Mathematics

28th March 2011 Meeting with colleague today in regards to the Measurement plan and we analysed in what time we have, what are the processes of measurement that are needed to be understood at this level. We referred back to the NZ Maths website where we learnt that children need to understand that their are different methods of measurement and that will lead to the reasoning behind why we use different measurements to ensure that we are successfully choosing the correct methods of measuring items. I then adjusted my teaching plans to see this. I have limited time to teach these big concepts and need to be accountable to the junior diploma, and hope that the teaching that I am doing are a correct interpretation of teaching what is needed. If I had been more organised I would have collected tests, grouped differently according to an analysis of the questions that they got in correct and the level of understanding that they are showing and then taught each of the groups from here. Therefore I have probably done them an unjustice, but what I had done was based on the knowledge I had gained from the numeracy books, which are good but not necessarily highlighting the best considerations for implementation. More marking of the books and conferencing will need to occur. Relates to RTC 6 both key indicators and 12 i as I critically engaged in literature based on each area of learning that I am undertaking in the unit and have reflected on the practical sides of these with the knowledge of what I am currently doing and what I am going to do.