Blog #9

For this blog, I'm asking you to have a "What if?" experience. Think of one of the strategies you've learned about, and a realistic application in, let's say, math, in your specific field experience classroom. (If not math, you choose the subject area... but something you really might be teaching during field!). This does not have to be lengthy... just state the content you're talking about and the strategy you can envision using.

I hope this doesn't have to be something I would be thinking about because I have spent many hours actually doing just that. I have planned, written and taught (atleast 3 of the 5 lessons so far) a math unit on integers. The lesson I will be teaching tomorrow will be both differentiated for level and interest. I am having the students divided into cooperative groups where they will work together on real life situations involving positive and negative integers. The groups have been carefully chosen to reflect their individual readiness level, as well as interest in what the real life situations are, such as football yardage, bank accounts and shopping, as well as other areas. I am hoping this will inspire the students to really do their best and be able to successfully present their real life situations to the rest of the class.