Friday, 15 March 2013

Magnetic Maths in Grade 1


I gave a Maths lesson which was about introducing new concepts of  less and more. It was the first time I taught Maths and I found it very interesting as the learners were giving answers that I didn't think they would give. However, there were some challenges when coming to deal with those learners who needed remedial assistance to grasp this new concept. My mentor helped me where she saw that I was struggling. In this case I was trying to show them how I add when I was doing 'one more' and how I subtracted when I was doing 'one less'. I thought drawing pictures was the best visual aid, then my mentor stepped in and offered me magnetic counters which I could use on the board instead of drawing pictures. This was the best mentoring moment of the week.

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