Sircus says he pushed the lesson still further. You ve measured and graphed up to 40 pennies. I was looking to see if they could extrapolate the line and its slope. That sort of threw them more than I thought it was going to throw them. Pudlewski adds that the age of the students involved may be the issue.
Abstraction is something they are just starting to develop.
Both Scherin and Pudlewski praise the threesome for their organization and team-teaching style. In addition to pulling together their portfolios, the GATE interns also have been job hunting. Although GATE does not require interns to make a formal commitment to teach after their internships, state law requires them to teach in Chicago for four years to earn a standard teaching certificate, which is good throughout the state. Though Golden Apple gives interns job leads, the interns must call principals and send out resumes themselves. They receive regular first-year teacher pay.