Samra Hussain - My Personal Learning Path

  Hello All and Happy Thanksgiving! While we're enjoying lots of yummy food and the company of family, I've decided to focus this week on the concept of volume. Learning about volume cane be difficult for students to learn due to the 3-D model of these shapes and actually understanding what volume is, conceptually. I found some great tips on how to teach about volume via the website: ( http://loveoflearningblog.blogspot.com/2018/06/5-tips-for-teaching-volume.html utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=tailwind_tribes&utm_content=tribes&utm_term=375253610_12165274_204676  )  According to the site, some tips to teach volume include: 1. " Teach all of the different ways to find volume and let students choose the one that works best for them." I  specifically liked the visual that it  provided (below).  2." Hands-on practice is a must!" The site exlapined how they went through the concepts of different dimensions ...

The last time I left off, before my detour into word problems and some strategies on how to solve them, I was looking at introducing the concept of geometry. I started with learning about lines and rays, etc. So building off of that, I saw that the next step was introducing angles! This concept is introduced during the fourth grade The common core standard that align with this concept are: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.G.A.1 "Draw points, lines, line segments, rays, angles (right, acute, obtuse), and perpendicular and parallel lines. Identify these in two-dimensional figures." CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.G.A.2 "Classify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular lines, or the presence or absence of angles of a specified size. Recognize right triangles as a category, and identify right triangles." https://www.education.com/lesson-plan/all-about-angles/ 4.MD.C.5 Recognize angles as geometric shapes that are formed wher...

      I've deviated a bit from reviewing general mathematical skills and wanted to explore something that always comes up, regardless of which concept you are teaching or learning, which are word problems! It's easy to have equations written out for us to be solved, but word problems can be difficult. Because there is no visible equation, students must figure out what the problem is and how to set up a way to solve it. This week, I set out to find ways that can help teachers help students work on word problems and strategies that they can use to tackle them.      I came across a  website, which was written by a teacher, which had some good ways to deal with word problems. One of the most important things to realize and explain to students is that word problems can be difficult and by relaying that to students, it can relieve some of the anxiety for students. She mentioned that word problems require practice. The more word problems you do, the more co...