Exciting Instructional Strategies for the 2014 GED® Test
Orange You Glad?
October 16, 2013Achieving Credentials for Success Conference
Appleton, WI
Meagen Farrell
Author, trainer, consultantGED® Test prep instructor
@farrellinkFacebook.com/farrell.inkFarrellink.com
Agenda
1. Facilitating engaging lessons: “Orange You Glad?”
2. Create your own interdisciplinary lesson plan.
3. Questions & Answers.
Rules for the Road
• Stay with the group! Don’t get distracted by your mobile device or side conversations.
• Questions? Yes, please! Just raise your hand and tell me your name & location.
Content from Real Life Scenarios
Reasoning through
Language ArtsScience
Social Studies Mathematical Reasoning
My Two Cents on Teaching Adults
• GED® test prep programs are like marathon training programs at a gym.
• Single-subject instruction is like running alone on the treadmill, day after day.
• Interdisciplinary group instruction is like working out with a team.
InterdisciplinaryGroup
Instruction
Facilitating Engaging Lessons:Orange You Glad?
Field Tested in Cleveland, Ohio
Interdisciplinary Lesson
Eating Fruit
Mathematics content
Use the Formula
Sheet
Measure and Calculate
Write a Word
Problem
Who Gets to Use the Knife?
• Using a Ruler• Surface Area & Volume of a
Sphere• Pi, Radius, and Diameter
Before We Start
• Use a ruler to measure the diameter of a half orange.
• Use the measurement to calculate the volume and surface area.
• Create a word problem using students’ names and measurement.
Activity
Create a Chart
Name Measurement
Daphne 2.5 inches
Louisa 2.25 inches
Anthony 2.75 inches
Use the Formula Sheet
Graphic Organizer!
Sequence the Steps
“Annie buys five oranges with a diameter of 2.25 inches. How much is the total surface area of the peels?”
Create a Word Problem
Questions?
Your Turn! Create Your Interdisciplinary Lesson Plan
• Each person should have a blank lesson plan template and a completed example.
• Get in groups of four to six people.• Designate one person as the recorder to write
down the lesson.
Questions?
Take It Home
• The PowerPoint and handout is available for view or download at my website: farrellink.com
• You have permission to use these workshop materials in your program as long as you attribute Meagen Farrell and New Readers Press.
Thank You!
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