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My Lesson Plans

An important part of professional development is practicing how to plan lessons and recognizing how to accommodate students in various ways: whether it be through the use of technology or in developing age-appropriate activities to address pre-requisite skills. Each time I practice developing my own lessons plans or collects resources to help accommodate my students, my skills and understanding as a educator improves. Part of my commitment to teaching is being a life-long learner and I firmly believe that the more practice and thought that I put into my work, the more I will learn. Below is a collection of lesson plans and resources that I have personally developed. With each resource, I have learned something about how I will best teach my students, as well as my abilities as an educator.



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**Number Theory Presentation **
Chapter 2: Place Value Wiki

The above resource is was developed after reading chapter two of //Number Theory for Elementary School Teachers.// The wikispace presents an overview of the historical perspective of place value as well as the developmental perspective before addressing the topics of place value, large numbers, and basic combinatorial ideas. Building on the developmental perspective in the book, resources are provided that discuss how to address students' lacking the pre-requiste skills of place value, the concept of large numbers, and combinatorics in both a middle school an a high school setting. Activities and developmentally appropriate strategies are outlined to help students who need to acquire an understanding and/or the basic skills.

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Technology Presentation
Statistics and Probability Wiki: Fathom

In recognizing that technology is becoming a critical part of addressing students' needs as a twenty-first century learner, two of my colleagues and I developed the wiki found above. Fathom, a dynamic data software program, provides opportunities for students to explore data using a variety of tools provided in the software. This wiki illustrates how the technology can be used at all four levels of the SAMR model, showing examples of substitution, augmentation, modification, and redefinition, as well as how Fathom can be used to help students model. Pages are also provided to address the legal and ethical implications of the software.

This resource was developed with the help of Scott and Brian.

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Middle School Lesson
[|Probability and Statistics: Middle School Lesson]

 [|Middle School Lesson Handouts.zip]

Developing lessons for middle schoolers is a very different experience, indeed. With two of my colleagues, a lesson for middle schoolers was created using the TPACK and the transformation levels of the SAMR model. The lessons below were developed to teach students content (not related to a basic algebra classroom) that were taught in thirty minutes or lesson. The lesson was presented to gifted and talented eighth grade students to teach students how to compute basic probabilities as well as improve their skills with data organization.

This lesson was developed by Brian, Scott, and I. All resources that were used during the lessons are found in the zip file.

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===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">**<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">My Unit ** === <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">[|My Unit] <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">This unit was developed using the backwards design model, developing the performance task or final assessment first and then working to develop appropriate lessons that meet the standards of the CCSS. Each of the lessons that have been developed are part of a statistics unit and make use of a variety of motivational strategies, instructional strategies, accommodations, extensions, and detailed teaching and learning sequences. Below is a complete .pdf file of the unit with all accompanying handouts and assessments.