Feedback

Monday was my last day of filming my TPA.  It was just the assessment portion of my lesson and since they were taking a unit exam I knew that I wouldn't be able to give a lot of feedback.  I found that many children struggled with the last question on the test in which they had to explain the relationship between a square and a triangle in regards to their quilt.  Many students that asked me for help were having a difficult time with this question but I was equally having a difficult time because I was struggling with how to support them while still not giving them the answer.  I found that the best way to trigger their thoughts and get them started in the right direction was to remind them that the day we learned about this we practiced turning the shapes on the promethean board and laying them next to each other.   By doing this I was able to trigger what part of the unit they should be thinking about and many of them were able to take that information and apply it to what answer they should be giving me for the test.