Last week I was able to be back in the classroom, and this time we were learning about multiplication and playwriting. Just a quick overview of the lesson- first the students had a few minutes to write a quick story about a topic that they choose out of a baggie. Then we learned about a way to write lines of dialogue between two characters using the structure of ADDDAD (Action, Dialogue, Dialogue, Dialogue, Action, Dialogue). We talked about conflict in a scene, or a problem that has to be solved. This is where the multiplication came in. The students had been learning to multiply 2 and 3 digit whole numbers, so we incorporated a 2 digit whole number multiplication problem as the problem that they had to solve in their scene. After practicing using the correct steps to solve the multiplication problem, we turned it into a scene between two characters together as a class. After that, the students turned back to the story they wrote at the beginning of class to help write a scene that solved another multiplication problem. To read the entire lesson plan in detail, click here: The students really took hold of this script writing concept and came up with some creative and fun characters! We had characters such as Peanut Butter Joe who collected pillows, a little boy who was trying to figure out how to get to the moon, or a girl named Kendra trying to pay for her whole family to go to a pumpkin patch. This ended up being a really fun lesson, and I think that I am going to continue using playwriting in future lessons because of how much fun the students were having! Here's a look at some of their work both in solving the math problems as well as the scripts they came up with.
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Alli Moon
10/22/2018 10:33:17 pm
I loved this mathematical playwriting activity because of how many topics were integrated together: drama, math, english. Great idea for this age group. Are you going to use their scripts for any activities in the future?
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Heather
11/1/2018 03:01:55 pm
As a math teacher I love the way this lesson was intended to aid the students in seeing the meaning behind the numbers and how different quantities and operations represent real world situations.
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