4MA6
LO1
Formative Assessment:
1.
Have you ever tried to build a tower from blocks?
2.
Do you know what an architect does?
3.
Do you know who uses the architect’s plans
to build the structure?
4.
Would it be important to be able to understand and
follow the architect’s plan before building the structure?
Instructional Strategies or Activities:
1.
Inform children that they have been hired by an
architect to build some towers. They
will follow the architect’s plan to build them correctly.
2.
Each child receives colored blocks or cubes – 2
red, 2 blue, 2 yellow, and 1 green.
3.
Each child also receives the architect’s plans as
follows:
Tower A 1.
The yellow cube is not at the bottom.
2.
The blue cube is not between the
green cube and the red cube.
3.
The green cube is between the yellow
cube and the blue cube.
4.
The red cube is above the yellow cube.
Tower B
1. The red cube is somewhere
below
the green cube.
2. The
blue cube is somewhere above the
yellow cube.
3. The
top cube is not blue.
4. The cube directly below the green cube
is red.
4. Children build the towers, following the
instructions above.
5. Children use a recording sheet to draw and
color their finished towers.
Summative Assessment:
1.
The teacher will observe students use of logical
reasoning as they attempt to follow the plan.
2.
The teacher will collect and assess the student’s
recording sheet for accuracy of the tower.