Scott Luepke

RED 414
Math Lesson Plan
Fall 2015
Title

Lesson 1: Number Stories: Animal Clutches

State
Standard

MN 3.1.2 Add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers; represent

multiplication and division in various ways; solve real-world and
mathematical problems using arithmetic.
MN 3.2.2 Use number sentences involving addition and subtraction
basic facts and unknowns to represent and solve real-world and
mathematical problems; create real-world situations corresponding to
number sentences.

Central
Focus

To help the student recognize indicative language and simplify multidigit addition and subtraction problems

Learning
Target

Language: The students will be able to translate a number story into

a number sentence. Example number sentence: 200+100=300.
Content: After working through problems one through three of math
lesson 2.4, the students will be able to solve multi-digit number
stories with 80% accuracy.

Academi
c
Languag
e

Part, total, parts-and-total diagram, multi-digit number

Lesson
Part

Activity description/Teacher does

Instructi
on
Inquiry

Materials needed:
Animal egg clutch picture cards
Math Journals (1 per student)
Student Resource Books (1 per
student or1 per pair of students)

Practice
Activity
Support

Today in Math were going to talk about

eggs. Thats right, eggs, and the animals
that lay them. Sounds more like a science
topic, doesnt it? Who can raise their hand
and tell me what kind of animals lay eggs?
Yes, birds do lay eggs. Id like everyone to
open up to page 242 in your Student
Resource Books. Take 5 seconds to look at
the page and raise your hand if you can tell
me a different animal that lays eggs.

Students hear about a

strange topic to discuss
in math class and pay
attention. Students are
allowed to volunteer
answers based on their
own knowledge and
knowledge gained from
the SRB.

Informal

When I say, Go, take 2 minutes to explore

Students understand

Students do

Assessm
ent

these two pages with a partner. Then well

come back together and well listen to a
few volunteers tell us a cool or strange fact
that they read about. Go! (Teacher
observes students as they work in pairs.)

that the cue,When I

say Go, means that
they need to listen
closely for instructions.

Practice
Activity
Support

Those are some amazing facts about the

clutches of eggs that animals lay! Next,
lets read through the instructions on the
top of page 36 in your Math Journals
together. Take note that when we fill in the
boxes for the Total and the Parts, we need
to put a question mark in the diagram for
the unknown amount. Well work through
number one as a class, and then you will
work through numbers two and three on
your own. (Teacher shows the class the
picture cards and tells the students that he
will have them at his desk as a reference
for numbers two and three.) When you are
done with numbers two and three, raise
your hand. I will come and check them
over and let you go on to numbers four and
five on the next page. (The teacher
encourages the students to pay attention to
the math language in the problems. In
number one, How many in all, is a clue
that the students should be adding to find
the solution.

Students follow along

with number one and
practice writing in a
question mark in place
of the unknown
amount.

Closure

Thank you for quietly working hard and

respecting your classmates as they learned
today, third graders! Some of you got to
the problems on page 37 and noticed that
the problems told you about a total number
of eggs and one part of that total, the eggs
that hatched. When it asked for the other
part, or the eggs that did not hatch, you
found out that you needed to subtract to
find the solution. As you finish these
problems and do your homelink in your
weekly packet, make sure that you are
paying close attention to the math
language in the number stories. For now,
please put your math journals away and
stack the SRBs on the back table. Thanks
again for your hard work!

Even if they did not get

to the problems on
page 37 during work
time, the students were
introduced to the math
language and how to
translate it into a
number sentence.