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Subject:
Estimate Products of Whole Numbers and
Decimals
Instructional Input
Teacher Will:
Student Will:
How will you model/explain/demonstrate
What will students be doing to actively
all knowledge/skills required of the
capture and process the new material?
objective?
How will students be engaged?
What types of visuals will you use?
How will you address misunderstandings
or common student errors?
How will you check for understanding?
How will you explain and model
behavioral expectations?
Is there enough detail in this section so that
another person could teach it?
The teacher will ask students, How is
When the teacher asks the students a
multiplying and dividing decimals
question, the students will willingly raise
similar to multiplying and dividing
their hand to answer.
whole numbers?
The students will intently listen as the
I will introduce an estimation roller
teacher demonstrates the content.
coaster, Rounding Coaster, which
will be drawn on the white board.
o The drawing will show
numbers 1-4 on the left side of
the roller coaster and numbers
5-9 on the right.
Use the phrase 5 or higher add one
more, 4 or less let it rest.
The teacher will then demonstrate
estimating products of whole numbers
and decimals using the smartboard.
The teacher will inform students that if
a number is close to a tens unit, it will
be easier to multiply when rounded to
the nearest tens (ex. 48.7 to 50).
Co-Teaching Strategy
Which co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement?
The mentor teacher will walk around to manage behavior.
Differentiation Strategy
What accommodations/modifications will you include for specific students?
Do you anticipate any students who will need an additional challenge?
The ELL student will be able to use a device or dictionary to help understand material.
Guided Practice
Teacher Will:
How will you ensure that all students have
multiple opportunities to practice new
content and skills?
What types of questions can you ask
students as you are observing them
practice?
How/when will you check for
understanding?
How will you provide guidance to all
students as they practice?
How will you explain and model
behavioral expectations?
Is there enough detail in this section so that
another person could facilitate this
practice?
Using the smart board the teacher will
project math problems and call on
students to come to the board to
complete them.
The teacher will project 2 different
math problems and call on 2 different
students to complete each individual
question.
After each student answers the
question on the board, the teacher will
ask the students if they agree, thumbs
up or disagree, thumbs down.
If a student comes to the board and
answers the question incorrectly or
causes disagreement amongst the
students, the teacher will assist the
student through finding the correct
answer/clarifying the answer for other
students.
Student Will:
How will students practice all
knowledge/skills required of the objective,
with your support, such that they continue to
internalize the sub-objectives?
How will students be engaged?
How will you elicit student-to-student
interaction?
How are students practicing in ways that align
to independent practice?
Co-Teaching Strategy
Which co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement?
The mentor teacher will co-teach by walking around the classroom to manage behavior.
Differentiation Strategy
What accommodations/modifications will you include for specific students?
Do you anticipate any students who will need an additional challenge?
How can you utilize grouping strategies?
The teacher may call on students who need further instruction or struggled through the warm up
questions.
Teacher Will:
How will you plan to coach and correct
during this practice?
How will you provide opportunities for
remediation and extension?
How will you clearly state and model
academic and behavioral expectations?
Did you provide enough detail so that
another person could facilitate the
practice?
Independent Practice
Student Will:
How will students independently practice the
knowledge and skills required by the
objective?
How will students be engaged?
How are students practicing in ways that align
to assessment?
How are students using self-assessment to
guide their own learning?
How are you supporting students giving
feedback to one another?
The students will open their workbook as
instructed and complete the independent
practice worksheet.
Students will raise their hand for help
when necessary.
The students will raise their hand when the
worksheet is complete for the teacher to
assess for understanding.
If the teacher does not have any
corrections, the student may move on to
complete the assigned homework.
Students demonstrates use mental math but struggles slightly with decimal placement.
Student may need to revisit lesson, they estimate correctly but add
unnecessary decimals into the answer making them incorrect.
Reflection