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Daily Lesson Plan Form

Teacher: Joseph Stafford

Subject: Special Education

Grade Level:6th

Mentor: MRS. Bishop

Campus/District: Dallas

Date:4-10-2014

Overall Goal of Lesson: Help students understand they must recognize the numbers and

notes in between patterns to understand them.

Instructional Objectives: We will find solutions to problems involving patterns. We will
focus on identifying patterns.
Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills (TEKS) &
ELPS: (typed out completely)

Key Vocabulary: Recognize / Identifying/

Understand/ Solutions/

(Math 1F& 3D) ( Music 1A)

Higher Order Questions: what number could we plug in the problem for the missing pattern

to get the correct solution?

Student Activities: (Keep in mind the following: Scaffolding, Independent or Cooperative activities, Groupings, Reading,
Writing, Listening, Hands-On/Minds-On, Connections to previous knowledge, etc)

Students will create a rhythm pattern on www.creatingmusic.com and play their patter for the class.
Students will also solve numerous problems of replacing the missing number on a
pattern with different objects like candy and fruit.
Modifications/ELL Strategies
Anticipatory Activity for Lesson:
Computer game & Learn rapbreaking
Bell ringer- who knows the definition of a pattern?
patterns down with fun circumstances to
Draw a pattern of your choice.
keep students actively engaged
Time Allotted
45 minutes

Teacher Input/Lesson Activity: I will discuss different way to approach patterns

and teach the children a catchy hook to remember how to solve the problems.
Modeling: I will do an example of some problems and break them down

therefore the students will see an example of braking down the patterns.
Guided Practice: students will create their own pattern of 3s in groups of 2s

while using all the M&MS in every bag.

Independent Practice: Students will create their own rhyme pattern with
creatingmusic.com
Lesson Closure: Students will play their rhyme pattern they created live in the
classroom to the teacher and their peers
Assessment Methods/Strategies:
Resources (supplies, equipment, software, etc.):

Reflection: