Tiered Lesson

Subject Area: Math Grade level: 6 Rachel McKelvey

Concept: Number Sense: Understanding the value of positive and negative integers

Skills:
1. Use positive (+) and (-) tiles to model subtraction of positive and negative
integers.
2. Use real world examples to understand and apply relationships between positive and
negative integers.
3. Illustrate adding and subtracting positive and negative integers with boxes
drawn by the student.

Tiered By: Readiness

COS Objective/Standard:
1. Positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values
(e.g., temperature above/below zero, elevation above/below sea level, credits/debits, positive/negative
electric charge). CCRS M. 6. 8
2. Apply and extend previous understandings of addition and subtraction to add and subtract rational numbers.
CCRS M. 7. 4
Lesson overview:
The lesson begins with all students taking a pre-assessment quiz using the Socrative app on individual
i pads. Next the teacher will instruct the whole group using real world examples. After group discussion, the
students will choose which level activity to complete independently. There are 4 levels including a challenge
level. After checking the activity, the teacher will demonstrate adding and subtracting negative and positive
numbers with manipulatives. Then the students will practice adding and subtracting with their own set of
manipulatives. If the students quickly master using the manipulatives move to drawing boxes to represent
manipulatives to work out the problems. Students are now given an independent activity and the choice to use
manipulatives, draw boxes, or use rules to compete the problems. Finally students take a post assessment quiz
using the Socrative app.

Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3

Objective/ Students will apply the Students will apply the Students will apply the
Outcome understanding of understanding of negative understanding of negative and
performance negative and positive and positive integers to positive integers to real world
indicators integers to real world real world examples by examples by describing and
examples by describing describing and creating real world examples,
real world examples, analyzing real world and solve computation problems
and solve computation examples, and solve involving adding and subtracting
problems involving computation problems integers.
adding and subtracting involving adding and
integers. subtracting integers.
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Instruction/Learning Pre-assessment quiz on Pre-assessment quiz on Pre-assessment quiz on Socrative
Activities Socrative app Socrative app app

What are These What are These Strange What are These Strange
Strange Numbers? Numbers? story and Numbers? story and discussion
story and discussion discussion
Students will be Level 1 and 2 Level 3 Level 4
placed in a group
based on the pre- Read the examples on Read the examples on Read the examples on page 130-
assessment. page 126-127, describe page 128-129 and 131 and after describing and
and solve them with a describe and analyze the analyzing, create your own
The examples are partner using math positive and negative example of positive and negative
leveled as well as the vocabulary for positive movement using math movement. Then solve.
student objectives. and negative movement. vocabulary. Then solve.
Manipulatives Teacher guided Teacher guided Teacher guided instruction. Each
instruction. Each instruction. Each student student will have positive and
Same instruction for student will have will have positive and negative counters. The sea of
all groups. positive and negative negative counters. The zeroes technique will be
counters. The sea of sea of zeroes technique demonstrated and then problems
zeroes technique will will be demonstrated and given for the students to work
be demonstrated and then problems given for with the manipulatives solving
then problems given for the students to work with addition and subtraction of
the students to work the manipulatives solving positive and negative numbers.
with the manipulatives addition and subtraction
solving addition and of positive and negative
subtraction of positive numbers.
and negative numbers.
Boxes drawn on Teacher guided Teacher guided Teacher guided instruction. The
paper instruction. The teacher instruction. The teacher teacher will show the students
will show the students will show the students how using boxes drawn on paper
how using boxes drawn how using boxes drawn is the same concept as using
on paper is the same on paper is the same manipulatives. Students will
concept as using concept as using practice the box technique.
manipulatives. Students manipulatives. Students
will practice the box will practice the box
technique. technique.
Independent practice Choice of Choice of manipulatives, Choice of manipulatives, boxes,
manipulatives, boxes, or boxes, or rules to help or rules to help solve problems
All students receive rules to help solve solve problems
the same work sheet problems
but may choose to
use manipulatives,
boxes, or rules to
complete the work.
Post assessment Post assessment Post assessment Post assessment
Socrative quiz Socrative quiz Socrative quiz

Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3

Resources Story and leveled real Story and leveled real Story and leveled real world
world examples Page world examples Page examples Page 123, 130-131
123, 126-127 Primary 123, 128-129 Primary Primary Challenge Math
Challenge Math Challenge Math workbook by Edward Zaccaro
workbook by Edward workbook by Edward Positive and Negative tile
Zaccaro Zaccaro manipulative master and boxes
page 187-188 Everyday
Positive and Negative Positive and Negative Mathematics by the University
tile manipulative master tile manipulative master of Chicago School Mathematics
and boxes page 187-188 and boxes page 187-188 Project
Everyday Mathematics Everyday Mathematics
by the University of by the University of
Chicago School Chicago School
Mathematics Project Mathematics Project Cardstock manipulatives

Cardstock Cardstock manipulatives

manipulatives Independent work from
Mathematics Today Level 6.
Independent work from Independent work from Teacher created worksheet from
Mathematics Today Mathematics Today parts of pages 135-138.
Level 6. Teacher Level 6. Teacher created
created worksheet from worksheet from parts of
parts of pages 135-138. pages 135-138. Socrative app and i pad

Socrative app and i pad Socrative app and i pad