Math Unit Plans
Throughout my student teaching, I had the opportunity to teach two units:decimals & introduction to the coordinate plane. With the help of my districts curriculum, Connected Math, I was able to have the opportunity to adapt these to match my students unique learning style.
Adding, Subtracting, and Multiplying Decimals
After giving my students a pre-assessment, I saw that many of the students did not understand what place value of the decimals. Therefore before beginning working with my curriculum's decimal unit, I began with a lesson about the value of a decimal in order to review a decimal's place value. I also created a large decimal display to help remind students throughout the unit. This unit allowed the students to explore decimals through group work where students were responsible for teaching the rest of the class their problem.
Graphing Using the Coordinate Plane
Throughout this unit, my students discovered the coordinate plane and how to graph points on a plane. The students had the opportunity to use their graphing knowledge to apply to differentiated centers involving real world situations. During this unit, the students conducted their own jumping jack experiment where they saw how many jumping jacks they could complete in two minutes. This unit had the students involved in graphing their own data instead of graphing numbers that were just given to them by the book.
Adding, Subtracting, and Multiplying Decimals
After giving my students a pre-assessment, I saw that many of the students did not understand what place value of the decimals. Therefore before beginning working with my curriculum's decimal unit, I began with a lesson about the value of a decimal in order to review a decimal's place value. I also created a large decimal display to help remind students throughout the unit. This unit allowed the students to explore decimals through group work where students were responsible for teaching the rest of the class their problem.
Graphing Using the Coordinate Plane
Throughout this unit, my students discovered the coordinate plane and how to graph points on a plane. The students had the opportunity to use their graphing knowledge to apply to differentiated centers involving real world situations. During this unit, the students conducted their own jumping jack experiment where they saw how many jumping jacks they could complete in two minutes. This unit had the students involved in graphing their own data instead of graphing numbers that were just given to them by the book.