Motivation my rule”- The teacher will display a range of number SMP 2: Reason abstractly and “Guess combinations alternating between odd and even numbers and quantitatively students figure out the – have the students explain how the numbers are arranged and how pattern used by the teacher. they know this. Don’t tell them the rule at this point; you will come back to it. Have a few students come up to the board and create a SMP 4: Model with mathematics students – set that follows the same rule (that they have guessed the teacher create patterns that match that of the is using) teacher using different numbers. Activity 1 Ask for 3 girls and 2 boys to come to the carpet and find a SMP 1: Make sense of problems and partner. Ask the class if everyone has a partner and when persevere in solving them students – UDL Components they say no, explain that it makes an odd number since we determine whether the group is odd or even Multiple of cannot divide the group equally. Model representing this based on the groupings. Representation with cubes. Gather 5 cubes and show each cube a “finding Multiple Means for partner” Ask how would we count this? Can we count by SMP 2: Attend to precision students are – Action and 2’s? careful to count and group correctly. Expression Ask 8 students to come to the carpet and repeat the Multiple Means for activity. Model representing this with cubes. Gather 8 cubes SMP 7: Look for and make use of structure Engagement and model each cube a partner” Can we figure out students use the structure of the “finding – Key Questions the number of students in the group of 8 without counting groupings to determine odd or even. Formative Assessment by ones? Practice counting by 2’s Summary Count the group by 2’s. Look for and express regularity in SMP 8: Continue the activity without creating a pattern of repeated reasoning students use the – until all students in the class have structure of counting by two’s to determine participated. For each group ask students to model with odd or even. cubes to show a partner” and have them practice “finding counting both odd and even number groups by 2’s. As a class, define odd and even. If numbers make pairs, we can share them evenly. We call these numbers even.
Motivation “Guess my rule”- The teacher will display a range of number combinations alternating between odd and even numbers and have the students explain how the numbers are arranged and how they know this. Don’t tell them the rule at this point; you will come back to it. Have a few students come up to the board and create a set that follows the same rule (that they have guessed the teacher is using) SMP 2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively – students figure out the pattern used by the teacher. SMP 4: Model with mathematics – students create patterns that match that of the teacher using different numbers. Activity 1 UDL Components Multiple of Representation Multiple Means for Action and Expression Multiple Means for Engagement Key Questions Formative Assessment Summary Ask for 3 girls and 2 boys to come to the carpet and find a partner. Ask the class if everyone has a partner and when they say no, explain that it makes an odd number since we cannot divide the group equally. Model representing this with cubes. Gather 5 cubes and show each cube “finding a partner” Ask how would we count this? Can we count by 2’s? Ask 8 students to come to the carpet and repeat the activity. Model representing this with cubes. Gather 8 cubes and model each cube “finding a partner” Can we figure out the number of students in the group of 8 without counting by ones? Practice counting by 2’s Count the group by 2’s. Continue the activity without creating a pattern of until all students in the class have participated. For each group ask students to model with cubes to show “finding a partner” and have them practice counting both odd and even number groups by 2’s. As a class, define odd and even. If numbers make pairs, we can share them evenly. We call these numbers even. SMP 1: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them – students determine whether the group is odd or even based on the groupings. SMP 2: Attend to precision – students are careful to count and group correctly. SMP 7: Look for and make use of structure – students use the structure of the groupings to determine odd or even. SMP 8: Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning – students use the structure of counting by two’s to determine odd or even.
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