Today we spent time talking about answers where students are asked to explain their work or how they got an answer. In general, our students tend to do poorly on questions where they are asked to write about their work. I took one question from our recent test and typed it up with several answer examples from students on our team. In small groups, students reviewed the responses and talked about the things that we done well and areas that could be improved to better communicate student understanding. I forgot to take pictures of the notes, but students from both classes identified the following areas as places that most responses needed improvement:
-using examples (or actual numbers from the problem) in the response -giving specific details -including information about why you did what you did or where you got your information from -using specific vocabulary Students will be completing a worksheet that mirrors the work discussed today. It is short, so time should be dedicated to giving really good answers. HOMEWORK TONIGHT: COMPLETE STANDARD NOTATION WORKSHEET WITH FOCUS ON EXPLANATIONS
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