Thursday, March 25, 2010
Inquiry Plan - Blog post for week of 3/22-3/26
I wanted to post an update on what I have been doing this week in regards to carrying out my inquiry plan. This week, I have developed two math lessons. One is a "desk" lesson and the other is the "hands on" lesson. The lesson is on fractions, which is relevant to what they are currently learning in the general education classroom. I think that I have created two lessons that are very engaging, but the true test will be carry them out. Of course, I am looking to see which lesson is more engaging for my students. I am planning on taking anecdotal notes and observation as well as comparing work samples given at the end of each lesson to assess comprehension of the lesson. I plan on teaching the lessons next week! As I re-read through my plan and think about video purposes, I do have a question. I want to video to show each part of my plan, but of course, to stay within the 10 minutes. I was wondering should use 5 minutes of the video to show the "desk" lesson and 5 minutes to show the "hands on" lesson? I thought that I could use this as a comparison, to show everyone a piece from both lessons. Or, I could do it like I said in my plan and take both lessons, compare and use data to improve, re-teach the lesson that enagaged them the most, and video this ( the re-teach) lesson to show student engagement and implementation of the whole group? Anyone have any thoughts??? Thanks!
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I think it would be neat to see both to see how they are engaged. Good luck next week sounds like you are coming right along. I am excited to see the hands on versus the desk lesson!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jodie and I think that perhaps a little of both (5 and 5) sounds like a neat comparison. I am also trying to remember are you going to then switch the groups and let each group do the other activity?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the input - I am going to be teaching both groups the same lessons (based on time) so both will get the same lessons (the desk lesson and the hands on lesson) it's just a matter if they will be together or separate-
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