Hillery_Math

[|Every Breath you Take Using Real life Data.doc]
Grade Level: Fourth Grade Content: See Lesson Plan Objectives: See Lesson Plan Assessment Tool: Word Problem that requires time conversion graded on a number scale of 1 to 4 with four being the highest grade possible.

Analysis of Data: About one third of the class had trouble with calculating how many breaths they took in a day, because many continually multiplied the number of breaths they took in minute by 24 ,since there are 24 hours in the day, even after I wrote out a sample problem step by step on the over head and left it up for them to use as a reference. In the end the students were able to solve the problem of how many breaths they took in a week even though it took longer than I expected and involved a lot more individual guidance. The students also worked cooperatively with their partners to solve the problem.

Sample of Student Work: [|Math Assessment Student Work.doc]

Recommendations for future instruction for the entire class: Include having students convert from minutes to hours in the activity and not assume they could perform that action on their own. I would model how to solve the problem before the students began, and I would prepare a better hint sheet to pass out since the one I had was wrong, and I did not notice my mistake until I went to pass them out. I would also plan to repeat this activity again and the second time I would include finding the mean and the range of the students’ results. Recommendations for future instruction for the sampled students: Higher performer- I would work on using words as well as his equation to display his final answer, and I would extend the problem further by making the question a little more complicated like: how many breaths would you take in three weeks 2 days and 10 hours.

Lower performer: I would work on making sure he reads all of the directions and completes the whole problem, and clearly states in answer in both numbers and words.