Alison’s 260 Weblog

This week was the week of the math manipulative.  Math lessons this week consisted of using real money and rods/flats/cubes.  The lessons were good for learning the concepts but offered many problems with classroom management.  It was a learning experience for myself and something to keep in mind when using any math manipulative.

Angela, the student teacher, taught a run lesson this week in social studies where the students “traveled” to Brazil.  They have been learning about different countries and this week was Brazil.  The students re-entered the room after recess to find music playing over the voice amplifier from a youtube video playing Brazilian music.  Each student enjoyed the music and really got excited about learning about Brazil.  I thought this was a great use of technology and resources.  She also was just going to play the music through the computer but Mr. L had the idea to use the voice amplifier which worked perfect for making sure every student could hear the music.  I wasn’t able to stay for the entire lesson but I enjoyed what I saw and so did the students.

I was able to teach a lesson this week with the calendar problems and read a story.  The students were a little rowdy for some reason and just did not want to seem to sit still and listen.  But even with this the lesson still went well and they enjoyed the story I read.