257: The Experience

Hello again! We have started going over statistics, something I am not to familiar with. In class we did a really neat activity with m&ms! To begin the activity each student in the class got a small bag of m&ms. We answered some questions and recorded our data. For example, in my bag I had 3 brown, 5 orange, 3 blue, 3 green, no red, and no yellow. We then made a pictograph based on our own data. When we were finished with our own data, all of the class data was collected for each color of m&ms, and then we created a series of dot plots. We also made another pictograph and a bar graph based on the class data. Since using candy to engage younger children in activities, I found another m&m activity that would be fun for younger classrooms. If you wanna check that out,  M&M Activit y is the place to go! The next part of the activity was something I had never heard of before. We used the bar graph and took the height of each bar and created a circle. Within that ...

First Post! One of the best things about taking this class is all the resources we are provided. From our notebooks that we get to create and make our own, to the websites we are shown. My notebook has been one of the most useful resources and I definitely plan to carry it with me throughout my teaching career. I have been able to put all my notes, formulas, and example worksheets in it! One of the websites,  Math is Fun , has also been very useful. It has lot of activities, has all the math vocab you'll ever need, and covers many topics. We were also introduced to the Polya's four step problem solving process. I have found it super helpful! It is just what its name suggest, four step that help you lay out your step to conclude an answer. The first step is understand the problem, where you make a conjecture about the problem. The step is to devise a plan, where you pick the type of strategy you are going to use to solve the problem. The third step is to carry out the plan, wh...