Blended Learning Lesson Plan

Lesson Title: Adding Decimals!

Grade Level: 5th Grade
Objectives:
 Students will be able to make sense of a decimal and its place value.
 Students will be able to effectively add decimals together to receive a final answer.
 Students will be able to provide an answer in correct numerical terms with the correct
number of place values.
 Students will be able to represent decimals given the value in words.
State Standards:
5.NSBT.7 Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimal numbers to hundredths using concrete
area models and drawings.
Context: This is a fifth grade math lesson that involves adding decimals. I am teaching this
lesson because it is important for students to start putting what they have learned about decimals
and place values and start doing things with decimals. Addition is the first operations students
will learn to use with decimals. Prior to this lesson, students have been learning about decimals
and what they are composed of as well as what they represent. Thus, students already understand
place value with decimals and what each represents, so they are taking their knowledge from the
previous lessons and putting it to use with new information and operations they are learning.
This will help them to master the idea of decimals as a whole and prepare them for harder
operations on decimals such as subtraction, multiplication, and division, which will be the next
few lessons following this.
Data: Students will be placed into groups of 5 or 6 simply depending on the number of students.
These groups will be created based on their level of understanding demonstrated through their
exit ticket from the previous class period on their understanding of decimals and place value.
This will create 3 total groups. Student learning data will be collected in this lesson through the
use of an exit ticket on Google Forms as well as through a Quizizz review game and the Khan
Academy “test”.
Materials:
Part of Lesson Material Used Links
Introduction Dry Erase Marker, White How to Add Decimals
Boards, Smart Board
Teacher Directed Worksheet, White Boards, Worksheet
Dry Erase Markers
Collaborative iPads Whiteboard: Just Draw
Together
 Independent Digital iPad, Earbuds (for listening to Khan Academy
videos)
Closure iPad (Quizizz and Exit Quizizz
Ticket)

Procedures:
Introduction (20 minutes):
I will begin this lesson by asking students to tell me what they already know
about decimals. I will guide these responses by specifically asking for what they
know about each of the place values and what decimals represent if they are
stumped and need a refresh. We will review the previous lesson first to ensure
that everybody has a good grasp of decimals. I will then present the new
information about adding decimals. I will first play How to Add Decimals from
Math with Mr. J on YouTube. I will play this on the Smart Board. This will
present the topic to students to help them understand the basis of it. Then, I will
go through a few examples on the white board as a whole class. Following this, I
will instruct students to obtain a white board for themselves. I will write a few
examples on the board and have them show their work to answer each of them to
see their understanding. I will then instruct students of the groups and who is in
what group. I will explain what students will be doing at each station so that there
are no questions when they get to each station. I will also show them what
materials are needed and how each material will be used for that part of the
lesson. I will let them know that they will have 15 minutes to complete the
activities at each station. I will ask for questions, and when they are all answered I
will instruct students to find their groups and go to their first station.
Teacher Directed (15 minutes):
In this portion of the lesson, the students will be sitting at a table in front of me. I
will start this portion by asking students any questions they had about the lesson
or about decimals and adding them in general. I will review what we learned as
well to allow for the information to sink in deeper, especially if there are multiple
questions. I will then provide students with this Worksheet for them to complete
with me. Students will have whiteboards for us to show our work on to help
students understand each problem as well as they can. We will complete as many
problems as time allows. I will then ask students if they understood the problems
we did or if there were still questions to wrap up this portion.
Collaborative (15 minutes):
In this portion of the lesson, the students will be working together, so they will
gather in a circle on the carpet. Students will use their iPads and go on to the
Whiteboard: Just Draw Together App. Students will collaboratively create
drawings to represent decimal addition problems. Thus, they will be given certain
 problems on index cards, and they will be instructed to draw what the problem
represents and use their drawing to answer the questions together. They will be
instructed to save all of their drawings to show me at a later time.
Independent Digital (15 minutes):
In this portion of the lesson, students will be instructed to log on to Khan
Academy. Students will work independently around the classroom, using
whatever flexible seating they choose. Students will work their way individually
through the lesson on Unit 2: Add Decimals. This will take them through videos,
problems to master, and a few quizzes to show that mastery. At the end they will
complete a “test” as part of the lesson which will show me how they did and how
well they understood the concept.
Closure (20 minutes):
At the closure of the lesson, the students will all play a Quizizz review game
about adding decimals to see how well they mastered what they learned that day.
The student with the highest score will receive classroom cash as part of the
classroom rewards system. Students will play this game using their iPads. Having
students play this game will allow for me to gauge where they are at with the
concept and to see how well they understood it. This will also help me see who is
still struggling greatly so I know who to focus more time with in the next few
lessons. This will allow for me to create groups for future lessons. After students
are done with the Quizizz, they will log on to Google Classroom where a Google
Form exit ticket will be posted. Students will be instructed to fill out the exit
ticket which asks for a rating of how well they understood the concept as well as
for the student to tell me one thing that they learned that day and one thing they
still need a little bit of help with. This will too allow for me to see where each
student stands individually with the topic.
Rationale:
YouTube Video (How to Add Decimals):
This video is very informative and engaging for younger students. I chose to
include it for my lesson because it gives students a good basis and understanding
of how to add decimals so that they could jump right into these groups. The
content is of great quality, it could just be slightly more engaging. It aligns well
with our learning goals, which is why I felt it was important to include. The
design of the video was great which is why it was good for kids, and it was geared
towards them with things such as the teacher’s Bitmoji present. It achieves the
learning goal because it aligns with our standards. It can be used in many contexts
that go with adding decimals so it can be important for students in future lessons
as well. This video can help all students through the use of audio, visual, and
 closed captions, so everyone can see and understand what is going on and what
the video is teaching.
App: (Whiteboard: Just Draw Together):
This app is very useful for students of all learning types. It allows for students to
be as creative as they want in creating whatever drawings they want. This app is
completely free on the Apple App Store and can be reused in multiple settings and
multiple lesson plans in the future. In this lesson, they will use it to help their
peers understand what decimals represent, and what it represents when you add
them together to help them understand what s happening when decimals are being
added together. This will help them understand the concept of adding decimals
better as a whole.
Khan Academy (Khan Academy):
This is a guided piece of multimedia which includes videos, practice problems,
quizzes, and a test at the end. This is very helpful for students because they get to
watch instructional videos, then answer questions to practice what they watched.
They can then quiz and test on what they learned to see how well they mastered
the concept. The information in Khan Academy is always so helpful for students
of all ages, and this specifically aligns with the standards perfectly. The content is
of great quality. This can help all learners to grasp the concept very well.
Quizizz:
Quizizz is a great game-based website that allows for the teacher to “quiz” the
students on what they learned in a fun way. I will customize a game with my own
questions to gear it to my students based on what they learned in particular. It is
competitive which helps to motivate the students to want to do their very best on
it. This will help me to see where my students are at with the concept to help me
with future lessons that build from this concept of adding decimals.
Google Forms:
Using Google Forms for the exit ticket will allow for quick feedback on the lesson
and will allow for me as the teacher to see where my students are at with what
they learned about adding decimals. This will quickly allow for me to create the
lesson for the next day and create groups based on their demonstrated level of
understanding of this concept. Google Forms is a very well-designed application
that creates very quality content for teachers that can be given to students. It gives
automatic responses back to the teacher after students answer, so I can have
immediate feedback on the lesson.