Lesson Plan for Grade 6 Math

Subject/Course:
Grade Level:
Strand:

Math
6
Number Sense and Numeration

Name:
Carrigan Cassidy
Date:
February 19, 2015
Time Period: 1 x 75 min lesson

Unit Objective:
! The focus of the unit is to demonstrate the understanding of integer valuesparticularly decimals
and their relationship to place value, ordering, and operations.
Lesson Objective:
! This lesson will focus on ordering decimals, key terms, and how they are used in everyday life.
Students will explore decimals in a real world situation, and in doing so exercise inquiry and research
skills to gather examples of such decimals, and collaborate with each other to order decimals
(hundredths) from least to greatest.
Materials
o Appendices A-F
o SMARTboard
o In classroom tech: computers/iPads/Handheld devices OR Newspapers (many varieties)
o linoit page link (http://en.linoit.com/)
o IXL link and number (http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-7) or Worksheet: Ordering Decimals (Hundredths)
Version A and B
o Manipulatives per pair (Number line/Base Ten materials)
Ontario Curricular Overall Expectations
Read, represent, compare, and order whole numbers to 1 000 000, decimal numbers to thousandths,
proper and improper fractions, and mixed numbers.
Ontario Curricular Specific Expectations
Quantity relationship: represent, compare, and order whole numbers and decimal numbers from
0.001 to 1 000 000, using a variety of tools (e.g., number lines with appropriate increments, base ten
materials for decimals).
Accommodations for exceptionalities in my class:
!
Provide printouts of lesson materials & instructions.
!
Preferential seating (visual & sound).
!
Pre-assigned Reading Buddies.
Minds On
HOOK: (10 mins)
Assessment for learning
" With technology:
Ensure that
Students will look up examples of decimals that appear in the real
- Students have understanding
world (pairs or individually).
of what decimals are
Direct students to a newspaper website, such as the Toronto Star,
- Students have understanding
as they have a collection of various decimals (weather temperature,
of Dewey decimal
statistics, dollar amounts, etc.).
classification and its role in
Students will then post specific numbers they found onto the site
the library.
linoit.com (link prepared in advance and provided to students).
- **Students have some
Ensure the examples are only hundredths.
familiarity with decimal
Once students have posted their examples on linoit, lead a class
ordering (hundredths)
discussion to briefly review the various types of decimals found on
- Students connect types of
the newspaper website.
decimals in real-life and
Leave these examples up for students to see (we will return to them
consider their role outside of

for the consolidation activity).

" Modification (without technology):
Should technology not be readily available to all students, students
can be paired up, or the technology can be substituted with
traditional methods.
In place of finding statistics on the Internet, students could search
through hardcopies of newspapers (provided by the teacher or
brought in from home), and students can write their examples on
the board with chalk or a dry-erase marker (large enough for all
students to see).
Still discuss the various types of decimals found in the newspapers.
Leave these examples up for students to see (we will return to them
for the consolidation activity).
Learning
EXERCISE: (60 mins)
" Introduction & Discussion: 10 minutes
Remind students that just as whole numbers are ordered least
to greatest or greatest to least, decimals can also be
ordered, but decimals that begin with 0 are ordered in an
inverse manner. For example, decimals that have more digits
(i.e. 0.793) are actually lower than decimals with less digits
(0.6), whereas this is the opposite with whole numbers (i.e.
100 vs. 10, or 9.18 vs. 8.654).
Next, pair students up according to their seating
arrangements (sitting beside each other or across from each
other), unless students should be paired up to maximize
strengths, or to support exceptionalities.
Hand out one copy of appendix A, B, C, D, or E per pair.
" Instructions & Activity: 50 minutes
# Have students recall how they find books in the library by the
specific numbercalled a Dewey decimalassigned to the
text (i.e. determine the row based on the number, and then
where the book is based on the books beside it, and a higher
number means you have gone too far).
o Also, that the Dewey Decimal system has categories
for different subjects. They will find a poster of these
categories on the back of their handout.
Inform students that they will be going to the library and that in
their pairs they will find a book that falls under each of the
categories on their page, such as you need to find
experiments to use for a science fair, and record the Dewey
decimal assigned to their chosen book.
o Students must also record the books title and author, with
one sentence that explains why that book is relevant.
Suggest that they read the back of the book and the
index/table of contents.

the math classroom

** This lesson is not appropriate
for introducing the concept of
ordering decimals. It practices
the skill and makes connections
to text and to world.

Assessment as learning

Students can apply new

knowledge of Dewey
decimal system and its
application of decimal
ordering

Students can observe

and record decimals

Students order decimals

from least to greatest,
considering the number
of digits

Students communicate
with peers and
collaborate to order a
large set of decimals

Students become
familiar working with
decimals with more than
two decimal places

Once students have returned to class, they will order their

recorded decimals from least to greatest using whichever
manipulative they prefer (suggested Number Line or Base
Ten Blocks).
One student will record the decimal ordering and submit it to
the teacher. Remind students to record their names on the
paper.
Collect papers from students and hand out exit tickets.
Guiding Questions (Blooms)
! Application:
# How would you use the Number line to order the decimals? The Base 10 Blocks?
! Analysis:
# What is the relationship between the decimal ordering and finding books through the Dewey decimal
system?
! Evaluation:
# What manipulatives would you recommend to order decimals?
Consolidation

CONSOLODATION ACTIVITY: (5 Mins)

" Exit ticket (Appendix F)
Hand out Appendix F and instruct students to fill out the three
sections of the exit ticket:

Assessment of Learning

3) Students will choose ONE decimal posted on the linoit/board from

the Minds On activity. Students will then find and record the next
closest decimal lesser than the one they chose and the next closest
decimal greater than the one they chose. Each line should hold one
example of a decimal from the linoit post (THREE in total), ordered
from least to greatest.

students will recognize

decimals that are closest
in order and demonstrate
the ability to order
decimals from least to
greatest

2) Students will then record TWO things that they learned during this
lesson.

students exercise
metacognition to consider
the lesson materials and
[provide interpretations of
what they have learned

students will reflect on

what they found difficult in
this lesson, which will
directly influence teacher
planning of tomorrows
lesson

1) Students will write down one question/inquiry about todays lesson

materials.
" Home Activity:
IXL: Decimal Numbers: B.2 Compare and Order Decimals
o Retrieved from: http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-7
OR
Worksheet: Ordering Decimals (Hundredths)Version A and B
o Retrieved from: http://www.math-drills.com/decimal.shtml

APPENDICES A-E

Your project is to compare the

Loch Ness Monster to Bigfoot.

You need to find experiments to

use for a science fair.

You are doing a report about at

least 3 different kinds of whales.

Your project is to describe careers

related to theatre that do not
involve acting.

You need to do a report on

hurricanes.

You need pictures of people in the

army.

You need to learn about what life is You have to write the words for
like in Brazil.
numbers from 1 10 in Spanish.

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You need to find a recipe for

pancakes.

Your project is to decide which

style of music you would you use
to advertise a new video game.

You have to draw all the planets.

You are planning a trip to

Australia.

You need 10 poems to read

tomorrow in class.

You need to list 5 automobile

races.

You need to show your classmates

how to do origami.

You want to design, build, and test

a flying device (e.g., a kite, a paper
airplane, a hot air balloon).

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Your project is to compare the

comic style in Western animations
and in Japanese animations.

You have to explain football to Ms.

Cassidy.

You are planning a trip to Hawaii.

You have to find out when

dinosaurs lived.

You want to build a potato battery.

You need to find maps of several

countries.

You have to list 50 words in

German and what they mean.

You need a picture of the Wright

Flyer III.

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You need to learn to draw.

You need 5 different folktales.

You need a bible story.

You are being haunted by ghosts.

You have to find six ways to use a

magnet.

You need to learn why spiders spin

webs.

You need to list and describe the

You need to know what people do
elements of Aboriginal community in Japan.
storytelling forms.

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You need to list holidays in a country You need to find out various
other than Canada.
professions or careers that have a
basis in visual arts.

You need to identify a rock you

found on vacation.

You need to describe dance and

costume characteristic of a powwow.

You need to find out what worms eat. You need to design a fitness circuit
or and aerobic routine.

You need to invent a secret code.

You are doing a project about

invasive species.

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(Back of Appendices A-E)

APPENDIX F: