"I do, I understand"

“Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.”

Firstly on differentiated Instruction: Meeting Students Where They Are

What Differentiated Instruction Means for Teachers
Teachers DO	Teachers DON'T
provide several learning options, or different paths to learning, which help students take in information and make sense of concepts and skills.	develop a separate lesson plan for each student in a classroom.
provide appropriate levels of challenge for all students, including those who lag behind, those who are advanced, and those right in the middle.	"water down" the curriculum for some students.

Hence, Struggling learners would need more practice while advanced learners would need enrichment.

For more information on differentiated learning, check out the website: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/subject/di_meeting.phtml

Qualitative Data:

·         Deals with descriptions.

·         Data can be observed but not measured.

·         Colours, textures, smells, tastes, appearance, beauty

VS

Quantitative Data:

·         Deals with numbers.

·         Data which can be measured.

·         Length, height, area, volume, weight, speed, time, temperature, humidity, sound levels, cost, members,    ages, etc.
   

*Do not say, “Show me a big circle”/ “give me a small square”- 

Give collection and say "give me a larger triangle"

When using unfamiliar nouns with children, DO NOT use adjectives as it will confuse the children!

Do not say, "4 times more than!- it is ambiguous,instead, say "4 times as many as or 4 more than"  
            

The activity I liked for today would be: Problem 18-making square with tangrams

Here are some examples:

The day ended with learning all about angles. The most interesting way of creating a 180 degrees straight line was tearing the angles of the triangle and putting them together to form a stragiht line! Who would have thought!

Thank you for reading!:)