https://vimeo.com/45226355

The lesson is an example of practical in that there was hands on tactile learning, the teacher did not just stand at the front of a classroom with a chart and have the students skip count.  It was contextual in the fact that the students were able to share some of their teaching in the authentic environment.

The students were able to choose the coloured collection they wanted to count and the style they wanted to record it. This both helps with student engagement and representation. The teacher also briefly pretaught and included vocabulary like efficient to help promote learning.  The teacher taught through multiple media, using class instruction, smart board projection, hand on and worksheet. She did give explicit prompts for each step. For action, she walked around the classroom probing students to explain their work.

To support mathematical mindset she used immediate feedback.  The small group and larger group work help students both collaborate but also talk directly to each other.  The teacher was less of a full member of the math community but she did encourage discussion.  It was a fairly structured assignment but students were able to use and share the own methods on how they counted or got the answer they did.

This is an example of the quality I hope to emulate in my own teaching style. I know it will not be easy, and it will take time, but I do have the desire and energy to work toward this.