MolloyCollege

DivisionofEducation
TeacherCandidateAvaMirandaStone
CourseEDU542
Grade9TopicPolynomials

ProfessorMariaEsposito
DateNovember29,2016
ContentAreaMathematics

INSTRUCTIONALOBJECTIVE
ContentObjective:Afteralessononintroductiontopolynomials,studentswilldemonstrate
theirunderstandingofaddingandsubtractingpolynomialsbycompletingapolynomial
worksheetwithnomorethan3mistakes.

CCLS/+NYSSTANDARDSANDINDICATORS
Mathematics(CCS):HSA:APRA1

Understand that polynomials form a system analogous to the integers, namely, they are
closed under the operations of addition and subtraction; add, and subtract polynomials.
Indicator
ThiswillbeevidentwhenstudentscompleteinclassexercisesdisplayedinaPrezipresentation
ontheSMARTboard.Toindicatehowwellthestudentsobtainedtheconcept,theywill
participateinaninclassKahootexerciseandwillalsobeaskedtocompleteahomework
assignmentthroughtheirFastFigapplication.

MOTIVATION
Theteacherwilldisplayabrainstormactivitywherestudentswillbeaskedtoturnandtalkto
theirneighbortosolveagivenequationpresentedontheSMARTboard.IfManuelhad5rap
and2hiphopsongsandMarcellahad6rapand6hiphophowmanydidtheyhavealltogether?
Thiswouldindicatethatalthoughtherearevariables,thecorrectanswerwouldbedeterminedby
addingtheappropriateintegers.

MATERIALS

SMARTboard
AdvancedOrganizer(worksheet)
PreziPresentation

STRATEGIES

TurnandTalk
Drawstickswithnamesonittoselectstudents
Havenextstudentselectedbythepreviousstudentselected
Thumbsup/down,toindicatelevelofdifficulty[123(hard)]
GroupDiscussion

ADAPTATIONS

StudentswithadiagnosisofADHDand/orvisionimpairmentwillbeprovided
preferentialseatingduringthelesson.
Indexcardswithtermstocombine(Manipulatives)
IEPs,504plans,orotherprogrammodificationswillbefollowed.

DIFFERENTIATIONOFINSTRUCTION

Studentswillbegivenvariedlevelsofrigorinquestionsetsbasedonability.
Studentswillbeprovidedwithaworksheetwithtypedoutnotesaswellasfillins.

DEVELOPMENTALPROCEDURES

TheteacherwillengagethestudentsinaTurnandTalkactivitytoarriveatthesolution
ofagivenproblem.[SIOP:collaborativework]Theteacherlistensinonthestudents
conversationsandencouragesthestudentstosharetheirthoughtsaloudtotheir
classmates.
Theteacherwillreviewintegersasacollectionofpowersof10andhowthis
subsequentlyleadstodefiningapolynomialthroughtheuseofgivenexamplesonthe
SMARTboard.
Theteacherwillreviewthedefinitionofapolynomial(anexpressionconsistingofmore
thantwoalgebraicterms),andtheidentificationofdifferentvocabularywordsassociated
withpolynomialexpressions.
Theteacherwillprovideexamplesandhavethestudentsdeterminewhethereach
examplefollowsthedefinitionofapolynomialexpression.

Theteacherwillreviewpolynomialstandardform(whenpowersonthevariable
descend).Studentswillbepromptedtowritevaryingpolynomialsinstandardform.
Theteacherwillreviewtheoperationsofadditionandsubtractioninreferencetointegers
andhowthisisrelatedtousingtheseoperationswithpolynomials.
StudentswillbepresentedwithavarietyofexamplesontheSMARTboard.Volunteers
aswellasrandomlycalleduponstudentswillcometotheboardtoworkongiven
examples.
TheteacherwillengagethestudentsinanonlineactivitythroughthewebsiteKahoot.
Thestudentswillbepresentedwithanarrayofquestionswheretheywillbeaskedto
choosetheanswerofbestfitforeachgivenproblem.
Theteacherwillonceagainreviewthedefinitionofapolynomialaswellasthedifferent
operationslearned.
Asasummary,studentswillbeencouragedtocompletequestionsontheFastFigapp
whichwillallowthemtoreviewthemateriallearnedinclassthroughtheuseof
technology.Studentswillalsobeaskedtocreatetheirownexamplesthatwillbeusedon
afuturequiz.Theywillalsobeencouragedtocompleteahomeworkhandoutprovidinga
seriesofquestionsinrelationtothecontent.

ASSESSMENT
Thestudentswillbeassessedontheirinclassparticipationbycallingonstudentsrandomlyas
wellasvoluntarily.
Studentguidedpracticeworkwillbeviewedastheteacherwalksaroundandobservesthemin
pairsandgroups.
Thestudentswillbeabletoidentifypolynomialsinstandardformaswellasperformthe
operationsofadditionandsubtraction.Analysisofcomprehensioninthesubjectmatterwillbe
identifiedthroughtheKahootsiteaccessoriesintargetingwhichstudentsgotparticularquestions
correctorincorrect.
Studentswillalsobeassessedthroughthemeasurementoftheirproficiencythroughthe
completionofagivenworksheetwithnomorethan3mistakes.

INDEPENDENTPRACTICE
Thestudentswillbeabletocompleteagivenhandoutusingtheoperationsofadditionand
subtractiontosimplifypolynomialexpressions.Theywilldemonstratetheirunderstandingby
completingthishandoutwithnomorethan3mistakes.

FOLLOWUP:DIRECTTEACHERINTERVENTIONANDACADEMIC
ENRICHMENT

DirectTeacherIntervention:Inordertoreteachtheobjectiveusingnewstrategiesforstudents
whodidnotattaintheobjective,thesestudents,underdirectinterventionwiththeteacher,willbe
presentedwithintegersandassistedincombiningintegersandtherebytermsbyusingcolor
codedchipsandalgebratiles.Studentswillbeaskedtocompletethiswithaseriesofinteger
examples.Studentswillthentransitionintoincludingthevariable,x.Theteacherwillgivea
seriesofmultiplechoiceproblemswithhintboxesasreferenceofwhatstepstocompletein
ordertoachievethecorrectanswer.Theteacherwillencouragethestudentstoselfevaluateby
colorcodingorhighlightingeachtimetheycompletedastepcorrectly.Theteacherwillprovide
specificfeedbacktothestudentswork.
AcademicEnrichment:Inordertoextendthelearningexperienceforstudentswhohaveeasily
mettheobjective,thestudentswillbechallengedtotakeonmorecomplexpolynomial
expressionsbysimplifyinghigherorderexpressionsthroughcombiningliketermsandfollowing
theoperationsofadditionandsubtractionwhilerelatingtoteacherinstructedstandardsand
objectives.Havingthestudentshighlighteachtimetheycorrectlyansweredaquestionwill
encourageselfevaluation.Theteacherwillprovidespecificfeedbacktotheworktoberevised
independently.

TEACHERREFERENCES
HighSchoolAlgebra(2016).CommonCoreStandards.Retrievedfrom
http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/HSA/APR/A/1/
NewYorkStateP12CommonCoreLearningStandardsforMathematics(n.d.).EngageNY.
Retrievedfromhttps://www.engageny.org/resource/newyorkstatep12commoncore
learningstandardsformathematics
Unit7Polynomials(n.d.)CommonCoreAlgebra1.Retrievedfrom
https://emathinstruction.com/commoncorealgebrai/unit7polynomials/