Rochester College

Lesson Plan Template

8/27/15

Lesson Title
Monster Math

Teacher Candidate Name

Kristin Miller

Date
10/01/2015

Lesson Summary
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Subject Area
Math
Grade Level
First Grade
Higher Order Thinking Skills (Revised Blooms)
Students will understand how addition works.
Approximate Time Needed for Lesson
Two class periods.
Common Core Standards and/or State of Michigan GLCEs and/or HSCEs

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT1.0A.C.5: Add and Subtract within 20

a. Relate counting to addition and subtraction.
CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.A.1
Useadditionandsubtractionwithin20tosolvewordproblemsinvolvingsituationsofaddingto,takingfrom,
puttingtogether,takingapart,andcomparing,withunknownsinallpositions,e.g.,byusingobjects,drawings,and
equationswithasymbolfortheunknownnumbertorepresenttheproblem
Student Objectives/Learning Outcomes

Objectives:
Unit Objective: Students will understand addition and subtraction, how to use
addition and subtraction in equations, word problems, and how they relate to each
other.
Lesson Objectives: Students will be able to add numbers within 20. They will also
be able to tell if an equation is equal or not. They will be able to identify such
equations as equal or not equal.
Performance objectives: Students will be able to add within 20 and will be able to
tell which equations are equal to each other and how they know they are or are not
equal to each other.
Essential Question

Curriculum-Framing Questions
How do we use addition?

Unit Questions

How does addition work in story problems? What is addition? How can we use
addition?

Content Questions

How can we use addition in story problems, word problems, and equations?

Assessment Summary

Use the Monster Activity as the assessment. Check to see if the students are
putting the eyes on the correct side of the monster and if they are counting up the
eyes to reach their answer.

Lesson Timeline
Start of the Lesson
Students will watch the following video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=WT_wvvEvkw4#t=54

Mid-Lesson
Activities
Students will work in
groups to
investigate answers
to their math
problems.

End of Lesson
Activities
Students will put
googley eyes on a
monster cut-out and
write a math problem
on the monster that
is represented in the
eyes.

Prerequisite Skills
Students must know how to write, and the basic concept of addition.
Instructional Procedures

Teacher input (and pre-assessment): Write an addition problem on the smart board.
Ask students who can come up and show me how to solve the problem like we did
last time. Student should draw dots for each number represented, and then write
the final number on the board.
CFU: Ask students what strategies we can use to solve the problem. Correct
answers include drawing dots for each number, and counting the dots.
Guided Practice: Pair students up in groups of two. Divide the board into sections
and give each group of students a section to work with. Write two problems on the
board and have one student solve each one using our strategy. While their partner
is solving the equation, the other student is to watch their partner and make sure
theyre doing it the right way.
Closure:
Independent Practice: Have students pair up in groups of two. Hand out the
monsters and the googley eyes. Each student gets four monsters. Students are to
perform the mathematical operations on their monsters alone.
Accommodations for Differentiated Instruction
Special Needs Student
Accommodations: For students with ADD and ADHD, I

would provide elkonin box worksheets to keep the students

engaged when the whole class is working together to solve
addition problems. These students tend to be very tactile
and need to move and interact with subject material. As
the rest of the class solves the problem, these students
can manipulate erasers into the boxes as a means of
adding.
For students with dyslexia, I would make sure to have a
conference with them while the rest of the class is
working. I would repeat the main points of the lesson and
provide extra time for this student to complete
assignments. I will read instructions out loud to the entire
class. I will also put worksheets in color instead of black
and white.
When working with students with down syndrome, I will
simplify my worksheets and highlight important words. I
will frequently review tasks and instructions using a stepby-step process.

Gifted/Talented Student

Gifted Students will use monster math to explore more complicated math
problems.

Technology Hardware (Check off all equipment needed)

Camera
Laser Disk
Computer (s)
Printer
Digital Camera
Projection System
DVD Player
Scanner
Internet Connection
Television
Technology Software (Check off all software needed)
Database/Spreadsheet
Image Processing
Desktop Publishing
Internet Web Browser
E-mail Software
Multimedia
Encyclopedia on CD-ROM

VCR
Video Camera
Video Conferencing Equipment
Interactive Responders
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Web Page Development
Word Processing
Smart notebook software
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Printed Materials

Included Below

Supplies

Googley eyes
Smart board
Monsters cut out of construction paper

Internet Resources
Other Resources

None
None