Connor Trent

EDTL 2300

Digital Camera
Briar Middle School
Mr. Trents 2nd grade Math Class
Lesson Duration: 35 Minutes
Pre/Post-Assessment:
Resources: Grade level Math Book

Content Area:
2nd Grade Mathematics
Grade 2
Key Ideas and Details

Standards:
http://education.ohio.gov/getattachment/Topics/Ohio-s-New-LearningStandards/Mathematics/Grade_2_Math_Model_Curriculum_March2015.pdf.aspx
Geometry
Reason with shapes and their attributes
Standards
1. Recognize and draw shapes having specified attributes, such as a given number of angles or a
given number of equal faces. Identify triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, and cubes.
2. Partition a rectangle into rows of same-size squares and count to find the total number of
them.
3. Partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares, describe the shares using
the
words halves, thirds, half of, a third of, etc., and describe the whole as two halves, three thirds,
four fourths. Recognize that equal shares of identical wholes need not have the same shape.
Content Elaborations
Ohio has chosen to support shared interpretation of the standards by linking the work of multi
state partnerships as the Mathematics Content Elaborations. Further clarification of the standards
can be found through these reliable organizations and their links:
Achieve the Core Modules, Resources
Hunt Institute Video examples
Institute for Mathematics and Education Learning Progressions Narratives Illustrative
Mathematics Sample tasks
National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM) Resources, Lessons, Items
National Council of Teacher of Mathematics (NCTM) Resources, Lessons, Items

 Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) Resources, Items
Expectations for Learning
Ohio has selected PARCC as the contractor for the development of the Next Generation
Assessments for Mathematics. PARCC is responsible for
the development of the framework, blueprints, items,
rubrics, and scoring for the assessments. Further
information can be found at Partnership for Assessment
of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC).
Specific information is located at these links:
Model Content Framework
Item Specifications/Evidence Tables
Sample Items
Calculator Usage
Accommodations
Reference Sheets
Instructional Strategies
Modeling multiplication with partitioned rectangles
promotes students understanding of multiplication. Tell students that they will be drawing a
square on grid paper. The length of each side is equal to 2 units. Ask them to guess how many 1
unit by 1 unit squares will be inside this 2 unit by 2 unit square. Students now draw this square
and count the 1 by 1 unit squares inside it. They compare this number to their guess. Next,
students draw a 2 unit by 3 unit rectangle and count how many 1 unit by 1 unit squares are
inside. Now they choose the two dimensions for a rectangle, predict the number of 1 unit by 1
unit squares inside, draw the rectangle, count the number of 1 unit by 1 unit squares inside and
compare this number to their guess. Students repeat this process for different-size rectangles.
Finally, ask them to what they observed as they worked on the task.
It is vital that students understand different representations of fair shares. Provide a collection of
different-size circles and rectangles cut from paper. Ask students to fold some shapes into halves,
some into thirds, and some into fourths. They compare the locations of the folds in their shapes
as a class and discuss the different representations for the fractional parts. To fold rectangles into
thirds, ask students if they have ever seen how letters are folded to be placed in envelopes. Have
them fold the paper very carefully to make sure the three parts are the same size. Ask them to
discuss why the same process does not work to fold a circle into thirds.
Instructional Resources/Tools
Grid paper
ORC # 1481 From the Math Forum: Introduction to fractions for primary students
http://mathforum.org/varnelle/knum1.html

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Materials
Digital Camera (ipad)
Lesson Packet
Pencil for the students to check off shapes

Procedure:
Math is a very important subject for kids
at a young level. The lesson that the
students will be doing is taking pictures
with their iPads of many different shapes and symmetries. They can either look for objects in the
room or around the school that matches what shape they need to find. The lesson packet will
have directions on it such as find the following shapes. The students will form small groups to
work together to find each of the following shapes they need. The iPad will be used to take
pictures when a shape is found. The pictures will be saved into a file that will be sent to the
teacher electronically.
Pros:
1.) No printing of pictures
2.) Instant Feedback
3.) Portability
4.) Easy Sharing
Cons:
1.) Cost of the camera
2.) Battery life
3.) Complexity
4.) Computing power
Before:
1.) Have the students get into small group and have their iPad or digital camera fully charged and
ready to go to take pictures. They will need to have their activity packet with each shape that
they need to find to take a picture of.
During:
2.) Have the students walk around the classroom or the school building looking for certain
shapes.
3.) Once they have found an object that represents that shape the students need to take a picture
of the object and safe it into a folder on the camera.
4.) The students will need to complete the full activity and then report back to the classroom
once finished.

After:
5.) Have the students discusses in their groups making sure that all the objects they found are
correctly the right shape of what they need.
6.) Have the group present each object they found that represents the shape they found within the
school building. This can be presented on the smart board in front of the class.
7.) Have each group turn in folder that holds the pictures that they took to the teacher.

How will the high and low student benefit from this
approach?
The high and low students will benefit from this lesson. The students will have the opportunity to
work at their own pace with the small groups. In some cases, the more advanced students will be
able to work together in a group and the students who need extra time or individual help will
receive it from the teacher. The pictures that the groups put together in a folder will determine if
they are on the right track or not.

Extensions:
Students can go home and take pictures of objects in their house the reprint each shape within the
activity.

Homework:
Students will need to complete the homework activity where they take pictures of objects at
home of different shapes. The students need to save the pictures and bring them to class for the
next lesson.