 10

September 6th September 8th September 8th September 8th September 9th
Teach a lesson on Begin class with a Students will engage in Quiz on 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 Review the quiz
using mental math mini-whiteboard a “lottery game” which from the previous
to find the percent review. Teach a lesson helps them to review Summative class. Teach a
of a number (section on calculating the key concepts. Assessment: Quiz lesson on
4.3). Students will percent of a number combining
engage in a think (4.3). Complete Formative Resources: Quiz percentages
pair share. End the textbook questions. Assessment: (section 4.4).
class with an exit Observation Engage in a think,
slip. Formative pair, share on
Assessment: Resources: Question questions provided.
Formative Observation, cards, sticky notes
Assessment: mini-whiteboard Formative
Observation, review Assessment:
worksheet, think Observation
pair share Resources: Slideshow,
mini-whiteboards, Resources:
Resources: textbook Textbook,
Slideshow, slideshow
worksheet
Class 11 Class 12 Class 13 Class 14 Class 15

September 9th September 12th September 12th September 13th September 13th
Teach a lesson on Begin the class with a Students will complete Review the As a class, we will
percent of a percent mini-whiteboard an assignment on 4.3 Assignment. go through the
(section 4.4). review. Students will and 4.4 Students will have answers in the
Students will engage in an activity time to work through review booklets.
complete a practice called “math speed Summative their review booklets Answer any other
problems dating”. In this activity, Assessment: to study for the test questions students
worksheet. each student will sit Assignment may have before
with one partner and Formative their test.
Formative do a problem that is Resources: Assessment:
Assessment: given to them. They Assignment Observation Formative
Practice Problems will work individually Assessment:
Worksheet, on whiteboards, but Resources: Review Observation
Observation talk together while Booklet
working. After Resources: Review
Resources: everyone has finished booklets
Textbook their problem, one
person in each
partnership will rotate
to the partner next to
them.

Formative
Assessment:
Observation

Resources: Speed
dating cards,
mini-whiteboards

Class 16

September 13th September 14th

Students will engage Students will have the
in a game of jeopardy class period to write
to review for their their unit test.
test.
Formative Summative
Assessment: Assessment: Unit test
Observation
Resources: Unit test
Resources: Slideshow,
jeopardy game
questions