Development Lesson 5
Objective
Participants will evaluate the effectiveness of the lesson plans and learning segment.
Introduction
In the previous units, you have used the Big Ideas Math program, and various outside resources to build and create your own lesson segment, that you have tailored to your specific classroom. In this lesson, you will finalize all instructional decisions, and will have a complete set of lessons plans, ready to implement, as your final project for this mini-course.
You will now be able to reference previous lessons to evaluate your learning segment.
Tasks
- Finalize your lesson plans, materials, and assessment. You should now have the following:
1. 2-3 lesson plans with a complete list of materials and description of activities
2. All lesson materials adapted for your specific classroom (the rationale for these adaptations comes from the graphic organizer from Lessons 2 and 3.)
3. Any materials needed to use any forms of technology that you have chosen (i.e. PowerPoint, FlipChart, SMART presentation, etc.)
4. An assessment, and modified versions to meet any IEP/504 goals of your students
- Revisit your discussion post from Lesson 2. Does your lesson segment align with the ideas of "good mathematics instruction" discussed in the readings from Lesson 2?
- Implement your lesson segment, if possible, or ask your fellow teachers to provide feedback on your segment.
- Post in the discussion tab on the Lesson 5 page. If you were able to implement your lesson segment, please reflect on this experience. What went well? What could be improved? Did your technology support your lesson and students? Does your lesson segment align with the ideas of "good mathematics instruction" from the articles in Lesson 2? If you were not able to implement your lesson, please discuss your experience in this course. Does this seem like an effective way to prepare for instruction with Big Ideas Math? Does your lesson segment seem to align with the ideas of "good mathematics instruction" from the articles in Lesson 2? Respond to at least two of your peer's posts, and if possible, share your lesson plans via e-mail and provide feedback.
Congratulations!
You have completed this mini-course! At this point, you should feel comfortable using and adapting the Big Ideas Math program to for your specific classroom and students, and have been able to implement your own lesson plans that you have created.
Feel free to revisit any of the previous lessons:
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