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Student WorkCollaborating Teacher Observation NotesAssessment & ResultsReflectionOverall, I was delighted by this lesson. Not only did the students seem to enjoy learning, but they were able to demonstrate their understanding appropriately. I believe the videos were entertaining and engaged the young learners by activating their background knowledge, clearing any misconceptions about unfamiliar vocabulary (decomposing, part/part/whole, etc.) and appealing to their sense of rhythm, music and rhyme. Also, before introducing the dominoes, the students were delighted to share their experiences with dominoes. Having the physical domino displayed before asking them to count the virtual domino in the Powerpoint gave a tangible connection to the virtual representation, which ensured student’s understanding. All students who were present participated in the lesson by answering questions, sharing their work/thinking or completing a problem in the Powerpoint (ensured by the formative assessment checklist/chart). Students were asked to share their opinions with a thumbs up or down and were occasionally asked to justify their reasoning or explain their thinking as to why they agree or disagree. The students were able to complete the Decomposing Dominoes! worksheet in a timely manner with little need for redirection. The students really seemed to grasp the concept of number bonds transferring to number sentences, as well as an understanding of “+”/”and”/”plus” and “=”/”equals”. A student who is frequently off task reported that the learning activity was “fun” and “cool”, he seemed to enjoy the dominoes as manipulatives in the lesson. My Collaborating Teacher reminded the students that the manipulatives were “Tools, not toys,” which is a great phrase for keeping students on task. The students completed the Add it up! worksheet independently as further formative assessment of their understanding. The majority of the students completed the worksheet with perfect accuracy. Two students made only one mistake. A below-level female struggled and misplaced five dominoes. Another learner, who only shows issues in mathematics, misplaced four dominoes. I hope to do a small lesson with these two learners to give individualized attention to their academic needs while decomposing numbers. To further understanding in future lessons, it would be beneficial to build upon the student’s knowledge of the Part Part Whole relationship.
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Cheyenne Gregory
1/21/2019 05:13:23 pm
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