Week 7 edu 6813: Case study unit plan Lesson 2

Your Name: ___________________
Title: Teaching Number Systems to Grade 8 Students
CSOE Lesson Plan Template
Grade

Eight (8)

Subject

Mathematics

Lesson Summary

Students in this lesson will understand the different kinds of numbers such as real, irrational, rational, integers, whole, and natural through fun and interactive means.

How is Theory Applied in this lesson?

Theory is applied in this lesson by the use of ‘creative’ ways that would increase the student’s motivation in learning the subject. Additionally, the corresponding assessments would help understand any learning difficulties that needs to be addressed.

Objectives

After the end of this lesson the students would be able to differentiate types of numbers and know how why such classification is important for daily application.

ACTIVITIES
Introduction
(10 minutes)
Introduction of New Material
(5 minutes)
Group Games
(25 minutes)
Guided Practice (Presentation by twos)
(10 minutes)
Closing
(5 minutes)

Introduction and application of “Number Systems in our daily lives”; Short video presentation of Making sense of irrational numbers - Ganesh Pai (4 minutes); Grouping students in twos
* The introduction (especially the video) should be fun and creative in order to motivate the students. The video by Ganesh Pai, for example, talks about how can students “make sense” of irrational numbers, which are not commonly seen in the student’s daily lives.
Students would be given an overview of the topic of Number Systems using the book Math Makes Sense (Pearson Publ...