DIRECT INSTRUCTION LESSON PLAN

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General Information

Grade:
7

Subject:
Math

Teacher:
LindsayWatkins

Unit:
Chapter7
(Constructions
andScale
Drawings)

Lesson:
Section7.4
(Quadrilaterals)

ApproximateTime:
35minutes

Numberofstudentstaught:
15

Dateoflesson:
April15,2015

Standards/Indicators:(CommonCore,ISTE,GLEC*s,HSCS,CEC)

CCSS.Math.Content.7.G.A.1
Solveproblemsinvolvingscaledrawingsofgeometricfigures,includingcomputingactuallengthsandareasfrom
ascaledrawingandreproducingascaledrawingatadifferentscale.
CCSS.Math.Content.7.G.A.2
Draw(freehand,withrulerandprotractor,andwithtechnology)geometricshapeswithgivenconditions.Focuson
constructingtrianglesfromthreemeasuresofanglesorsides,noticingwhentheconditionsdetermineaunique
triangle,morethanonetriangle,ornotriangle.

Materialsneeded:
Quadrilateralworksheet,gluestick,scissors,pencil,paper

Technologyneeded:
Studentlaptopcomputers,projector,SmartBoard

OBJECTIVES AND USING DATA TO MEASURE OUTCOMES:

Thestudentwillbeableto:


..accuratelyidentifythenamesofquadrilateralswhengivenashapewith80%
accuracy.ThiswillbemeasuredbyaKahootgamewhereeachstudentwillcorrectly
answer80%ofthequestionspresented.

Howstudentwillreachtheobjective:

..byfirstaccuratelycompletingtheworksheet(withteacherapproval)andthen
usingthattocompletetheKahootgameindependently.

HowIwill
measure
masteryoftheobjective:
Iwilllookateachspecificstudentscompletedworksheettomakesurehe/sheis
operatingoffofthecorrectinformation.IwillthenusetheKahootgametoobserve
whetherornoteachparticularstudentwasaccuratelyabletocomplete80%ofthe
questionsbyhisorherself.

DIRECTIONINSTRUCTIONLESSONOUTLINE

INTRODUCTIONOFLESSON:

AnticipatorySet:
(Reintroduceinformationpresentedyesterday)
Alright,everyone.Pleasegetouttheworksheetsthatyouwereworkingonyesterday
withMs.Yonker.Today,wearegoingtousewhatwehavealreadycompletedand
finishallofthedifferentshapeslistedonthisworksheet.Pleasegetyourscissorsand
gluesticksoutaswell,sincewewillbecontinuingtocutthepaperandglueitintoour
notebooks.

StatingtheObjectiveinstudentlanguage:
Asyouprobablyrememberfromyesterday,wearegoingtocontinuetobeworkingon
beingabletoidentifythenamesofspecificquadrilaterals.Wealreadyknowabout
squaresandrectangles,buttherearealotofotheronesaswellthatIamgoingtobe
teachingyouabout,too!Someofyoumayalreadyknowthenamesofafewofthese
shapes,soyoucanhelpyourclassmatesoutiftheyneedit.

Rationaleoflessoninstudentlanguage:
Theseshapesaregoingtobeveryimportantniithefutureforlearningthingslike
geometry,especiallyinhighschool.Itisalsoimportanttorecognizetheimportance
ofknowingthenamesofshapesaswell.Shapesareallaroundus!Beingableto
identifythenamesofeachonecanonlyhelpyoutounderstandtheworldaroundyou
better.Shallwegetstarted?

Statingbehaviorexpectationsinstudentlanguage:
Beforewegetstarted,Ijustwanttoremindyoutobeonyourbestbehaviorduring
thislesson.Iknowitiseasytogetdistractedbyscissorsandglue,butIwantto
makesurethatyouallstayinyourseatsandpaycloseattention.ThelastthingI
wantisforyoutogluethewrongthingtoyourpaper!Ialsowanttomakesurethat
youknowtoraiseyourhandifyouhaveaquestion.Iammorethanwillingtohelp
yououtifyoudonotunderstandadirection,butIdonotwanttoberepeating
directionssomakesurearentgettingtoochattywithyourneighbors.

INSTRUCT(BODYOFLESSON):
Input:
Letsstartwithwhatwealreadyknow.Whocantellmewhatparallelmeans?We
talkedaboutthisonMondayinclass.Ifyoucantremember,itmeansthatthereare
twolinesthatarenevergoingtointersect,nomatterhowfartheykeepgoing.Our
firstshapehastwodifferentsetsoftheselines.Cananyonefindshapesthathave
twopairsoflinesthatareneverevergoingtotoucheachother?
Modeling
:
Takealookatthedefinitionsoftheshapes.Whichmentionshavingtwopairsof
parallellines?Theparallelogram!Infact,allshapeswithtwopairsofparallelsides
arecalledparallelograms.Thatiswhythetopshapeonthetreewhichbranchesoff
istheparallelogram.Pleasegluethatshapedownandmakeanoteinyournotebook
ofthat(writedownthedefinitionofparallelogram).Nowtakealookattheother
shapesthatwehaveasoptions.Here,wehaveseveralshapesthatfollowthatrule
(pointatsquare,rhombus,rectangle).Alloftheseshapeshavetwosetsoflinesthat
arenotgoingtoeverintersect.(Pointatthelinesandshowhowthisistrue).So,
letsgluetheonesthatwealreadyknowdown.Whichshapeisthis?(Pointatthe
square)Good!Itisasquare.So,letscutoutthesquareandglueitontothisshape.
Whataboutthisone?(Pointatrectangle)Perfect.Letscutandgluetherectangleto
itscorrectspotaswell.Now,wehaveoneleftonthisbranch.Anyonehaveaguess

astowhichothershapeisa
parallelogram
?Lookinthedefinitions!Youreright,itis
therhombus.Pleasegluethatshapedown.
Checkingforunderstanding
:
Raiseyourhandifyouhaveanyquestionsaboutthesefourshapes.Iamgoingto
walkaroundandmakesureeveryonehastheirshapeslabeledcorrectlyandwrote
downthenotesIgave.(Walkaroundroomanddoublecheckeveryonestrees)
Input:
Letslookattheremainingtwoshapesonthetree.Whatdoeseveryonenoticeabout
themintermsofparallellines?Oneoftheseshapeshasapairofthem,theother
doesnot.
Modeling:
Takealookatthedefinitionsofthelasttwoshapes.Whichonementionshavingone
pairofparallellines?Itlookslikethatwouldbeatrapezoid.Howabouttheonewith
noparallelsides?Right!Thatisthetrapezium.Letsgluethosetwoshapesdownin
theircorrectplaces.Wecanalsonowlabeleachbranchofthetree:2pairsofparallel
sides,1pairofparallelsides,and0pairsofparallelsides.
CheckingforUnderstanding:
Anyquestionssofar?Iamgoingtowalkaroundagainandmakesurethatevery
singlestudenthasthisglueddowncorrectly.Raiseyourhandifyouarestillunsure
aboutsomething.
PRACTICE
:

GuidedPractice
:
Okay!Nowwearegoingtodoalittlegametogetusupandmoving.Ihaveallofthe
shapesdrawnontheboardaroundtheroom.Iamgoingtodescribetheshapeor
saythenameofitandIwantyoutogetupandwalktothecorrectshape!Youcan
definitelyuseyourworksheetforassistanceifyouarestillalittleunsureaboutwhatit
maylooklike.[Makesuretoexplaintheanswertoeachquestionregardlessof
whethereveryonegetsitrightornot].

IndependentPractice
:
Youguysaredoingwonderfullysofar.NowIwouldlikeyoutogetoutalaptopsowe
cansignontoKahootandtestwhatwevelearnedsofar.Therewillbeshapeslisted
anddrawnandIwouldlikeyoutopickwhicheachshapeisinyouranswer.

CLOSURE
:

Thankyousomuchforyourattentionduringmylastlessontoday.Ihavereallyloved
gettingtoteachyouthissemesterandyouhavebeenajoytoworkwith.Makesure
tocompletetheworksheetforhomeworkthatMs.Yonkerwillbecollectinginclass
tomorrow!

EVALUATION
:

Eachstudentwillaccuratelyidentifythenamesofquadrilateralswhengivenashape
with80%accuracy.ThiswillbemeasuredbyaKahootgamewhereeachstudentwill
correctlyanswer80%ofthequestionspresented.

Heorshewillfirstaccuratelycompletingtheworksheet(withteacherapproval)and
thenusingthattocompletetheKahootgameindependently.

Iwilllookateachspecificstudentscompletedworksheettomakesurehe/sheis
operatingoffofthecorrectinformation.IwillthenusetheKahootgametoobserve
whetherornoteachparticularstudentwasaccuratelyabletocomplete80%ofthe
questionsbyhisorherself.

REFLECTIONONTEACHING&MANAGEMENT:

1.)Whatdoesthedatashowaboutthestudent(s)learning?

2.)Weremybehavioralexpectationsstatedinaclearfashion?

3.)Citeexamplesofproactivebehaviormanagement.

4.)Citeexamples(ifappropriate)ofhowbehavioralissueswereaddressed.

5.)WhatwouldIrepeatifIweretoteachthislessonagain?

6.)WhatwouldIchangeifIweretoteachthislessonagain?

RevisedOctober24,2014

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