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2013 Conference Proceedings - University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Kindergarten Lesson FormatHow May Ways Can you Make 10?Steps <strong>of</strong> the lesson: Learningactivities and key questionswith rationale (timeallocation)Anticipated student reactionsor responsesTeacher responses to studentreactions. Things toremember.Figure 1. Format used for preparing lessonStudying the LessonTo maximize the opportunity to study and reflect on the lesson while at the same timecausing the least disruption for the teachers and students, the following process was used: oneteacher taught the lesson while all others observed; this teacher led a debriefing session thatoccurred immediately after the lesson was taught; if deemed necessary, minor suggestions foradjusting the lesson were made; a second teacher taught the same lesson; and that second teacherled the next debriefing session. While not a part <strong>of</strong> the study sequence involving observers anddebriefing, the other three kindergarten teachers later taught the same research lesson.The goal <strong>of</strong> the research lesson, How many ways can you make 10?, was to develop a child’ssense for “ten-ness” which the teachers knew would support later work with numbers between 10and 20. As they brainstormed how to provide a context for their students, they realized they hada significant amount <strong>of</strong> scrip remaining from the school’s family fair. They created a story forthe students about how a collection <strong>of</strong> 10 scrip could be exchanged for an “ice pop” treat leftover from the fair, and prepared curriculum materials to deliver their lesson.For the lesson, students were provided containers <strong>of</strong> scrip with multiple lengths <strong>of</strong> 1, 2, 3, or4 scrip per container and asked to make a collection <strong>of</strong> 10 using anycombination <strong>of</strong> scrip they wanted. When students were sure theyhad 10 scrip, they were to glue the scrip on a strip <strong>of</strong> constructionpaper. Students were given enough time to make one set <strong>of</strong> 10 andencouraged to make more collections if they could. This task wasaccessible to all students, and the variety <strong>of</strong> responses wasinteresting, but more interesting was the discussion in which theteachers engaged the children. Samples <strong>of</strong> student work are inFigure 2Figures 2 – 4.<strong>Proceedings</strong> <strong>of</strong> the 40 th Annual Meeting <strong>of</strong> the Research Council on Mathematics Learning <strong>2013</strong> 104

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