New Insights and their Implications

In the first couple weeks of math class I have learned some new techniques I can use in the future to teach math. We have discussed how it is important to build confidence in our students so they will believe in their own math skills. As teachers it is also very important to access their students’ prior knowledge and build on that.

I also have obtained a lot of new resources that I can use when I am writing lesson plans to include important information that I feel the students should know while aligning the activities to the state and national standards. One of the resources that I found particularly useful was on the state standards website, I was previously unaware of the assessment section as well as being able to access sample lesson plans that explicitly aligns with the standards. I am sure that I will be using these sections to give me ideas about lessons that I can teach as well as be able to focus on the sections that the students will be tested on when taking the standardized tests.