The first thing I noticed about the beginning of this video is that the teacher did a very good job of introducing the lesson. She used a variety of techniques to get the students thinking about the idea of multiplication and division when she had them think about a well known quote, share ideas about what the quote meant, and then having them talk to a neighbor about what they already know about multiplication and division. She also went on to have students share their ideas about what they already know about multiplication and division with the entire class. This way students were able to see how others were thinking about problems that were actually the same, and could give students another way to go about solving problems in the future. Additionally, she went on to build on her beginning topic of "a picture is worth a thousand words" by showing the students how they can show their grouping with pictures.
As the teacher was going through the problems with students, I liked that she would take everyone's ideas and write them down on the board whether they were correct or incorrect so that she could work through the errors with the whole class. She continued with this concept through the division part and here is where you could really see how helpful talking to each other was for the students. It was interesting how much the students were sharing their ideas with each other and listening to their peers. This would be extremely helpful with some students who are struggling to put the idea into their own words because they can talk it out with a partner. As the teacher went back to her concept of drawing pictures to explain division, it definitely reminded me of strategies we learning in ETE 107 and showing how the groups are separated using a picture while we divide. This idea would really help students to make sense of what is being divided and into how many groups, etc.
I think one of the things I liked most about this video was how the teacher had the students build off the idea of comparing operations. As she compared operations throughout the entire lesson, she also continued to show the students all of the various strategies to solve the problems using mental math. This included using the pictures to show grouping. I think that this lesson was very well thought out and would help many students to deepen their understanding of multiplication and division, as well as helping them to be able to better explain their answers and thought processes for future problems.
Thank you, Amanda:)
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