Mylan Park Elementary Week 2

My second week at Mylan Park went very well. I jumped right in and began teaching math and science in the afternoon. I believe the students feel comfortable with me and have really enjoyed many of the activities I have done with them. We explored our five senses and did many hands on activities with that, even cooked! I also began taking data for my action research. I am planning on seeing how a multi sensory approach will help the students learning of addition facts. I gave the students a pre test with and without manipulatives to see how much they knew. The scores were low, but that was expected based off what I had been told by my mentor teacher. I also informally interviewed the students about what they thought about math and whether or not they liked it. None of them hated it, but they were not very happy about it either. I also made sure to closely observe while the students were taking the pretest. Many of them became frustrated and they all needed prompted to keep going and stay on task. I am going to implement the multi sensory math next week and am looking forward to seeing the results!