Domain: Skills

Dimension 3: Skills in Planning

The following artifact is the copy of the sequence of lessons I created for my Methods II
Intensive Study of Teaching Diverse Learners in Mathematics course. A group assignment given
by Professor Gardella, I was tasked to write the lesson plans for the first four days in an Algebra
II/Trigonometry course. Following the curriculum created for us by Professor Gardella, I created
lessons for the Counting Unit. For lesson one, students used tree diagrams and manipulates to
discover the Fundamental Counting Principle. In lesson two, students learned how to use the
Fundamental Counting Principle given specific conditions with the aid of tree diagrams and
manipulatives. In lesson three, students used their knowledge of the Fundamental Counting
Principle to discover the concept of Permutations. Lesson four encompasses all of these ideas
through the idea of station lab activities. As day one and day two utilized diagrams and
manipulatives to meet the needs of all learners, day three also included provides a short video
clip for student viewing. In day four, station labs had activities of varying complexity.