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Bridgewater College Teacher Education Program Lesson Plan

The lesson plan is for a kindergarten math lesson on addition for St. Patrick's Day. The teacher will lead students through three rotation stations where they use gold coins, lucky charms, and addition cards to practice adding up to 10 objects. Formative assessment includes teacher observation and an addition worksheet. The goal is for students to model addition and understand that putting groups of objects together is adding.

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Bridgewater College Teacher Education Program Lesson Plan

The lesson plan is for a kindergarten math lesson on addition for St. Patrick's Day. The teacher will lead students through three rotation stations where they use gold coins, lucky charms, and addition cards to practice adding up to 10 objects. Formative assessment includes teacher observation and an addition worksheet. The goal is for students to model addition and understand that putting groups of objects together is adding.

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Bridgewater College Teacher Education Program Lesson Plan

Name: Kinsey Dunlap


Subject/Grade
Level:

Lesson Title:

Unit:

St. Patricks Day Addition

Addition

Math/Kindergarten

Date or Lesson
#:
03/17/2016

Virginia SOL/National Standard:


SOL MA.K.6: The student will model adding and subtracting whole numbers, using up to 10 concrete objects.

Measurable Lesson Objective(s):

The students will successfully add two groups of objects. The students will identify that putting two groups of
objects together is "adding" them. The students will identify the plus and equal signs.

Materials/Technologies/Resources Needed:

Chart paper

Gold coins

Shamrock Number page (laminated)

St. Patricks Day addition cards (laminated)

Lucky charms (21 premade bags)

Lucky charms sorting/addition worksheet

Student number lines

Offices

Shamrock Addition Worksheet

Assessment (Formative and/or Summative):

In order to meet the standard, the learners will be assessed through teacher observation
and the Shamrock addition worksheet.

Anticipatory Set (Hook & Agenda):


Teacher will:

Students will:

Today we are going to be like


leprechauns and do some St.
Patricks Day Addition!

Listen and respond to the


teacher.

Access /Review Prior Knowledge:

Accommodatio
ns/Differentiati
on:

Anticipated
Time:
30 sec.

Teacher will:

Go over the prior


strategies for addition
(question the students)

Students can use fingers,


number lines, or pictures
to add.

Review what the plus and


equal sign means. (Use
handheld pictures)

Students will:
Listen and respond to the
teacher.
The students will raise their
hand to tell the teacher different
strategies to add with.

Accommodatio
ns/Differentiati
on:

Anticipate
d Time:
3 min.

For the visual


learner, allow
to sit up front
to see the
pictures and
chart paper.

Teaching Process & Modeling (Content is presented, accessed or built)


Guided Practice & Checking for Understanding
Independent Practice
There is no prescribed order to this section; you must tailor the order to the students and the content. This should be the
longest portion of your lesson plan.

Teacher will:

Students will:

*Split up into 3 groups for math table


rotations (Allow students to use number
line and fingers to add at each station)

Rotation 1 8:55-9:05
Group 1 w/Teacher, Group 2 at Lion Table
(Use offices to complete Shamrock
addition independently), Group 3 at
Elephant Table w/Mrs. Shifflett (Complete:
Lucky Charms Sorting/Adding: Sort lucky
charm marshmallows. Then follow the
addition problems and add using
marshmallows.)

Rotation 2 9:05-9:15
Group 3 w/Teacher, Group 1 at Lion
Table, Group 2 at Elephant Table

Rotation 3 9:15-9:25

Accommodatio
ns/Differentiati
on:

At station 1: students will


complete the Shamrock addition
worksheet independently, using
their fingers, counting the
shamrocks, and/or their number
line.

For the visual


learner, create
separate
worksheets
with larger and
darker print.

At station 2: Students will listen


and follow the directions of the
teacher. They will sort their
marshmallows and use them to
find the answers to the addition
sentences. Students may also
use the number line and/or
fingers to figure out the
problems.

For lower level


students, pull
the chart paper
closer to the
tables for
students to
refer to.

At Station 3: Students will listen


and follow the directions of the
teacher. They will look at the
addition sentence on each card
and use the dry erase
board/fingers/number line to
figure out the answer. Once

Anticipate
d Time:

Rotation
1: 10 min.

Rotation
2: 10 min.

Rotation
3: 10 min.

Group 2 w/Teacher, Group 3 at Lion


Table, Group 1 at Elephant Table

figured out, they will place a


gold coin on the Shamrock
number page.

Group w/ Teacher Lesson:


Gold coin adding Game:
-Students will draw cards from the stack
-On the cards are addition sentences
-Each student will have a dry erase board
-They will draw pictures to help them
solve the problem
-If students are able to answer those
cards, tell them to try and figure it out
using fingers and/or the number line
-Have gold coins for students to use to
cover up the answer on their shamrock
number page.

Closure:
Teacher will:

Students will:

Go over the strategies for


adding: fingers, number line,
counting objects, or drawing
pictures.

Students will listen and


respond to the teacher.

Accommodatio
ns/Differentiati
on:

Anticipate
d Time:
2 min.

Refer to the
chart paper if
needed.

Declarative Summary Statement: Today we added just like a leprechaun would, we used our
fingers, number lines, and pictures to help us!
Activity If Extra Time Remains or Technology Fails:
Teacher will:

Students will:

If extra time remains, have


students return to the rug and
act out different addition
problems.

Students will listen and respond


to the teacher. Students will act
out addition problems.

Accommodatio
ns/Differentiati
on:

Anticipate
d Time:

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