HEINICKE LESSON PLAN

Name: Aliza Heinicke Subject: Writing

Date: 8/26/16 Unit: Chapter 1, Lesson 2
School: Eshleman Elementary School Topic: Compare and Order Whole
Grade: 5 Numbers through millions

Essential Question
How does the position of a digit in a number relate to its value?

Activating Prior Knowledge

Students should have page 17 opened in their math book
Warm up problems See back board. Do on a sheet of loose leaf paper.
Go over warm up problem answers
Pass Back homework
Go over homework answers/ comments on papers/ how I will be grading
homework.
Ask students to complete problems of the day on the board (from text book
powerpoint). Students should write their answer in empty space on page 17
Go over the answer
Application: Why is it important to be able to compare and order whole
numbers?

Teaching
Remind students where the EQ is posted in the room and read it aloud.
Page 17 Example 1
o Read example aloud
o Have students complete Step 1 with their seat partners
o Have two students read each number
o REVIEW VOCAB
What is a period?
What is a place value?
What is the value of the 4 in 33,420,160?
o Work through step two together.
o Compare the first digits of each number (the ones with the greatest
place value). Which digit is greater?
o Is that enough information to determine which number is greater?
o **IMPORTANT** If the place value is not equal, it is easy to determine
which number is greater. Give example.
Page 18 Example 2
o Walk through each step with students
o What do you do if, when ordering whole numbers, the digits in the
same place have the same value?
Independent practice: 19-20

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 HEINICKE LESSON PLAN

o Work on the evens. If you complete fully, move onto the odds
o Check answers
o Ask for questions
If students need more help, come to side table
Work on homework pages 21&22 WRITE NAME ON TOP
o When finished, play the game 24 read instructions
o Groups of four

Summarizing/Assessment
Review all vocab so far
o Period
o Place or place value
o Expanded form
o Standard form
o Word form
Ask students to give me steps for comparing whole numbers