Compare and Order Decimals Lesson Plan

Name: Samantha Basile_ Date: 02/14/2014

Type of Setting: This lesson will be taught in a self-contained 4th/ th g!ade class!oom" The 4th and th g!ade!s se#a!ate du!ing the math lessons$ so onl% se&en students will be #!esent fo! the lesson" 1. PURPOSE This lesson will hel# the students gain a bette! unde!standing of #lace &alue b% com#a!ing and o!de!ing decimals to thousandths" 'ssential (uestions)*ow can %ou use #lace &alue to com#a!e and o!de! decimals+, 2. OC!"UL!R# $ %E# TER&S Decimal: The #oint o! dot used to se#a!ate the whole numbe! #a!t f!om the f!actional #a!t of a numbe! Place Value: the &alue of whe!e the digit is in the numbe!$ such as unit$ tens$ etc" '-am#le: .n the numbe! /" 44$ the #lace &alue of is tenths" '. O"(ECT) E*S+ Students will be able to identif% #lace &alues" Students will be able to o!de! decimal numbe!s b% com#a!ing the #lace &alues u# to the thousandths #lace" ,. -E. #OR% ST!TE LE!R-)-/ ST!-D!RDS: 01T*'01T.2S3nde!stand the #lace &alue s%stem 2" " NBT" / a" 4ead and w!ite decimals to thousandths using base-ten nume!als$ numbe! names$ and e-#anded fo!m$ e"g"$ /45"/62 7 / 8 100 9 4 8 10 9 5 8 1 9 / 8 :1/10; 9 6 8 :1/100; 9 2 8 :1/1000;" b" 2om#a!e two decimals to thousandths based on meanings of the digits in each #lace$ using <$ 7$ and = s%mbols to !eco!d the !esults of com#a!isons 0. PRE1!SSESS&E-T: This lesson is being used to hel# the students de&elo# a bette! unde!standing of the significance of #lace &alues" The% will build on #!e&ious conce#ts and use diffe!ent st!ategies along the wa%" 2. LESSO- PRESE-T!T)O-: SET )-DUCT)O-1 >!ite the essential ?uestion on the boa!d$ )*ow can %ou use #lace &alue to com#a!e and o!de! decimals+, 2all on a student to !ead the ?uestion and discuss that b% the com#letion of this lesson we will be able to it" Then$ as@ the student )>hen do we com#a!e o! o!de!

decimals in e&e!%da% life+, :*o#efull% the students will be able to #!oduce answe!s li@e mone%$ !aces$ etc"; 1fte! allowing them some time to b!ainsto!m$ state that the athletes in the Al%m#ics com#a!e and o!de! decimals fo! thei! !aces" The% !ace down mountains o! a!ound t!ac@s and the #e!son with the fastest sco!e wins" Show them what %ou mean b% modeling this #!oblem" Sa% he!e is a !eal life e-am#le of when we would need to com#a!e and o!de! decimals" 0a@e su!e e&e!%one is listening and !ead the #!oblem: The com#letion times fo! th!ee s#eed s@ate!s in a 1000m !ace a!e 1"146 minutes$ 1"14B minutes$ and 1"1 2 minutes" A!de! the numbe!s f!om g!eatest to least" 0odel sol&ing this #!oblem fo! them using base ten bloc@s" '-#lain how ten flats e?ual one thousand bloc@ and so on" 0odel how to ma@e the fi!st numbe!$ then ha&e the students c!eate the othe! two" 2ount out the #ieces wo!@ing f!om whole numbe! to thousandth and com#a!e them with the students" 4eco!d in the cha!t" '-#lain the #!ocess" 1fte! com#leting the e-am#le as a class$ b!ea@ the class into g!ou#s of two o! th!ee and dist!ibute base-ten bloc@s" PROCEDURE1 1" Ci&e the students anothe! #!oblem to sol&e" Ane Al%m#ic s@ie! #!acticed on 0ount >hitne% that was 1"24 miles high$ anothe! #!acticed on 0ount 4ainie! that was 1"226 miles high$ and the last one #!acticed on 0ount *a!&a!d which was 1"2/1 miles high" >hich mountain has the g!eatest height+ 2" Ci&e each g!ou# one of the numbe!s since the!e will be th!ee g!ou#s" >al@ a!ound to ma@e su!e the% a!e c!eating the co!!ect numbe!s with the base ten bloc@s" /" 2ome bac@ as a whole class and !eco!d the info!mation on the cha!t wo!@ing f!om left to !ight and com#a!ing the numbe!s" :Dind that the g!ou# that had 0ount >hitne% was the highest"; Demonst!ate how to Eust use the cha!t to figu!e these t%#e of #!oblems out" 4" Ci&e out wo!@sheets :one f!om Co 0ath$ one with Eust 2ha!ts; " Do the fi!st #!oblem togethe! using Eust the cha!t and fill in the answe! on the othe! sheet" Co o&e! w!iting the g!eate! than$ less than and e?ual to signs" B" *a&e the students com#lete the ne-t two inde#endentl%" 5" 2i!cle the !oom to see that students a!e answe!ing co!!ectl%" F" .f the% finish tell them to @ee# wo!@ing on the sheet" " CLOSURE1 3nfo!tunatel% math ha##ens !ight befo!e lunch" >ith fi&e minutes !emaining inst!uct the students to finish u# that last #!oblem and #ac@ u# fo! lunch" Since the class is #a!ticula!l% tal@ati&e$ as@ them to !ecall some of the things the% lea!ned toda%" :0a@e su!e the% sa% that we use #lace &alue to com#a!e and o!de! decimals b% lining u# the numbe!s and com#a!ing them sta!ting f!om the g!eatest #lace &alue to find the biggest numbe!"; 1fte!$ !emind them that using the cha!t will hel# them to com#a!e an o!de! numbe!s" This !e&iew will !einfo!ce what the% had Eust lea!ned"

3. &!TER)!LS !-D RESOURCES: Ga!ge >hite Boa!d D!% '!ase 0a!@e!s Base-ten bloc@s CA 0ath wo!@boo@ Decimal >o!@sheets http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/letter-t.html 4. 5OLLO. UP !CT) )T)#: Do! homewo!@$ inst!uct the students to com#lete selected ?uestions f!om the wo!@sheet" Tell them to #ut in thei! best effo!t to com#lete them and that . will chec@ them the following da%" 6. E !LU!T)O- !SSESS&E-T: To dete!mine whethe! o! not the lea!ne!s met the obEecti&es$ afte! !e&iewing the to#ic and #!o&iding mo!e details$ dist!ibute the cha#te! !e&iew test to see if the% g!as# this conce#t" 17. D)55ERE-T)!T)O-: 4emedial: -'-am#les modeled and done with a #a!tne! befo!e com#leting an% indi&iduall%" '-em#la!%: -'-t!a ?uestions a!e included in case the student finishes ea!lie! than the othe!s" 0ulti#le intelligences Hisual: -2ha!t is used to hel# the students com#a!e and o!de!" -0odeled in f!ont of the !oom 1udito!%: -(uestions a!e !ead aloud -students a!e as@ed ?uestions th!oughout the lesson Iinesthetic: -the use of tactical mani#ulati&e used in the beginning of the lesson