Numeracy+2010

Japanese lesson plan
 * Semester One **

** Semester Two ** My goal this semester is to improve the students ability to problem solve when working on mathematical problems. This has partly come about because of the nature of questions in the numeracy Naplan this year. This will involve less 'sum type' questions and more open ended quesitons (working mathematically). It also brings real life to maths, engages the students more and highlights the students who only have a superficial understanding of what they are doing. I have found the reflection time at the end of the lesson particularly valuable as the students are able to share the way they solved a problem. By verbalising the steps they took it has really made them think about what they did. The Japanese Lesson Plan also highlighted how having students solve open ended problems can be quite an eye opener to what they know and where they are. A new teacher resource (&cd) has been a great help.

I am hoping to use a lot of this during this semester when we look at fractions.