Matching Game
Matching Game
This activity required students to work in groups of three or four and match the factored form of equations to the expanded forms of the equations. Then, students would glue these pairs together on a sheet of construction paper. The goal was not only to test the students on what we had learned, but also to get them to interact with one another to solve a common goal, a skilling lacking in the school I was placed at.
REFLECTION
Overall, this activity went very well. Some of the groups were able to work together efficiently to accomplish the task by the end of class. Certain individuals did better than others. I really enjoyed doing this activity and I would love to do it again. I would groups the students by ability. I would also provide students with less help, forcing them to turn to their group members for help.
MATCHING GAME
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Group Work
I choose this activity because group work was viewed as something impossible, something the students were unable to accomplish because of a dislike for one another. I wanted to get the students working together with one another. They were not allowed to work individually and one person was not allowed to do all the work. I had to remind the children several times that this was a group activity. They were not used to this type of work.