athletes vs. animals
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ATHLETES VS. ANIMALS. WHO IS MORE ATHLETIC? 45 minute Lesson Plan Jim Horwat. GRADE 2 • WORD PROBLEMS (+ –). PA State Standards : CC.2.2.2.A.1 Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction within 100. CC.2.4.2.A.6 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
WHO IS MORE ATHLETIC? 45 minute Lesson Plan
Jim Horwat
ATHLETES VS. ANIMALS
GRADE 2 • WORD PROBLEMS (+ –)PA State Standards :CC.2.2.2.A.1
Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction within 100.
CC.2.4.2.A.6
Extend the concepts of addition and subtraction to problems involving length.
1.2.2.C
Identify essential and nonessential information within and across a variety of texts.
Through practice with a four-step key strategy for solving word problems, students will:
(1) Identify/determine the helpful information given within a word problem
(2) Recognize and define what information is being asked of them to find
(3) Select and justify the use of addition or subtraction operations to solve the word problem
(4) Write a number sentence supportive of their determined ‘answer’
GOALS FOR UNDERSTANDING:
CLASS SURVEY
ENOUGH OF THE BORING STUFF…
What are strategies?
When are strategies helpful?
Who uses them?
Athletes? Animals?
Students?
Why?
STRATEGIES:
CLASS HANDOUT
STRATEGIES ARE ‘KEY’…
SAMPLE WORD PROBLEMS
BRING ON THE CHALLENGES!
It takes me 14 seconds to swim 100 yards.
It takes me 40 seconds to swim 100 yards.
HOW MANY SECONDS BEFORE MICHAEL PHELPS WILL THE DOLPHIN FINISH THE RACE?
Michael Phelps Dolphin
VS.
A puma can jump 180 inches high. It is like a cougar.
Pumas live in Asia, America and Africa.
The average NBA player can jump 28 inches high.
LeBron James can jump 40 inches high.
WHO CAN JUMP HIGHER?HOW MUCH HIGHER?LeBron James Puma
VS.
Happie is in the Guiness Book of World Records.
She skateboarded 118 ft.
Tony skateboarded 317 ft. down a street in San Francisco.
He made 17 video games.
HOW MUCH DID THESE TWO SKATERS SKATE ALTOGETHER?
Tony Hawk ‘Happie’ the Goat
VS. Watch me!
Asian Elephant made 22 slam dunks in 2014.
He also made a 360° slam.
(Watch me!)
This year Kobe made 9 slam dunks.
He made 2 more dunks this week. One was a 360° slammer.
HOW MANY SLAM DUNKS IN ALL?
Kobe Bryant Asian Elephant
VS.
Create Your Own Word Problem using keywords from handout and
the athlete /animals listed at beginning of class…
HOMEWORK
NO WHINING : )