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Grade: Seventh
Standards:
Objectives:
Outcomes:
1) Students can estimate and with help identify small metric and customary
measurements.
2) Students can compare measurements in order to understand if their
estimation is too large or too small.
- Electrical Circuits
- Fractions comparisons.
- Opens discussion for why there are multiple systems of measurement.
- Practice elimination processes needed for standardized testing.
Materials:
For Teacher:
Scratch Paper
Pencils
Introduction:
Main Lesson/Activity:
Contingency Plan:
Closure:
Rationale:
The rationale for this lesson is rooted in both review of material for students and in
the Standards for Mathematical Practice outlined in the Common Core State
Standards. Specifically focusing three of the 8 standards: 1) Make sense of
problems and persevere in solving them. 3) Construct viable arguments and
critique the reasoning of others. 6) Attend to precision.
References:
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices & Council of Chief State
School Officers. (2010). Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.
Washington, DC: Authors.
Reflection: