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Specific TP tasks *
Week 1. Mathematics in the School & My Classroom.
Examine the table of contents for the math textbook used at your Teaching Practice
Placement.
o How does the content align with the CCSS for your grade level?
Observe the math classroom arrangement (desks, shelves, materials, walls, etc.) Take
pictures to post in your portfolio.
Post the typical weekly schedule for one group of students for all their classes.
Examine your MSTs lesson plans. Take pictures or collect samples to post in your
portfolio.
o How does she write plans for the week?
o For the semester?
The CCSS content of grade four this course book contain three unites related to fractions. The
first unit lessons are focused in comparing the fraction and simplifying. So their basic unit object
is to make students able to write equivalent fractions, simplifying, and comparing fraction by
using comparing singles. The second unit focused in adding and subtracting the fractions. The
third unit is about dividing and multiplying the fractions. My MST thing that the satiable
classroom arrangement for studying math is set as groups. Also, she divide the class wall as
parts to keep the materials organized. She pest students work in special part at the wall which
will make students proud about themselves. In addition, there are a lot of math companions
which happened between the schools, and teacher hang their competition works in the wall after
they finish the competition. My MST have a monthly plan for what they should achieve exactly,
so she depend on it to prepare her weekly lessons.
activities for each level to fat with the class time, because she spend more time to explain
the instructions cards for each groups.
Week 3. Analyzing Classroom Discourse.
Observe in a classroom, keeping a record that lets you answer the following questions.
Record/write down a list of what is said for 10 minutes during the CORE part of the
class:
Teacher tart the core part of the lesson by write a question on the board thats contain some of
their prior knowledge but they need to learn more skills to solve it. She let them trying to solve
it and then she tell them that she will teach them new skills to solve this question. After she
solve the first question, she write other example and solve it with explanation. Before she let
them o work in group she tell them some procedures such as work in group cooperatively and
raise your hand if you have question. Then teacher give them work sheet or questions in their
students book to solve it in group. She stop them if she fined many mistakes in their answers to
solve the questions on the board.
AFTER
After the assessment, how does the teacher end the test or the class session?
o Does she make announcements about the time remaining even before time is
up?
o How are papers collected?
o What happens with students who are not yet finished?
In the last month of each course teachers start to finish the lessons and make a review lessons
for the students to prepare them for the exams. She follow some steps to achieve the exam:
1. Before the exam: teacher start by ask students to clear their desks and arrange it as
lines. She make sure that all students have the materials to solve the exam. I note that
teacher prepare basket with pencils for the students who dont have pencils or for the
students we forget their pencils case. Then she divide the papers.
2. While the exam: Before students start to write, teacher read for them the questions.
Then they start to solve the questions and if they have any question they raise their hand
quietly.
3. After the exam: Teacher ask them to make sure that they answers all the questions, then
she collect the papers and ask them to leave the class.
let them to find the questions and answer it. I used this activities because my MST
asked me to apply more interesting activities for each lesson to engage students
and take their attention. My lesson was including clear steps related to drawing and
I used worksheet after each steps. My MST likes this way and she advise me to use
it in each class.
Reflection four and five: Transformation (Reflection)
Related to MCT feedback
Today lesson was the best lesson that I was done because students understood
clearly the meaning of reflection. Also my MCT notes were very active. Firstly,
students reaction and participation were reflected their understanding. But some
low-level students found some difficulties in drawing the reflection of the shapes.
But I covered this problem by showing them more examples on the board to let
them note their wrongs. Related to my MCT feedback, she said that I am excellent
in teaching math, and I am showing my understanding of the concepts while I
teach. She also likes when I used the mirror to present the meaning of reflection
and let them imagen that the mirror is the line of symmetry. As that makes the idea
very clear for the students and connect the lesson with real life. But she asks me to
do more exciting activities which meet their levels to reinforce their understanding
before let them answering their students book. In general, there was the very
important change in my performance in the class and students reaction was the
evidence.
Related to MST feedback
My MST likes using the puzzle in groups to know the title of the lesson and
presenting the instructions and the rules in a good way. Also, using the thinking
question for example when I asked them if all the shapes have congruent
reflection? In each slide in the PowerPoint I wrote the objective related to the mean
lesson. My MST regard that a strength point. In addition to using the mirror to
explain the reflection in the beginning of the lesson. But she were asking me to try
to control the students more and improve my classroom management.