Making Math Relevant For Our Students

Making Math Relevant For Our Students

Thursday, April 24, 2014

How is planning a mathematics lesson like dominoes?

How is planning a mathematics lesson like dominoes?

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When planning for mathematics it is very much like a game of dominoes.  Dominoes, like math involves us looking at the big idea and planning ahead. Math and dominoes both take a lot of patience, scaffolding, and effort and thought to ensure things go as planned. Often time’s modifications and accommodations need to be made to ensure that the lesson or plan is successful. Only when we get to the end of the chain of lessons or dominoes do we know if the plan was a successful one. When we are not successful or something fails in our plan, it can be used as a teachable moment to ensure that the outcome is positive and effective the following time.

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