It was a week of learning for sure. I appreciate the need to plan ahead and have an idea of what you want to cover and when you want to cover it. It was helpful to go through the standards and think about how a student would view the flow of material. My group talked about how when you follow the standard strands for math in order Geometry and Statistics seem disconnected and like unrelated topics to the rest of the course. This is probably why they were taught as totally separate classes for so long. We looked for ways to integrate those standards in with expressions, equations, and functions so that the students could see how the different parts of math tie together. I feel like that is so important!
I also liked coming up with essential questions that would make students think and start making connections between the different topics. It was also really useful to use Jr High for this assignment so that I will be familiar with those standards and have an idea of what should be covered before I teach them in High School. It is also good in case I need to teach a combination of junior high and high school math classes which is a definite possibility at the small charter school where I will be teaching. It also really had me considering teaching at a junior high level. I was thinking about how I want students to see that math can be fun and I thought about how that would have more impact at a lower grade so that the mindset could follow them into their secondary math courses. I may just ask to teach a junior high class or two and see how it impacts students.
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