Oversized Inch Lesson Plan Information | Lesson Plan Activities | Printable version (including handouts) (PDF)

Standard Use Math to Solve Problems and Communicate Outcomes Students will read and accurately measure to the eighth of an inch with a ruler, yardstick or metal rule.

Classroom Information

GED Descriptors      Math Roles      Family, Worker Program Type(s)      ABE, GED, Family Literacy, Workforce Education, Urban, Rural, Corrections NRS Learner levels (ESOL)      2, 3, 4 Time Frame       45 min Technology Integration Geometry in the Adult Education Classroom

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Purposeful, Transparent, Contextual, Building Expertise

Purposeful and Transparent The activities all relate to the student goal of learning to measure accurately with a ruler. There is lots of practice so students can assess their learning as they go along. Contextual Since the students came up with real life uses for measurement the lesson is clearly related to their goals. The students are actively involved as each student constructs his or her own "inch" to measure with. Students then transfer this skill to rulers and other measuring devices. Building Expertise The lesson builds on the students' prior knowledge of fractions (starting with halves) to increase their knowledge of the divisions in the "inch."

Lesson Designer Paula Mullet Willoughby-Eastlake (216) 382-2820 prmullet@att.net

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