ED688 Student Teaching Simplified Lesson Design Template

Name: Kathryn Borchardt Date: 2/26/19

Topic/Name of Lesson: GoMath! Lesson 9.7 Compare Decimals

Alaska Content Standard: CC.4.NF.7 Understand decimal notation for fractions and compare decimal fractions.

Materials: Include all materials including types of technology used:

GoMath! Teacher Edition, Grade 4, Chapter 9
GoMath! Student Edition, Grade 4, Chapter 9 (each student has their own copy)
GoMath! Standards Practice Book (each student has their own copy)

Objectives/Learning Targets (Acquisition) Assessments/Acceptable Evidence Of Learning

Knowledge and Skills: Sources of Evidence:

Compare decimals to hundredths, by reasoning about Formative: Marker board “On Your Own” practice in table
their size. groups.

Summative: Standards Practice 9.7, pages P183-P184

(22 problems, worth 1 point each)

Lesson
Overview/Introduction/Main Hook:

Access prior knowledge, by writing >, <, and = on the board, and review the meaning of each symbol with students. Then,
ask students the following:

Who can tell me a time or a place or an event when we compare decimals?

Comparing decimals is a real-world skill and not just a math skill. For instance,
• Many sports competitions are timed in fractions of a second, and the results are compared to determine
how the results are ordered.
• Scientists record and compare information about different species of plants and animals using decimal
values.
• In many real-world situations, we compare money amounts to find the better value. This may involve
comparing packages by weight or volume.

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-fourth-grade-math/cc-4th-decimals/cc-4th-compare-decimals/v/comparing-
decimals-with-hundredths

Process: Product(s): Specific Strategies

Warm-Up –
On the board, write:
5 hundredths ____ 5 tenths
Ask, Is 5 hundredths greater or less than 5
tenths?
Another way to look at it:
Next, have students tear out and
complete page P183-184 of their
standards practice book.
Check the students’ work for
For the warmup, draw a number line
on the board from 0 to 1, and divide
it into ten equal parts. Work with
students to write benchmark
fractions as decimals (0.0, 0.5, 1.0)
1
 is 5/100 _____ 5/10
What if I want to think about it in a dollar
amount:
Is $0.05 greater or less than $0.50?
Now, open your books to page 369, and
let’s unlock the problem. Students can take
turns reading and proving answers to fill in
the blanks. This allows students to work as a
whole-class.
Before starting Part B, review the size of a
tenth and a hundredth using a decimal
model. Discuss with students that when
comparing decimal amounts, the
comparison is only valid when the decimals
represent parts of the same-size wholes.
accuracy and return for correcting
of inaccuracies. Once completed,
have them turn it into the basket.
They can play math games while
they wait for the rest of the class to
finish their work.
CHAMPS:
Voice level- 1
Work around the room
Turn into me to check for accuracy,
then turn into basket when
completely accurate.
and ask students to use the
benchmarks to compare 0.4 and
0.78.
The students are to work in pairs to
complete pages P183-184. If a
student prefers to work alone, that is
okay too.
For the team(s) that finish their
standards practice pages first, have
them do the Test Prep on page 372
of their GoMath! Books.

Ask students for any questions or concerns.

Have students take turns reading and

answering the problems through #5 on page
371.

Pass out mini marker boards to table teams

(one per group). Have students discuss and
select the best answer for number 6, and
write it on their board. Make sure students
hold their board facing you so they don’t
give away their answers. Work though #17
in the same way. After answering each
problem, students are to write the correct
answer in their books.

Closure:
Can anyone share with me how can you compare decimals? What is your takeaway from this lesson?

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