Lauren+C

I went to Plymouth Whitemarsh High School In Plymouth Meeting. I then went to nursing school at Gwynedd-Mercy College for 2 years. I decided to change my major and transfer to West Chester University where I got a degree in Elementary Education. I am now teaching 3rd grade in the elementary school that I went to and my boss is my former principal! I started taking graduate courses at Gwynedd-Mercy College and kept hearing great things about the Gratz graduate program, so here I am now. This is my first Gratz course.

5 new technologies to try- wordle.net, zamzar.com, delicious.com, Google docs, prezi.com 4 ideas to share with others- using delicious.com among my team members, creating projects using Google docs, using wordle.com, especially in language arts to show student responses, using different assessment techniques for different students 3 principles of Universal Design for Learning- flexibility, differentiation, digital media 2 changes in your teaching to reach all learners in the Digital Age- offering choices in projects or final products, helping students identify their individual learning style 1 BIG idea to implement “on Monday”- I’m excited to get my colleagues signed up on delicious.com because we spend so much time emailing and sharing websites and I think this will be very beneficial and I’d like to try making a wordle with my students

5 new technologies to try- teachertube.com, visuwords.com, Pete’s power points, Google Earth, shahi.com 4 ideas to share with others- using chalk talk in my classroom, using chalk talk with the faculty at an in-service, using visuwords.com when teaching same and opposite, a graphic organizer website 3 principles of Universal Design for Learning- flexibility, differentiation, digital media 2 changes in your teaching to reach all learners in the Digital Age- offering various digital projects using one rubric 1 BIG idea to implement “on Monday”- allowing students to use visuwords.com while reading or even when writing to check meaning, spelling, or use synonyms

I am planning to use kidspiration to have students make a graphic organizer based on a book they have listened to on Tumblebooks. I will ask an open ended response question they can then type a response to in word based on their organized thoughts from the graphic organizer.

__Math Lesson Plan__- Choice Time- 2 day plan
Unit 2: Things that come in Groups: Investigation 2, Session 3&4 Practice With Multiples

**I. Subject Area/Topic:** Math Standard(s): 2.2.C Demonstrate the concept of multiplication as repeated addition, skip counting and arrays

VOCAB: FACTOR MULTIPLE PRODUCT
 * II. Student Learning Outcome: **

Students work focuses on: · Investigating important ideas about how multiplication works through skip counting routines and pattern work · Developing the idea that multiplication involves some number of equal-sized groups · Determining, describing, and comparing sets of multiples, noticing their characteristics and relationships · Writing equations that match story problems and writing story problems to match equations

Materials: see page 28 of Things That Come in Groups

Model and explain the choice time activities. Students will be placed in activities by both choice and need.
Choice 1: Skip Counting with a Partner p. 29: After modeling this for students, they will complete the activity and check their work with a partner using Kagan (Rally Coach). Partners choose a set of multiples they want to practice from their book of 100 charts. One partner looks at the chart while the other skip counts without looking. Both students will become more familiar with skip counting and recognizing multiples. Partners will take turns. Students should write the number they are skip counting for on the Skip Counting with a Partner sheet developed by teacher. As they skip count they should write down their numbers. See details page 29.

Choice 2: Making Towers p. 29: Students - they will complete the activity and check their work with a partner using Rally Coach. Partners choose a set of multiples they want to practice from their book of 100 charts. Students will randomly pick a highlighted number on one of their chards. They need to find out how many towers (groups) they need to make exactly the number of cubes for which the highlighted number represents. See p. 30 for details and explicit instruction. Students will use the teacher made sheet, Making Towers, for this activity. Students must label factors and multiples in their equations.

Choice 3: Create your own Multiplication Power Point Tutorial – students will be given the context that they are creating a tutorial for grade 2 students who know nothing about multiplication. Students will need to create a minimum of 3 slides, no more than 5 about multiplication. Students will brainstorm first what should be on their slides using index cards to represent each slide. (Assessment)

Choice 4: Each Orange had Eight Slices: this story will be turned into an Interwrite. Students will work in a group to complete story problems from the book on the Interwrite board. Students will question one another and reach agreement about work shown using justifications to support thinking. Students may need skip counting books to support their work.

Choice 5: Multiplication Website: Students will visit [] and choose one of the multiplication games to play. They are Multiply It, Multiplication Rods, or Multiplication Grid.

*If students finish early (FREE CHOICE ACTIVITIES):

Free Choice: Create A Multiplication Poster: Students create posters that display the various ways to represent a multiplication situation. Students may need skip counting books to support their work.

Free Choice: Skip Counting Fun Students will choose a slip of paper that has a given number on it to skip count by with a partner. Partner will use Rally Coach to guide partner through their skip counting. Students may need skip counting books to support their work.

Free Choice: Roll and Draw game Students will roll two dice, which will become their factors. Then draw a picture to match that multiplication situation. Students may need skip counting books to support their work.

Free Choice: Multiplication Puzzles

Teacher will circulate while students are working to note their work with multiplication, skip counting and/or repeated addition. Teacher is looking for:
 * IV. Assessment: Observation/ Discussion **
 * Are patterns recognized and explained?
 * Are story problems able to be solved using appropriate strategies?
 * Do students recognize the concepts of multiplication?
 * Do students recheck their work?
 * Do they follow directions and ask questions?
 * Is work neat and organized?
 * Teacher will note students who have difficulty with the above.