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Engaging and Innovative Learning
Engaging and Innovative Learning
Our virtual classrooms are designed to be dynamic and interactive, encouraging active participation, collaboration, and creativity among students. We leverage cutting-edge technology and educational tools to spark curiosity, foster critical thinking, and promote a lifelong love of learning. Below is a sampling of the educational technology platforms that are used to support our virtual classes:
Google Classroom
Kahoot
Flip
Scratch
K-6 Curriculum
K-6 Curriculum
NRCSD's curriculum utilizes a comprehensive framework to guide the learning journey of students in their early years of schooling. This framework includes key subjects such as English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies, aiming to foster a well-rounded education. In English Language Arts, students develop essential reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills, engaging with diverse texts to enhance both comprehension and communication abilities. In Mathematics, the standards emphasize conceptual understanding, problem-solving, and mathematical reasoning, enabling students to build a strong foundation in numerical literacy. The Science standards encourage hands-on exploration, enabling students to inquire, investigate, and understand the natural world. Likewise, the Social Studies standards promote historical awareness, geographic knowledge, and civic participation, fostering informed and responsible citizens. By adhering to these standards, parents can ensure their children receive a balanced and enriching education that prepares them for future academic success and personal growth.
Example Lesson
Example Lesson
Lesson Plan: Exploring Addition with Virtual Manipulatives
Grade Level: 2nd Grade | Subject: Math
New York State Standards Addressed: Mathematics Standard 2.OA.1: Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one-step word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions.
Learning Objectives:
Students will understand and apply addition within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems.
Students will use drawings and equations to represent and solve addition situations.
Students will enhance their problem-solving skills through collaborative activities.
Technologies Utilized:
Google Meet (real-time class meeting)
Google Classroom (digital classroom platform)
Jamboard (Google's collaborative online whiteboard)
Introduction
The teacher and students log onto Google Meet to begin their lesson. The lesson begins with a greeting from the teacher and a review of the concept of addition as combining quantities to find a total. The teacher explains that students will use addition to solve different types of problems.
Activity 1 - Concrete Manipulatives
Using Jamboard, Google's collaborative online whiteboard, the teacher demonstrates an addition problem (e.g., 24 + 13) and then shows how to use concrete manipulatives to represent the numbers being added. The teacher involves students by having them suggest how many cubes to use for each number. Students are asked to then work with their own manipulatives at home to solve a few problems together.
Activity 2 - Interactive Story Problems
The teacher discusses the problem-solving steps: understanding the problem, identifying the numbers to be added, and solving using addition. Continuing to use Jamboard, students solve the problem using drawings and manipulatives and then share their solutions. The students work through more story problems that gradually increase in complexity.
Activity 3 - Equations and Symbols
The teacher introduces the concept of writing equations to represent addition problems (e.g., 15 + 9 = __) and demonstrates how to create equations based on the story problems discussed earlier. Students then practice writing equations on Jamboard.
Activity 4 - Worksheet Practice:
Students access a set of story problem worksheets through Google Classroom. They are instructed to complete the worksheet independently and reminded to use drawings and equations to represent their solutions.
Conclusion
The teacher reviews the key points of the lesson, including using drawings, manipulatives, and equations to solve addition problems. The teacher then asks students to share their experiences solving story problems. Students are assigned small homework tasks via Google Classroom, in which they are asked to create their own additional story problem for a family member to solve.
Extension
Students who demonstrate a strong grasp of addition concepts are provided with more challenging story problems that involve multi-step thinking and require critical thinking skills.
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