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B. Context
This activity was developed by a group of 3 (Derek Compton, Anna Edge, and Sarah Otvos) during Spring 2001 in the Math Methods class. It was researched and implemented by the collaboration of this group on the subject of Spatial Sense, Measurement, and Geometry.

C. 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.

D. Alignment
In 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. In 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. The lesson plans that we came up with were based on our reflections, teacher interviews, and student interactions. It will encompass these Competencies:

E. Technology
· 10.3 - This artifact shows that I can get resources for teaching off the web because when we did research, it lends itself to looking up teaching resources off the web (see resources section in Math Strands I artifact).
· 11.4 - This artifact helps me use teaching strategies that are specifically suited to the needs of a given subject area because the subject in question is Math (Spatial Sense, Measurement, and Geometry). We came up with the lesson plans to accommodate different learning ages and abilities. By using the web-based resources we used several of the different teaching strategies that were made available to us on the different web-pages.

F. INTASC
Standard Two: This artifact demonstrates how children learn and develop can provide learning opportunities that support intellectual, social, and personal development. The Math Strands project was an individual and a group project designed to meet the individual needs of different grade levels of teaching a math lesson with the NC curriculum goals. It also helped me to reflect on my teaching practices to monitor how I teach the different lessons to different classes and students.