Day 1 of Unit plan reflection:

I feel that this lesson went very well. The students really liked getting out of their seats and moving

around to create an equation. When I began the lesson, I noticed that I did not write the equations that

I was going to on a piece of paper, so I just had to create my own and go with it. Also, I had to use the

number of students that were allowed to be videoed. I knew that I wanted to include all of them. The

pretest went exactly the way that I thought that it would except only a couple of students got an answer

correct. I had anticipated that a few students would know a little bit more about multiplication than

what they did. I thought that they would have siblings that would have talked to them about

multiplication, but I don’t think many of them knew anything about it. After the lesson I was impressed

by how good that most of the students did on their post assessment. I contribute that to the movement

activities and the fruit loops idea. I also changed the lesson because the students seemed to really be

liking the movement and making the equations. I did not have them to write the equations on the

individual white boards. I also decided during the lesson that the students were really catching on that I

decided to get the students to work in small groups instead of doing partner work. Although my second

focus student did not master the post assessment, I feel that it was a great start for her because she did

improve

Day 2 Unit plan reflection:

The day prior to this lesson I felt like students were doing great, so I introduced skip counting to them a

day before I had it planned. I knew that since the lesson the day before went great with them moving

around I knew it would also go great again. That did indeed become the case. The students asked before

we even started if we could do what we had done the day before. This let me know that I had planned

something that they had enjoyed. The students had a little difficulty using the number lines. I think it is

because they had to count the numbers instead of just use the knowledge of skip counting. I however

do think that it helped the students that do not have their skip counting numbers memorized. I was
shocked that some students do not know how to skip count. I feel sure that it is due to covid and not

being instructed in kindergarten and first grades. I will have to focus more on skip counting and add that

into my daily routine until all students have it memorized. That will help the students for multiplication.

The students enjoyed the game but I’m not sure how effective it was. They did not understand the

meaning of the game. I thought it would help them learn how to skip count by 2’s and 3’s. They still

would just count by ones during the game. The splash learn game also did not work like I had hoped.

They could not get to the game, so I had to scratch the idea. I again was sad that focus student #2 did

not achieve mastery. I really think this student will just require more instruction and time. I think that

this concept will need to be added during intervention time. The rest of the students did as I predicted in

the preassessment. They will not take the post assessment again until after tomorrow’s lesson of arrays.

I think the students did a little better on the array because they related it to what they learned for

addition.

Day 3 Unit plan reflection:

This lesson went well because the students had prior knowledge of what an array is. They could relate

what they already knew about arrays to how to use it for multiplication. Them already knowing about an

array made my job much easier. The students liked arranging themselves into an array. The ones sitting

also liked it because it gave them a great visual. After the lesson I thought that I probably could have

grouped lesson 2 and 3 together. I could have taught both for two days instead of 1 day each. This might

have helped my focus students. Some students require multiple days of teaching to understand and

remember it. The students really enjoyed the game. I also think it was a great idea. They got to draw

arrays while also having fun playing a game. I felt like they really understood the lesson today because of

the game. Again, the focus student #2 did not master the post assessment. I think a few more days than

she will. She has the basic knowledge of skip counting and an array. I just need to focus on giving her
more time to learn how to skip count as well as building an array. Also dot markers are always a great

way to learn. Who doesn’t like to use a dot marker. Again, the game did not work. I need to get on the

website more to figure out what is causing the problem. I feel that this will be a great resource once I

figure out the issue.

Day 4 Unit Plan Reflection:

This lesson went well. Some students already memorized some of the 2’s, all the 1’s and all of the 0’s.

The students enjoyed the game where they had to say the answer before the student that was next to

them did. Students were very good at the 0’s and 1’s but took a little more time saying the 2’s. They

would have to skip count to say some of the answers. My focus student #1 did pretty good and stayed in

the game for a while. My focus student #2 did not stay in the game very long. I think this is due to her

just needing more time to memorize the facts. I also think she is just slower when it comes to answering

quickly. I am still proud of both of them. The game took longer than I thought it would. Even though it

took longer I would still play it again.

Day 5 Unit Plan Reflection:

I have learned that students just need a lot of time to memorize their multiplication facts. It is not

something that is going to come to them in just a few days. This is especially true for slower learners.

This is going to be a skill that must be worked on for months. I will be courageous as to see how long

exactly it will take and how many will never achieve this. The bingo game will be used again for sure. It

really gave them good practice for remembering their facts. I will probably also give students more time

to work with a partner and do flash cards. I was impressed with how many facts most of the students

got right. I predicted that they would not get them all and I was correct. I also really liked the color by

number page. The students seemed to really like it also. If I could change anything I would probably give

more time to just study the facts with flash cards. This is a skill that takes time to memorize. Flash cards

seems like a great way to do that. Again, even though my focus student #2 did not master the post
assessment I think she will continue to improve. She will probably require one on one help during

intervention to help her learn all the facts. My focus student #1 will also probably need some

intervention time because of his lack of attention. I feel confident that he will be successful at learning

them though.