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Instructional Plan Template

Mathematics Governor’s Institute 2006

(Download as Microsoft Word Documents: Instructional Plan, Boil 1, Boil 2)

Names of group members:

Deepika Bunjun Abington School District

Janet DeNezza Diocese of Harrisburg

Virginia Thrasher Chambersburg School District

Topic/Theme: Elapsed Time

Level: Elementary Grades 2-3

Time Element:

Two Days:

Day 1- 30 minutes

Day 2- 45 minutes

PA Math Standards Addressed:

2.3 Measurement and Estimation

2.3.3.C Determine and compare elapsed time.

2.3.3.D Tell time (analog) to the minute.

Math Assessment Anchors Addressed:

M3.B.1.1.1 Tell/show time (analog) to the minute

M3.B.1.1.2 Find elapsed time in increments of 5 minutes (limited to 2

adjacent hours).

Objectives:

Students will demonstrate elapsed time in minutes.

Students will tell time to the nearest quarter hour.

Instructional Strategies and Plan:

DAY ONE ACTIVITIES

Activity 1 (Reviewing how to tell time):

- Display a clock on a wall using an overhead projector.

- Have several students show a given time on the clock by standing in front of it and using their arms.

Activity 2 (How long is a minute?)

- Introduce the term elapsed time and discuss the concept.

- Show elapsed time by giving students a choice of hopping, writing their name, or flapping like a chicken.

- Have them perform that movement for an entire minute.

- Discuss what one minute felt like, to conclude the lesson.

DAY TWO ACTIVITIES

Activity 3 (A watched pot never boils)

- Introduce and read the book, Get Up & Go! by Stuart J. Murphy

- Have students show the time elapsed on a miniature clock as time passes in the story.

Activity 4

- Discuss the title, A Watched Pot Never Boils.

- Distribute worksheets and write predictions for how long each given liquid will take to reach its boiling point.

- Boil each liquid and record the start and boil times on worksheet.

- Direct students to show beginning time on a miniature clock.

- Count the minutes to the boiling time and record the time.

- Compare the elapsed time of each liquid.

- Discuss and calculate questions given at the bottom of the worksheet.

*TIME SAVING OPTION*

- Use the second worksheet which has the start and boil times already

provided.

Materials/Resources:

- Overhead Clock

- Overhead Projector

- Stove or hotplate

- Glass cookware

- Measuring cup

- Equal amounts of water, milk, vinegar, and maple syrup

- Stopwatch

- Miniature clocks

- Supporting worksheets

- Scott Foresman Addison Wesley Math Series

Interdisciplinary Connections:

· Reading

- It’s About Time, Max!

By Kitty Richards

Illustrated by Goia Fiammenghi

- Get Up and Go!

By Stuart J. Murphy

Illustrated by Diane Greenseid

· Technology

o http://www.fi.edu/time/

o http://www.mathslice.com/actionctl.php?actionid=512

· Writing/Science

o Have students keep an observation log as the teacher is boiling the liquids. Teacher may adapt the log to meet the needs of other content areas.

Assessment Strategies:

· Formative Evaluation (checking student understanding during the lesson):

o Informal Assessment: Students hold up their miniature clocks as they calculate their elapsed time.

o Verbal Assessment: Discuss strategies for finding elapsed time with students.

· Summative Evaluation (How will it be determined that the objectives were achieved?):

- Formal Assessment: Questions at the bottom of the worksheet.

Correctives/Remediation:

- Work with partners to quiz each other on elapsed time.

- Use clock flash cards to practice calculating elapsed time.

- Teacher conducted small groups as needed.

Extensions/Enrichment:

- Have students find the difference between their personal predictions and the actual boiling time on the worksheet.

- Compare boiling times with results of other classrooms. Calculate the difference.

Special Accommodations (special needs students)

· Description of the Special Needs student selected:

- The student requiring the accommodations has Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD).

· Accommodations to use with this student:

- Working with a partner in an unstructured situation.

- Seating near the teacher, where distractions are limited.

- Adapt assignment to contain fewer items.

Key Words

Elapsed time

Clock

Minute

Time

Prediction

Elapsed Time

Type of Liquid	Estimated amount of time to boil	Starting Time	Began to Boil	Time it took to boil (Elapsed time)	Difference between estimated boiling time and actual boiling time.
Water	__ minutes	1:12 pm	1:14 pm	__ minutes	__ minutes
Milk	__ minutes	1:17 pm	1:22 pm	__ minutes	__ minutes
Syrup	__ minutes	1:43 pm	1:51 pm	__ minutes	__ minutes
Vinegar	__ minutes	1:48 pm	1:53 pm	__ minutes	__ minutes

1. Which liquid took the longest time to boil? _____________

2. Which liquid took the shortest time to boil? _____________

3. List the liquids in order from shortest to longest boiling time. _________________________________________________