Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Angie McInerney
Educational Technology 1
19 June 2018
I was a military brat. Because of this, I attended several different schools in several
different places. However, not as many as some military kids. My schooling began in Del Rio,
Texas. I attended public school for kindergarten and part of first grade, when my parents decided
that it would be in my best interest to attend our church’s newly formed private Christian school.
Our moves took us to Las Vegas and then to Germany, all the while, my parents continued to
The high school I attended and graduated from was Eldorado High School in Las Vegas, Nevada,
home of the Sun Devils. That is where my formal education ended, until I finally decided to get
It’s kind of funny that I want to be a teacher, because I remember being miserable in
school a lot of the time. I believe a lot of this was due to my learning style not being compatible
with the style of teaching at most of the schools I attended, and in turn I struggled. There was not
the knowledge or resources at these schools to be able to diagnose a child with a learning
disability, or simply try a different approach or learning strategy. It was very rigid. An important
thing I learned from this is looking at each child as an individual and finding ways to improve
and maximize their learning experience, and this will be something important to me as a teacher.
McInerney 6
Why?
Mrs. McInerney @ 208-995-2100, amcinerney@treem.org
MATH IS AWESOME!
McInerney 7
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Our class will be taking a field trip to celebrate Fall!
When? Thursday, November 13, 2018
Where? Linder Farms
by Unknown Author is licensed
What? Hay Rides, Pumpkins, Corn Maze and Fun! under
Transportation will be provided. We will be leaving school at 10:30 and will return to
school by 1:30. Please have your student pack a sack lunch, wear comfortable,
close toed shoes and bring a jacket. We would love for you to meet us there to join
in on the fun!
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Our class will be taking a field trip to celebrate Fall!
When? Thursday, November 13, 2018
Where? Linder Farms
by Unknown Author is licensed
What? Hay Rides, Pumpkins, Corn Maze and Fun! under
Transportation will be provided. We will be leaving school at 10:30 and will return to
school by 1:30. Please have your student pack a sack lunch, wear comfortable,
close toed shoes and bring a jacket. We would love for you to meet us there to join
in on the fun!
Mrs. McInerney’s
Class Schedule
by Unknown Author is
licensed under
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
2:00 -2:45 Home Room Home Room Home Room Home Room Home Room
& Study & Study & Study & Study & Study
Skills Skills Skills Skills Skills
Lesson Plan
Lesson Source: Idaho State Standard Number and Operations – Fractions 3.NF.1
Concepts:
A pizza can represent a whole and when divided into slices can represent that whole
object being broken into a certain number of equal parts.
Objectives:
Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned
into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size
1/b.
Supplementary Materials
Introductory Fraction Video or Worksheet
Pizza “Recipe” for each group
Worksheet to collect fraction data from each groups pizza
Continue until one or two Ask “If we add the Students will volunteer to
recipes are compete. Then Numerators together what add numerators and write it
have students add the do we get?” on the board.
numerators to form a
whole.
Explain that we only add
the top number or
numerator because that is
the number of individual
slices of pizza, and the
denominator stays the
same because it shows
how many equal slices the
whole pizza is divided into.
Explain that 8/8 is the same
as 1 or the whole pizza.
Ask “So what is the total Students will give answer
after we add our 8/8 or 1.
McInerney 14
numerators together?”
Ask “What are some other Students will give various
ways that we use fractions answers.
and we don’t even realize
it?”
Expand on student Ask “What do you think I Students will give
answers and explain that mean by that?” feedback, direct them
when we count money, tell toward the concept of
time or cook, we are using using fractions to tell time,
fractions. count money or cook.
Teacher will briefly talk Ask “Has anybody heard Students will share
about how an hour is someone say, we are examples and different
divided into equal parts leaving in a half an hour?” experiences.
and how we use fractions or helped cook or bake
when measuring something and had to use
ingredients for cooking. ¼ or ½ cup?”
student knowledge.