Lesson Plan Title:

Date: November 6, 2017

Subject: Mathematics Grade: 7

Topic: Integer Rules Essential Question: How to add and subtract integers

Materials:

Textbook, pencil, paper.

Stage 1- Desired Results – you may use student friendly language

What do they need to understand, know, and/or able to do?
Students will continue to develop skills using integers. They will learn how to use integer rules to make adding
and subtracting easier to understand. They need to know how to change double negatives in a problem.
Students should be able to calculate problems with both positive and negative signs knowing which sign will
be in the answer.

Broad Areas of Learning:

By learning about integers students can understand more of the complexity of the world. The fact that there
are numbers that they didn't know about should tell them that there is always something to learn. Using
problem solving tactics to become better math students will also make them better students in other subject
areas because of the perseverance it takes to solve a math problem. Integers will help their understanding of
temperature and with future banking practices.

Cross-Curricular Competencies:
Students will have to apply their previous knowledge of adding and subtracting skills in order to succeed with
integers. Students will learn different strategies for solving integer problems in order to maximize the
understanding needed for integers.

Outcome(s):

PGP Goals:
1.4: A commitment to service and the capacity to be a reflective, lifelong learner and inquirer
2.6: Ability to strive for/pursue new knowledge

Stage 2- Assessment

Assessment FOR Learning (formative) Assess the students during the learning to help determine next steps.

Students will be assessed on their ability to solve integer problems.

Students will receive individual help during the work period to insure they are understanding the material.

Assessment OF Learning (summative) Assess the students after learning to evaluate what they have learned.

Students will receive a test to show what skills they have learned concerning integers. Before this they will
receive feed back on their progress with integers.
Stage 3- Learning Plan

Motivational/Anticipatory Set (introducing topic while engaging the students)

Students will write the answer to an integer problem on a sticky note. They will stick these notes on the board
so I can assess where they are in their learning of integers.

Students will remind me of the previous 3 lessons of math. I will ask where they are in there understanding of
integers. I will diagram an example of using integers in the weather. Then I will diagram an example of a bank
statement (An ambiguous one I will make up on the spot) and show the students some added benefits for
using integers and understanding how they work.

5 minutes

Main Procedures/Strategies:

I will use examples to explain the different ways of solving an integer adding and subtracting problem. For
adding integers I will draw a number line and list 4 problems and ask the students to tell me what the answer
is for those problems.

I will use an absolute value property for learning integers. If the two numbers being added have the same
sign , the answer will also have that sign. I will list 4 examples for this and the students will give me input on
the answers.

If the numbers have different signs than the sign in front of the absolute value of the larger number will be the
sign of the answer.

The sum of a number and its negative inverse will always be zero

Subtracting integers

Think about showing subtracting integers in a positive way. Change the signs of the minus sign and a negative
sign to change the problem to an addition one. Then go back and use the addition rules.

10 minutes

Students will be given time to work on their math homework. A small group will work on the back table should
they need extra help.

40 minutes.
Adaptations/Differentiation:

Adaptations for this lesson is the amount of visual stimulants there are. There could be tokens that represent
both positive and negative numbers. This will help some students who need a more visual type of learning.

Closing of lesson:

Students will submit their assignments to the hand in folder and go for lunch.

Personal Reflection:

This lesson went well but I needed to spend more time on the examples and explaining them in a way the
students could understand them better. The teacher said that this lesson was mainly going to be focused on
adding integers instead of both adding and subtracting. I had to adapt the lesson a little bit to fit this in.
Sometimes teaching math I think that it is so easy that the students should understand it easily. This is a mindset
that I need to change going into the lesson in order to teach the students more effectively. The strategies that I
used I thought were good ones to use but they needed more detailed explanation

M. Wilkinson ’16 *Adapted from Understanding by Design (McTighe and Wiggins, 1998)