Lesson 2 - Using Other Non-linguistic Representations

Strategy Template for Foundations of American History and Literacy
Name: Helama Pereira
1st Grade

Strategy: Non-Written Response/ Non-Linguistic Representation (Mathematics operations)

Materials needed:
“My family worksheet”
Drawing tools
Large numbers from 2-10

Content area: (Non-Written Response) Content 2-1; Relationship with families (Social Studies).

USOE Core Standard and Objective: Standard 1: Students will acquire number sense and perform simple operations with whole numbers. Object 3: Model describe, and illustrate the meanings of addition and subtraction and us these operations to solve problems. Students will demonstrate a positive learning attitude.

Procedure for using strategy: (Use bullets)
• Give each student a copy of the My Family worksheet.
• Instruct students to draw their family using their markers, crayons or colored pencils.
• In the upper right hand corner of the paper, the students will write how many are in their family. They also write how many boys and how many girls.
• On the board, place large numbers from two-ten (Place numbers according to sizes of families. If you know your students do not have ten in their family, or if there are families with more, place that amount of numbers on the board.).
• Students will take turns bringing their family pictures to the board and placing them under the number that they have in their family.
• Explain to students that we have many different sizes of families
• Point out that a family of five might have two girls, and three boys, or four boys and one girl, but it is still a family of five.
• Go through the other numbers and point out the different combinations of boys and girls in a family.

Assessment:

• Dictate number sentences in math. Check for the correct use of signs and operations, equal signs, number sense, and possible ways of writing it.



The Non-written response or non-linguistic representation is to associate the number with the number of people in your family by gluing you’re the family templates on the board according with the number of boys and girls in your family. The result is also non-linguistic.