Amy Peabody October 22, 2012 EDU 420 Microteaching #4 Content-based: Design a content based lesson using any

of the models and strategies described. It could be about history, math, or science.

Math is sometimes difficult to teach to ESL and ELL learners, but today we will focus on addition of money. We have previously completed a lesson on addition and now we will elaborate and add together different coin denominations. The lesson will start with a review of what it means to add. The goal is to have enough information to formulate an answer that provides this definition: Add = increasing numbers, combining numbers to make a bigger number. Hopefully this discussion also provides enough information so that the students can explain what symbol is used in math problems and how we verbalize math problems; Plus = (+) a math symbol that means more. Grade Level: 3-5th grade ESL Objective: students will be able to demonstrate how to make different combinations for a sum of money by working in pairs to practice addition using real coins. Materials: large pictures of the coins, enough bags with coins for each pair, cards with money amounts on them. I will post a larger picture on the board of what the coins of American money look like as I give one to each student Penny Nickel Dime Quarter $0.01 $0.05 $0.10 $0.25

The students will work in pairs, and each pair will be given a bag of coins. Each pair will have a card in their bag and they will have to add together coins to show two ways to make different sums of money. For example one amount on the card is $0.75 then the students will have to show two different combinations that will add up to that amount. Three quarters could be one combination, and another combination could be two quarters, two dimes and a nickel. The next math lesson to follow would be a lesson similar to this except using dollar bills. Once the students know this skill then the two skills will be combined and the students will be able to show how to make amounts of money that include both dollars and coins, for example $7.60.

Assessment: Students will have to know how to make different amounts of money using the coins in their bags as I walk throughout the classroom and approach the students to make random amounts of money in more than one combination of coins.