Context: I planned, designed and taught three consecutive math lessons during my internship at Blue Ridge Elementary.  The lessons were taught in Martha Saffer's sixth grade class at BRES, and they dealt with elapsed time.

Impact:  As a teacher, I will plan creative and engaging math lessons for my students, building on prior knowledge and teaching in a methodical, sequential manner.  I will collaborate with veteran teachers, research ideas from the internet and written text and use feedback from my students to improve my lessons.

Alignment: I have met the following NCDPI standards:

Standard 9 -

• Indicator 1 because my elapsed time BINGO game required the students to work cooperatively to problem solve and check their answers.  They were encouraged to use a variety of appropriate strategies that were personal to them, and their partnership allowed their peers to monitor their progress.
• Indicator 3 because after the formal instructional time, the students were given the opportunity to share their ideas and strategies for solving the problems.  I encouraged  communication with their peers through class discussions and cooperative learning games.  We analyzed the validity of their suggestions as a class and developed a variety of different ways to solve each problem.
• Indicator 4 because we talked as a class about the importance of elapsed time as it relates to skills needed outside math class.  We also built on prior knowledge like borrowing, using military time and drawing pictures to aid us in solving elapsed time questions.