LPU

After having completed the LPU this past Tuesday I have concluded that it is very important to understand the concept being taught. When we began planning this LPU my group members and were not sure we knew exactly what we were going to be educating you all on. We were taught fractions one way but here we were expected to look at it in a different light. Once my group members and I started practicing and doing what was read from the book and notes we come to an understanding of how to teach this concept in a new way that now made sense to all of us.I found the table method to be something so simple that I never would have thought to use it. I feel that the table method will be very helpful to my peers and me when we are teaching our own students. The fraction bars for me were the hardest to grasp and that is why it is always important to have more then one way of showing students how to do something. Using a semi-concrete model as well as manipulatives can result in great success from students. One thing that I found most valuable from the LPU was that you need to remember that you are older and have had the information already built upon and these students you are teaching are starting from where you are starting. Keeping an open mind and allowing for constructive criticism will better your teaching in the years to come.