My Lesson Plan: Mathematic Activity

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For my lesson plan I decided to create a mathematic activity that every student in the classroom could complete (most require assistance). Since this is a special education classroom that contains students at a variety of academic levels, this required some flexibility when lesson planning. Though I wanted the activity to be fun, I also wanted it to be challenging for each student. I felt as though a Thanksgiving theme was appropriate and that it would add to the fun of the activity. Each child was given a paper plate and a paper bag filled with a turkey cut out and a specific amount of feathers. Some children had feathers that displayed the numbers 2, 3 or 5 on them. (I explained to these children individually that these numbered feathers indicated that they would need to count by 2’s, 3’s, or 5’s in order to find their number.) We also utilized the classroom’s supply of glue sticks, scissors and crayons for the assembly of the turkey. Each child was also given a white board or an extra sheet of paper to help work out the problems. Finally they were all given a paper plate that c...

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