UW-Platteville SoE Lesson Planning Template

Name: Jen Bajorek

Lesson Title: Customary Liquid Units
Grade level(s)/Course: 5th
Date taught:4/16/15
GENERAL CONTEXT
Textbook or Instructional Program referenced to guide your instruction (if any)
Title: Math Expression Common Core
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date of Publication: 2013
District, school or cooperating teacher requirement or expectations that might influence your
planning or delivery of instruction.
N/A
Amount of time devoted each day or week in your classroom to the content or topic of your
instruction.
90 minutes a day
Describe how ability grouping or tracking (if any) affects your planning and teaching of this
content.
Students are placed in a seating arrangement
List any other special features of your school or classroom that will affect the teaching of this
lesson.
The classroom has a Smart Board and the students are placed in groups.
INFORMATION ABOUT STUDENTS AND THEIR LEARNING NEEDS
Total students__13_______
Males__6________
Females______7____
Students with Special
Number of
Accommodations and/or pertinent IEP Objectives
Needs: Category
Students
Students with IEPs
2
Need directions and test to be read to them
English Language
Learners

Is not in the classroom for math (Pulled out to Special

Education Room)

Gifted
504
Students with autism
or other special needs

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Students with
Behavioral Disorders
INFORMATION ABOUT THE LESSON
Standards and Grade Level Expectations (GLE) CCSS.Math.Content.5.NBT.B.5.- Fluently multiply
multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm. CCSS.Math.Content.5.MD.A.1- Convert among
different sized standard measurement units within a given measurement system and use these conversions
in solving multi-step real world problems.
Enduring Understanding and/or Essential Question: Customary Measure of Liquid Volume
Objective(s):
Students will comprehend the relationship between each customary unit by using
real life examples to complete conversions
Students will demonstrate knowledge of customary units by participating in
guided homework time as well as scoring higher than a 70 percent on their
homework.

DOK
3

Academic Language related to the lesson: gallon, quarts, pints, and cups
Prior Learning/Prior Thinking: The students have had two days of working with the customary unit
conversions. Today the students will be working with liquid units, it will be the first day of understanding
the units however they should be able to convert easily once knowing the amounts.
LESSON IMPLEMENTATION
Procedures
1. Anticipatory Set (Review/Preview): The students have a discussion about what are different
types of customary units and what are examples.
2. Purpose Statement: Today students we will be converting liquid units today liquids in the
United States.
3. Before starting the liquid conversions the students will convert lengths again (Review Sheet).
Give students about 10 minutes to complete. Then go over answers students will star if correct
and fix if wrong. This will be graded for effort and used for the teacher to assess how students are
doing with conversions.
4. We will start the day off by looking at the conversions for customary liquid units. The students
will open to page 247 in their activity workbook. The Smart Board will also have that page
projected on the screen. The teacher will point out the fractions use on the chart.
5. Together the class will go 247. The teacher will need to really explain the fractions part to the
students. This will be the first time the students have worked with conversions and fractions.
6. The students and teacher will also complete 248 together. The students will go up to the board ad
show how the work was done.
7. For homework the students will need to complete pages 165 and 166. They will have the
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remaining time in class to complete this work.
Closure: The students will need to hand in 165 and 166 tomorrow or when they finish the worksheet.
This will be graded and handed back.
Materials and Resources :Smart Board, 165/166, 247/248, pencil, and review sheet
Classroom Management/Democratic Practices:Students are expected to show respect for each other
and everything in the classroom. Students are also expected to turn in their work and do quality work.

ASSESSMENT
Formative

Summative

Before the lesson

The teacher will be reviewing the

liquid units as well as how to
convert the units.

The teacher will go over the

correct answer for the review
sheet with the students. The
students will mark wrong or
right. Teacher will collect to
asses students.

During the lesson

The teacher will be having

guided work time with the
students during this time the
teacher can assess the level of
understanding.

After the lesson

The students will be turning in

worksheet 165 and 166. The
teacher will grade these
assignments. If the students score
lower than a 65 the student will
need to make corrections.

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Reflection
After teaching the lesson I realized the students need more work with converting customary
units. I thought since we had spent a great deal of time working with converting customary
lengths the students would grasp it is the same concept only different numbers. I also notice
many students had a hard time with the word problems and finding the important information to
use. I will be teaching a day two of this same concept we will be focusing tomorrow on the idea
that when you start at a smaller unit and go to a larger unit you divide and when you start large
and go small you multiple. Students will also start underlining the important words and circling
the important numbers in word problems to help slow the students down and think about the
question being asked.

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