INQUIRY LESSON PLANS
DIRECT INSTRUCTION LESSON PLAN
(Case Study 4.2 Lesson Plan)
Sample 1
Subject Area: Math Specific Content: Improper fractions and equivalent mixed numbers
Grade Level: 6th Grade Length of Lesson: 30 minutes
Instructional Objective(s): The learner will write any improper fraction as a mixed number.
State Content Standard / Benchmark / Grade Level Expectations:
Math – Patterns, Relationships, and Functions
Content Standard: Students describe the relationships among variables, predict what will happen to one variable as another variable is changed, analyze natural variation and sources of variability, and compare patterns of change.
Middle School Benchmark: Represent variability or change by ordered pairs, tables, graphs, and equations.
Long-Term Unit Objective: The learner will add, subtract, multiply, and divide any two mixed numbers with unlike denominators.
Yesterday’s Lesson: The students worked with a partner and used fraction manipulatives to better understand equivalent mixed numbers and improper fractions.
Tomorrow’s Lesson: The students will learn to write mixed numbers as improper fractions, which will be an inverse of today’s lesson.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Behaviors Needed:
Skills: The students are able to do multi-digit division and multiplication by hand without the use of a calculator. They are also competent in using calculators to perform multiplication and division.
Concepts: The students can identify improper fractions and mixed numbers and know that there are two ways to write the same fractional amount.
Behaviors: The students know that to answer or ask a question they must raise their hand and must wait until the teacher calls upon them to respond. The students also know that they are only allowed to work with partners on math problems when the teacher has specifically told them that it is acceptable to do so.
Why is the Content of Today’s Lesson Relevant for Your Students?
(Case Study 4.2 Lesson Plan)
Sample 1
Subject Area: Math Specific Content: Improper fractions and equivalent mixed numbers
Grade Level: 6th Grade Length of Lesson: 30 minutes
Instructional Objective(s): The learner will write any improper fraction as a mixed number.
State Content Standard / Benchmark / Grade Level Expectations:
Math – Patterns, Relationships, and Functions
Content Standard: Students describe the relationships among variables, predict what will happen to one variable as another variable is changed, analyze natural variation and sources of variability, and compare patterns of change.
Middle School Benchmark: Represent variability or change by ordered pairs, tables, graphs, and equations.
Long-Term Unit Objective: The learner will add, subtract, multiply, and divide any two mixed numbers with unlike denominators.
Yesterday’s Lesson: The students worked with a partner and used fraction manipulatives to better understand equivalent mixed numbers and improper fractions.
Tomorrow’s Lesson: The students will learn to write mixed numbers as improper fractions, which will be an inverse of today’s lesson.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Behaviors Needed:
Skills: The students are able to do multi-digit division and multiplication by hand without the use of a calculator. They are also competent in using calculators to perform multiplication and division.
Concepts: The students can identify improper fractions and mixed numbers and know that there are two ways to write the same fractional amount.
Behaviors: The students know that to answer or ask a question they must raise their hand and must wait until the teacher calls upon them to respond. The students also know that they are only allowed to work with partners on math problems when the teacher has specifically told them that it is acceptable to do so.
Why is the Content of Today’s Lesson Relevant for Your Students?