Arcadia Valley R-II

Class Lesson Plan Components

Instructor: Jeff Wyatt

Subject Area: Math grade 7

Curriculum Objective: The student will be able to apply the skills of reading a ruler to 7/8 of an inch or shorter, and be able to cut a section of plywood to create a napkin holder.

Technology Objective: This is optional. There are district and national standards for student technology. The District Technology Plan contains the objectives for technology curriculum K-12. The national standards can be found at:

Content Standard Alignment: (Missouri Show-Me Standards) M1, M2, M4

Process Standard Alignment: (Missouri Show-Me Standards) G6, G8, G10

Subskills: N/A

Learner Activity: Students will take a piece of ¼ plywood, cut two forms of 3”x4” inches, twice and one form 2 1/8 inches x 4”. These will be later used to build a napkin holder.

Assessment Activity: Students will have mastered the skill if 5 of their 6 of their cuts are within 1/8 inch of the proposed pattern.

Method of Assessment: A 10-foot tape measure will be used to determine the length and width of each cut.

Instructional Method: This is the step-by-step processes for completing the lesson. Include how the lesson will begin, the activities for completing the lesson and the process for brining the lesson to completion. It is a description of what you will do in teaching the lesson, and, as appropriate, includes a description of how you will introduce the lesson to the students, what actual instructional techniques you will use, and how you will bring closure to the lesson (for a unit size lesson plan the closure will have daily and end of unit closure). Include what specific things students will actually do during the lesson. In most cases, you will provide some sort of summary for the students. According to the traditional lesson plan model based on the work of Madeline Hunter there is an eight (8) step process:

1. Anticipatory Set (the focus): Students will be shown two examples of a completed project, one completed correctly, another with measurements off by ½ inch and will evaluate the necessity of accuracy in measuring with a ruler.
2. Purpose: Using a 10 foot tape measure the student will be able to make the prescribes cuts on ¼ inch plywood to within 1/8 inch.
3. Input: Provide the vocabulary, technology skills, other skills, and knowledge the students will need to accomplish the lesson.
4. Modeling: The instructor will demonstrate to the class the process of measuring a variety of materials using a 10-foot tape measure.
5. Guided Practice: The students will measure and mark a piece of plywood 2 3/8 inches and show to the instructor. They will next take a section of plywood measuring 6” x 6” and then make the measurements of two sections 3”x 4” and one section 2 1/8” x 4”. They will then show to the instructor and once okayed make the cuts using an available saw.

Resources (include the Technology Resources): Plan sheet with marked measurements. Sheet with enlarged ruler to show measurements with up to sixteenths shown.

Reflection/Lesson Evaluation: The lesson will be evaluated by student’s ability to use ruler with 1/8”.

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