Putting Ideas into Practice: Lesson 2
Introduction
This lesson will focus on creating a demonstration lesson for this course. Participants will need to include at least one visualization in their lesson. I encourage participants to try creating a visualization using Geometer's Sketchpad or GeoGebra. If you do not use either of these programs, you can create a visualization by hand to scan and attach to your lesson. You can use any program to create your visualization. Additionally, any form of media is acceptable given it is "sharable" online. Your demonstration lessons will be peer reviewed at the end of this unit.
Note: Keep in mind what we learned about creating visualizations in Unit 2. Make sure your visualization is readable and aligned with your lesson's objective.
Assignment
Create a visualization for your lesson. You will not be graded numerically or by following guidelines in a rubric. There is a great deal of freedom with this assignment. If you do not create a visualization that is appropriate for your lesson, you will be provided with feedback to revise and resubmit. You do not have to submit your visualization prior to submitting your lesson.
Create a demonstration lesson. You will be provided with a lesson plan template to help encourage student-centered lessons and learning with understanding. You will need to create a standards-based lesson aligned with the Common Core State Standards.
You have the option to create a wiki-based course or attach a copy of a word document or pdf file. (Other options are available as long as they are sharable)
For help with wiki-based courses, follow this link: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents
For help with attaching your lesson to the discussion tab, see: Special:Upload
Lesson Template
After you select your objectives, you will identify the big ideas for your lesson, an open-ended introductory task aligned with your objective, student activity, and discourse/closing activity. You will also include a brief reflection at the end of your lesson.
Objective
Visit the engageny.org website, https://www.engageny.org, view the curriculum for the grade level or your choice, and select a standard and objective for your lesson. You can choose any grade level but it must be a mathematics standard.
Big Ideas
The big ideas are the main mathematical ideas and concepts of your lesson.
Open-Ended Introduction
Here, the teacher should introduce a task for students to start thinking about the objective and lead students to make connections to previously learned material. Keep in mind, it is important for teachers to be flexible with how students solve problems. As discussed earlier in the course, we do not want students to memorize teacher practices. They should be thinking on their own.
Student Activity
Create a task or problem for students to complete during class. You might want students to work individually or in groups. This is your choice.
Discourse/Closing Activity
This part of the lesson should be a whole-class discussion to assess and share collectively how students completed the task and what they should take away from the lesson. You might choose to discuss essential questions leading students to the big ideas.
Reflection
Write a brief one paragraph reflection about how your lesson promotes learning mathematics with understanding. Also tell your audience about your visualization. How did you design it and how does your visualization improve your lesson?
Resources and References
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents
Links
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Mini-Course: Using Visualizations to Teach Mathematics with Understanding (Spring 2015 Mini-Course)
Portfolio Page: Melissa Connor's Portfolio Page for Spring 2015 Mini-Course