Jessica Register

Lesson Reflection-Math 4 digit subtraction-Lesson 2

October 12, 2014

The learning objective for this lesson place was the student will be able to
perform 4-digit subtraction with regrouping. Students will understand that addition
and subtraction are related operations that can be used to check the accuracy of
their work. I would say that 90% of the class was able to reach this objective by the
conclusion of the lesson. There were a few who have struggled in previous lessons
involving 3-digit subtraction that did not fully understand how to apply regrouping
to the four digits. In my lesson plan, I stated that I would walk around to check
students progress and conference with them about their work. This is how I was
able to tell whether or not students were truly able to solve these four digit
subtraction problems and if they could connect how addition and subtraction are
related operations. Those who understood the objective were able to explain that
by checking their work with addition, they could see if their answer for the
subtraction problem was accurate.
According to my lesson plan, I stated that during the activity time, I would be
walking around, assisting students and talking with them about their work. I did
this and was able to help those who were struggling, and compliment those who
were fully grasping the objective. I feel that the activity time, overall, went well.
There were a few times I had to get the class attention by raising my hand in order
to give other instructions or to simply ask them to lower their voices. The process
of passing out and picking up activity materials took up a good piece of time that
could have shortened the overall lesson time. That is something I would consider
revising in the future. During the lesson I asked probing questions, modeled the
activity, gave students feedback, asked for volunteers and gave wait time.
As mentioned before, one revision I would make in the future would be to
pass out the materials in advanced. Since math is the first thing covered on a daily
basis, I could place the papers, markers, dice, and erasers on students desks prior to
their arrival in the morning. Students would then be given instructions not to touch
these materials until otherwise told. If these directions were not followed, then
students would not participate in the activity. Another revision I would make would
be for those students who reached mastery before the end of the lesson. This is
something that was mentioned in my observation form. Instead of having them
work the same problems as the rest of the class, I would give them problems to
challenge and promote higher-level thinking.