Right side image #2: Print out of "Horrendous Soup" recipe card
Student's Level of Success:
I feel that the students that have strength in math didn't have trouble with transitioning to this additional method of converting within the metric system in a more visual format. A few students that don't have strengths in math struggled with the concept of converting units within the metric system until I demonstrated this technique for them and then they were able to complete the tasks. Only a handful of students needed additional practice with the new method by playing the online game and practicing the chart on the worksheet handout.
My Level of Success:
Despite a few mistakes that I made, the technological issues, and the time management, I believe that I did a great job of staying on my toes and thinking fast so that my students weren't off task and still had the opportunity to play the game and practice the method in some type of context. I feel that I did well with writing my notes and instruction down on the board ahead of time so that I was ready to teach without losing any time on writing down the teaching points throughout the lesson. I feel that I could have come up with the pairing of students on the computers when the issues started rather than after my teacher had provided that idea so that I didn't lose any time on the activity. I also feel that I could have enhanced my instructional period by walking around the room while teaching so that I could manage the class physically and so that the students in the back part of the room could hear me over the computer fans. If I were to change any part of this lesson, I would take out the section on having the students watch the instructional video before playing the game because I don't feel that the video was helpful at all and it took time away from the actual activity part of the lesson.
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