Units+of+Weight+Lesson+Plan

= Units of Weight Lesson Plan =

Jessica Thomas || **Grade ** 4th || **Class Size ** 27 || **Date / Time ** March 31 11:35 pm || Math |||| **School ** Waverly Elementary || **Mentor ** Brian Eisentraut || = I. Value of the Lesson  – //What will the students learn? Why is this learning meaningful, important and appropriate? What will the students say or do that will serve as evidence of learning? // = Students will convert customary units of weight. || Students will work on conversion word problems independently. ||
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**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">II. Context for Learning ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">– //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">What factors will influence my instructional decisions? How will my instruction respond to these factors? // <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">(Ex. IEP Accommodations, ESOL, Social Concerns, Etc.) |||| <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">**Differentiated Practices for <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">this Lesson ** ||
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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Madison and Clara need more one on one instruction. |||||||| <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">I will work with these students as I walk around and they are working on the problems assigned to them. ||

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">(Ex. Family/community/cultural assets; Perspective- <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Taking; etc.) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">**Implications for this Lesson** || = <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">III. Instructional Procedures //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">– What instructional strategies will I use to ensure that every child is a successful learner? // =
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">We will do a warm-up based on units of length conversions. Students will be introduced into converting units of weight and watch and take notes while I do some examples. Afrter the students will do some on their own that we will go over to make sure they have an understanding. The students will then be broken into three groups. One group will work on word problems indepently, another group will work on problems from the book and finally the third group will complete a chart where they will convert the weight on food packages to pounds and ounces.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> = <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">IV. Analysis and Reflection <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">To what extent are my students learning? How can I improve my professional skills? (complete ////<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">after ////<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">teaching) // = = = I noticed much improvement in all the students' BCRs from the following week. I created a template with sentences starters for Lucas, but I realized how much the other students benefited from it also.

= <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">IV. Analysis and Reflection <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">– //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">To what extent are my students learning? How can I improve my professional skills? (complete ////<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">after ////<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal;">teaching) // = = = The students were all able to complete the problem solving practice based on units of weight with an A or a B. This is very good because as a class the students struggle with problem solving and word problems. I will continue to work on problem solving because many of the students dont have confidence in this. They look at me and tell me they do not understand and I have to tell them to reread the problem. Students need confidence in what they are doing to help them succeed.