Date: Spring 2003 Artifact: Rational Expressions Unit Description: During my student teaching experience, I created a nine day lesson plan that focused on manipulating rational equations. Included in the plan is an example of a student quiz and rubric. Date: Spring 2002 Artifact: Functions Untis Description: During my second Curriculum and Instruction class, one other classmate and I put together a unit plan and developed two specific lessons related to functions. My partners lesson focused on translations with functions, while my lesson focused on what functions look visually with the aid of a decoder ring metaphor. Date: October 21, 2001 Artifact: Demo Lesson Plan with homework Description: During my first Curriculum and Instruction class, two other classmates and I put together a demo lesson and accompanying homework which we then presented to our class. Our lesson plan focused on the concepts of slope and the equation of a line, building their meaning from data collected in class. Date: August 1999 through June 2003 Artifact: Completed Course Work Description: While attending the University of Illinois, I completed the required course work to earn my Bachelors Degree in Mathematics. In addition, MATH 302 exposed me to topics in geometry from both a visual and equation-centered view, perspectives that will be useful while teaching to unique students in the future. Back to the Standards. |