Connecting Objectives to the Lesson

One of the objectives for my upcoming capstone lessons is “I can determine the slope of a line from a graph or table.” One way I could connect the lesson to students’ interests and create a cognitively demanding task or assessment for class time would be to have students analyze…

Building a Unit

1. My biggest takeaway from building this unit was how our standards can really inform us of what we should be doing for our lesson planning. This is also the connection I've made during this phase of our learning. For example, we can create our learning objectives based…

Head in the Clouds, but Keeping My Feet on the Ground

A reflection on my unit plan  My biggest takeaway from writing this unit was getting my head wrapped around the breadth of information that I needed to include. It was a challenge to think in terms of Big Ideas without getting too hung up on details that one would find…

Unit Reflections

My biggest takeaway when building a unit was planning ahead and making sure everything connected to the big idea. It is difficult to know what the unit will compose of, especially when considering the individual lesson plans will come later in segments. Having something to glue everything together therefore was…

The Learning Path to the Big Idea

The biggest takeaway from building the unit plan was seeing how everything connects to each other in the big picture of learning. For my unit I had the big goal of having students be able to model something and then analyze it, but the students can't start there.…

Connecting Unit Plan to My Students

Blog #2 1. Choose one of the goals that you have chosen for your unit plan. Explicitly talk about it. Best practices for agriculture soil use artificial chemical fertilizers vs. natural compost Dok Level 4 Debate: analyze multiple sources of evidence; synthesize information across multiple sources The last goal that…

Reflecting on Units

I think a goal I'd have for my students is to have them come up with a scenario where they can compare two similar functions to then make an informed prediction. This covers a lot of standards, including interpreting functions, graphing functions, and analyzing functions, all including different…

Connecting Modeling Practice to Student Interests

One of the goals in my modeling dream unit is, "I can interpret the graph of a function in terms of a given context" based off of the Common Core Standard "CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSF.LE.B.5 Interpret the parameters in a linear or exponential function…

Building Unit Plans

One goal that I have chosen for this unit plan was for students to learn how linear equations, graphs, and tables relate to each other. I believe I can connect this to students’ lives because linear growth is commonplace in our world. I think one way to assess this would…

What does it mean to be a STEM teacher?

Our students are growing up in a time where all the information in the world is at their fingertips. They can answer any question they want with their phones, so why exactly are we doing these math problems everyday? As a STEM teacher, the content serves as an opportunity for…