Unit Assessment and Reflection

Math Lesson 6


NCTM Standards
Number and Operations:  Understand meanings of operations and how they relate to one another
            (Grade 3): understand various meanings of multiplication and division.
Number and Operations:  Understand meanings of operations and how they relate to one another.
         (Grade 3): identify and use relationships between operations, such as division as the inverse of multiplication, to solve problems.

NETS Standards

Use keyboards and other common input and output devices (including adaptive devices when necessary) efficiently and effectively. (Performance Indicator 1)

Use technology tools (e.g., multimedia authoring, presentation, Web tools, digital cameras, scanners) for individual and collaborative writing, communication, and publishing activities to create knowledge products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (Performance Indicators 3, 4)

Use general purpose productivity tools and peripherals to support personal productivity, remediate skill deficits, and facilitate learning throughout the curriculum.
(Performance Indicator 3)

Use developmentally appropriate multimedia resources (e.g., interactive books, educational software, elementary multimedia encyclopedias) to support learning. (Performance Indicator 1)

Grade level: 3               

Duration: 2-3 days

Objectives: Students will reflect on the unit as a whole, while responding to five questions in a word processing program.  Students will also review unit content by playing an interactive Power Point game on multiplication.

Materials: One computer per student, one copy of Reflection Time worksheet per student, Multiplication Power Point game file.

Preparation: Separate students into pairs for the second part of the lesson.  Make available one copy of Power Point game to every group of two students.    

Procedures: Begin the lesson by letting students direct an oral review of the unit.  Briefly discuss each component of the project, reminding students of their accomplishments and advances in multiplication.  Present students with Reflection Time worksheet, giving a few minutes to talk about the questions.  Guide students to the computer lab to type their repsonses to the questions on AppleWorks.  As students complete the reflection, have them work in groups to play the multiplication game in PowerPoint.  (Select view slideshow, and students can just click on the correct buttons to play the game.)  After third graders have answered every question in each category, play the game with the whole class.  Third graders can help second graders through the questions and discuss possible solutions before voting on a resonable answer.  Discuss strategies and the possibilities of outcomes using Power Point (such as creating a game rather than a simple presentation slideshow).

After completing unit four in the Everyday Mathematics text, students will take the unit 4 book assessment.

Assessment of Objectives: An informal assessment will be made of the responses given to the reflection worksheet as well as during the multiplication game (how many correct answers vs. the number of wrong answers and the thought process of getting the answer).  A formal assessment will take place during the unit 4 book test, assessing secure unit goals.