Lesson+Plan+1+(PPA)

__PPA Lesson plan: Graphing Inequalities in Two Variables__

__Materials for the lesson__

__Teacher Evaluation [|Graphing_Inequalities_Lesson_Eval.jpg]__

__Reflection__

10/10/2008 I taught a lesson about graphing inequalities in two variables. I decided to do a top down approach—start out with an example/scenario and work our way to the steps necessary to graph the inequality. I think it was effective, though I didn’t do any formal assessment. If I have the opportunity, I would like to see how the students did on the relevant questions on the chapter test they will take in a few days. I didn’t have enough time to do more examples than the one I presented during our investigation, and that’s definitely something I would change if I did the lesson again. Also, sort of spontaneously, during the first class period I taught the lesson, when I asked a student to share his solution for a particular question, he volunteered to write it on the board, and I was able to do that with one other part of the lesson, and again when I taught the next period. If I had planned for that, I would have worked it into more of the lesson, having students join me at the board more often, or use a document camera to view and discuss multiple solutions. The students seemed engaged and I had plenty of time to informally assess their understanding as we went through the notes, but I haven’t completely figured out how to take that assessment and work it into my lesson on the spot. On a scale of one to ten (if ten was the perfect lesson) I think this one was a six….so I still have plenty of improving to do.