After another month of class; I feel like I have learned so much more from my peers, teacher and readings. I have watched my peers construct their own lesson plans that use the new method of teaching math that we have been learning about. By observing these lessons, I have learned that this kind of teaching is not always going to be easy for us as teachers to come up with, but it is what our future elementary students deserve and what is best for them. I really enjoyed the lessons on fractions. Before this I did not know how to teach fractions, but from the lessons, I got all kinds of ideas running through my mind.
During this course, I have learned a lot about myself as a teacher. I have learned that I am going to have all kinds of students that are all going to learn in different ways. With that being said, I have learned that I am going to have to be prepared to teach topics many different ways so I can help each of my students get a good grip on math. I really like that students can use hands-on activities to get a better understanding, I don't remember ever using hands-on activities for math. I'm really glad that I am getting a chance to make all of these discoveries in this class.
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Emma, I fully agree with you about needing to be prepared. Prior to this class I thought that math was taught out of a book and that it was a subject that I would not need to know. After being in class I have realized that I need to be more prepared and that I need to look for ways to help students understand math. I had never thought of using concrete methods and symbolic methods combined, just the good old work sheets and teacher assistance. I guess as a student I had never questioned my math teachers as to why something is solved the way it is and now I look back and wonder why I didn't. Great Post.
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