Assignment:
Step I: Topic Selection within measurement
I. Instructional Setting
a. Specify the 4th grade level measurement unit plan will be used in.
b. Describe the students (What unique needs are you envisioning students in your classroom have, if any? Are they heterogeneous groupings? Is it a homogeneous class? Why does that matter and how have you incorporated it into your plan?)
c. Specify approximately how many days (remember to consider length of class periods) that this unit will take (minimum of three 50-60 minute classes).
Students' initial understandings: What mathematical understandings do you expect your students would possess prior to your nstruction and what understandings could you build on in these students' thinking?
Desired shifts in students' understandings: What shifts or changes do you wish to see in your students' thinking (with specific reference to their initial understandings above)? Think back to your experiences in the Patterns and Partitioning Web Modules.
Step 2: Instructional Objectives and Assessment Plan
II. Objectives, Activities, and Assessment
Instructional objectives for each lesson: Describe the instructional objectives for each lesson. The instructional objectives should involve the students developing "sophisticated" mathematics. Provide examples of student thinking to illustrate your instructional objective.
Instructional activities: Describe the activities in detail. Make sure they cover the mathematics from your objectives. Make sure there is a possibility of building in your assessment.
Assessment Plan: The assessment plan is meant to describe how you will know if and when the students have developed the envisioned understandings and to support the instructional decision-making. For each lesson, please describe how you will determine if the instructional objectives have been met and how you plan to utilize this knowledge in the following lessons.