I am starting to gain new insight into the standards. I was not aware that one needs to take into consideration both the National and State standards when planning a lesson. So far with my education I have looked at the standards and written down every one that might pertain to the lesson plan. I see how this does an injustice with our students. It is better to pick a couple of standards, both from the state and national standards, to focus your lesson on. This way one can make sure that you have taught all standards required. Listing a bunch of standards, on a certain lesson, may lead you to believe that your already taught a standard but you have not.
I have new insight into realizing that I have not had math for a long time, and the old addage 'if you don't use it you will lose it' may be applicable. This class will help me learn and remember what I have already learned. I have noticed in the schools that they are teaching differently from when I was taught in school. My children are in 3rd, 5th, and 7th grades and their homework is a bit different than I remember. For example, my 5th grader is not allowed to line up math problems on top of each other for multiplication. There are at least two other ways they are learning to do multiplication. They use a table to solve the problem. I am anxious to learn these new ways both for teaching and helping my own children with their homework.
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I also found it interesting to learn about the national and state standards. I never knew there was such a difference. I don't understand why each state has standards when the national ones are better. I wonder if all national standards are better to follow for all subjects.
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