The Importance Of Teaching Math

When Mrs. Laura was teaching math, she used the smart board to write all the problems. She would then call up the children and had them write the answer on the smart board. The children had little dry erase boards in front of them so they can try to figure out on their own the answer. Each day, the children would count each number on the number chart and then add a new number as the days went by. So by the end of the school year, they were able to count up to the number 180. By the end of the school year, each child knew how to count to 180 by one’s and ten’s. One activity she played with the children was counting with marbles. She was able to use them for addition and subtraction. This activity provided a visual for the children that helped …show more content…
Jan taught math, she provided the children with worksheets and had them experiment on their own. She would teach the problem first and then let the children work on the worksheets independently. After the children finished their worksheet, Mrs. Jan would have the teacher’s assistant and the lead teacher’s assistant check their work. Each day, Mrs. Jan would play a video on a math topic (addition and subtraction) and the children would sing along to the song. Listening to the catchy song made it easier for the kids to memorize the answers to the problems. To teach them about money, she gave the children their own fake money. At the end of the week, the children would count their money and pick out a prize. Each prize had a monetary value, so the child was able to learn how to save for the prize they wanted. It taught the child how to count, save money and what the value of money …show more content…
Jan would just yell at the children when they didn’t behave. She would tell the child if they did one more thing, then they would go on red (bad behavior) on the behavior chart. The child would then get extremely angry or end up crying. If the child got on red on the behavior chart, they would stay in during recess and do more work. The child would then have more behavior issues. She did not let the child express how they felt so they could realize what they did was wrong. She did not research how to deal with classroom management. If the classroom was acting up, she would take classroom privileges away, for example if they earned a pizza party and they acted up, they would lose it. If. Mrs. Jan wanted the children to listen to her, she would just yell at them. As a result, the children would just stay quiet for fear of losing their privileges. That was her way of solving classroom management in her