Successful teachers understand how to integrate personal, family, and community experiences and cultural norms of young children into their lessons to develop young children’s mathematical thinking. These are also incorporated into collaborative and supportive interaction in the early childhood classroom.
For this assignment, use the grade level of your field experience class and select 1-3 math standards based on content that is currently being taught. You will be implementing one of these activities in a future field experience. Develop three cooperative group activities for groups of 3-4 students. One group activity should be technology -based, one should focus on problem solving, and one should focus on active inquiry.
Describe each activity in 250-500 words, including the following:
- Standards-based objective
- Content related, age appropriate vocabulary
- Strategies that integrate personal, family, community experiences, and cultural norms of students
- Cooperative learning strategies to support collaboration and supportive interaction (Each student should be an active part of the activity.)
- Resources and hands-on materials to enhance learning
- Differentiation to address students’ diverse learning needs
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
Requirements: 250-500 Words
Answer preview
The activity should involve the two teams being given tasks that are mutually supportive of each other. Two team members should write down numbers using one sequence, say in intervals of one. The other two team members should then feed what their counterparts did into the computer. Once this is complete, the team members need to change roles. The ones using the computer become the ones writing down the numbers using a different sequence. This activity will enhance the student’s ability to count numbers from 1 to 100 using different series, and by fostering teamwork, this activity will be captivating to the students. Incorporating the use of computers also ensures technology is encompassed in the lesson plan.
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