Factors Mathematics Lesson Plan This lesson begins with an introduction of factors through the factor ninja, who

o chops up products into its corresponding factors. Through modeling, guided practice, and independent practice students have multiple opportunities to practice identifying factors. Students are engaged and motivated in this lesson by playing a game with fortune-tellers. Li e the traditional fortuneteller game, students pic colors and numbers and are as ed a !uestion at the very end. "n this modified version, the !uestions as students to identify the factors of certain numbers. This game was e#tended in future lessons when students were also as ed to identify whether the number given was a prime or composite number. This unit also included a section on multiples, in which students were introduced to the multiple monster. $or a culminating product, students pic ed their favorite number and identified that number%s factors, and multiples.

Mathematics Lesson Plan

Title/topic: Operations and Algebraic Thinking Factors Grade level & Subject: Grade 4 Mathematics Curricular context (unit relevant content precedin! concurrent "ith or #ollo"in!$: In math, we have been working on developing fl enc! involving m ltiplication facts" #e have foc sed on anne$ing %eroes" #e have also been reviewing and practicing two&digit and three&digit b! one&digit m ltiplication" 't dents have been practicing e$plaining their thinking and the strategies the! emplo! when solving math problems" Mathematics Standards (CCSS$: 4"OA"4 Find all factor pairs for a whole n mber in the range (&())" *ecogni%e that a whole n mber is a m ltiple of each of its factors" +etermine whether a given whole n mber in the range (&()) is a m ltiple of a given one&digit n mber" +etermine whether a given whole n mber in the range (&()) is prime or composite" Content %bjective(s$: (" Given a whole n mber, st dents will be able to identif! the factors of that n mber" Lan!ua!e %bjective(s$: (" 't dents will be able to acc ratel! se and define the ke! vocab lar!" &e' (ocabular' "ith )e#initions: Factor: n mbers that are m ltiplied together to find a prod ct Product: answer to a m ltiplication problem Materials: ,in-a Anchor .hart Factor #orksheets Fort ne Tellers Fort ne Teller Game #orksheets Factor /omework #orksheets Learnin! *ctivities +nitiation: (" #e will begin o r lesson b! reviewing the ke! vocab lar!, which will be written on chart paper" 't dents are alread! familiar with the term prod ct so we will foc s on nderstanding the term factor" 0" Then I will introd ce 1Factor ,in-a2" #hen we are given a prod ct and asked to find the factors of this prod ct, we can se 1Factor ,in-a2 to help s identif! these factors" This strateg! will help st dents remember the definition of factors and how to find factors" This will be especiall! helpf l as we move on to introd ce m ltiples later on since it will help st dents differentiate between factors and m ltiples" It will remind st dents that the 1Factor ,in-a2 chops p the prod ct so the answer are n mbers that are smaller than the prod ct" Meanwhile, the 1M ltiple Monster2, which will be introd ced later, makes the n mbers bigger" 3" #e will work thro gh the e$ample in the anchor chart as a whole class"

Lesson )evelopment: (" ,e$t, I will distrib te an 1Identif!ing factors2 worksheet" 0" #e will work together as a class to solve the first few problems 4the n mber will be modified depending on the level of nderstanding st dents are reaching5" #e will walk thro gh the steps to fig ring o t how to identif! and list all the factors of a certain n mber b! following the 1Factor ,in-a2 anchor chart" 3" 't dents will then finish the rest of the worksheet independentl!" 4" #e then will review the answers and correct the worksheet as a class" 't dents will e$plain what the! did in order to find all the factors for each prod ct" The! will also have to prove that each of their answers is indeed a factor of the prod ct given" 6" ,e$t, we will create 1Factor Fort ne Tellers2" #e will go thro gh the steps to folding the fort ne teller together as a class" 7" Folding instr ctions8 'tart with blank part 4the part witho t an! writing5 facing !o " Fold paper from corner to corner diagonall! to make a triangle and nfold" Fold the paper from the other corner to its opposite corner to make a triangle and nfold" 9o will have a s: are with an ; crease" Fold the corner to the center of the s: are, where the ; crosses" *epeat with the other three corners so !o end p with a small s: are" Flip !o r paper over" Fold the corner to the center of the s: are, where the ; crosses" *epeat with the other three corners so !o end p with an even smaller s: are" ,e$t, !o fold and nfold the bottom of the edge of the s: are p to the top" Then, fold and nfold the left edge of the s: are over to the right" Finall!, p sh the corners of the s: are together and slide fo r fingers into the flaps of !o r fort ne tellers so then !o can start moving !o r fingers like p ppets" <" ,e$t, I will e$plain the instr ctions and model how to pla! with the factor fort ne teller" Altho gh st dents are alread! familiar with this game, it is slightl! modified since it foc ses on factors" =" >la!ing instr ctions The pla!er picks a color and the fort ne teller opens the fort ne tellers back and forth while spelling o t the name of the color" The pla!er picks a n mber and the fort ne teller co nts that man! times flapping the fort ne teller back and forth" Then the pla!er selects a n mber and the fort ne teller opens that flap" The fort ne teller can then choose which : estion to ask the pla!er, which will be read o t lo d" The : estions will ask st dents to identif! the factors of a certain n mber" After the pla!er is asked the : estion, he or she can have as m ch time as he or she needs to fig re o t the correct answer" 't dents will se the 1Factor Fort ne Teller #orksheet2 to fig re o t all the possible factors for those n mbers" Meanwhile the fort ne teller, who has all the answers nder the : estion, can check for the correct answers or g ide the pla!er in the right direction b! giving him or her a hint, if he or she is str ggling" I will remind st dents that altho gh it is a game, it is not a competition so the! sho ld be patient and not r sh people if the! need time to fig re o t the answers" ?" 't dents will then have an opport nit! to move aro nd the room and choose another partner" 't dents will follow the same directions as when the! pla!ed with their teammate"

Closure: (" After st dents have pla!ed a few ro nds of the 1Factor Fort ne Teller2, I will call them back to their seats" 0" ,e$t, the! will complete an e$it slip that asks them to define the word factor and identif! the factors for two n mbers" I will collect these e$it slips to monitor progress and for f rther lesson planning" 3" I will remind st dents that toda! we learned how to find factors of prod cts and the! will contin e to practice this thro gh their homework" I will e$plain their homework and we will then transition to a math test, which covers anne$ing %eroes, as well as two&digit and three&digit b! one&digit m ltiplication" )i##erentiation: (" The 1Factor ,in-a2 anchor chart will be available to st dents as a reference tool" 0" I will circ late the room providing individ al assistance to st dents who might be str ggling" 3" The 1Identif!ing Factors #orksheet2 is scaffolded to help st dents know e$actl! how man! factors the! are looking for since it has lines for the n mber of factors each prod ct has" 4" The 1Factor Fort ne Teller #orksheet2 will serve str ct re st dents@ games since it will organi%e the information the! are looking for" 6" Gro ping strategies, which incl de both independent work as well as interacting with a partner d ring the game" *ssessment: (" As st dents vol nteer to identif! the factors of a certain n mber d ring the whole class disc ssion, I will check for the acc rac! of their response and their e$planation" 0" I will circ late aro nd the room as st dents work to complete the 1Identif!ing Factors #orksheet2 to check for correct answers and clear p an! misconceptions" 3" Acc rate completion of 1Identif!ing Factors #orksheet2, both as a gro p and independentl!" 4" As st dents engage in the 1Factor Fort ne Teller2 game, I will monitor the room to ga ge for their answers and level of nderstanding" 6" Thro gho t the lesson and d ring the game, I will monitor st dent disc ssion for the appropriate se of the ke! vocab lar!" 7" I will check st dents@ work on the 1Factor Fort ne Teller Game2 to ga ge their master! of the material" <" The e$it slips will provide with data regarding st dent nderstanding of the vocab lar! and concept and I will be able to check for an! mis nderstandings" =" I will assign and correct homework that asks st dents to identif! the factors of different n mbers"