Reading to Calculate Lesson Plan Information | Lesson Plan Activities | Printable version (including handouts) (PDF)

Standard: Read With Understanding Outcomes Students will read and follow directions for using the Casio calculator in order to accurately solve calculations involving the fraction function key.

Classroom Information

GED Descriptors:      Language Arts Reading , Math Roles:      Family, Worker, Community Member Program Type(s)      ABE, GED, Family Literacy, Workforce Education, Urban, Rural, Corrections NRS Learner levels (ABE/GED)       4, 5 Time frame:       4 hours over 4 days

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Standard: Read With Understanding

Component of Performance How activity addresses component Determine the reading purpose Students will determine how these written instructions on solving fraction problems will help them to use the calculator for a portion of the math GED test. Students will also have an opportunity to think about how learning to read instructions will help them in all their roles as workers, family members, and community members. Select reading strategies appropriate to the purpose Students will need to use a variety of reading strategies to accomplish the task of reading written instructions (clarifying, sequencing, rereading, visualizing, and connecting to prior knowledge). When reading they will need to follow steps in sequential order (look for clue words or numbers that show sequence), think about what they already know about calculators, look at pictorial aids (numbers and symbols depicting the steps), and selfquestion themselves while reading (What step should come next? Does this answer make sense?). Monitor comprehension and adjust reading strategies Students will monitor their comprehension by trying to solve fraction addition and subtraction problems. They will adjust their reading strategies by rereading unclear steps in the instructions, trial and error attempts at solving the fraction problems, and selfquestioning while reading. Analyze information and reflect on its underlying meaning Students will determine if their answers to the fraction problems have the correct form and if they make logical sense. Integrate it with prior knowledge to address reading purpose The answers on the pretask assessment questions will show what students already know about following instructions, calculators, and fractions. Students will need to take what they already know and use it with the new information written in the task to solve fraction problems using the Casio calculator.

Purposeful, Transparent, Building Expertise

Purposeful and Transparent Students clearly understood the purpose for the activity; in fact, they had stated that understanding the calculator was important to achieving their goal of passing the GED tests. The teacher and students were clear about which standard was to be the focus of the activity and together they discussed what was required to perform the standard. Contextual This activity was constructed to reflect a real-life situation for the learners, one that they articulated themselves. Students could see how being able to perform this activity would help them in other areas of their lives and they shared examples of how not being able to perform the activity could adversely affect them. Building Expertise Students discussed what they already knew related to the activity: reading with understanding, using a calculator, performing operations using fractions. The teacher provided preactivities to ensure that students had multiple opportunities to reflect on what they knew and what they were learning. The teacher allowed the students to determine their evidence of learning for each of the activities.

Lesson Designer Tawna Eubanks Hamilton City ABLE (513) 8875021 Emmirg@aol.com

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