Lesson Plans

PEPE Lesson Plan Format

(Alabama Professional Education Personal Evaluation Program)

Written by: Tamara Faylor oliveoil8@hotmail.com,

Athens State University (Summer 2002)

Graphics, Editing, & Formatting by: Dr. Beth McCulloch Vinson

I. Preparing

· Materials:

Alabama Course of Study: Mathematics, page 25, number 38,

Children’s literature: Weight, large book, small book, bowling ball, two plastic pins and bowling ball, golf putter, golf ball, two plastic golf putters, hockey puck, baseball, q-tip, guitar pick, paper clip, sunflower seed, stuffed toy, wrench, hammer, plastic hammer, child’s nail table, big shoe, flip flop, scale, two staplers, two glass jars, water

· Objectives: The students will:

· (Application) distinguish the difference between pounds and ounces.

· (Comprehension) arrange manipulatives from lightest to heaviest.

· Grade Level: Second Grade

II. Orienting:

· Anticipatory Set: The teacher will take the children out to the playground and gather them around the seesaw. The students will get on the seesaw two at a time to compare each other’s weight. The students can also try to balance with each other. The students can compare their weight to the teacher’s weight.

· Purpose: The teacher will say, “The purpose of this lesson is to enable you to feel the difference between heavy and light objects. After today’s lesson, you will be able to decide whether an object weighs pounds or ounces.”

· Connection to previous/Build background knowledge: The teacher will say, “I know all of you can tell if an object is heavy or light. Today we are going to learn if an object is pounds or ounces.”

III. Presenting:

· Teaching Procedures:

· The teacher will demonstrate the difference between pounds and ounces using objects of various sizes (i.e. staplers, books, and balls).

· The teacher will show the book Weight to the students and discuss certain aspects.

· The teacher will demonstrate how a balancing scale works.

· The students will have an opportunity to work with the scale using the various objects.

IV. Practicing and Summarizing:

· Review:

· (Application) The teacher will ask a volunteer, “Which weighs more, an ounce or a pound?”

· (Comprehension) The teacher will ask the students to put manipulatives in order from lightest to heaviest.

· Guided Practice:

· The teacher will direct the students’ attention to two glass jars filled with water.

· The students will take turns dropping various objects into the water simultaneously and discovering which object will hit the bottom first.

· Independent Practice:

· The students will put various objects in order from lightest to heaviest.

· The teacher will be observing for comprehension of the concepts.

· Summarizing:

· The teacher will say, “Today, we have compared the differences between pounds and ounces and heavy and light. Tonight, I want you all to go home and select a small object to bring to school tomorrow. We will continue the lesson by racing our objects in the glass jars filled with water.”

V. Assessment:

The teacher will make note of each child and his or her success with the independent practice activity. For enrichment, those students will begin to estimate how many pounds or ounces a certain object may weigh (i.e. bowling ball, book, stapler). Those students will then check their accuracy with a scale. For remediation, those students will continue to feel the difference between heavier and lighter objects (i.e. paper clip, baseball, hammer) using their hands. Those students will then try to put them in the correct order from lightest to heaviest.

See the PowerPoint slide show entitled, “Capacity and Volume” at:

http://www.athens.edu/pt3/vinson/capacity.ppt