Preparing unit and lesson plans, ensuring educational objectives are clearly outlined and met, and adapting material to meet student challenges.
This post is a reflection on my strategies for planning and preparation (Domain 2) for the American School Foundation of Monterrey Track 1 project. My first year at ASFM has also been my first year taking a whole class from the first day of school to the final exam, and it has been a new and welcome challenge to plan for a whole year of classes. My main planning goal has been to ensure that I stay on track according to the ASFM curriculum documents. […]
I returned to school last week after an unscheduled trip (family business) to find that my Math 9 exam was due into my department head and the admin … well, when I was away. No worries, off to the last…
I did a little differentiated assessment recently in my Math 9 class, creating three different unit assignments to assign to different groups of students in my classroom, based on results from a unit diagnostic test. My challenge project was for…
For our last quick unit of the semester, my Grade 9 geometry class had an Algebra Review unit. The idea is to return to the algebra concepts introduced in Grade 8 in preparation for Algebra II in next year. I…
Math 9 Six Week Plan #4 My school requires teachers to create six-week plans so we can look ahead several units, stay on track with our instruction, and ensure lessons are connected with standards and benchmarks. I quite like this…