(Chantel, Heather, Justyna & Gareth)
Thanks very much to the first four groups for getting us off to a great start. To those groups: 1) Please send me your lesson plans asap, b) Your first assignment (A.1) is due next Wed., June 13. Write a 2-3 page reflection on the experience -- what your group did well, what you might change next time and respond to any feedback that interests you.
Everyone in the class should choose one thing in each presentation to comment on. Please put these comments in the proper prompt's "comment" areas.
Lastly, please bring your favorite work of children's literature to share with the class. If you can't get ahold of the book, just recall what it was about the story that moved you.
Hope you are living on dry ground this weekend. :(
19 comments:
I really liked how you opened with justification as to why you were doing the lesson and made the outcomes clear. This made the lesson easy to follow. The concrete examples and ideas for making math fun and creative were great. I really think math ought to be taught like that. Great job.
You all did a threederful job!
I really felt excited about the subject so I can just imagine that students would feel the same.
I think this is a great idea for a lesson. It’s so true that students have a lot of difficulty interpreting math problems. The activities were engaging, especially the first activity of changing words such as “create” to “crenine”. This shows that math can be playful. You addressed several learning styles- kinesthetic, linguistic, visual, interpersonal, and logical. This would be especially useful for ESL students.
I really enjoyed Chantel, Heather, Justyna, and Gareth’s lesson on math literacy. I think it is so important to infuse elements of reading across the curriculum and this gives us such a great opportunity to practice non-fiction reading. They way we use language differs depending on the context and the lesson was an excellent illustration of this. The word/number play was such a great way to have fun with math concepts and the conversion of sentences into algebraic terms was a fantastic way to diffuse the fears around math by highlighting the logic behind it.
Great hook with the video! What a funny way to start a lesson. Also, the hands-on "sentence" activity was great at allowing the class to participate and become involved in their own mathematical language! One idea is to maybe show the video first and then explain the purpose for the lesson after? The video did such a good job at "hooking" the class, I wonder if some people weren't paying as close attention to the introduction because they had not yet been "hooked." Just a thought...Great lesson though - effective communication and great activities for making math not only real but fun!
Great job at highlighting an important reading component in the math curriculum! My practicum class was full of ESL students, and almost all of them were somewhat afraid of tackling word problems. Using a strategy like this to break it down and make it approachable would be really useful. The initial activity (inflation) was fun too...what a great little activity for any class!
Your hook with the inflationary language video was awesome! Where did you find that video? I never knew inflationary language even existed. And it was a good idea to have us actually experiment and play with inflationary language, as most of us weren’t too familiar with. It really tied into what we are learning in the course about reading; we were challenged to not only manipulate the words and language, but also the sounds of the words. I thought the hook and the exercise tied in well with your topic of translating English words into algebra. All your activities were well throughout and connected. One suggestion would be to improve the transitions between activities. As with the mathematical functions cards and groups, some of us were confused and could have used more direction. I am sure if I had anyone of you for math teachers, I wouldn’t despise math as I do now! Good job!
Erin.M.
CLASS 5 Group 1 English to Algebra.
Your lesson was engaging for us and I am quite sure with the hook on inflation words you would have the attention of an entire math class. The little activity with Snow White etc.., also allowed students a chance to inflate their own words. This was a great lead in to the main activity. Math always seems to be a serious subject and approached with a serious attitude especially in the upper grades. You made math fun and enjoyable even for me who has always had trouble with this subject.
Your hook was very engaging which captured my interest in learning how to form sentences from math equations. I found that I was more patient with the problems you had us work out because of the thorough lesson in identifying key words that formed equations. The step by step process and following activities increased my willingness and confidence to participate.
Your hook was very engaging which captured my interest in learning how to form sentences from math equations. I found that I was more patient with the problems you had us work out because of the thorough lesson in identifying key words that formed equations. The step by step process and following activities increased my willingness and confidence to participate.
I enjoyed the layout and the subject matter of your presentation. It was interesting that you chose to cross curricular boundaries and integrate mathematics with langauge arts/reading. The fact that you did that would hopefully allow students to draw closer connections to the lesson and enhance the meaning behind the lesson. I found the lesson engaging and the comical video that you used to introduce the lesson was a great hook. The brainstorming activity was good as it would allow students to activate prior knowledge as well as allow the teacher to evaluate students' abilities and therefore allow for necessary modifications to the presentation of the lesson. The lesson was unique and would provide students with an enjoyable way of working with and interpreting information (or should I say infivemation) when working with mathematics problems.
I think your lesson was done very well. The video was a great way to have the students instantly become interested in the lesson. I think the presenter in the video was a great choice as well as he was not only funny but kind of quirky which lightens the mood of the class…which all math classes need. I also liked the brainstorming on the board which activated prior knowledge and made it very easy to see how reading plays an important role in mathematics. It was so good to see that you were able to incorporate both English and mathematics into one lesson to help out those children that may struggle with the English language.
The video hook was very funny, and a great introduction to the lesson. The lesson development was smooth, and the progression from group mixer to the flashcards, and then to the term grouping worksheet was nicely linked. I especially liked your thorough explanations.
You guys had a really fun and interesting lesson. I really enjoyed how you tried to clearly introduced your topic to the class and what your outcomes for your students were when they are learning English to Algebra. The video was a great touch because it brought the lesson (what you were teaching) into context with what you are trying to apply (English to Algebra). I liked how you had all of us try to change the words ourselves and reading aloud the sentences was enjoyable. I could see how one could teach this to high school math students in helping them improve their Algebra skills.
I thoroughly enjoyed your creative and engaging presentation on Mathematical Literacy. While I incorporated elements of reading and writing into all curriculum domains during my practicum, I would have never thought to dissect words and language in this subject area as you did in your lesson. The experience was enjoyable, interactive (brainstorming and partner activity) and I believe that it could truly eliminate a lot of frustration experienced during the solving of word problems due to comprehension difficulties. You also offered wonderful extension activities to make the lesson multileveled.
Thank you, I learned a lot and wish that I had math teachers like you four during my elementary and early secondary years!!!
I really liked the video that this group used to introduce their lesson and that fun little activity about messing with word problems was a great connecting exercise. I liked how it gave students a chance to be silly in Math (something rarely done). I also like how it took a subject as daunting to some as algebra and made it more accessible. This would be a great way to make students who may be afraid of math more comfortable with it.
I really want to know where exactly you got that video from, it was FANTASTIC!!! Your presentation raised many valuable points and I could see many lessons coming from this idea of English to Algebra. I believe this would be very useful for ESL students for it breaks it down in such a simple way. Thanks for doing such an AMAZING job!!!
Great Lesson! I like the amount of student hands on involvement. It was evident that lots of preparation was done and the materials were great! I think it is important for students to always be discussing during math so they will be comfortable with the math language and the use of group and partner work helps those who are not as comfortable feel safer in their learning environment.
Reading and Math – Chantel, Heather, Justyna, Gareth
This was one lesson that I could really relate to because it was geared to secondary math and the principles of the lesson can be cross curricular. It is a great thing to teach students how to translate written language into a mathematical equation. It is really teaching student how to read and translate the language of math. I can appreciate this because in science there is often a language that relates only to science and it is important to help students to recognize the vocabulary and translate it into a usable definition or in the case of math to translate it into an equation. Really good job at presenting the build up and part so of translating the language of math. The examples were awesome and the activities were extremely relevant.
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