| Collaborative Speaking Ask simple WH (who, what, when, where), yes-no or either-or questions. Elicit Choral Responses. Prompt for academic language output. (unit names,product,quotient) Interpretive Reading Provide a list of important concepts on a graphic organizer. Productive Writing Provide Key Sentence Frames with word and picture banks. Teach note-taking on a graphic organizer |
| Engagement Group discussion Students can select to work independently, with a buddy or in a small group Representation Images Frontload vocabularyAnchor charts Thinking map relating the units (flow or tree) Action and Expression Sentence frames |
Measurement Conversions Part 1
Lesson Overview
This is the first lesson in a series of 5 lessons. Students will convert among units within a given measurement system (learned in 4th grade re 4.MD.A.1) and apply this knowledge when solving real-world problems in steps. First, we will discuss units of measurement. Next, we will discuss the relationship between units of measurement, broken down by category. The first lesson will cover length, the second will cover mass/weight, the third will cover capacity/volume, and the fourth will cover time. Using this knowledge, we will convert units within their own measurement system by category in the first four lessons. These practices will then be applied to real-world problems in the form of word problems in the last lesson. I designed this lesson for a classroom in Kern County, where I have 8 students who are level 2 and 3 (expanding) ELLs, 5 students who are level 1 (emerging) ELLs, 3 students who are reclassified ELLs, and 1 student with an IEP.
Student Learning Goals/Objectives
- Students will work in groups to answer relevant questions in order to convert among different-sized standard measurement units.
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