Basic Lesson Plan Template

Name: Kayla Krese

Date: 4/13/16
Grade Level: First grade
Subject(s): Math
Lesson # & Title: Lesson # 1 - Put the animals in order by size
Function of the Lesson (check all that apply):
Introduce New Skill or Content

Practice & Review

Remediation/Re-teaching

Content Standards: 1.MD.1 Domain - Measurement and Data.Cluster - Measure lengths indirectly and
by iterating length units. Standard Statement - Order three objects by length; compare the lengths of two
objects indirectly by using a third object.
Learning Objectives (Aligned to Standards & Assessment Plan): When given a series of three or more
objects of varying sizes, students will be able size order the objects, with 80% accuracy.
Academic Language (Academic Language Demands and/or Academic Language Objectives):
Length = how long something is.
Measurement = using numbers to determine the size of something.
Compare = find similarities or differences.
Assessment Plan (Aligned to Learning Objectives):
Formative Assessment:
1. Give students three object cards and have them sequence them in size order then tell a partner
why. Walk around the room and listen to their reasons.
o Listen for either this one is the shortest or this one is the longest.
Summative Assessment:
1. Giving the students a worksheet of 5 problems, asking them to list the objects in order based on
their size and explain why.
2. Exit slip - have students pick three animals of their choosing and draw them in order on a sheet of
paper from smallest to largest

Procedures - Lesson Introduction: (5 minutes)

Activate Prior Knowledge: say: Remember how we have been talking about all those different
types of animals and their sizes? Can you remind me which ones we talked about?
o Write out what the students say on the whiteboard.
Say: You guys really know your stuff!
Explain that they will be working on putting things in order based on their size.
Explain that students can figure out the order by comparing two of the three objects and the third
can be the deciding factor.
Say: Alright class lets get started! Today we are going to work on putting different sized animals
in a certain order based on their measurements. To do this you can compare two of the animals
and then use the third animal to figure out the order.
Procedures - Lesson Body: (45 minutes)

Presentation/Explicit Instruction (I do):

o Explain what you plan on doing today.
o Say: We are going to go outside and by working together figuring out how to put things
in order based on their size.
Make sure that they understand they need to show me the exact same respect as
they would in the classroom.
Give them some examples of putting things in order.
Use three different size stuffed animals, one small, one medium, one large.
Demonstrate how to compare two of the objects and let the third one be the
deciding factor.
Hold up the smallest stuffed animal and the largest stuffed animal.
Say: what can you guys tell me about these two stuffed animals?
A student will say one is bigger than the other.
Say: Thats exactly right, now look at this third stuffed animal, next to this
smallest stuffed animal, is the third pencil bigger or smaller than the other
pencil?
A student will say it is bigger.
Say: Right again! Did you see that by comparing two stuffed animals together,
we can also compare them with the other stuffed animal and put them in the
correct order.
Stand up / sit down - ask all students who understand what just happened to stand
up.
Have someone who stood up explain what they know about putting things in
order,

Structured and Guided Practice (We do):

o Say: alright now let us try this out together!
o Have the students line up and walk in a single file line to go outside
o Say: Remember class, inside voices, no running, and stay in our line.
o Show the students and explain the string cut out to be the same height of a giraffe (20ft),
an elephant (11ft) and a bear (3ft).
o Choose 6 students to be volunteers
Two students holding the ends of each string
Explain the activity to the students.
Say: So just like I showed you in the classroom, work together as a class to
organize the sizes of these animals from smallest to largest.
Students work together to put the strings in order.
Bear, elephant, giraffe
Say: How did you know that a giraffe was larger than a bear?
The student would answer with, because 15 is larger than 11 and 3.
Once completed activity return inside to the classroom.
Independent Practice/Application (You do):
Say: I am really impressed that you guys were able to figure out how to organize
those animal sizes based on their heights. Now its time for me to really see what
you guys know
Handout worksheet of 5 problems with the three different images and their units
of measure on them.
Explain that they have to put those objects in order from largest to smallest and
explain why they put them in that order based on their measurements.

Procedures - Lesson Closure: (10 minutes)

I will go around the room asking my students to tell me two things they learned today.
Muddiest point
o Go over and answer their questions
Exit slip
Instructional Materials and Support:
3 different size stuffed animals
White board and marker.
String
Worksheet
Differentiation, Individualized Instruction, and Assessment: The way I have differentiated my lesson
was adding more tactile activities so the students can actually see the difference in sizes and touch the
string as opposed to just reading it off a work sheet. Also I would walk around the room during the time I
give students to talk to their peers about why they put those objects in that order to listen and see if they
are putting them in order for the reasons I am looking for. This way I will know if they actually
understand the point behind the lesson.
Research and Theory Commentary: This lesson is centered around Deweys Experiential

Learning theory, which really means that students learn by doing. By going outside and
participating in the string activity, the students were able to visually see the different animal
lengths. As well as working together to put the strings in order.
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