AN INTERDISCIPLINARY LESSON PLAN MATHEMATICS ENGLISH Fulya Kzlda

AN INTERDISCIPLINARY LESSON PLAN (MATHEMATICS & ENGLISH) Fulya Kızıldağ Pelin Konuk

PRESENTATION OUTLINE TOPIC: FRACTIONS LESSON FLOW 1. ENGAGEMENT AND EXPLORATION 2. EXPLANATION 3. APPLICATION 4. CLOSURE SAMPLE ACTIVITY LESSON OBJECTIVES REFERENCES

TOPIC: FRACTIONS Why fractions? Easy to visualize � Involves specific vocabulary (fractions, numerator, denominator, fraction bar, division, multiplication) � Related to real life � Amenable to the use of technology �

LESSON FLOW A. Engagement & Exploration ü ü Warm-up discussion Visuals on IWB Examples from daily life Everybody eats a piece of your birthday cake. Examples from students’ life

LESSON FLOW B. Explanation ü Example sentences with target vocabulary “In the exam, my friend did not have an eraser so I divided mine in half and gave it to her. ” ü Group work and presentation with target vocabulary ü Basic exercises about fractions “Who would like to come to the board and draw one bread and show us its half? ”

LESSON FLOW C. Application ü Delivering worksheets ü Answering some examples as a group on IWB ü Discussing their answers with using target vocabulary “Can you show the numerator and denominator of 3/5? ” ü Guessing and retelling the meaning of target vocabulary in their own words

LESSON FLOW D. Closure ü Information about next week’s lesson. ü Students will bring colored paper and scissors. ü Homework is assigned.

AN ACTIVITY Didem has 18 marbles. Her brothers Mert and Onur win 6 of them in a game. What fractions of marbles do Onur and Mert win? For more activities

LESSON OBJECTIVES MATHEMATICS Ø Ø Ø Identify what fractions mean and ENGLISH Ø Identify the target vocabulary recognize its use in daily life (fractions, numerator, Listen and discuss answers to denominator, fraction bar, questions as a group division, multiplication) and Recognize and apply their present them to their peers. knowledge in different types of exercises. Ø Recognize and apply target vocabulary in different question types. Answer the exercises.

REFERENCES � http: //www. primaryresources. co. uk/ maths/pdfs/fractwordproblems. pdf � http: //www. prometheanplanet. com/en/search /resources/subjectarea/maths/language/english/