Lesson Plan for Group Curricular Microteaching

 Lesson Topic: Operations with polynomials of degree less than or equal to 2

Names: Elvie, Hannah, JJ, and Tiffany

Subject: Mathematics      Grade: 9

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Learning Outcomes: 

• To learn key terms and notation for polynomials

• To be able to recognize, add, and subtract different polynomials

Materials:

• Multimodal slides on polynomials

• “Check Your Understanding” Kahoot exit ticket

Hook/Intro:

• Has anyone heard of polynomials before? If so, what do you already know? What do you still wonder?

Lesson Structure:

Introduction (1-2 minutes)

• Short discussion about hook questions to gage what students might already know

• Briefly introduce the topic and the shape of the day using the slides

Key Terms (3 minutes)

• Go over definitions of the following terms from the slides:
  - Polynomial
  - Degree
  - Coefficient
  - Constant

• Pause and ask if anyone has any questions so far

Types of Polynomials (2 minutes)

• Explain the difference between monomials, binomials, and trinomials

• Go over examples from the slides

Adding and Subtracting Polynomials (3 minutes)

• Discuss the meaning of “like terms”

• Show how to add and subtract polynomials with examples from the slides

Check Your Understanding (5 minutes)

• Pause and ask if students have any questions and address accordingly

• Facilitate class Kahoot 

• Circulate and observe how students are doing with the questions

Extension: 

• Factorization and multiplication of polynomials

• Go over examples in the slides with the students if there is time leftover

Adaptations:

• A quick background knowledge check if students are familiar with mathematical language like variables, terms, and exponent. 

• If students want more visual representations or struggle with abstract concepts, we can guide them to resources like Desmos, GeoGebra, and online interactive algebra tiles.