Teacher: Ms.

A Loggins
Date: October 31st
Subject area/course/grade level: Math/ 1st grade
Materials: Skittles, Computer, Skittle Math Packet
Standards:W.4.4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task,
purpose, and audience.
ISTEStandardsforStudents:

Creativity and innovation: Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes
Create original works as a means of personal or group expression
Communication and collaboration: Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others
employing a variety of digital environments and media
Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and
formats
Exhibitapositiveattitudetowardusingtechnologythatsupportscollaboration,learning,andproductivity

Objectives: The students will be able to count and sort skittles

The students will be able graph skittles data
The students will be able to compare and interpret data
The students will be able to create their graph using the internet graphing site interactive graph maker
Differentiation Strategies: For visual learners there will be lots of graphics and visuals. There is also a
graphic organizer that students use to help them sort their math. For the auditory learners there will
be oral directions For the kinesthetic learners the activity is hands on where they can touch and
manipulate the skittles. When it comes to accommodations I will give some students the task in parts.
Some of the students will complete the activity at my small group table. For my students with
behavior issues I will us proximity.
Lesson adapted from:

ENGAGEMENT:
The teacher will pull up the you-tube video on graphing. The video informs students about what a graph is,
how to form them and what data is called. The teacher will ask them after the short video is over what a
graph is. What the purpose of it is and what the data shows.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cSm_D7MrRI
Assessment: Have students turn and talk and share what they learned.

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EXPLORATION:
The teacher will model how to complete the skittle math worksheet. Students will help answer the
questions using the teachers bag of skittles. Students will be divided up into groups and given their own
bag of skittles. They will work with a partner to complete the skittle math worksheet.
Assessment: Observation and their completed worksheet.
EXPLANATION:
The teacher will walk around the room monitoring the students. She will observe the students sorting their
skittles, graphing the skittles, counting the skittles and finally making their graph.
Assessment: Teacher will conference with each group and ask questions to make sure
students understand.
ELABORATION: Studentswillworkingroupsusingthecomputertocompleteanonlinegraph.Theywilluse
http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/datagraph.phptomaketheirbargraph.Theywillusethedatafromtheirskittlesto
makethedigitalgraph.
EVALUATION:
Students will print and present the graph they created to the class. Students will be assessed of their
presentation and graph.
References:
Bybee, R.W. et al. (1989). Science and technology education for the elementary years: Frameworks for curriculum and instruction. Washington,
D.C.: The National Center for Improving Instruction.
Bybee, R. W. (1997). Achieving Scientific Literacy: From Purposes to Practices. Oxford: Heinemann.
National Research Council. (1999). Inquiry and the national science education standards: A guide for teaching and learning. Washington, D.C.:
National Academy Press.
Polman, J.L. (2000). Designing project-based silence: Connecting learners through guided inquiry. New York: Teachers College Press.

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