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GENERAL INFORMATION Name: Kevin D. Gilbert Lesson Title: The Joy of ? Grade level(s)/Course: 7th Date taught: Thursday, 4rd day of class INFORMATION ABOUT THE LESSON Content Standards:
7.EE.1. Apply properties of operations as strategies to add, subtract, factor, and expand linear expressions with rational coefficients. 7.EE.2. Understand that rewriting an expression in different forms in a problem context can shed light on the problem and how the quantities in it are related.
Enduring Understanding and/or Essential Question: Mathematics is a language similar to that of the English language. What are different ways of describing, verbally, what an algebraic expression means? Instructional Objectives: Students will be know different words and phrase that are the equivalent of the operations and . Prior Learning/Prior Thinking The students have had experience translating from English to Math through word problems. The students are familiar with algebra. Some of the students have taken or know a language other than English. LESSON IMPLEMENTATION Anticipatory Set/Elicit Prior Knowledge As the class begins, the teacher appears to be a little uncomfortable. He clears his throat and asks the students if any of their parents have told them about x. He states it he assumes most of them already know about x or have at least heard about it from their friends but it is his responsibility as an educator to make sure that they understand how x works. He draws an x on the whiteboard and explains, X is the process of joining together two, or more, groups of the same
Classroom Management/Democratic Practices I will expect students to raise their hands and be called upon before answering a question or speaking in a discussion. If a student blurts out an answer, I will ignore them and call upon someone who has raised their hand. If students are talking during when they are not to be talking, I will remain silent and watch them until they stop talking. If they continue to talk, I will use proximity, then a verbal reminder that when someone is talking everyone else needs to be listening. Since this is the first day of class, I will not have class rules determined. Once they are I will expect the students to abide by them. ASSESSMENT Before the lesson Gathering information about student knowledge None Pre-assessment that may be used Exit slips from the day before. During the lesson Informal Formative Assessment During the class discussion portion, I will determine by their responses how well they understand. After Ive explained a new concept, I will ask, What questions do you have? and count silently to 6. If there are none, I will proceed. If there are, I will explain the idea in a different way and check in the same way before I continue.