Description
This package includes three lesson plans focusing on fundamental algebraic concepts of variables, expressions, and equations. Each lesson plan uses animation as the springboard into an activity. While I include the Mathematics Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE), all lessons are written to be used with matching state and national standards that include real-world applications.
The first lesson is for introducing the concepts and vocabulary. It includes a collaborative, student-centered activity to reinforce vocabulary. The second lesson is an informal formative assessment. Students engage in discussion to allow the teacher insight into student understanding. The third lesson is a student-led review designed for those who have already practiced working with expressions and equations. It is a model lesson on using multimedia outside of its intended grade range.
This video is freely available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/wLrmZWyhbfc
Each lesson plan includes:
Short summary
Mathematics Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE)
Learning targets
Time stamps for pause points associated with lesson goals and learning targets
Questions to ask students and expected answers
Accommodations for the activities
Each package includes:
PowerPoints included have slide information listed at the end of the lesson plan
PowerPoint files are intentionally simple, as many teachers like to customize them or use templates
Solutions, steps, and explanations for the problems shown in the video
Script for the video
All documents editable in Microsoft Office formats and as PDF to maintain formatting
Mathematics Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) Targeted:
MGSE6.EE.1 Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents.
MGSE6.EE.2 Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers.
MGSE6.EE.6 Use variables to represent numbers and write expressions when solving a real-world or mathematical problem; understand that a variable can represent an unknown number, or, depending on the purpose at hand, any number in a specified set.
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Description
This package includes three lesson plans focusing on fundamental algebraic concepts of variables, expressions, and equations. Each lesson plan uses animation as the springboard into an activity. While I include the Mathematics Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE), all lessons are written to be used with matching state and national standards that include real-world applications.
The first lesson is for introducing the concepts and vocabulary. It includes a collaborative, student-centered activity to reinforce vocabulary. The second lesson is an informal formative assessment. Students engage in discussion to allow the teacher insight into student understanding. The third lesson is a student-led review designed for those who have already practiced working with expressions and equations. It is a model lesson on using multimedia outside of its intended grade range.
This video is freely available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/wLrmZWyhbfc
Each lesson plan includes:
Short summary
Mathematics Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE)
Learning targets
Time stamps for pause points associated with lesson goals and learning targets
Questions to ask students and expected answers
Accommodations for the activities
Each package includes:
PowerPoints included have slide information listed at the end of the lesson plan
PowerPoint files are intentionally simple, as many teachers like to customize them or use templates
Solutions, steps, and explanations for the problems shown in the video
Script for the video
All documents editable in Microsoft Office formats and as PDF to maintain formatting
Mathematics Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) Targeted:
MGSE6.EE.1 Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents.
MGSE6.EE.2 Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers.
MGSE6.EE.6 Use variables to represent numbers and write expressions when solving a real-world or mathematical problem; understand that a variable can represent an unknown number, or, depending on the purpose at hand, any number in a specified set.
