Closure and Anticipatory Set

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http://www.edulink.org/lessonplans/closure.htm
http://www.proteacher.net/discussions/showthread.php?t=197015

Closure: wrapping up, or summarizing a lesson plan while providing the context and "big idea."

Activities:

1) 3-2-1 method: Have the students write down 3 things they learned, 2 questions they have, and 1 thing they liked.

2) Have a class discussion where the students compare and contrast newly learned concepts with old concpets. How do the new concepts build off of the old concepts?

3) Either write down or discuss 3 whats: 1) What did we learn? 2) So What? and 3) Now What?




Anticipatory Set: informing the students of the lesson objective while activating their prior knowledge to lead into the lesson. A unit opener.

Activities
1) Start with a question and have the students use their thumbs to indicate their level of understanding. The question should be based on previous knowledge and the next unit.

2) Ask students if any of them think they might want to use their creative skills to build something in the future. Could they see themselves doing it for a job? Provide examples of jobs that use mathematics such as engineers, builders, contractors, etc. Then introduce the next concept and how it directly relates to those jobs.

3) Review what an equation is and how to solve a one-step equation with one variable. Give them private think time: What do you think you would do to solve this two-step equation with 2 variables, x and y?

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http://www.hope.edu/academic/education/wessman/2block/unit4/hunter2.htm
http://creatinglifelonglearners.com/?tag=anticipatory-set
http://www.lessonopoly.org/node/2690