Mathematics Lesson Plan Overview and Reflection

Title of Lesson &

Date
Money-Making sense of cents. Review Game.
Standard(s) and
Mathematical
Practices
(3 pts)
List with coding and
wording
List the standard(s) and SMPs addressed in your lesson:
2.MD.C.8
Work with time and money
Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels,
and pennies, using $ and symbols appropriately.
Lesson Overview (5
pts)
2-3 succinct
paragraphs
Describe the lesson structure (hook, learning activities, closing,
extension, assessment) using a narrative of what the teacher was
doing and what students were doing:
Hook: Today we are going to be playing a game. If you all can
correctly identify the coins and their values we will play the game.
Some of you already played a version of this game the other day,
but we changed it up a little bit to make it a little more tricky. Okay
ready?


Learning Activities: We will then go over each coin and its value.
The students will have to write the coin value with the proper symbol
before they can move on to the game. The game will be students
against the teachers. The students will be placed in pairs based on
their abilities, one student who is understanding the concept with a
student who is struggling. By doing this we hope that the student
who has a better understanding of the concept will help the
struggling student.


Once the students are in pairs we will start the game. To start the
game we will pick a certain amount of money to put in their pocket.
The students will have to figure out two different ways we might
have that amount. The students will have to write out the correct
symbols for each coin. They also have to write the amount using the
cents sign on their whiteboard. If any of the students guess the
correct way, they will get a point. If they do not we get a point.


Closing:


Extension: If a student finishes early, they will be encouraged to
look at their partners work to make sure it is correct. If it is they will
be asked to come with as many ways as they can find to get the
amount asked. An extension if the whole class is catching on to the
concept quickly, would be having the students play the game
between themselves.


Assessment: The assessment we will use for this game will be a
formative assessment of walking around as seeing which students
are struggling and helping them independently.
Integrating
Resources and
Making
Connections
(5 pts)
1-2 succinct
paragraphs
Discuss how you integrated manipulatives, technology, literature
and/or cross-disciplinary connections and how that supported
student learning:


We used the smartboard to demonstrate and show different coin
amounts/ possibilities the kids came up with. The kids each had a
whiteboard so they could draw the amount with coin symbols on
them.


We did this intentionally because we were facilitating the childrens
movement through concrete-abstract. Previously we had the
children using concrete manipulatives (fake coins). In this lesson we
took away the concrete manipulatives and moved to semi-abstract
by having them write a symbol of each coin they thought we had in
our pocket.
Addressing a Broad
Range of Learners
(5 pts)
1-2 succinct
paragraphs
Discuss any adaptations you planned or made on the spot to
support students who are working below or above grade level,
student with disabilities or students who are English language
learners and how that impacted their learning in the lesson:


When planning this lesson we intentionally paired the students
based on their abilities. When one of the higher achieving students
finished we encouraged them to check their partners work and
make sure it was correct. If they did this we asked them to find an
additional way we might have the coin make up in our pocket.


Having the students in pairs also facilitated the learning of those
students who were struggling. They had support very close to them
and could turn to their partner and ask for help. We also gave
individualized instruction to students who still didnt understand after
help from a peer.


We had no ELLs or students with disabilities.
Reflection on
Student Learning
and Teacher
Practice (15 pts)
1 succinct paragraph
for each question
1. Was your lesson effective and did the students understand
what you were teaching? Why/why not?
Our Lesson was effective because the students were more
familiar with the game we played from the previous day. Those
students who did not play the game the day before, they caught
on quickly and joined in very well. The students understood
what we were teaching and were highly involved throughout the
whole lesson.
2. Compare/contrast methods of what you did with how Jones
explains methods (content methods Chapters 7-17).
We used the method from Jones of making sure that students
were able to decipher money even given the misconceptions that
the bigger the coin, the larger the value. We wanted students to
know that this isnt necessarily true for all coins. We also
wanted to allow students to play with make-believe coins as
much as possible and this lesson was hands on the whole time.
3. What were the strengths of your lesson? Why? What
changes/improvements would you make to the lesson?
Why?
The main strength of our lesson was to have every student
engaged while we were teaching. They worked really well with
their partners as well. When we asked students to work with one
another they did a pretty good job, which is unusual for them.
There was only one group which had slight troubles working in
a group, but they were also a group of 3 instead of 2 which made
it more difficult. If we could make changes to our lesson, I think
I would like to change the amount of time we had planned for
things. It always takes way more time to get things figured out
during a lesson than what you plan for. I think that is just a
matter of practicing making lessons and teaching them though.
4. What did you learn from this experience about teaching
mathematics?
I learned that math can be fun! It was so nice to be able to see
that the students were enjoying themselves while playing a game
against us teachers. Its like they didnt even realize they were
learning even though they were. Super awesome!