First math post

I found several interesting things in these readings. First off, I totally agree with Rosebery when he said, "Minority and working class children can succeed in school if classrooms are reorganized to give them the same advantages that middle class children always seem to have had; instruction that puts their knowledge at the heart of their learning." This makes so much sense, because of course a student will do better when their home life is Incorporated into the classroom like middle class students' lives are. It is not fair for teachers to expect the same results from these two groups of students when we treat them as though they are the exact same. Like Rosebery says, "Unlike children from lower class homes, children from middle class homes, where the funds of knowledge correspond nicely to those of school experience little discontinuity." We must incorporate funds of knowledge from all of our students, not only the middle class students. The second thing I found helpful and interesting was the Allsopp reading about why students with social needs have trouble with math. I made many silly mistakes in math as described in the article because I have ADHD. I would always skip over details, and this makes more sense looking back on it now. I found some useful tips for teaching math to students with social needs that I will incorporate into my future lessons. I will make sure to accommodate all my students by passing out worksheets, writing problems on the board while saying these problems out loud. I will also give my students helpful tips on remembering how to solve problems successfully. I really enjoyed all three of these readings because I got a lot of useful information on how to be a more effective teacher!