Math Lesson Plan 1
Math Lesson Plan 1
Math Lesson Plan 1
Lesson Plan
Lesson Title: ___________________________________________________ Grade: __7_ Date: October 13, 2017
Subject: Math: Geometry and Spatial Sense Location: Classroom Time: (length in minutes): 75 min
Lesson Plan Description – (one/two paragraphs with general details about what you will do and how you will do it)
In todays lesson students will be learning about translating shapes in the four quadrants of the Cartesian plane. First,
the lesson will commence with the theme of art and Leonardo da Vinci. Then we will move forward with an overview
of the material with active student participation (asking open-ended questions and allowing students to work out the
problem).
Students will then partner up at their desk groups to translate a shape in three steps. The pairs will then challenge and
help each other to do the others translations (see handout for details).
Students will then individually complete an exit card. This will give the opportunity to determine if students
understood the concept.
CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS
Ontario Curricular Overall Expectations that this lesson builds towards (numbers from documents and details)
(no number, page 103) Describe location in the four quadrants of a coordinate system, dilatate two-dimensional
shapes, and apply transformations to create and analyse designs
Ontario Curricular Specific Expectations that this lesson addresses (numbers from documents and details) selected & listed from the Ont.
Curriculum, refined when necessary, has verbs that are observable & measureable, has realistic number of expectations (1 to 3) have expectations that match
assessment. Should coincide with Overall Expectations.
Location and Movement:
(no number, page 104) create and analyse designs involving translations, reflections, dilatations, and/or simple
rotations of two-dimensional shapes, using a variety of tools (e.g., concrete materials, Mira, drawings, dynamic
geometry software) and strategies (e.g., paper folding) (Sample problem: Identify transformations that may be
observed in architecture or in artwork [e.g., in the art of M.C. Escher].);
Learning Goals Discuss with students: What will we be learning today? (clearly identify what students are expected to know and be able to do, in language
that students can readily understand)
Assessment – how will I know students have learned what I intended? How will they know if they've met the learning goals?
Achievement Chart Categories (highlight/circle the ones that apply): Knowledge and Understanding; Thinking; Communication; Application
Knowledge and Understanding: Students will learn how to perform translations and reflections on the Cartesian plane.
Application: Students will apply the knowledge
Highlight/circle ones that are assessed: responsibility, organization, independent work, collaboration, initiative, self-regulation
Students will be handing in an independent assignment before the end of class as an exit card
The classroom is designed in such a way that everyone’s eyes will be on the board if I am in the “teaching space”. This
grouping also encourages group discussions and group work.
Cross Curricular Links (especially important for gr 7/8 lesson plans. Don't agonize over this)
Art – drawing and creating pictures
Lesson – Delivery Format
Write the lesson description with enough detail that another teacher could replicate the lesson without a personal discussion.
What Teachers Do: What Students do:
Minds on: Motivational Hook/engagement /introduction (5-15 min)
Establish a positive learning environment, connect to prior learning, set the context for learning, pre-determine key questions to guide lesson
(0-15 min) (0-15 min)
Welcome students. Wind down during Leonardo da Vinci talk
Draw them in with the theme of Leonardo da Vinci (you Participate and interact by giving answers to questions
could work this into other assignments or projects). Talk (what is a translations)
about how da Vinci was an artist and his paintings. Today Vygotsky the students! – give them some information and
we’re going to make some of our own art by let them reach forward to grab the answer
manipulating some simple shapes.
Remind students how to plot in the four quadrants of the
Cartesian plane (let them tell you how to do it) (correct
+/- coordinates, primes on points).
Describe translation and reflection on the smartboard
graph by asking what the students think a translation is
and what a reflection is.
This lesson will lead to rotations and tiling a plane (pg 104)
Personal Reflection (what went well, what would I change, what will I have to consider in my next lesson for this subject/topic)
The Lesson:
The Teacher: