Here are the links to our lesson plan and presentation slides.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ST2O2muK88lWVg1SH33gCe6wG3jpW_85/edit
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hpTqnFjh0ofj-Sw_AmRU5kHEuvj5BaHSc36J5iUtKnM/edit#slide=id.ga992be6037_0_38
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ReplyDeleteThanks Annie, Cheryl, Ben and Marius! Looks like lots of interesting activities and ideas in your lesson.
ReplyDeleteSome suggestions:(a)You have not broken the 15 minutes of the main lesson into times for each part. This is essential, so that you know whether you're allowing enough time (and not too much time) for each section. (b) Since you are co-teaching, you need to indicate what each person's role will be in different parts of the lesson. (c) Using slides? You should share these as well! (d) Using a Desmos game? Please describe it! (e) Think about a brief assessment of learning near the end, and how you will wrap things up. (f) Throughout the lesson plan, it would be very helpful to add a column that says/ considers what the students will be doing, as well as what you'll be doing!
Generally, some great large-scale ideas that are not defined well enough in your lesson plan. If I were your SA, I would ask you to hand in a more detailed plan so that I could picture more clearly what you were planning for the class!
Ah, and now I've seen the slides via Ben's blog -- thanks Ben! Comments: You have TOO MUCH in this lesson -- all of it fascinating, but way too much for a 20 minute lesson! 22 slides with so many new ideas is overloading the time and the students' ability to understand.
I suggest dropping the definition of functions (that's another lesson) -- ditto the idea of linear functions in one, two and three variables. I love that you're using the ancient Egyptian idea of false position, but do make sure that it is essential to the lesson you want to teach. Otherwise, it can be confusing or distracting. When you say that y=mx+b is the 'mother of all functions', remember that the students have NEVER seen this before, and they don't know what this equation signifies at all! Help them learn what this means... I think that might be part of the essential learning here. Overall, beware of trying to 'tell' everything very fast. It's not about you saying it -- it's about the students learning something meaningful, and encountering new ideas for the first time. The teacher saying something does NOT mean you've 'covered' the topic!!