Lesson Plan for March 19, 2015

Anna Kingsbury

Jonathan

Learning Goal: Jonathan was absent on the interview day, and therefore I do not yet know of any of his abilities.
Today, I am planning on doing a shortened version of the interview, and then plan on playing some easily
adaptable games that I can change to fit his needs. I plan on making a much more specialized lesson for the
next tutoring session once I get an idea of where Jonathan is in his abilities.
Lesson Includes:
Interviewing the child
Practicing concepts with games
Materials Needed: colored unifix cubes, base ten materials, playing cards, dice.
I.

Introduction

To begin, I plan on introducing myself to Jonathan and asking him some general questions about
himself like those found on the interview packet so that we can have a chance to get comfortable with one another. Ill
then explain to him that I will ask him some questions to see how he is thinking about math and then we can play some
games and that next time we can do some activities that are better for him specifically. I will then ask him some of the
questions from the interview packet and then adapt a math game to play with him based roughly around his abilities.
II. Lesson Development.
Activity 1 If Jonathan needs more assistance with his doubles, doubles +/- 1, or sums that make 10 facts, I
plan on using the unifix cubes to directly model these concepts to him to give him more practice.

Activity 2 One game that I believe that I could quickly adapt to Jonathans abilities would be the Sums to Ten
card game. In this we would place 9 cards in a row on the desk and either deal out the remaining cards or just put
them in one stack and play together. Then flip the top card and match it with one of the displayed cards in order to
make ten. I picked this game because it could easily adapted to Sums to Twenty if Jonathan turns out to already
know his sums that make ten very well.
Activity 3 If Jonathan is more advanced in his math skills, I plan on playing a card game such as 99 or bust
where we keep drawing cards and adding their amounts. I think I could quickly adapt this game by starting at 100
and subtracting each time. It could also be made easier or more difficult by removing/adding the J, Q, and K to the
deck (11, 12, 13).
Activity 4 The last game that I will be prepared to play with Jonathan would be Race to 100 where we would use
the base ten blocks and either 1 die or 2 to decide how many to add on each time. This could also be made more
complex by asking him to solve the addition before he count out the blocks to add onto the hundreds board.
III. Closing
In closing, I am hoping that through this session with Jonathan I can learn where he is in his math
abilities and that through interviewing him and playing these games I can see how to better tutor him next time. At the
end of the meeting with him, I plan on asking what he liked doing best and what he disliked, and if there is anything
math related that he would like to work on for next time.