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4. Big Understanding:
At the end of this lesson, students will understand the vocabulary words certain, likely,
unlikely, and impossible as it pertains to probability. And be able to identify situations using
the vocabulary words.
Determine that probability is used to plan around the weather, sports, and strategies.
Teacher Input/Modeling:
Step by step instruction via PowerPoint presentation using a computer and a projector.
Students are grouped in pairs
Big understanding real life applications
Guided Practice:
Students are grouped in pairs each one teach one.
Introduce one bag same colored balls and another bag with different colored balls.
In each case, students are asked to predict the color ball I will pull from the bag.
Students will then decide whether it is certain, likely, unlikely, or impossible the actual color
ball that will be pulled from the bags.
What would be a situation that is likely to happen? (CFU)
Students come together to share their results to see how their results match their peers.
CFU (Checking for understanding):
Teacher will check for understanding with questions after every block of instruction. These
questions will engage students to refer to prior knowledge, and share their perceptions and
answers from the guided practice and partner discussions with the entire class.
Independent Practice:
Student are asked to determine real life situations that relate to the probability vocabulary
words and share it with each other.
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