Lesson 1: Comprehension of Mathematical Vocabulary

Day 1 Activities: Teacher Responsibilities: Student Responsibilities:

● Opener- Sketching Graphs
on Whiteboards
● Notes on Characteristics of
Graphs Vocabulary
● Exit Ticket- Defining
Vocabulary
● Guide class opener;
determine a level of prior
knowledge.
● Lead notes with examples;
questions and answers to
help solidify the
definitions.
● Use exit tickets to make
adjustments to instruction.
● Participate in activities.
● Take notes and ask
question.
● Demonstrate knowledge on
exit ticket.
● Submit student feedback
form.

Observations:
● A few students show decent background knowledge about some of the vocabulary words.
● Students were on task for notes.
● Students asked good questions. (Used Google Translate when there were some minor language
barriers.)
● Exit tickets were better than expected.
● Most of the student’s rated themselves very close to their demonstrated skill levels from the exit
tickets.

Day 2 Activities: Teacher Responsibilities: Student Responsibilities:

● Desmos Activity- Function
Carnival
● Desmos Activity-
Polygraph World of
Functions
● Ensure that all students
have logged into Desmos
correctly and that data is
being tracked.
● Circle the room to facilitate
both activities.
● Answer questions and
guide student progress.
● Enter login information
into Desmos.
● Complete the activities and
answer all portions of the
activities.
● Submit student feedback
form.

Observations:
● No technology issues.
● Students seemed to find both Desmos activities engaging.
● Some students worked at a different pace, which was fine for the first activity; however, the second
activity required a partner.
● I had to remind students to log into their Desmos accounts several times.
● Overall achievement in Desmos was good.
● Student feedback again was fairly accurate to their overall performance for the day.

Day 3 Activities: Teacher Responsibilities: Student Responsibilities:

● Summative Assessment
● Small review before
assessment.
● Facilitate assessment;
circling room to make sure
students understand the
● Ask questions during
review.
● Fully answer all questions
on the assessment.
 directions.

Observations:
● Students gave their full effort on the assessment; students did not leave sections blank.
● Student performance was decent, but most of the class needed some remediation.

Remediation/Re-testing Teacher Responsibilities: Student Responsibilities:

● Provide an opportunities
for small pull-out sessions
to reteach the material.
● Administer re-test of
summative assessment.
● Utilize the remediation
session.
● Demonstrate mastery of the
content on re-test of
summative assessment.

Observations:
● Working in a smaller setting with the students allowed more opportunities to gage their skills.
● Students seemed to ask more questions in the smaller setting.
● Re-testing went well; all but two students mastered the lesson content.

Lesson 2: Identifying Characteristics of Graphs

Day 1 Activities: Teacher Responsibilities: Student Responsibilities:

● Khan Academy Video-
Interpreting a Graph
● Khan Academy Practice
● Khan Academy Video-
Graph Interpretation
● Khan Academy Practice
● Facilitate that all students
are logged into their Khan
Academy accounts.
● Circle the room to ensure
students are on task.
● Answers questions and
provided guided support
where needed.
● Engage in the Khan
Academy videos.
● Use the practice problems
to strengthen learning.
● Ask questions to teacher
and group.

Observations:
● Students had to create accounts in Khan Academy. (Some students took longer than others.)
● Students watched videos, but I should have provided headphones; not all students had a pair.
● No technology issues.
● Students worked at their own pace with the videos and practice.
● I was able to work more individually with students that need more support.
● The second Khan Academy video and practice was much better than the first.
● The students again gave themselves an accurate rating for their progress.

Day 2 Activities: Teacher Responsibilities: Student Responsibilities:

● Graph Practice in Groups
● Class Discussion
● Summative Assessment
● Provide groups with
graphs.
● Facilitate discussions of
what characteristics were
similar and different.
● Facilitate class discussion
to review for assessment.
● Facilitate assessment;
circling room to make sure
students understand the
● Use math vocabulary to
describe graphs.
● Participate in the group
discussions.
● Ask questions, when
needed, during the class
discussion.
● Fully answer all questions
on the assessment.
Observations:
● Many of the groups worked well together.
● Good questions and answering amongst peers.
● I was able to redirect students that were off-task (not too many).
● Class discussion went well, with many students asking questions or adding in extra characteristics.
● Debate about which characteristics were actually in each graph.
● Facilitated the assessment.
● Students gave a full effort.
● About half of the target students mastered the lesson content.

Remediation/Re-testing Teacher Responsibilities: Student Responsibilities:

● Provide an opportunities
for small pull-out sessions
to reteach the material.
● Administer re-test of
summative assessment.
● Utilize the remediation
session.
● Demonstrate mastery of the
content on re-test of
summative assessment.

Observations:
● Small group remediation session were very successful.
● Most students making small errors or misusing some of the vocabulary.
● Used Google Translate and previous lesson notes to make connections with the graphs and the
vocabulary.
● Re-testing was mostly successful with only two students not reaching mastery of the lesson content.

Lesson 3: Constructing Graphs with Given Characteristics

Day 1 Activities: Teacher Responsibilities: Student Responsibilities:

● SmartBoard/Whiteboard
sketching
● Group/Class Discussions
● Desmos Activity:
Constructing Polynomials
● Facilitating sketching
activity.
● Provide time for class
discussion between each
sketch.
● Ensure that students are
logged into their Desmos
account.
● Circle the room for
questions and support.
● Participate in the sketching
activity.
● Participate in the group and
class discussions.
● Complete all parts of the
Desmos activity.

Observations:
● Some students were sketching graphs that met the criteria, but were not functions. (I had to review the
Vertical Line Test so that students were not sketching graphs that have overlapping sections.)
● Good discussion about the characteristics and whether the creation were functions or not.
● Reminded students about logging into Desmos; minor issues of forgotten information.
● Desmos activity worked well being self-paced; opportunities to work with students needing more
support.
● Student feedback was very close to their true success level after the Desmos activity.

Day 2 Activities: Teacher Responsibilities: Student Responsibilities:

● Desmos Activity- ● Ensure that students are ● Complete all parts of the
Polygraph Parabolas logged into their Desmos Desmos activity.
 ● Group Activity Building account.
Graphs ● Circle the room for
questions and support.
● Facilitate group discussions
during the graph building
activity.
● Be an active member of the
group graph building
activity.
● Ask questions to group
members and teacher.

Observations:
● All students logged into Desmos successfully with no issues.
● The Desmos activity was a paired activity so students were able to ask questions using appropriate
math vocabulary. (Students used Google Translate when their were some language issues.)
● Played several rounds of the activity to ensure students used the vocabulary correctly.
● The group activity was very successful.
● Students graphed individual graphs first and contributed nicely to their overall group graphs.
● Stronger students were peer tutoring within the discussions.
● Mostly student-led discussion; I facilitated, but did a lot of observations (not too many questions
geared towards myself).
● Student feedback rating were very high.

Day 3 Activities: Teacher Responsibilities: Student Responsibilities:

● Summative Assessment
● Small review before
assessment.
● Facilitate assessment;
circling room to make sure
students understand the
directions.
● Ask questions during
review.
● Fully answer all questions
on the assessment.

Observations:
● Students worked throughout the entire assessment.
● Scores were very good.
● All but three students mastered the lesson content.

Remediation/Re-testing Teacher Responsibilities: Student Responsibilities:

● Provide an opportunities
for small pull-out sessions
to reteach the material.
● Administer re-test of
summative assessment.
● Utilize the remediation
session.
● Demonstrate mastery of the
content on re-test of
summative assessment.

Observations:
● Worked with the three students making connections with the graphs they were building and the math
vocabulary.
● Minor adjustments needed to have success.
● All three students received a mastery score on their re-test.