Standard 2: Mathematical Practices: Canidate demonstrates competency in the areas of solving problems, representing mathematical ideas, reasoning, proving, using mathematical models, attending to precision, identifiying  elements of structure, generalizing, engaging in mathematical communication, and making connections as essential mathematical practices. 

Artifact - Cooperative Learning Lesson

Although Cooperative Learning during a pandemic is difficult I was able to do carry out some cooperative learning lessons in my two Student Teaching placements. Specifically, in my second Student Teaching placement in Springville I taught a cooperative learning lesson on key terms of circles. Students had already learned this material and this lesson was a review lesson on the key terms of circles. For this lesson I had the students work in groups and answer questions together. Students worked together to find the key terms of a circle and then had to piece together a puzzle that had pieces of information about the circles on them. This lesson demonstrates my understanding of different learners' needs because students are working to answer questions but then also being able to see and interact with those answers and piece them together. This helps students see how the key terms of the lesson fit together and how important it is to see the pattern. It also accounts for different strategies for students' learning styles and how students can see the material in a variety of ways. This demonstrates my competency in representing mathematical ideas and different mathematical practices by helping students understand the key terms in circles as a whole and making connections in many topics we has been talking about.