Monday, June 14 class

The quizzes today weren't as bad as I thought they would be (but maybe I shouldn't speak so soon.. let me get back to this when I get it back graded). I'm a little concerned about the next quiz but I think it's because I need to practice the counting strategy and derived fact. I thought it was really interesting how you can ease into fractions as an extension of partitive division. It makes SO much sense to do this and it think makes it so much easier for the students.

I also didn't realize that it was measurement that was making the multiplication and division word problems more difficult. All I knew was that while I was trying to identify the problem type, I had to think about them a little more than the first worksheet.

Wednesday, June 9 class

Despite the obnoxious drilling and hammering, class was still as interesting as it always has been. The measurement centers were fun and I could see how students would find them interactive and enjoyable. The one with the balance, candy and the cube threw off our group for awhile. We didn't put together that we should use the information about the weight of the beans to help us solve how many candy pieces the cube would be. At least we didn't say that we didn't have enough candy!

I also liked the video about the girl proving that a + b - b = a
it amazed me how much she knew about math and conjectures in 3rd grade. it also is awesome how she was able to come to conclusions without being formally taught how to. I love all these videos!!

I will post entries for the last few classes that I haven't blogged about yet. I've recorded notes in my journal (that I also use for practicum) about these classes and I just need to type them up and post them here. I hope that having this new app on my phone will allow me to blog much more easily on the go than having to do it on the computer.