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Arranging Chairs Lesson Plan A VDOE SPONSORED MSP PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY THROUGH GEORGE MASON

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Fiona Cobb Clare Daly Anita Magrath Rolling Valley ES Springfield Estates ES Springfield Estates ESFairfax County Fairfax County Fairfax County

Tanya Matyi Jennifer Moore Lynbrook ES Kings Park ESFairfax County Fairfax County

Mary Randolph Pat Schreiber Springfield Estates ES Kings Park ESFairfax County Fairfax County

Arranging Chairs Lesson Study – Rolling Valley ES

Fiona Cobb, Host TeacherThird Grade

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Lesson Goals

Professional Learning Goals: Effectively teach multiple approaches to problem

solving Learn to anticipate the individual needs of students

and plan guided responses Work collaboratively to understand and apply the

process of Lesson Study

Lesson goals: (both immediate and long term)

Students will understand build the foundation for the communicative property

Introduce students to rectangular arrays Long term – these concepts will be the foundations

for learning about area, multiplication, multiple arrays (factors)

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Related SOL Objectives (2009)

Lesson Objectives:

SOL 3.6 Students will represent multiplication and division using area models and sets, and number line models, and create and solve problems that involve multiplication of two whole numbers, one factor 99 or less and the second factor five or less.

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Arranging Chairs Puzzle

Students were asked to arrange 12 tiles into straight rows for an audience to watch a play

Students drew and labeled arrangements on graph paper

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Students Mathematizing

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Example of Students’ Work

This example of student work shows all of the arrangements labeled.

Students worked in pairs to find the arrangements.

Analysis of student learning

Three levels of understanding:

Level One: Missing arrays One-by-one

counting or skip counting

Analysis of student learning

Level Two: Breaking tiles into groups

Analysis of student learningLevel Three: All arrays Multiplication

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Modifications and Enhancements

Using sticky notes instead of SmartBoard tiles

Modeling task with actual chairs

Extended time Emphasize key

vocabulary (rectangle, down, across)

What We Learned collaborative

planning process assessment to

focus instruction revisions led to a

better lesson

students enjoyed making mathematical connections

student conversation led to deeper understanding

Further Questions to Explore

Do bigger numbers have more arrays?

Is a 6 by 2 array the same as a 2 by 6 array?

Is there a way to predict how many arrays a number will have?