5th Grade Go Math Chapter 6 Document Camera Lessons

DISCLAIMER: Please, read the description thoroughly. Some lessons may not follow Go Math curriculum 100% of the time. Also, some math problems may have been skipped due to their unnecessary difficulty, or repetitiveness. Finally, the names of characters in math problems may have been changed to make the problem more appealing to students.

In addition, the lessons are completely editable. Feel free to change any or all parts of it. For example, I use bitmojis throughout and I used mine. Therefore, if you choose to use your own, or none at all, simply delete mine, or replace mine with your own!

IMPORTANT: These document camera lessons can also serve as actual lessons should your admin require that you provide one to them! All you have to do is include the standards you are teaching and you are done, as this document has everything else the lesson needs!

Do you ever struggle to prep for your math lessons, especially for a mini lesson itself? Do you still model using chart paper? Do you still wonder how you can engage your students even better?

Well, the document camera lessons is the solution! Each document camera lesson has the following components: teaching point (TP), vocabulary, making connections/building on prior knowledge (some lessons may not warrant this part), I Do - Teacher Modeling, We Do - Active Engagement, You Do - Quick Check problems, independent work, and challenge break (some lessons may not have this section). All you need for a successful math lesson is the document camera lesson (like this one), a smart board (any kind will do), and your favorite sharpies, or paper mate flair pens!
You begin by unpacking the teaching point. It is extremely important that the students are aware of the teaching point and the expectations. You then move onto vocabulary part. Go over the terms and teach it any way you used to.

Making connections/activating prior knowledge does not need an explanation. This is the part where you link previous learnings to the new ones. Once again, it is up to you how you do it.

After making connections you jump right into the I Do part. This is where you students only watch and do nothing, except when you want them to turn and talk about the posing question. You use the steps to model the skill and the strategy in the blank space provided. Once you are done, there is an opportunity for questioning and extending knowledge. Once again, you may wish to not do so due to time issues. (I know that some teachers may only have 50 min of math block per day).

The We Do Part is extremely important. This is when you make copies of the We Do part and provide each student with prior to calling your students to the meeting area or beginning the lesson, if you choose your students stay at their desks.

You may call on a student to read the problem or you can have the class read it together. You have students then tell you the steps to solve the problem. This is a great time for students to be vocal, and explain their mathematical thinking. Students show their work in the space provided. You act as the facilitator by asking prompting questions. (Some questions are shown at the bottom of the page). You can have an opportunity for turn and talks here.

Finally, have students turn the We Do page to complete Quick Check problems. (You should print We Do and Quick Check on the same page, front and back so students only have one page to work with). If time allows, review the problems and have students mark the correct ones. Based on the number of correctly completed problems, you can have students grouped as squares (two problems correct), triangles (one problem correct) and circles (both problems missed).

You send the squares and triangles groups to work independently to their seats, while you work with the circles group in the meeting area or small group area. Students get to keep their We Do pages because they serve as a guide to completing lesson's problems. The steps outlined in the We Do is perfect visual way for students to complete problems, and check off steps as they complete them!

The challenge break is a fun way to give students a break during your math workshop time. Problems here are a bit more challenging but very doable. Students will need to synthesize all their knowledge to be able to tackle challenge problems. My students love doing challenge breaks!

In a nutshell, each lesson will follow the same format outlined above. The best part is, you save the document camera lessons after you modeled your thinking on them to use in small groups!

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