Choice+projects

Two projects of your choice are required for 45% of your grade. 25% will be for the highest grade and the remaining 20% will be for the lower grade.

(I will update this page with project details and grading rubrics as they develop)

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======================================================================================= //What Scientists do// is a publication by Mount Pleasant Education Services - an educational organization geared toward science/technology/math awareness and resources for First Nations teachers/students.
 * 1. Culturally-appropriate resource** - develop a resource in the form of something publishable or marketable for teachers to use in their classrooms or to send home with students, if appropriate, for teaching math concepts to First Nations students. Often teachers want to make math culturally relevant for students in their classroom but lack useful resources. For this project, you will develop a resource that will be relevant and useful to Mi'kmaq/Maliseet students of New Brunswick and will be connected to specific curriculum outcomes. This should be a resource you can design that a teacher could hand out to a student to take home to learn from. It coud be cross-curricular and incorporate, for instance, literacy with math. I have scaned a couple of examples that may inspire you - Be creative!

//Eyelike Numbers// is a book introducing numbers and relationships between numbers that is geared toward kindergarten/grade 1 kids. It is a colourful book that connects numbers to nature.

//Math Makes Sense// is a publication by Pearson Education and is used in all grades across New Brunswick and other provinces. They publish little books that children can read themselves and learn about math. They are visually colourful and of interest to the target age level.

If you are interested in this topic, feel free to ask me for more examples or other ideas.

Grading Rubric:

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========================================================================================== I have been asked several times “What is the difference between an emergency lesson plan and a regular lesson plan?” Here is my answer: The only difference between an emergency lesson plan and a regular lesson plan is that the emergency one must stand alone whereas ordinary lesson plans are usually embedded within a flow of curriculum outcomes. In a regular lesson plan, you would connect to the lesson you and the students did the day/week before and consider a week/month goal of outcomes. The emergency lesson plan is one that could be used in case of emergency, where you might not have a regular lesson plan adequately ready for a supply teacher. The emergency plan could be picked up by the supply teacher and used in the classroom without the supply teacher needing to know prior classroom instruction. Additionally, It is helpful for you to have a few grade-specific emergency lesson plans to keep in your back pocket yourself if you are called upon to supply teach and the classroom teacher has not left adequate instruction.
 * 2. Emergency lesson plans**

Grading Rubric:

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========================================================================================== Here is a letter you may take to the school principal and classroom teacher if you opt for this project.
 * 3. Classroom observation**



I have been hesitant to post a rubric or grading scheme for this project as each person's experience could be so very unique and I do not want to limit your reflections by stating "what I am looking for". So, I will post a rubric with a disclaimer - that I will use it flexibly and encourage you to be thorough in documenting your experience whether your experience is reflected in my rubric or not.



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=========================================================================================== As with the Classroom Observation choice project, I am hesitant to post a rubric or grading scheme for this project as each person's experience could be so very unique and I do not want to limit your reflections by stating "what I am looking for". So, I will post a rubric with a disclaimer - that I will use it flexibly and encourage you to be thorough in documenting your experience whether your experience is reflected in my rubric or not.
 * 4. Become a math tutor**



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=========================================================================================== Here is a grading rubric I designed for this project to give you an idea of the kinds of things I will be looking for when marking this project.
 * 5. Community based mathematics**