EDUC 2220- Educational Technology Lesson Plan

More Than, Less Than, Equal To

Jazmin Stone
1st Grade, Mathematics

Common Core Standards:

1. Use properties of addition to add whole numbers and to create and use increasingly

sophisticated strategies based on these properties.

2. Comparing a variety of solution strategies, children build their understanding of the

relationship between addition and subtraction.

3. Students develop, discuss, and use efficient, accurate, and generalizable methods to add

within 100 and subtract multiples of 10.

4. Understanding the order of the counting numbers and their relative magnitudes.

5. Understand place value.

Lesson Summary:

The objective for this lesson is to have students practice counting and comparing numbers. The

lesson will consist of the students identifying whether two numbers are greater than, less than or

equal.
Estimated Duration:

Introduction to the lesson will take 30 minutes. During this time, I will have students volunteer to

define what comparison is. Once the students discuss what comparing is I will then transition into

showing the students examples of picture on the SMART board to compare. (a big dog and a

small) The students will volunteer to come up to the board to pick which one is bigger than or

smaller than. I’ll explain to the students that this is how they can compare numbers. The classroom

participation response will take 30 minutes which will include the students using the SMART board

clickers to solve the PowerPoint problems on the board together. 45 minutes will be used to have

the students break off into pairs of two to work on worksheet that consist of more than, less than,

equal to problems. The lesson will consist of one day work.

Commentary: My approach to this lesson is to first make sure the students have a clear

understanding of what it means to compare. There will be almost 30 minutes of reviewing what it

means to compare numbers and the symbols used to compare numbers. I anticipate the students

not remembering which symbol stands for greater than, and which symbol stands for less than. My

solution to this challenge is to make up creative ways for the children to remember by pretending

that each symbol is an alligator mouth. Where ever the alligator mouth is facing open means it is

greater.

Instructional Procedures:

Introduction: As a class we will review some counting methods and discuss place values. The

introduction to the lesson will take 30 minutes. During this time, I will have students volunteer to
define what the word compare means. I will then write the terms greater than, less than, and equal

to on the SMART board.

I will ask the students to try and define what each of these terms mean. After some students share

what they think it is, I will write the meaning for each on the SMART board. Once the students

discuss what comparing is as well as defining the symbols I will then transition into showing the

students examples of how to compare. The examples will be slides with pictures on the SMART

board to compare different things such as a big dog and a small. The students will volunteer to

come up to the board to pick which symbol will solve the compassion. I’ll explain to the students

that this is how they can compare numbers. I will transition into the classroom participation

response which will take 30 minutes. This will include the students using the SMART board

response clickers to solve the slide problems on the board together. The slides are just like the

examples except I will be replacing the pictures of objects with numbers. After this I will transition

into partnership lesson. 45 minutes will be used to have the students break off into pairs of two to

work on worksheet that consist of more than, less than, equal to problems.

Pre-Assessment:
The pre-assessment will happen during the introduction. This will be done while introducing what

the word compare means I will be assessing how well the students respond to defining what

comparing is. I also will be utilizing the SMART Board response clickers with the students to get

their responses to the slides with the comparing examples to see how well they adapt. There also

will be time during the examples where the students will have to count the different examples

provided to figure out what value is greater or less than.

 Scoring Guidelines:
The scoring for the pre-assessment is all defined with the SMART Board response clicker

this will allow me to know how well the entire class is understanding the topic. This will

define how long I should spend on certain topic if needed.

Post-Assessment:
To regulate if my students understood the lesson, they will turn in their worksheets they did with

their partners. When the students turn in the worksheet I will go over the problems that were

incorrect and review why it’s wrong and what the right answer is. Later in the day I will provide

another worksheet that students should feel more confident enough to do by themselves. This

worksheet will also be evaluated, and I will go over the problems that were incorrect and review

why it’s wrong and what the right answer is

Scoring Guidelines:
The students will be graded 15 points for the worksheet not for pass/fail but for the attempt.

There will also be 10 points for class participation though the entire process. I will be

scoring the participation on how the students stayed focused, remained positive, and did

the student speak academically not socially?

Differentiated Instructional Support

The students will be grouped together. The introduction will include many of examples and picture

to give students a visual understanding. I’ll be sure to work with students one on one if needed to

scaffold the material with the special needs students.

Extension
http://www.abcya.com/comparing_number_values_jr.htm

This is a website for mathematical games from grades pre-k to fifth grade. The link above is a

comparing number values educational game for students to practice more than, less than, and

equal skills. The students will have to count the number of dots in each set and then place the

correct symbol complete the report. Once the student gets five in-a-row correct they can play a fun

bonus game where the students can race a car to collect coins.

Homework Options and Home Connections

I will not provide the students with assigned homework on this lesson however I will send the

children home with a take home flyer encouraging the parents to allow their students to explore a

few math-based online games that will help the greater than, less than, equal to concept be more

enhanced into their brains while not at school.

Interdisciplinary Connections
The lesson plan can be associated with many things. Students will have the concept of comparing

not only numbers but many things in their everyday lives. Mathematics can be applied to almost

anything. These impressions are the substance to understanding fractions, measurements and

inequalities in pre-algebra for the future. The perceptions the students would be learning in this

lesson is the substance to much greater perceptions that they will learn in the future which they
can use in even more things.

Materials and Resources:

For teachers  SMART board

 SMART board response clicker
 Computer

For students  More Than, Less Than, Equal To worksheet (one pair of students)
 Pencils
 SMART board response clicker

Key Vocabulary
 compare
 greater than
 less than
 equal to
 symbols

Additional Notes