Elementary arithmetic

Communication: Communication- in this section the student was tested on her articulation of speech and her verbal response to questions as well as some basic listening skills. The student can articulate all sounds and has no problem providing an oral response to questions. She can also understand when being read to. She has no problem responding to pictures but has a hard time accurately describing the scene. She also has many different conversations with friends but usually expects…

Pool Pockets POW For this POW we had to figure out how many rebounds a ball would make on a pool table and which pocket it would land in if the pool table is rectangular and it’s dimensions are whole numbers, the ball always starts at a 45 degree angle in the lower left corner, the ball always rebounds at a 45 degree angle, and the ball keeps going until it hits one of the pockets which are only in the corners. I started out by drawing rectangles on a piece of graph paper to represent the…

activities, materials, resources, technologies, and grouping This lesson is written by: Brittany Martins and Alexis Silva in collaboration with (Julia Schwarz, Amy Quill, and Victoria Drew) to be taught in Mrs. Berube’s fifth grade class at Mary Baker Elementary on April 3, 2017. Lesson Title: Fractions and Word Problems Estimated time: 45 minutes Lesson overview: This will be the last lesson taught to students’ in order to meet our standard. We will focus our lesson…

3.4J- determine a quotient using the relationship between multiplication and division Students will be able to determine/find how unknown is related to/in like multiplication and division facts. They will complete a tool (worksheet) where they are required to get 8/11 in order to pass. Yet, IEPs and 504 Plan students only need to get 6/11 correctly to pass. They will be allowed to illustrate their work in the empty space under the questions. Written on the board: So today we are on the same…

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Cheaper By the Dozen describes many family stories of Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Frank Bunker Gilbreth and their twelve children. Life is full of pleasure with a dozen children in the house and this book is not just telling about the life of this big family. It could be teaching people a lot of useful knowledge and lessons about time saving and eliminating waste in various ways. This book can be a fundamental sense of awareness for us to know and learn the lean construction. In this book, Frank…

Calculators have been a touchy subject in mathematics classrooms all over because of the different uses. They are great for any type of math, but the real worry is that if they are allowed in classrooms all the time, won’t students forget their basic math skills? The pros do not outweigh the cons and vice versa with the use of calculators, however, both sides are valid. A calculator is an important enabling tool and if used strategically, can make math enjoyable and easier for all students.…

In this article, “Teaching and Learning of Fractions in Elementary Grade,” written by Dittika Gupta and Trena L. Wilkerson, the authors present the impacts of using math manipulatives when teaching fraction instruction in kindergarten to third-grade students. The studied was conducted each fall semester from 2007 to 2013 and was developed as a partnership between a public elementary school in an urban school district and local private university. According to the article, “The results of the…

My experience of visiting the Minot Air Force Base, Dakota Elementary School. The school was K-5 grade and I was allowed to observe multiple grade levels/classrooms. My first visit was to a fifth grade classroom. The classroom consisted of 19 students and the desks were in groups of four. They were doing a math lesson on the smart board on how to add decimals. The math series Dakota Elementary uses is McGraw-Hill with Common Core State Standards written in the corner of the book. When I asked…

For this curriculum study, I chose third grade mathematics as my unit of study. As far as my objectives go, I would want my students to walk away from this particular section of fractions with the understanding of what a fraction is, the difference between the components of a fraction such as the numerator and denominator, knowing how to identify how many parts of a whole are shaded in, and knowing how to simplify a fraction. As far as my instructional method, I created an original prezi, which…