Walter Looney

Student Teaching Seminar

CIMTE 400 Section 004

Sandra Wedeen – Supervisor

Ms. Anaya-Hallam – Mentor Teacher

 

Date: 11-10-04                                                                                                            Grade 2

 

Looking at Yekttis                                                                                     Subject: Math

 

Time Frame: One 40 minute Math Block

 

Overview:

This activity is designed to help the students learn; how to identify the attributes of objects and classify those objects according to their different attributes.

 

Anticipatory Set:

The students have been playing Guess My Rule for three lessons, and have first been exposed to using just one attribute and to using two different attributes.  Several of the students were allowed to be the leader and make up the rule.  They are now ready to assess the attributes of the Yekttis cards and sort them according to their different attributes.

 

Objectives:

At the end of this lesson the students should be able to:

Identify the different attributes of the Yekttis cards.

Sort the Yekttis cards into different categories based upon their different attributes.

Describe the different categories and the different attributes.

 

Targeted Standards:

Strand: GEOMETRY

Standard: Students will understand geometric concepts and applications.

K-4 Benchmark: Analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships.

1.      Identify and describe the attributes of common figures in a plane and common objects in space:

·        sort, describe, and analyze plane and solid geometric shapes (e.g., circle, triangle, square, rectangle, sphere, pyramid, cube, rectangular prism) based on various attributes (e.g., faces, edges, and corners)

Strand: DATA ANALYSIS AND PROBABILITY

Standard: Students will understand how to formulate questions, analyze data, and determine probabilities.

K-4 Benchmark: Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them.

Collect numerical data systematically.

1.      Identify patterns and explain the relationships of the units in the pattern (e.g., the number of ears on one dog, two dogs, etc., or linear numerical patterns).

 

Materials:  Prepared set of large Yektti cards.  Prepared set of small Yektti cards (1 per group of two students).  Prepared set of small Yektti word cards (1 per group of two students).

Procedure:

Read the story about the Yekttis to the entire class.  Describe the Yekttis to the class using the large picture cards using the procedure outlined in the math book.  Instruct the students that they will now play a sorting game with the Yektti cards.  Then divide the class into groups of two and give each group a set of the Yektti cards

Assessment:

How well do the students sort the cards?  How well do the students work together?

Modifications:

Children will be allowed to have other posture other than sitting during the game segment (i.e., standing up, or laying down near the spelling word chart with white boards.)

The teacher should talk slower for the LEP children.

The teacher should check for understanding of the instructions.