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    Math has always been a favorite subject of mine and although I have never been the insightful mathematician, and I still struggle with abstract math problems, I always have a positive attitude toward the subject. Growing up in the elementary grades, I recall always getting good grades in math, but usually, those math problems only require the use of traditional problem solving methodologies. During that time, I loved solving math problems which involved only numbers, finishing a math problem…

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    I did my math practicum in a sixth grade classroom over at Emerson Elementary. I had been doing some service learning hours at the beginning of the semester and observed quite a few math lessons. I then worked with a few students but focused specifically on just one for this practicum. He was a student that Mr. Craner said did well in math at times but has a hard time understand why. During my initial interview before I would teach the lessons, I had asked him if he could remember what they…

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    Before the abacus was devised, the ancients used their fingers, toes, twigs or counting table to count numbers. As the era goes, a counting device called abacus was created to count large numbers. Abacus, also known as ‘Suan Pan’ in Chinese, is an ancient Chinese educational implement used for fast and accurate calculations. The word ‘Abacus’ is derived from the Greek work ‘abax’, which means calculating board or calculating table (UCMAS, n.d., para. 1). The first Chinese abacus was invented…

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    Understanding Fractions

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    Fractions Understanding a half When students begin learning about fractions, it is imperative that the educator starts by assessing the students understanding of what a half is. Based on the Australian Curriculum this often takes place in the Year One descriptor (ACMNA016), where it identifies that students are able to half an item and identify how it is an equal portion. Developing a understanding into how to halve an object so both parts are equal, play a vital role in understanding how…

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    Instructional Strategies: Direct Instruction Procedures/Activities – AC1: Introduce Pre-assess: The students will complete a KWL activity to determine their understanding and prior knowledge of adding and subtracting fractions. The exercise should include a problem that requires the students to identify an equivalent fraction. Arouse interest in the topic by including visual aids with the problems. The…

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    EDEL 462: Assignment Paper

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    Multiple Subject Credential Program Signature Assignment for EDEL 462 Lesson Plan Lesson Title: a. On your mark…Get set…Mental Math Madness! Grade level: a. 2nd Grade CCSS Content Standards for Mathematics Number and Operations (base ten or fractions) heading: a. NBT.5 Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction. Lesson objective(s): a. Students will be able to accurately use…

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    Lesson Plan Lesson Title: Counting Coins Grade and Subject Area: 6th-8th Comprehensive Development Course and math Content Standards (Common Core or State) Provide the standards and performance indicators to be covered by this lesson, cite the numbers and the text. If only a portion of a standard is being addressed, then only list the part or parts that are relevant. This math lesson falls under the Tennessee Mathematical domain of the number system. Standard 3. Fluently add and subtract…

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    Classroom Misconceptions

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    Note: As you begin to insert your responses to the prompts found in this document, please be sure to save it frequently, (and note the location of the file) so as to not lose any of your work. Once completed, you will submit this document to WGU for grading. Instruct What student misconceptions have you encountered related to fraction, decimal, and percentage concepts? How do you help students understand the notion of equivalence among fractions or prepare them for this understanding? One…

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    Students learn fractions much earlier than the average person expects. In today’s American education system, children are officially introduced to fractions in first grade. Children use fractions frequently in everyday life and in academics too. A website called, “Math Warehouse Lesson Plans,” provides a lesson plan about teaching fractions to first graders. This lesson plan can easily relate to an article written by the National Counsel of Teachers called, “Common Core brief: The fraction…

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    students will attend to get bored and lose interest of them after a while. There are cons of math manipulative because some elementary teachers don’t like the new ways of teaching because there so use of the old ways of teaching they learn about to teach their students because it seems way easier instead of the math manipulative there using today. One disadvantages for elementary teachers is that snap cubes are extremely high price than any other math manipulative in their math classroom since…

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