Grade 5 Mathematics Lesson Plan
Grade: 5
Subject: Mathematics |
Content: In this lesson, students will be exploring the concepts of “greater than”, “less than”, and “equal to”. The pre-intern will teach the grade five students this lesson using both guided practice and independent practice. The pre-intern will begin by teaching the concepts to the class and then exploring examples as a class. The students will then work independently on the two worksheets. The first worksheet will have the students count Christmas items and determine which box has a greater, less than, or equal amount of objects. The second worksheet will have the students determine which Christmas present costs more using the greater than, less than, or equal to symbols. |
Outcome:
N5.6 -Demonstrate understanding of decimals to thousandths by:
- describing and representing
- relating to fractions
- comparing and ordering.
Indicator :
(c) -Recognize and generate equivalent forms (decimal or fraction) of fractions and decimals found in situations relevant to one’s life, family, or community.
(e) – Describe the quantity represented by each digit in a given decimal. |
Prerequisite Learning:
- Students will need to be able to count up to 31.
- Students will need to be able to count objects.
- Students will need to know what the terms “greater than”, “less than”, and “equal to” mean.
- Students will need to have a basic understanding of money.
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Equipment/Materials
- One of each worksheet for each student
- One pencil for each student to write with
- Students can use counters to count if they prefer tactile learning over visual learning
Advanced Preparation
- The pre-intern will have to have both sets of worksheets printed off prior to the lesson (one for each student)
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Presentation
Set:
- The lesson will begin by the pre-intern explaining that today students will be learning about the terms “greater than”, “less than”, and “equal to”, and apply them to math.
- The pre-intern will then lead a class discussion and ask the students what the terms “greater than”, “less than”, and “equal to” mean. The pre-intern will ask students to volunteer their answers.
- The pre-intern will then play the video: https://youtu.be/3qisu9NF1_0
- This video is a greater than, less than, or equal to song
- Stop the video at 02:25
Development:
- The pre-intern will then go over examples as a class about the symbols greater than, less than, or equal to by having the students compare objects and numbers with decimals.
- 2 < 3
- 5 > 1
- 10 = 10
- $8.50 < $10.75
- $3.99 > $1.99
- The pre-intern will then have the students grab their whiteboards and the pre-intern will write a question on the board and the students will have to put the answer on their whiteboard.
- 3 circles > 2 circles
- 4 triangles < 6 triangles
- $5.99 < $10.99
- $15.99 = $15.99
- $20.99 > $20.89
- The pre-intern will then hand out the two Christmas worksheets for students to begin to work on. The pre-intern will circulate around the classroom answering students’ questions.
Closure:
- When the students have completed their two worksheets, they can hand-in their worksheets and begin the Christmas math worksheets that the other pre-intern has prepared.
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