Goal for week 1/13/2014
My goal for this week is to start teaching mathematics within small groups. I have already made student groups based on data. There are three different groups: related facts, word problems, and missing number (part, part, whole).
Teaching mathematics in small groups has been very effective! Every student has the opportunity to receive one on one instruction within the small groups since there is only 2-3 students in each group. My CT/PRT have taken over the related facts group, one of the paraprofessionals has taken over the word problem group and I have taken over the missing number group. I decided to differentiate instruction for each small group since they all have different levels of understanding part-part-whole. One of the groups is using manipulatives to figure out the missing number. Another group is using the drawing pictures strategy. My third group is just working on figuring out the "Whole". Being able to teach in small groups rather than whole group is much more effective for my classroom. We will probably keep teaching within small groups until the end of the semester.
My goal for this week is to start teaching mathematics within small groups. I have already made student groups based on data. There are three different groups: related facts, word problems, and missing number (part, part, whole).
Teaching mathematics in small groups has been very effective! Every student has the opportunity to receive one on one instruction within the small groups since there is only 2-3 students in each group. My CT/PRT have taken over the related facts group, one of the paraprofessionals has taken over the word problem group and I have taken over the missing number group. I decided to differentiate instruction for each small group since they all have different levels of understanding part-part-whole. One of the groups is using manipulatives to figure out the missing number. Another group is using the drawing pictures strategy. My third group is just working on figuring out the "Whole". Being able to teach in small groups rather than whole group is much more effective for my classroom. We will probably keep teaching within small groups until the end of the semester.
Goal for week of 1/20/2014
My goal for this week is to teach students in small groups how to measure different items using nonstandard units.
I was not able to complete this goal since we had to take the math midterm by Friday and we only had school three days this week. This week we actually went over the midterm in small groups on Wednesday. There were three groups. Each group focused on a different area. My group focused on related facts. I reviewed related facts with the students by giving them problems and seeing if they can complete it (to see where their understanding is). After they completed the given problems I helped them in the areas they needed help with. We started taking the test on Thursday and finished on Friday.
My goal for this week is to teach students in small groups how to measure different items using nonstandard units.
I was not able to complete this goal since we had to take the math midterm by Friday and we only had school three days this week. This week we actually went over the midterm in small groups on Wednesday. There were three groups. Each group focused on a different area. My group focused on related facts. I reviewed related facts with the students by giving them problems and seeing if they can complete it (to see where their understanding is). After they completed the given problems I helped them in the areas they needed help with. We started taking the test on Thursday and finished on Friday.