Template for Lesson Plan

Title of lesson: Estimating Gumballs

Name: Aisha Ali Alowais- Fatima Bilal Alyassi
Time: 8:15-8:30 am
STUDENTS (WHO)
ELC-E Students
23 Students
3-4 year olds
12 females:11 males
Some speak English, some Arabic
2-3 special needs students.

Date: 25th April 2016

Location: Australian International School.

*who are they

* how many
* what ages
* What grade
* male/female ratio
* native language(s)
* learning styles (and student intelligences
*personalities
* special needs
* prior learning
* how this lesson fits into prior & future learning
experiences

GOAL/OBJECTIVE (WHAT)
By the end of the lesson, students will be
able to:
- Students will develop a sense of comparing
between different quantities.
- Students will discover what estimating
really means rather than just randomly
guessing impossible numbers.

*what specific skill or concept would students have

learned or experience by the end of the lesson
* always expressed in terms of student learning
* concrete, measurable & realistic
* maximum of three objectives
* include name of curriculum guide & objective
numbers when & where applicable
* goals are connected to students

Materials & resources:

-

Gumball machine paper cutouts

Gumball cut outs already pasted on
the paper gumball machine
Sticky notes
Papers

*how DAP are the materials & resources?

* have all safety & health considerations been taken
into account?
*remember technology is a tool & is not just limited to
computers
*incorporate technology when & if it supports &
enhances what youre already doing
* do you have a plan B for technology upsets?

Strategies:
Students will sit down in the circle area,
teachers will explain to them what were
doing for the day to get them prepared.
Teachers will first show them the Gumball
machine with 3 Gumballs in it with a sticky
note label that says 3, then show them
another one with 5 Gumballs with the sticky
note label saying 5.
The last Gumball machine will contain 4
Gumballs and a sticky note label that says
?, we will ask the students a series of
questions such as: Do you think this machine
has more or less than 3? Do you think this
machine has more or less than 5? How
many do you think are in this machine?
We will let each student write their estimation
and name on a piece of paper, we will collect
the papers then hang them on the board
showing all their answers.
We will count the Gumballs in the machine
together with the students and find out who
was close to the answer and who got it right.
ACTIVITIES
Grabber:
We will sing all together, and then we will ask them how many
students in the class without counting so they have to guess,
and then we will tell them about the Gumballs activity so they can
be ready for the activity.

what will you do to grab

student attention & to
generate interest/enthusiasm
in the lesson?

Teachers will

Students will

Teachers will observe the activity.

Students will set into a group of

three.

Teachers will help the students,

because we will be with other
students that we will work with them.
Teachers will set with the children on
the blue mat while we are doing the
activity, so the students will wait to
their turn to come up.

Students will estimate the

gumballs which is in the
machine.

*description of activities used

to meet the learning
objectives
* articulated in terms of
student activity & teacher
activity
* how DAP are the activities?
*activities are connected to
my goals

Students will write the number

that they estimate it.
Students will guess the
numbers in the gumball
machine.

ASSESSMENT (WHAT DID ?)

The teachers will assess the students if they need help, like Ms. Dony
will help the students with writing the numbers, and Ms. Renee can help
the students if they have a question. Although the other students will be
setting on the blue matt waiting for their turn to come up.

*what will you do to assess

learning?
*what will happen to
measure that the goals were
met?
* how DAP is your
assessment?
* my assessments are very
tightly connected to my
goals

References:

Bethany. (2015, September 25). {FREE} Gumball Estimation Activity!

Retrieved from Math Geek mama: http://mathgeekmama.com/free-gumballestimation-activity/