1. The three best things about the lesson were: As I reflect back on my lesson I cannot say there were three things that I would consider to be the best things about the lesson. I was only given a certain amount of time with each group of kids, therefore I only was able to get through the instructional portion of my lesson. The best part about that was that the students seemed to catch on how to use the area model for division, which in my opinion is a very difficult concept to learn.
2. Describe one thing that went “differently” than you expected. The one thing that went differently than I had expected was how difficult to was to explain to students that if they are dividing 100 ÷ 5, all they have to do is first divide 5 by 10 to get 2 and add a zero at the end making it 20. I think if I could have shown the students how to make the connection between the 10 and 100 on a white board where I could write it out, it may have been easier for them. Instead I chose to change what I was doing and have the students figure out how many times 5 could divide into 100. They seemed to catch onto this concept much better than how I initially had tried to teach them.
3. List and describe one aspect of the lesson that could be improved. The one thing that could be improved was my use of manipulatives. Because my partners had chosen to use …show more content…
In order to do this accurately students had to decompose numbers such as 675 by place value. This objective was realistic because it is a concept that the students will be expected to complete on the standardized test. I believe this objective was neither too difficult or too easy but rather more challenging of a concept for students to learn, “However, students learn by doing mathematics, engaging in challenging but accessible task, and employing their own ideas and strategies” (Karp, Walle & Williams,
2. Describe one thing that went “differently” than you expected. The one thing that went differently than I had expected was how difficult to was to explain to students that if they are dividing 100 ÷ 5, all they have to do is first divide 5 by 10 to get 2 and add a zero at the end making it 20. I think if I could have shown the students how to make the connection between the 10 and 100 on a white board where I could write it out, it may have been easier for them. Instead I chose to change what I was doing and have the students figure out how many times 5 could divide into 100. They seemed to catch onto this concept much better than how I initially had tried to teach them.
3. List and describe one aspect of the lesson that could be improved. The one thing that could be improved was my use of manipulatives. Because my partners had chosen to use …show more content…
In order to do this accurately students had to decompose numbers such as 675 by place value. This objective was realistic because it is a concept that the students will be expected to complete on the standardized test. I believe this objective was neither too difficult or too easy but rather more challenging of a concept for students to learn, “However, students learn by doing mathematics, engaging in challenging but accessible task, and employing their own ideas and strategies” (Karp, Walle & Williams,