Small Group Lessons Rationale

Context: This lesson was created for CI 3030, Investigating Mathmatics and Learning under the advisment of Dr. Goodson-Espy. These lessons were presented in a third grade classroom at Mountain View Elementary. The pictures for this lesson were taken with a still digital camera and a scanner.

These lessons were created to better understand the studnets and their skill level. The lessons also helped teach or review concepts that the students were unsure of. Through the lesson I was introduce to small groups, third grade curriculum, the intereview / observing process.

Impact:

By participating in these lessons the students learned games that helped them to better remember simple multiplication and divison problems. From these lessons the students were able to work together to solve the problems and they got to move around as well. After completion of the lesson the students should significate improvement in the math skills.

The students learned to use memorization and use simple multiplication and division to complete theses lessons.

Alignment:

These were the standars that were met by these lessons

Standard 2: Elementary teachers have a broad knowledge and understanding of the major concepts in mathematics.

•Indicator 1: This indicator was met by illustrating techniques and methods to use while doing simple multiplication and division problems.

Standard 7: Elementary teachers use developmentally appropriate strategies to design and deliver instruction in all areas of the elementary curriculum.

•Indicator 3: This indicator was met by gathering information about the knowledge the students knew beforehand and created lessons that help the students better understand.

•Indicator 6: This indicator was met by adjusting the lessons to include the needs of all of the students. Some of the students could not perform certain activities as well so the made it easier for them to participate.

•Indicator 7: This indicator was met by having the students work as a team and say their answers aloud instead of having to write their work down.

Standard 9: Elementary teachers understand and use the processes of problem solving, reasoning and proof, communication, connection and representation as a foundation for the teaching and learning of mathematics.

•Indicator 1: This standard was met through the teaching of both lessons because the students were able to expand on a topic that they were only slightly familiar with.

•Indicator 3: During the lessons the students had to announce their problems and answers. They could work together to figure out the answers.

Standard 15: Elementary teachers encourage underrepresented groups to engage in the schooling process, especially math and science.

•Indicator 2: This standard was met by making the lessons seem like games. They got to use balls and puzzles to make the lesson more interesting and intriguing.