Attached to this link is the unit I used in my three week block:
Three Week Block Unit Plan
If you want to learn more about my unit you can read below :)
For my unit used in my pre-internship experience I mainly used google docs as a platform to create my lesson plans. Google docs allows me to consistently update documents give I have an internet connection.
My unit revolved around the concept of fractions, decimals, percentages and the impact abuse has on ones self, family and community. That being said I took a project based approach to my unit. The first couple of classes revolved around the idea of converting a fraction into a percent, or converting a percent into a fraction then into simplest form. A lot of growth took place in these first couple of classes given I was never a strong math student myself. I had a form of assessment to see where my students were at in their understanding and then I moved onto the health aspect of my unit. It was difficult to introduce abuse in a manner that was appropriate considering the impact abuse could have on some of my students. As the introduction of abuse followed through we as a class grew closer as we became more and more mature.
At first I had the students perform a drop box style of google slides. I had pre designed slides that had the requirements for that slide. There was a slide dedicated to: physical, sexual, emotional, mental, verbal and spiritual abuse. The requirements for the students slides were: Include the physical, mental, spiritual, emotional and social impacts of said abuse (revolving around the four dimensions of health and the medicine wheel); and include 1 statistic revolving around that abuse, show multiple forms of that statistic (fraction, decimal and percentage) and include a visual component to that statistic.
This method worked great considering all of my students fulfilled what was needed. We then moved on to the formal project. I created a rubric my class revolving around the rubric that regina public school system recommends. I then moved on and introduce the "Abuse in the real world" project. I laid out what my students needed to include, how they were going to be graded and what was expected. For the most part my students were fairly engaged and spent the next couple of days working hard. There was also a poetry unit that was taking place for their ELA so that somewhat took away from my project but overall every student had a lot of initiative. I had a mid point interview style assessment where I asked questions revolving around their journey, how they are liking the project and if they would be ready to present by a designated time. Lastly my students presented in small groups that rotated through so they actually presented twice. I had a final reflection day and handed back my students their rubrics with constructive feedback on how they could improve.
Overall I now understand the importance of indicators given I feel as if I did not fully explore each outcome, but I got the understanding that my students had a better understanding of working with fractions and the impact of abuse.
Three Week Block Unit Plan
If you want to learn more about my unit you can read below :)
For my unit used in my pre-internship experience I mainly used google docs as a platform to create my lesson plans. Google docs allows me to consistently update documents give I have an internet connection.
My unit revolved around the concept of fractions, decimals, percentages and the impact abuse has on ones self, family and community. That being said I took a project based approach to my unit. The first couple of classes revolved around the idea of converting a fraction into a percent, or converting a percent into a fraction then into simplest form. A lot of growth took place in these first couple of classes given I was never a strong math student myself. I had a form of assessment to see where my students were at in their understanding and then I moved onto the health aspect of my unit. It was difficult to introduce abuse in a manner that was appropriate considering the impact abuse could have on some of my students. As the introduction of abuse followed through we as a class grew closer as we became more and more mature.
At first I had the students perform a drop box style of google slides. I had pre designed slides that had the requirements for that slide. There was a slide dedicated to: physical, sexual, emotional, mental, verbal and spiritual abuse. The requirements for the students slides were: Include the physical, mental, spiritual, emotional and social impacts of said abuse (revolving around the four dimensions of health and the medicine wheel); and include 1 statistic revolving around that abuse, show multiple forms of that statistic (fraction, decimal and percentage) and include a visual component to that statistic.
This method worked great considering all of my students fulfilled what was needed. We then moved on to the formal project. I created a rubric my class revolving around the rubric that regina public school system recommends. I then moved on and introduce the "Abuse in the real world" project. I laid out what my students needed to include, how they were going to be graded and what was expected. For the most part my students were fairly engaged and spent the next couple of days working hard. There was also a poetry unit that was taking place for their ELA so that somewhat took away from my project but overall every student had a lot of initiative. I had a mid point interview style assessment where I asked questions revolving around their journey, how they are liking the project and if they would be ready to present by a designated time. Lastly my students presented in small groups that rotated through so they actually presented twice. I had a final reflection day and handed back my students their rubrics with constructive feedback on how they could improve.
Overall I now understand the importance of indicators given I feel as if I did not fully explore each outcome, but I got the understanding that my students had a better understanding of working with fractions and the impact of abuse.