Math

Teacher Name McWhirter Date December 07

Subject Area Math Grade 4
Topic Prime and composite numbers Time
General Learner
Outcome(s) How can multiplication and division characterize the composition of numbers?
Taken from Alberta Program of
Studies
Specific Learner
Outcome(s) Students explain properties of prime and composite numbers using multiplication and
Taken from Alberta Program of division.
Studies
A factor of a number is a divisor of that number.

A number is a multiple of any of its factors.

Learning Objectives A prime number has factors of only itself and one.
What do you want your students
to learn?
A composite number has factors other than one and itself.

Zero and one are neither prime nor composite numbers.

Critical Thinking Communication Collaboration Culture and Global

X Citizenship

Competencies
Addressed Creativity and Managing Information Problem Solving Personal Growth & Well
Innovation X X Being

Assessment Formative assessment on vertical spaces

How will you know your students
have learned?
Materials
What resources will you need?
Individual assessment with plickers
Cards for groups
Smart board or slides
Plickers?

Introduction Around the world math game

(attention grabber)
Body ❖ Teacher Actions
(Activity #1)
⮚ Instructional Sequence –

▪ We will start the lesson reviewing factors, many kids struggled with
finding factors in the last class.
▪ We need to find factors by looking for them, to do this we test to see if
potential factors evenly divide into our number
▪ Note the relationship between 2 and 4.
 ▪ After doing some examples on the board move on to prime and
composite numbers
▪ Go through the examples 10,5,9

▪ Extra examples – 12 15 17 21

▪ 0 and 1 are not prime

▪ Vertical spaces prime or composite practice

● 13 27 41 50 63

⮚ Considerations –

▪ Students will work in groups of 3 so they can work through problems

together
▪ Weaker students will be able to be the writer for their group, so they can
still participate in completing the math
⮚ Check for Understanding –

● Gallery walk of the vertical spaces

▪ Plickers exit slip

❖ Student Actions

⮚ Students will give answers during the lecture

▪ Students will break out into groups of 3 so they can work on the
vertical spaces
▪ After doing questions with the vertical spaces students can come back to
do plickers questions to check understanding.
⮚ The student holding the marker doesn’t do the thinking, the non-writers
do the thinking so everyone participates
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❖ Assessment Evidence

⮚ formative: visual and auditory formative assessment during the lesson.

Assessment
Evidence / Closure / ⮚ Gallery walk after students are done working
Consolidation of
Learning ⮚ Plickers questions for individual assessment

❖ Transition Details
After plickers have students clean up and prepare for recess