Specific detailed instructions are attached.
Instructions
Teachers use curriculum as a resource and guide but often make modifications to meet the needs of students or to make their lessons better. For this assignment, you will choose one of the provided math lessons (attached) You will analyze this lesson to determine what to keep, modify, or remove to make this the best lesson possible. You should plan on modifying this lesson to make it more exploratory/engaging/hands-on for your students and to align with best practices. This lesson plan should engage students in problem solving, collaboration, and mathematical discussion. Be very detailed!
Resources provided by the professor that may be helpful.
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/mathematics-for-elementary-teachers
https://www.doe.virginia.gov/teaching-learning-assessment/k-12-standards-instruction/mathematics/instructional-resources/rich-mathematical-task
https://www.mathstrength.org/about/rich-tasks
https://intensiveintervention.org/implementation-intervention/math-lessons
I have attached all the resources provided by the professors, along with the grade 1 NYS Learning Standards for math. This is a grade 1 math lesson.
