Daily Lesson Plan

Subject
Math: Number Sense and
Numeration
Lesson Topic
Understanding and Exploring Rates

A. Deelstra
Grade
6
Date
Monday, April 11, 2016 (1:40 pm
Period 5)

Curriculum Expectations
Demonstrate an understanding of relationships involving percent, ratio, and
unit rate
Represent relationships using unit rates
Learning Goals
By the end of the lesson students will...
Explore the use of rates as a measurement
Understand that a rate is a ratio that compares two items measured in
different units
Solve problems involving fractions, percents, ratios, and rates
Understand that rate problems can be solved with pictures, tables, and
graphs
Success Criteria
I can calculate, measure, and compare rates
I can apply rates to solve problems
I can use a variety of tools and strategies to solve problems involving rates
Teaching Materials:
Access to SmartBoard
Stopwatches, timers (hand-held or on devices)
Presentation Steps:
a) Before:
Recall/assess prior knowledge: To assess students' prior
knowledge, ask students to think about the ways in which they
have used ratios, and the type of information they compared
with ratios. This allows you to determine their understanding of
ratios. Recall math facts learned about ratios in class last Friday.
Whats your rate? activity (and activity sheet)
o In pairs students will take turns completing given tasks
repeatedly for 1 minute (ex. saying the alphabet, hopping
on one foot, doing jumping jacks). In addition they will
chose another activity and do it for one minute recording
its frequency during the span of one minute (ex. sit-ups,
selfies, yo-yo throws, bouncing a ball)
o While one partner does the activity for one minute, the
other counts him and times him. Both partners complete
the activity, recording how often they did the chosen task
in one minute. Each partner completes each task, but only
records his own data.

Time
2 min

10 min

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Ask the students: Can you use your data to predict how
many times you can complete the activity in one hour?
Point out that this is the unit rate (per unit). The students
should begin to see that with this data, they can estimate
how many times the activity could be done in other time
spans, such as one hour.
Next, discuss the concept of proportion. Define proportion
as two equal ratios. Explain to students that when they
write proportions, they should use a variable in place of
the unknown data in the equation. Example: 30 hops = X
hops
1 min.
60 min.
Use examples from the data students gathered to set up
proportions and estimate results for different times.
The students should complete the activity handout using
the data to practice solving proportions (they can use the
number of times they completed the activity as their
unknown).
As students complete the worksheet, the teacher should
be sure to check students work to make sure they are
setting up proportions consistently, placing the time in the
denominators of both sides of the proportion.

b) During:
Watch Pearson See it video on Proportions (on SmartBoard
slide)
After watching the video, the teacher should discuss rate with
the class, recalling the definition of rate and the distinction
between rate and ratio.
Go through a few methods for solving rate: using pictures,
tables, and graphs using example questions on the SmartBoard
(Juan pictures, whale graph, Ainsley table)
Students will work on a number of sample rate problems,
including #10 from page 331 which is to be completed as
homework as an AfL
c) After:
Consolidation, class discussion: briefly review rate/ratio and
draw on the activity at the beginning. Ask the students, who had
the fastest rate for saying the alphabet, or hopping on one foot?
Ask the students how we can compare rates? What are practical
applications of rates? Where do we use them? Again, the
teacher should be sure to define the distinction between rate
and ratio and confirm the students understanding of this.
Offer Better Buy rates worksheet as an extension of the lesson
to take home and complete for those who choose to do so. This
activity will serve as a good extension of comparing unit rates.

10 min

3 min

5 min

10 min

5 min

Assessment
a) Assessment-for-Learning
o Students will complete one assigned problem for home work (#10 from
textbook, page 331). This will be collected the following day and
assessed for knowledge and understanding, thinking, communication,
and application in order to ensure that students are progressing
towards the learning goals and big understandings regarding rates.
b) Assessment-as-Learning
c) Assessment-of-Learning
Assignments:
Students will complete #10 on page 331 (up on Smart Board or printed for
them on a separate work sheet) as homework.
Extra Time:
If there is any extra time students can work on an unit rate worksheet
requiring them to determine what product is a better buy based on the unit
rate. An extension of this could be looking through the flyers and comparing
grocery items being sold at different prices in order to determine which has
the lowest unit rate and thus, the best deal.
*This extension and topic will likely be carried into the next 50 minute period
as Math is a double period.*
Accommodations:

The IEP students should be able to follow along the activity well enough. An
alternative worksheet with appropriately levelled questions will be provided
for them to work on during the latter part of the lesson.