correspondence. Guiding Questions: (Embedded in activity) Assessment: Record anecdotal notes as students work and as they share their thinking. Summary: Students will discuss and determine a variety of ways for sorting favorite zoo animal choices to show on a display. They will then compare categories on the display using words such as more, same, and less. Up SMP 1: Make sense of problems Activity 3 Cage ‘Em Representation: is present in this activity through the use of visual displays of and persevere in solving them – information. UDL Components Students sort the animals by the Expression: is present in this activity through the use of interaction with appropriate environment. Multiple Means manipulatives and taking anecdotal notes of students' responses. of is present in this activity though the use of a variety of activities that Engagement: SMP 2: Reason abstractly and Representation allow students active participation and exploration. quantitatively Students Multiple Means – determine which category has for Action and Materials: more animals or the same. Expression Plastic zoo animals or zoo animal picture cards (free zoo animal clipart site: Multiple Means ) SMP 3: Construct viable for Environment Mat with four sections: (printed from clip art) one per student – arguments and critique the Water Engagement reasoning of others Students Rock – Key Questions Tree explain why the chosen Formative Assessment Snow environment is the best for that Summary animal. Directions: Use the environment work mat. SMP 6: Attend to precision – Recall zoo story read during motivation and the cage/environments at the Students accurately count or use zoo and have a discussion with students as you introduce the work mat one-to-one correspondence to sections to the students. compare the number of animals
Guiding Questions: (Embedded in activity) Assessment: Record anecdotal notes as students work and as they share their thinking. Summary: Students will discuss and determine a variety of ways for sorting favorite zoo animal choices to show on a display. They will then compare categories on the display using words such as more, same, and less. correspondence. Activity 3 UDL Components Multiple Means of Representation Multiple Means for Action and Expression Multiple Means for Engagement Key Questions Formative Assessment Summary Cage ‘Em Up Representation: is present in this activity through the use of visual displays of information. Expression: is present in this activity through the use of interaction with manipulatives and taking anecdotal notes of students' responses. Engagement: is present in this activity though the use of a variety of activities that allow students active participation and exploration. Materials: Plastic zoo animals or zoo animal picture cards (free zoo animal clipart site: ) Environment Mat with four sections: (printed from clip art) – one per student Water Rock Tree Snow Directions: Use the environment work mat. Recall zoo story read during motivation and the cage/environments at the zoo and have a discussion with students as you introduce the work mat sections to the students. SMP 1: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them – Students sort the animals by the appropriate environment. SMP 2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively – Students determine which category has more animals or the same. SMP 3: Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others – Students explain why the chosen environment is the best for that animal. SMP 6: Attend to precision – Students accurately count or use one-to-one correspondence to compare the number of animals