Graduate Program
School of e-Education
Adult Development & Collaborative Learning
210ADC106
The Educational Bag Project in action
Aalya Mesmar
102160004
The introduction
This is a presentation to a practical lesson done for the grade 4
students in the mathematics class. The main subject of this lesson is to
teach the students the principle of ascending and descending decimal
numbers as well as doing some simple calculations with them. The
main thing is to use the educational bag for mathematics that contain
number of games and puzzles.
The students are to be working in a group of 4 students each and will
use different kits to reach the same
result and see how effective was the
bag for their understanding.
The Lesson Plan
The Subject:
- Mathematics for Grade 4:
- Addition/Subtraction/Sorting Decimal Numbers.
Tools used from the mathematics educational bag:
-The
1.
instruments used are as follows:
Two worm dolls made of hard papers, where numbers are written
on each part.
2.
Two samples of doll-dress models.
The Lesson Plan
The activity process using the mathematics bag:
Each group which consists of 4 students are assigned to a specific
activity as shown in the previous video. Two of them are using the
worm, while the other two using the doll-dress model.
One of the first group student will put the parts of the worm in an
ascending order while her colleague will do the descending part.
The other group has been given the doll-dress in order to match the
subtraction/addition of the decimal numbers.
The Lesson Plan
One of the activities done in the classroom (video)
The Lesson Plan
The lesson objectives:
The outcome of this lesson is :
1.
To understand the concept of ascending and descending decimal
numbers.
2.
To be able to sort out them correctly.
3.
-To be able to do simple calculations (subtraction + addition) with
the decimal numbers.
4.
To solve the problems/worksheets given
concept.
based on the same
The Lesson Plan
The activity summary
The idea is to work individually, yet they can share ideas between them
as well.
The benefit is scaled by the results we get from the students and how
well they have worked with these materials and kits. The students
worked both individually as well as there was a collaborative
involvement when discussing and sharing ideas.
Worksheets have been given at the end of the lesson in order to
measure the level of understanding and how well those activities
served the educational process.
.
The Lesson Plan
The community involved
For the mathematics educational bag, all teachers of the school who
teaches from grade 1 to 4 can use it as they will find different types of
games, puzzles as well as worksheets related to different lessons.
Nevertheless, the bag is yet to be developed and many more materials
to be added since it definitely did not cover all the areas of the subject.
Conclusion
These types of games and puzzles proved to be an affective tool which is
called learning by games. Students show a great interest to these sort of
activities and it does not only engage the students with the subject, but
also enriches their collaborative skills.
Appendices
The mathematics bags
Examples
of
other
materials that can be found
in the mathematics bags