Extra Blog: January

This month in my mentorship, I worked with the students. More specifically, I worked with students in groups. The way my mentor sets up her class, is so that the students work together in groups of 3 or 4. She usually teaches a lesson followed by an activity, and that allows students to work together and understand what the lesson was about. I helped out by going around and checking to see that the groups were on the right tracks with their ideas. Through this I learned that for the most part, my mentor knows her students. She usually pairs up one or two of her lower kids with someone who is doing well in her class, and that usually lead to a collaberation between the students to get a mutual understanding of the topics. This technique seems to be really good because the students work efficiently and help each other out.

Lesson 2 Reflection

1.What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?

I am most proud of my activity, it was really creative and I think it worked pretty well. 

2. a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?

AP

     b.     Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.

I believe I did a pretty good job, the only thing is that I didn't make time, but I was nervous and pretty much rushed through everything.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?

I think the activity and my power point were both well done. 

4. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?

I would have gone back and practiced my presentation again and maybe added more info on my power point.

5. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?

I think my answer 2 would be having a teacher who cares and is very open with their students.

Blog 12: Mentor ship 10 hour check

1. I am doing my mentorship in Pico Rivera, at Rivera Middle school.

2. My contact is my mentor, Mrs. Laura Murillo.

3. As of right now I have 15 hours.

4. In the 10 hours of service, I helped my mentor teach students, and walked around and helped her students who needed a little more one-on-one time. I also helped set up lesson plans.

Blog 11: Holiday Project Update

1. Over the break I worked on creating lesson plans that would help my mentor in her class, as well  as read a couple of books about working with teenage students and teaching math. Finally, I made posters that would supplement my mentor's lessons about equations and graphs.

2. I learned that many students are helped by a visual when being taught something. Students who didn't understand the subject would be able to use the visual to their advantage and figure out what was going on. Using posters lead me to figure this out.

3. I would probably talk to one of the 6th grade pre-Algebra teachers, Mrs. Gomez. Mrs. Gomez knows more about teaching using supplementary visuals, and other tools to help students than many other teachers.

Blog 10: EQ

1. I reviewed the rule of 3 for writing an EQ

2.a. This looks fast and sloppy and does not work well because it is too general.
     b. Yes. Frame work narrows the question down to a very specific topic. Takes a stance by having you choose a side. Specific enough for the topic.
    c. Yes. Framework makes the question more specific, and forces reader to take a stance.
     d. No. The framework is not that great, and is not that specific.

3. Revised EQ: What is the best technique to teach 7th grade Algebra in terms of maximizing scores on a standardized test?