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__Math Concepts:__ Graphing (bar graphs, pie charts), Converting numbers from fractions, to decimals, to percentages. __KUSD Standards Addressed:__ Higher order thinking with collecting data, reasoning, and predicting. __Materials Utilized:__ The students used a pencil, calculator and protractor. The teacher used the promethean board to go through the textbook pages and practice problems. __Pre-Lesson Activities:__ quiz about graphing __Introduction:__ gave directions about how to collect accurate data for the lab that they were using. __Independent Work:__ taking the quiz and converting numbers from fractions to decimals to percentages. __Group Work:__ The lab that the students were doing was they were tossing paper balls into a square from a designated line. They were supposed to find the percentage of the amount of times they threw the ball in the square. __Concluding Activities:__ We ran out of time so there was none. __Evaluation of the Concept:__ The teacher gave a quiz at the start of the class so she can see who is acquiring the necessary skills and who isn't. There was no assessment of the lab yet because they are still not done with it. __Adaptation of Instruction:__ She had to repeat the directions for a few students who did not understand. __Ideas I would like to adapt or try in my classroom:__ I really liked that she used the promethean board to go over the practice problems in the book. I also liked that they were collecting data in their math class. However, I would want to finish the lab in one day so that students will get the most out of everyday.