I thought you guys might like to hear a funny story about one of my student teaching experiences. The other morning, my mentor teacher and I kept several of the students in from P.E. so that they could finish their morning work. This is something that happens if they don't try their hardest. I was explaining a problem to one of the students. You have to be careful of the volume of your voice because the other students will listen in on your conversation.
I explained that when you are trying to find half of a number you divide by two, and when you are trying to find one third of a number you divide by three. I did this by demonstrating that if I had a marker and broke it into two pieces I divided it in half and so on.
Little did I know, someone else was listening. My mentor teacher asked one of the other boys to explain to her how he got his answer. "I divided it by 2." he said. "Why?" she asked. "Because if you have half you divide the word into the HA and the LF." When he said that she laughed and asked him where in the world he came up with that and he pointed at me. When he did that I cracked up. He had overheard how to solve the problem, but missed the explanation totally! Just one of the many experiences to put down in my memory book.
Monday, February 2, 2009
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