This lesson focuses on teaching students about bar graphs. Students will listen to a podcast introducing bar graphs, learn to identify the parts of a bar graph and understand when it is appropriate to use one. They will distinguish bar graphs from other graphs by looking at posters of different graph types and blogs about graphs. The teacher will use the smart board and computers throughout the lesson, which will include opportunities for class participation and discussion. Students' understanding will be evaluated based on their participation in discussions and notebooks.

1. Lesson #4
A: To begin this days lesson, students will listen to a podcast that reviews the
materials and introduces the new topic that will be discussed. The lesson will be
focused on bar graphs. Students will be able to distinguish this graph apart from the
others, identify the parts, and know when to use it.
S: My students will focus on bar graphs throughout this lesson. Students will know
when it is appropriate to use bar graphs, the parts of a bar graph, and distinguish it
from the other graphs that have already been addressed in previous lessons by
looking at posters that are related to all of the types of graphs, pointing out the
differences, and then looking at blogs that refer to graphs. With 95% accuracy, the
students will accomplish this by the end of the eighth day.
S: Throughout this lesson, the technology that will be used includes the Smart board
and computers.
U: To prepare for this lesson, the podcast will already be running on the computer
for when the students arrive in the morning. The blogs that the class will be looking
at and discussing will already be pulled up onto the computer as well.
R: For students to be involved in class participation, there will be opportunities for
them to share what they are thinking. When the class is distinguishing the
differences between all of the graphs, students will have a chance to answer and talk
to their partner before discussing it as a whole group. Students will also be able to
look at the poster and discuss what new characteristics they observe.
E: For this lesson, evaluation will mainly be based upon observing group discussions
and looking at their notebooks.