Session 4

Grade Band 6-8. Identify and Use Proportional Relationships (Grade 7)

(40 to 55 minutes)

Lesson Activity #2 and Progress Monitoring Check
Lesson Activity #3 and Progress Monitoring Check
Instruction Guide: Session 4

Lesson Activity #2 (10-15 minutes)

Activity: Lesson Slides (slide 13-15) and Lesson Guide (page 5)

Focus: MP6: Attend to precision and MP7: Look for and make use of the structure

Directions:

This lesson has a detailed instruction guide. The Instruction Guide: Session 4 provides detailed instructions, prompts, and strategies for helping students understand this concept. Please see the notes on timing and suggestions for use in the instruction guide.

Decorative question mark:

Why are students doing this/what are they getting out of it?

Students review the definition of constant of proportionality and how to find the constant of proportionality from a table and a graph. Then they will practice identifying the constant of proportionality from tables, graphs, equations, and verbal descriptions.

Progress Monitoring:

Directions:

This monitoring step has a detailed instruction guide. The Instruction Guide: Session 4 provides detailed instructions, prompts, and strategies for helping students understand this concept. Please see the notes on timing and suggestions for use in the instruction guide.

Lesson Activity #3 (10-20 minutes)

Activity: Lesson Slides (slides 16-19) and Lesson Guide (page 6)

Focus: MP4: Model with mathematics, MP6: Attend to precision, and MP7: Look for and make use of the structure

Directions:

Decorative question mark:

Why are students doing this/what are they getting out of it?

Students review the formula for the equation for proportional relationships and practice writing equations given tables, graphs, diagrams, and verbal descriptions.

Progress Monitoring:

Directions:

STOP! This is the end of this session. This is a good place to stop, take a break, and return to the next session later in the day or the next day.