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 Lesson 1

In the math Investigation lesson, **Seven Peas and Carrots**, the students make one or more combinations of peas and carrots they could have to make 7. At their seats, the students will use either cubes or counters that are green and orange to help them in making the various combinations. Below is a lesson that I created with the Smartboard software that we worked on together in class. In using the smartboard, the students were able to manipulate and make different combinations of pictures of peas and carrots on a plate. The class had the opportunity to participate in sharing their combinations as a whole class and were able to get ideas of other combinations from the other students. I was also able to share my thinking aloud with the class as I supported the students in their thinking.

The students were very engaged in this activity and my students who are visual learners had many opportunities to see the activity modeled for them. I liked this smartboard activity because it provided the students the opportunity to work through this activity as a group rather than working on it individually on their own at their seats. As we worked together on this activity together, the students were provided the chance to share their thinking with the other students and if there was some confusion about this activity we were able to work it out together as a class.

 Lesson 2  Students play the game //**Missing Numbers**// as a class, figuring out which numbers have been removed from a pocket 100 chart. Using the one hundred pocket chart, I would remove 5 of the numbers from the hundreds pocket chart and the students would have to guess which numbers I removed. I created a smartboard lesson with a 100 board and counters that I would use to cover the numbers. Below is the lesson I created for the smarboard.  In using this smartboard lesson, the students were able to all see the hundreds chart as it was much more visible for the class. I used counters that I created where the students were able to come up to the board and move the counters on their own. This lesson also provided me the opportunity to talk about the patterns on the board and circle them that the students were able to see on the hundreds chart and how that helps them figure out the missing numbers.

This an an activity that the students have enjoyed in the past, but with this new lesson I found that there were more students who will willing to participate and liked to just come up to the board and have the opportunity to reveal the missing number. I found that it was a great opportunity to circle and highlight those number patterns on the hundreds chart for the students were were stuggling on figuring out the missing numbers.

Lesson 3

I introduced a counting game to the students at the beginning of the school year called //**Collect 20**//. In this game, the students roll one dot cube, and collect that many counters. The students continue to do this until they have counted 20 counters. I model for the students how to double check to make sure they have 20 counters. In the smartboard lesson that I created, I have the children rolling a die and manipulating counters on the smartboard.

I modeled how to play the game Collect 20 on the smartboard with the class. The students would touch the die and see what they rolled. I then modeled for the kids how they can count the dots on the dot cube and then count that many counters. This smartboard activity gave the students the opportunity to practice counting the dots on a larger die and it gave me the opportunity to continue to model different strategies on how to count and double check when counting.

The students were very engaged when we were practicing this game. When a student would come up and have some trouble counting, they felt very comfortable asking another student to come up and help them and we could problem solve together.

Lesson 4  The students will play a game called **How many am I hiding?**, that the students play with a partner. This is a game that focuses on combinations of numbers up to 10. When I set up this game, I need to make sure the students can all see what I am doing and that they are able to stay engaged in the lesson. I start with 9 counters and I chose to hide some of the counters that I put underneath the cup. The remaing 1 counter is in view. I ask the students "How many do you think I am hiding under the cup?" I explore with the students different strategies on how they can figure the answer out. Once they have guessed, I reveal the counters under the cup. Below is a smartboard lesson that I created for this game.



As we worked through the game on the smartboard, it was nice because all the students could see what was going on and they were all very excited to stay engaged and participate. The students took turns hiding the counters under the cup and took turns on removing the cup. I was provided the opportunity to again practice counting and double checking how many counters we had. I also used the pens and recorded the various combinations on the smartboard. At the end of the lesson I was able to revisit the combinations and highlight any patterns. The students were very motivated to play the game with their partner