math041012

Warm up: Typically on Tuesdays, the students complete Read it, Draw it, Solve it (word problems in their blue dot notebook)

Cookie examples: will you just be demonstrating on the board or using the p-p-t mat for this too? Example three and four look like subtraction problems (for wed lesson?)

number sentence temp- are you going to run this front and back, so they have four times to play or just one sided? I would also post your model on the board so they have something to reference without disrupting your group time.

__Reflection & Analysis__

- Instruction flowed much smoother in smaller groups. - The cookie example gave the class a visual. In the beginning, I did see some confusion of completing the part-part-whole model. A few students struggled to connect the number sentence to the model. - According to the assessment, more than 90% of the students grasped the concept. I could see that a lot of them used the trick we discussed on the board. - I think the dice game worked as an appropriate extension. It kept them busy from getting distracted. A few students got tricked up on the number sentence because they are normally used to __ + __ = __ and not __ = __ + __. - The kids enjoyed the card game. They seemed motivated and excited to lose all their cards and win the game. - If I could reteach, I would split the class into small groups right at 12:30 so that there's enough time for each group to finish one round of the card game. - Since they will complete an activity from the yellow sheet for homework, we will use the initial homework as the warm up for tomorrow. - I'm glad there was time for a closure!