Rich Activity Reflection

I learned a lot from doing the rich activity lesson. You have to consider many different things while picking a rich activity. A lot of planning is involved in order for the lesson to be successful. A rich activity needs to include higher level cognitive demand, meaning you need to really get students minds moving. We actually had a little trouble picking a rich activity we wanted to present to the class. We finally decided on a great problem we could do, but we weren't too sure if it could be solved with more than one strategy. After really reviewing the problem, we found out we could solve the problem on paper using guess and check and also using manipulatives. Our group then came up with questions we could ask students throughout the lesson. It was hard to come up with questions that would help students but would not give them the right answer. We want to guide students in the right direction, but it is important to not just hand them the right answer. I believe that our presentation went well. We didn't have many people in the class, so we could not use the scribe. The students did work very hard and one group eventually came up with the right answer and could explain the steps they took to solve the problem. We do need to work on asking questions throughout the presentation and not just at the end. Other than that, I believe we did a great job and this project was very beneficial.