EED 416 Wk 4 – Summative Assessment: Instructional Math Unit

Assume you have joined a new school as a math teacher. Despite the practice you have gained during your teacher training, you’re a little anxious about your first week on the job, and your class is very diverse in terms of their backgrounds and learning capabilities. To ensure that your first week goes smoothly, you must create a developmentally appropriate 1-week instructional math unit in a concept area of your choice, focusing on a grade level between kindergarten and grade 6.

Here is what you have to do:

Research multimedia resources to create lesson plans and instructional units. Refer to 5-Minute Film Festival: 10 Sources for Free Lesson Plans from Edutopia to understand lesson planning resources that can aid teachers.

Prepare an instructional unit that includes the following:

1. Unit Plan

• Provide the following information for your unit plan:

1. Title
2. Focus (i.e., content area and grade level)
3. Objectives

• Write a narrative that discusses the following steps in the development of the unit:

1. Summary of how the content of the unit is appropriate for the age/grade level chosen
2. How specific learning needs will be addressed throughout the unit
3. Current learning theories that influenced instructional decisions in the unit
4. Strategies for children’s motivation and engagement that will be utilized in the unit
5. How formative and summative assessment will be used in the unit to plan, evaluate, and strengthen instruction; and promote continuous learning
6. The EdTech tools that can be used for the creation of lesson plans, assessments, and student engagements
7. How children’s families could be involved in the unit
8. Consider the “family connection” in each lesson.
9. Be sure to reflect language differences and cultural and/or ethnic diversity.

2. Resources Toolkit

• Create an annotated bibliography of 5 books and resources that support your unit.
• Follow the guidelines below:

1. Books and resources should include 2 targeted for teacher use and 3 targeted for student and family use.
2. Books and resources should be aligned with and support unit objectives.
3. Your resources toolkit should comprise at least 3 multimedia materials, including web-based resources.
4. Your resources toolkit should account for the diversity of your learners, including English language learners, varying math proficiency levels, and students with exceptional needs.
5. Each annotation should explicitly connect the selected book or resource to the unit in 3 to 5 sentences.
6. Each annotation should begin with the reference and be block indented. All annotations should be in alphabetical order.
7. Format your annotated bibliography according to APA guidelines.

3. Lesson Plans

Select an educational engagement tool like Socrative to incorporate into your lesson plans. You can also refer to the article link that helps you to understand the free lesson-planning resources for teachers.

Create 3 developmentally appropriate lesson plans for your unit. Include the following elements in each lesson plan:

• Objectives that meet the following requirements:

1. Reflect various levels of thinking, including Bloom’s taxonomy or depth of knowledge
2. Are specific, measurable, and observable
3. State what children should know and be able to do
4. Align to content standards
5. Are age/grade-level and content-area appropriate

• List of materials (handouts, resources, and learning tools) used in the lesson, including materials that can be used to develop children’s critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Detailed instructional sequence that is based on accurate math content and concepts and includes:

1. Introduction that sets the stage for learning
2. Lesson delivery and guided practice:
3. Activities are appropriate for the needs of young children who are culturally diverse and differentiated for those with exceptional learning needs (e.g., English language learners, learning disabilities, gifted/talented).
4. Activities are meaningful for young children by connecting learning to prior knowledge, to the community, and to real-world experiences.
5. Activities foster young children’s appreciation and engagement in subject matter content.
6. Activities incorporate both children’s and teacher’s use of technology.
7. Closure:
8. Teacher wrap-up
9. Final check for understanding
10. Independent practice

• Assessments aligned to the appropriate state standards:

1. 1 formative assessment (check for understanding) for each lesson that aligns to the lesson objective(s)
2. 1 summative assessment for the unit (assesses all unit objectives)
3. A plan to use the assessment results to adapt and improve future iterations

Submit your assignment.