Blended Learning Lesson Plan
Lesson Title: What order is the ordered pair
Objectives:
Students will be able to… demonstrate understanding of the order of order pairs and where they
are located on x- and y- axes
Students will be able to… comprehend the connections for the vertical/horizontal distance and
the number in the ordered pair
State Standards:
5.G.1 Define a coordinate system.
a. The x- and y- axes are perpendicular number lines that intersect at 0 (the origin);
b. Any point on the coordinate plane can be represented by its coordinates;
c. The first number in an ordered pair is the x-coordinate and represents the horizontal distance
from the origin;
d. The second number in an ordered pair is the y-coordinate and represents the vertical distance
from the origin.
Context:
This lesson furthers students knowledge in graphing plots or data points. Basic knowledge of a
number line is needed for this lesson, but will touch on before getting into information.
Following this lesson, students will learn about the different quadrants and how ordered pairs are
altered based on what plane it is in. I will be teaching about the first quadrant, introducing it as
such so students understand that there is more than one that we will cover in the future. We will
go over what an ordered pair is, the anatomy of an ordered pair, and how this falls on a graph.
Data:
Groupings will simply be based off of the students assigned seats in the classroom. Seats were
assigned based off of who works together the best and separating disruptive students. Students
will receive a worksheet at the end of the lesson and whether it is done in their free time in class
or at home for homework it will be picked up the following day to measure comprehension of
the topic.
Materials:
Part of Lesson Material used Link
Introduction Math journals, whiteboard, No links
expo marker, lesson google
slides, smart board
Teacher directed Student iPad, notability Notability: Notes, Audio, PDF on
the App Store (apple.com)
Collaborative Pencils, printed group COORDINATE_PLANE.pdf
practice
Independent Digital Student iPad, YouTube video, (479) Ordered Pairs. Grade 5 -
digital ordered pairs game YouTube
Mr. Nussbaum - Coordinate
Plane - Online
(mrnussbaum.com)
Closure Homework printout and Understanding the Basic
pencil Coordinate Plane | Practice 1
for Grades 3-5 [PDF]
(generationgenius.com)
Procedures:
Introduction (20 minutes):
This lesson is in the middle of the day, following English and preceding lunch. Students will
place their English work in their desks and retrieve their math journals from their desks. I will
switch the slides on the board to be the math lesson. I will ask the students to also grab a dry
erase board from the back of the classroom as well as an expo marker from their tables station.
Since this is relatively a new topic for them there isn’t much prior information to cover before
jumping straight in, but I will quickly make sure every student understands the basics of a
number line by asking them to draw one from the number 1 to the number 10. I will draw the
number line myself on the whiteboard and discuss that this is called the x-axis. I will then
introduce the vertical y-axis by copying the number line I drew and turning it 90 degrees, I will
have the 0s touch, so it created quadrant 1. On the next slide it will be quadrant 1 with the lines
extending to create the graph. I will talk about the graph, hinting at the fact that there are more
than one quadrants so students know there will be more coming. From there I will introduce
ordered pairs, I will go over which number signifies the x-axis number, and which signifies the
y-axis number. I will then go into showing how an ordered pair looks on a graph, counting
horizontal “jumps” and vertical “jumps”. We will do a few examples together and then I will
explain the groups to be split into and the directions for each. Students will then go to different
parts of the room for the blended learning activities.
Teacher Directed (10 minutes):
During this station 1/3 of the students will be back with me at the small group desk for practice.
This will be an extended form of the practice from the introduction portion of the lesson.
Students will use notability on their iPads to pull up a picture of a graph I put on their google
classroom. I will then give them a list of ordered pairs instructing them to put them on the graph,
using our jumping method. In the end the ordered pairs should create a kite, and they are to
connect the dots. The ordered pairs are: (1,2) (2,0) (3,2) (2,2) (2,4) and should create this
shape:
Collaborative (10 minutes):
In this station students will work together to find the hidden message on the worksheet given to
them. This worksheet (below and in link) will test students’ ability to plot ordered pairs
correctly. If students find the hidden message with time to spare, they are encouraged to find
extra words and include their ordered pairs at the bottom of their paper.
Independent Digital (10 minutes):
The last station I will have students watch a YouTube video explaining order pairs and how to
plot them again on their iPads. Then students will complete this assignment independently and
take a screenshot when they are done. This will not be graded; it is just to measure how much of
the lesson they comprehend. I am expecting those who have this station last to do better than
those who have this station first.
Closure (10 minutes):
I will have the students come back to their assigned seats. Once they sit down I will begin to pass
out the extra worksheet/homework assignment and ask if anyone has any questions while doing
so. The students have roughly 5-7 minutes before we leave to go to lunch so they can use that
time to go to the bathroom, complete this assignment, read, or come up to me to ask one on one
questions.
Rationale:
(479) Ordered Pairs. Grade 5 - YouTube – I used this piece of multimedia because it is a short simple
summary of what was talked about in the beginning of the lesson and ordered pairs and how to plot
them on a coordinate grid. Some students tend to lose their attention when a lesson goes on for more
than 5 minutes, so this is a way of shortening it down to enough time for them to comprehend. The
media is high-quality, and easy to use since it is a simple YouTube video (the most difficulty a student
can have is an ad popping up in the beginning). The content is also clear and to the point, no information
is incorrect. This kind of media is good for all learners because it can be adjusted to fit all needs, it can
be slowed down, replayed, subtitles can be put on, can be in a different language, there is no reason a
student should not be able to fully use it.
Notability: Notes, Audio, PDF on the App Store (apple.com) – I used this piece of multimedia because of
the diverse number of ways that it can be used. In this case students would be using it to draw and plot
points. The fact that the app is digital allows for students to erase mistakes, select and move points, and
be creative with color size etc. With this, students can creatively practice the given ordered pairs
without fear of messing up. The app supports creativity and is designed in a simple way to reinforce this.
This media is good for all learners because it is easy to navigate, buttons can be made bigger, and if
needed be put in another language.
