First Assignment

1. What content area are you teaching? Why are you teaching this subject?

I am teaching seventh grade mathematics. I am teaching this because there was no further need for psychics teachers, my background in math is sufficient to teach this, and I planned on getting dual certification eventually anyways.

2. What have you noticed about the students you are teaching this year? Do they have particular problems with reading or writing? What are their strengths?

I have noticed that many of my students refuse to try to read and answer questions in class. This is a big problem because the books I am supposed to use are the "Connected Mathematics" books which are based upon the "reading throughout the curriculum" idea. I think that the strength of my students is that once they understand something, they are happy to use it in problems and will do work.

3. What do you most want to learn in this course?

Practical strategies that I can use to get the students to use and learn from the "Connected Mathematics" books.