Blog 21: Independent Component 2

Literal:

1. I, Alex Ayala, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
2. There are many sources that can verify my 30 hours. The first is Mr. Ogden, who signed off my hours for whenever I tutored students in the Senior class. The second is Mr. Estrada, who allowed me to watch him teach his class on fourth block, usually on Mondays and Wednesdays. The final, whom I have received the most hours from, is Eddy Silva. She monitored the hours that I tutored underclassman.
3. Independent Component 2 Log
4. Like I said for then second question for the Literal, I did a variety of things in my Independent Component 2. I went to Mr. Estrada's class usually every Monday and Wednesday to watch him teach his class. Since I was not here when he became the Freshman math teacher, it was a new experience. Aside from seeing a different teaching style, I also received new activities that are based off of Common Core. I only tutored once for the Senior class, and it was helping a student with their Aleks. I received the most hours from tutoring 2 students, one being a sophomore and the other being a freshman. The sophomore, Brian Arteaga, asks for help with Geometry and Science, while the Freshman, Jayson McIsaac, asks for help with Algebra and Spanish. Jayson was a newer student, so he has not improved as much as Brian did. In the beginning, Brian did not seem like he wanted assistance, but now he constantly asks for help if he is unsure of his answers.

Interpretive:

Mr. Estrada, Common Core Activity, Tutoring Senior Students

Applied:
Watching Mr. Estrada teach helped me realize how important it is to connect mathematics to real life, which is my third answer. The Common Core Performance Task is a great example of this. It asks for the students to find the most profitable way to produce a combination of breads and batches of cookies. Not only that, but is ask for the students to provide evidence of their answer, as well as evidence to disprove other answers. Tutoring students that are Seniors and underclassman helped with my first answer, which is knowing the right teaching steps (Conceptual Understanding, Problem Solving, and Procedural Fluency). If the students were having trouble, I would run through these steps until they got the hang of the subject. At the beginning I did not really use this strategy, I would only answer questions about problems and show them techniques that I previously learned. Now I use it because it ensures that similar problems will be understood.

Individual Blog Post #8

This is a picture of one of the students from the Senior class who I helped with her Aleks. I helped her with some algebra processes.

Individual Blog Post #7

This is the assignment that Mr. Estrada handed out to the students. It involves finding out how many batches of cookies and how many loafs of bread will be the most profitable for the baker. What is interesting is that even though it has an exact answer, the "performance task" asks students to provide evidence, such as charts, tables, graphs, and illustrations.

Individual Blog Post #6

In this picture, Mr. Estrada explains to the students an assignment that comes from Common Core. Although it was designed by Mr. Estrada, the assignment is known as a Performance Task.