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= Community =

In this section I will include links or posting that I have included on the Course or Practicum Wiki

**Contributions I've Made to the Various Wikis**
> >> Here's a lesson I did on determining circumference. I started off with a story for the Sir Circumference Series (I wanted to read the one called Dragon of Pi but it wasn't available). Then after reading I did a quick review of what is diameter, radius and circumference. Then we did a Twizzler activity (explained in the lesson plan) which worked out really well. The students loved it, and my faculty advisor said it was a great lesson. (The lesson in on the wiki page)
 * Math Course Wiki - http://uoitmath2010.wikispaces.com/
 * ** Measurement Lesson Plan **

> >> After being in placement for the past 3 days, I'm kind of sad to see it come to an end (well for a couple of weeks anyways). My AT has been teaching at the school for 13 years, so she's got the classroom management techniques down to a tee, which is great for me because I learned so much in just the few days I've been here. My best experience (well one of the best) happened on the very first day, my AT left for 15 minutes and a "sub" came into to supervise, it was amazing to see how quickly the class broke apart and started acting like completely different students than when my AT was present it was a great scene to witness. Overall my placement has been great and I really can't wait to go back at the end of October :) >> Is this what we really want? (Robin)
 * Practicum Wiki 1 - http://uoitmathp1.wikispaces.com/
 * **Perfect Classroom Management**

> >> In the Measurement section of the lesson plan page, uploaded a Circles Introduction Lesson that worked well for me. This lesson included the use of the Frayer model and the gallery walk strategy. >> >> One inspiring story that occurred during my placement occurred in one of my math lessons. I had four students with IEPs and 4 students who were in ESL/ELD, these students were all quite slow at understanding math in general. Using all the technology, and when I say all I mean just the projector and my wonderful laptop, I taught a lesson on circumference. This lesson was a very interactive lesson with short multiple quizzes, word games, and content. This lesson made these students that usually don’t participate because they didn’t understand raise their hands and participate. At the end of the lesson my AT had a little note for me, which said “Great math class, Ms. G!” This was truly an amazing lesson which worked really well for these students. >> >> One surprising story I experienced was how disorganized the administration at my school was. On assembly day we were given notice that the memo sent out before was incorrect and the times for the assemblies were all switched. This caused absolute chaos. My AT and I both had planned for the morning and had an idea of what we would do in the afternoon if in case this normal disorganized natural of the administration came through. But the phrase my AT used to describe the situation was “you feel like you’re a chicken with you head cut off”. >> One issue that was persistent in my classroom were students calling out. At the beginning I would call out the student and make them stop. But this didn’t always work so well, because they would stop for maybe two minutes but then continue again. So as the days continued I started using different strategies such as proximity, or moving the student. These students were calling out to take the attention away from the lesson because they weren’t understanding or weren’t following along. So as the weeks went on the students weren’t calling out as much and actually raised their hands to ask questions if they weren’t clear.
 * Practicum Wiki 2 - http://uoitmathpracticum2.wikispaces.com/
 * **Lesson Plans**
 * **Inspiring Stories - Great Math Class**
 * **Surprises - Disorganized Administration**
 * **Classroom Management - Calling Out**

> >> http://ontariomath.wikispaces.com/G10+-+MPM2P >> >> ** Exponent Laws and Logarithm Laws - Advanced Functions ** **(Greg Leverton and Girthiga Gunarajah)** >> [|Advanced Functions Presentation.pptx] [|Advanced Functions - Laws of Logarithms.docx] [|Investigating Product Law Worksheet.docx] >> [|1087840_Log_Laws_MHF4U.zip] >> This lesson is an interactive and group based lesson. Students will work through a Logarithm Applet to learn the laws of logarithms. They will then try to find the connection between exponent laws and logarithm laws. The Logarithm applet is in the zip file.
 * Ontario Curriculum Wiki - http://ontariomath.wikispaces.com/
 * Grade 10 - Applied Mathematics (MPM2P)
 * Sample Lesson Plans - Advanced Functions (MHF4U) Lesson