Thinkfinity

Thinkfinity **__Description__** For this assignment students were expected to use the thinkfinity website (www.thinkfinity.com) and find two lesson plans that they may be able to use in their classroom as part of one of their units that was being taught. The students were suppose to write a brief description of the thinkfinity lesson plan and a description of how this lesson can be used in a particular unit of study in the classroom.

**__Process__** Since I teach Special Education, I tried to tie down the lessons to one grade level. I decided to use 4th grade because I spend most of my time with those students. Once I was done deciding the grade level I then started thinking about my students and what they struggled with most. Most of my students struggle with writing good paragraphs and including the correct amount of information. Therefore I chose a writing assignemtn to help the students break down the information. The other thing that my students really struggle with are fractions and decimals so I decided to use a lesson on fraction and decimals. I would like to research more lesson plans for third grade and lessons that are more interactive for the students rather then just teaching the concept and then practicing. **__Reflection__** I didn't even know that this website really existed for people to use. I enjoyed going through some of the lessons and finding a lesson that fits to my students' needs. I find it hard to find lessons that are interactive for my students with using technology. The activities that I found were more interactive then the ones that I have used with the students and I find that helpful. I think that this website was helpful but not for some subjects. I struggled with finding lessons on fractions and decimals, there were only a few listed. I would have liked to have more lessons on mathematics. I found a lot of lessons on reading and w riting but not as much on math.

http://www.thinkfinity.org
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