342 Unit Plan Link - Grade 8 Fractions
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Hi Ivy, and thanks for this interesting unit plan! Here are some comments and a few suggestions for some final revisions for completing the unit plan for Sunday:
ReplyDeleteYour rationale for the unit is great. I love your project idea too -- designing a 4X4 table using every bit of a sheet of 4X8 plywood! I wonder whether there is a wood shop in Killarney, and if you could have the wood shop teacher help you introduce the project, with a sheet of plywood present, and thinking about some of the contingencies of actually making such a table (although you probably won't actually do that in math class -- just the blueprint!) For example, a small amount of wood is lost in every cut, and a so-called 4'X 8'plywood sheet is actually not exactly that size... A woodworking teacher could also talk a bit about bracing the legs so they don't wobble, etc.
The tangrams and menu math and other games sound wonderful too!
Your sketch of your assessment methods seems very humane, varied and balanced. For your practicum, you will no doubt need to be more specific about the tests and quizzes and project marks and their weighting -- if you have time to add these now, it will give you more to work with when you talk about this with your SA.
Lesson plan 1 looks fine -- a nice balance of traditional instruction and practice with some interesting hands-on activities that integrate history, games and your topic.
Lesson plan 2 is essentially project presentations. I wonder how First People's worldviews and cultures play into this lesson? It's a lesson where the students are mostly leading, but this will be ok.
Lesson 3: I'd like to see the story about the history of Hindu fractions! You should attach this as well, and let me know how you will tell this in an engaging way (and how you will get the kids involved in the story).
I like the menu math problems! But be careful not to "worksheet-ize" everything. Worksheets carry with them their own expectations, just as word problems do: they are routine, disposable, satisfying in being complete, but not really deeply meaningful. The menu math tasks, on the other hand, are really designed for open-ended collaborative work, probably working at vertical erasable surfaces as a whole class in groups. So be careful not to 'kill' the excitement of the menu math by turning it into a fillable individual worksheet! The discussion and conversation around these interesting, non-standard questions are very important!
Thanks Ivy! Looking forward to reading the revised version next week and to seeing you in January. Have a great holiday!