Content Understanding Goals:
Kindergartners will compare the number of objects in a group to identify unequal shares. |
Equity Goal:
Kindergartners will recognize, grapple with, and generate solutions for unfairness when presented with unequal distribution of resources. |
Social Emotional Goal:
Students will self-identify their emotional state, and begin to independently problem solve and self-regulate. |
Focus Student 1
FS1 is an enthusiastic learner who shares her opinions and emotions freely. She can have quite large reactions when she feels upset. She is a keen observer in the classroom, and will likely notice unequal shares right away. Mathematically, we hope to see her start to distribute materials to make equal shares. We also hope to see her grapple with fair distribution and express her opinion about inequality in a constructive way. |
Focus Student 2
FS2 is an energetic student who loves to move and play. He is very kind and open to sharing with friends during group play. Our goal is that he will stay engaged in the lesson throughout the launch, grapple, problem solving, and second grapple. Another goal for FS2 is to share his opinions about grouping. |
Focus Student 3
FS3 is a curious student who is excited about mathematics. We think that he will already be able to make equal shares. Our hope for him is to accurately create numerically equivalent groups, rather than just notice unequal shares. Academically, he is achieving at an end of kindergarten level. He is still working on collaboration and sending messages in a kind way. We would like to see him collaborate to create fair distribution despite having a resource advantage. |
Reflections from FS1 and another student:
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Teacher reflection on the lesson:
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