Benchmark – Integrated Instructional Plan: Math Focus

Benchmark – Integrated Instructional Plan: Math Focus

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Incorporating content from other subject areas into mathematics has many benefits. Cross-disciplinary teaching involves a conscious effort to apply knowledge, principles, and values to the specific subject area which enhances learning for the students.

For this assignment, you will create three lessons using the “COE Lesson Plan Template” that focus on a single theme or topic. The lessons should be connected to form a cohesive unit.

Based on your discussion with your mentor teacher and your assessment results in Clinical Field Experience C, incorporate three mathematics standards being taught in your field experience classroom. You may adapt previous assignments from this course in the creation of these lessons. In at least one of the three lessons, integrate one or more additional content areas (literacy, science, social studies, or the creative arts) in a way that makes sense for the lesson.

The three lesson plans must include the following:

Specific Learning Target(s)/Objectives: Objectives aligned to state mathematics content standards that are being taught in your field experience classroom.
Resources, Materials, Equipment, and Technology: Current tools and resources to support learner development across content areas (creative arts, science, social studies, or English language arts), connecting core subjects to meaningful learning experiences.
Multiple Means of Representation: Instruction that uses effective strategies and resources, including the appropriate use of technology, to meet the needs of individuals and groups of students for early education.
Multiple Means of Engagement: Explain how you will allow students to explore, practice, and apply the content and academic language
Multiple Means of Expression: Describe how you will monitor student learning by analyzing data and adjusting instruction and provide meaningful feedback to students.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

Lesson 1: Measurement and Data
Learning Targets:
3.MD.A.1 Tell and write time to the nearest minute and measure time intervals in minutes. Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of time intervals in minutes, e.g., by drawing diagrams.
3.MD.B.3 Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one- and two-step “how many more” and “how many less” problems using information presented in scaled bar graphs.
Resources:
Rulers, measuring tapes, clocks, stopwatches
Graph paper, pencils, colored pencils
Nonfiction books about timelines in history
Students will practice measuring time by creating a timeline of important historical events from social studies. Working in pairs, students will choose 4-5 significant events from a list and measure the time between them on a number line. They will then transfer this data to a bar graph. As a class, we will analyze the graph to discuss how much time passed between events and which eras saw more rapid changes.
Lesson 2: Geometry

Learning Targets:
3.G.A.1 Understand that shapes in different categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides), and that the shared attributes can define a larger category (e.g., quadrilaterals). Recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories.
Resources:
Geoboards, rubber bands, pattern blocks
Nonfiction books about architecture
Students will explore different types of quadrilaterals by creating architectural models. Working in small groups, they will use geoboards and pattern blocks to construct buildings with different quadrilaterals like squares, rectangles, and rhombuses. They will then research the architectural styles of famous buildings from different cultures and eras to identify quadrilaterals in their designs.
Lesson 3: Numbers and Operations
Learning Targets:
3.OA.A.3 Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
Resources:
100 charts, place value blocks, calculators
Art supplies like colored paper, googly eyes, glue, scissors
Students will practice multiplication and division through an art project. They will use place value blocks or drawings to represent word problems involving equal groups (e.g., creating 6 rows with 8 flowers in each row). They will then transfer this data into an equation. As an assessment, students will create an art piece like a collage with repeated patterns that represents a multiplication or division word problem.