Personal Learning Path

 In the 3rd grade classroom I am currently student teaching in, the lead teacher takes the time to open the lesson everyday by reviewing the students multiplication facts. She has the students skip-count 2 numbers they have previously learned and should know and then 1 that they plan to use or learn that day. She skip counts out loud with the students slowly counting up to times 10 and then counts them down from times 10 to times 0. From observing its effectiveness, I think that this strategy is beneficial for both the students and the teachers. It gives the teachers the opportunity to see who is still struggling as well as allows the students to review their times tables facts.  In addition to something like this, I wanted to research more ways to engage students in math before the lesson begins. This can also be known as the hook of the lesson to get the students excited. When I conducted my lesson plan with the students, I opened the lesson by having the students create and...

 When creating my lesson plan for the subject of math, I was trying to find ways for students to self monitor their success when solving word problems. Being that word problems include multiple steps, it is not as easy as did they understand the concept or not because there are multiple concepts to know. By creating a checklist, it allowed students to refer back and see what they needed to do in order to know how to solve the problem. It held the students responsible for completing all steps of the task to help ensure they solved the problem correctly. This was the criteria checklist I included in my lesson: I worked cooperatively with my group     2.    I annotated the problem to help me understand it      3.    I wrote the target sentence     4.    I used an efficient strategy to solve the problem     5.    I solved the problem and wrote the answer   Although I used a ch...

 As I read another classmates post about a bingo game he created for learning fractions, it inspired me to do more research on mathematical games and activities. I feel that often times we as educators become too focused on the process of teaching the content so that students understand it, that we forget that our students are still kids. Learning needs to be fun and relevant so that the students may be engaged in the content. In todays day, we are fortunate to have technology on our side when it comes to education. There are so many resources that have interactive games and activities that students could even practice at home.  One resource I recently learned about is splash learn: https://www.splashlearn.com/teacher/class/bauer-student-teaching/grades/502B90E39DBC48139AD3E481D48E1EB5/dashboard This resource has games that prompt students to select the correct answer in a fun way. One example is a cartoon fishing boat that casts a line with an expression (ie. 3+2). there are ...