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Intasc Standard 8

The teacher used Halloween-themed word problems to engage students in practicing addition and subtraction skills. By selecting real-world problems related to Halloween, students could apply their math knowledge to situations they found interesting. During a math ball activity, the teacher was able to differentiate the challenge of the problems asked based on each student's skill level, providing appropriate challenges to help all students learn. Playing math ball kept students excited to participate in the math lesson.

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Intasc Standard 8

The teacher used Halloween-themed word problems to engage students in practicing addition and subtraction skills. By selecting real-world problems related to Halloween, students could apply their math knowledge to situations they found interesting. During a math ball activity, the teacher was able to differentiate the challenge of the problems asked based on each student's skill level, providing appropriate challenges to help all students learn. Playing math ball kept students excited to participate in the math lesson.

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INTASC STANDARD #8
The teacher understands and uses a
variety of instructional strategies to
encourage learners to develop deep
understanding of content areas and
their connections, and to build skills to
apply knowledge in meaningful ways.
8(A)
The teacher uses appropriate strategies and resources to
adapt instruction to the needs of individuals and groups of
learners.

EVIDENCE
The real-word problems were specifically selected with
the knowledge that the students were excited for and
interested in Halloween. By using real world contexts,
students were able to apply their addition and
subtraction knowledge in situations that they could relate
to. Math ball was selected as the classroom activity, as I
was able to differentiate the problems to challenge the
needs of the students. I was able to ask the higher-level
students more difficult problems that challenged them,
and I was able to ask the students that were on the lower
end simpler problems. This allowed all of the students to
be challenged and feel included, all while being excited
and eager to answer.

NARRATIVE REFLECTION
During this lesson, students focused on adding and It was very clear to me before and during this
subtracting in real world contexts. Halloween word lesson that math ball was a great way to
problems were solved as a class, as well as differentiate the problems to meet the needs of each
individually. The lesson concluded with the class student. Students are generally not excited about
playing math ball. As students tossed the ball, I math, so by planning and applying math ball as an
asked them a math question that not only instructional strategy, I was able to engage and
challenged them, but one they were also able to interest all of the students!
solve correctly.

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