| Title: Getting
to Know You |
| Subject: Mathematics
|
| Grade Level: 2
- 5 |
| Overview:
|
| The students will get acquainted with their classmates by asking
them certain questions about themselves. Then they will graph the
information. |
| Approximate
Duration: 60 minutes/2 class periods |
Content Standards:
- Data analysis, Probability, and Discrete Math
In problem-solving investigations, students discover trends,
formulate conjectures regarding cause-and-effect relationships, and
demonstrate critical thinking skills in order to make informed
decisions.
|
Benchmarks:
- D-1-E
collecting, organizing, and describing data based on real-life
situations; (1,3,4,5)
- D-2-E
constructing, reading, and interpreting data in charts, graphs,
tables, etc; (1,2,3,4)
- D-3-E
formulating and solving problems that involve the use of data;
(1,2,3,4)
- D-1-M
systematically collecting, organizing, describing, and displaying
data in charts, tables, plots, graphs, and/or spreadsheets;
(2,3,4)
|
Educational Technology Standards:
- Use a variety of developmentally appropriate resources and
productivity tools (e.g., logical thinking programs, writing and
graphic tools, digital cameras, graphing software) for communication,
presentation, and illustration of thoughts, ideas, and stories.
- Gather information and communicate with others using
telecommunications (e.g., email, video conference, internet) with
support from teachers, family members, or peers.
|
Objectives:
TLW Follow oral directions
TLW Interview students in the classroom
TLW Gather data and create bar graphs
TLW Create circle graphs on the internet
|
Lesson
Materials and Resources:
Getting to Know You Worksheet
Scissors
Paper bags
Graph club
Paper
Tally sheet
Computer/Internet
|
Technology
Tools and Materials:
Hardware: computer
Software: internet, KidPix
Websites:
Create a graph
<http://www.nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/>
|
Background
Information:
The students should be able to collect data, analyze data and create a
bar graph. |
Lesson
Procedures:
1.Discuss the getting to know you worksheet.
2.Each student will have 15 minutes to interview their classmates.
3.Each worksheet must be completely filled in.
4.The students will then cut apart the information into strips and
classify them according to the
question and place them into brown paper bags.
5.The students will be paired up and will be given a brown bag of
information.
6.The group will collect their data.
7.The teacher will model using graph club and review how to create a bar
graph.
8.The student will create a bar graph using graph club.
9.The student will present their graphs to the class.
10.The student will create a circle graph on the computer.
11.The student will write a narrative on KidPix about their category.
|
Assessment
Procedures:
The bar graph will be assessed using the rubric.
|
Reproducible
Materials:
|
Explorations
and Extensions:
The students will use KidPix to write a creative paragraph about their
topic. |
Contact
Information:
Tracy Hill
thill2@jam.rr.com
Madison James Foster Elementary |
|
