Artifact # 4
Lesson Plans that involve the different math strands in the North Carolina curriculum.
Context:
The math strands lessons were created in my Teaching Mathematics
in Elementary School during my pre-service training at Appalachian State
in the fall of 2000. The lessons were done in a small group of four
students.
Impact:
The math strands are based on the NC Standard Course of Study
for grades K-6. The lessons will be used as a way to teach the different
strands in the classroom.
Alignment:
In the Math Strands, we used a test that prepares students for
the North Carolina EOG’s that was located on the web as a resource
for assessment of what the students learned from the lesson (Technology
Competency 10.3). In the math strands, we had to do a reflection of
the lesson that we taught to our group. In the reflection we had
to discuss what things went well or did not go so well. Some of what
went wrong was directions that were given. In this reflection we
needed to think about our verbal and even nonverbal communication with
the students since that is how they would learn from our lesson (INTASC
Standard 6). Also, in the math strands, we had to come up with
both formal and informal ways of assessing what the students would be learning
in the lessons to make sure that they were actually understanding the strand
(INTASC Standard 8).