Not much to reflect on this week. Tuesday we talked about including culture in our curriculum and how that helps students to feel more connected to our content. This made me want to take special note of mathematicians that come from a minority background when I take History of Math next semester and make it a point to include them in my classroom and mention them when discussing their contributions.
Thursday we talked about lesson plans. My main take away is to have enough to guide you through the lesson but not so much that you get bogged down in the plan and can't deviate if necessary or if the students inquiry guides you in a different direction that is just as important as what you had planned.
A lesson plan is like the start of the day when being a mom. I always have a plan of what I want to get done, but usually something leads me to doing something not on my list but just as important. More times than not the deviation makes the day better and helps move the original plan forward, just at a different pace than planned.
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