I really enjoyed being able to share my plan with other teachers on Wednesday night. Most of the time when I am planning out a lesson, I just try it out and see the after effects. This was a nice way to see what may or may not happen before I even try the ideas out. An even nicer piece is that one of my "critical friends" is also a mathematics teacher so she could give me some real insight on what I might get from the students.
My group was very kind about giving me ideas of what was missing from my lesson. My unit plan is to run a total of 4-5 days. I have a rubric for the "culminating" project but they helped me see that I did not have rubrics written out for any of the other assignments. Therefore, I plan to add these rubrics into my unit plan.
I also was able to talk about the fact that I would like my students to blog at the end of the unit, but I am not sure that they will be able to because of the access to the blogging sites. Therefore, I tried to see if there were any other options I could look into where the students would be able to comment on the unit.
I did enjoy the us of "critical" friends as they helped me realize I need to be clearer in my expectations of what I am asking for. This has helped me look at my unit plan in a different light and I plan to tweak it before I teach the unit to my students.
Geometry-Parallel Line Unit Plan
I could see and hear the richness of the conversations on Wednesday. Teachers learn so much from each other, and I remain convinced that being together in face to face mode will always be important.
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