Hey everyone, I had the opportunity to observe Pamela, and her year 9 student in maths.

Firstly, Pamela immediately showcased a positive and fun bond with her student, sharing laughs and relating over various experiences in various topics with maths. This was able to pave the way for an engaging lesson, leading to further collaboration and understanding from her student.

Pamela started the lesson by going through mixed numerals and fractions. Pamela was able to convey the importance of understanding how fractions worked when it came to multiplication and division, showcasing the multiplication process, and how you can multiply fractions that are being divided by reciprocating the latter fraction.

Pamela was also able to demonstrate how simplifying fractions worked, highlighting how to find common factors and divide both the numerator and the denominator to result the simplest possible fraction.

They also worked through algebraic equations, going through the syntax of algebraic expressions such as expressing powers and multiplications. After building this basis, they were able to go through factorising and simplifying, with Pamela once again expressing how to find common factors in order to factorise expressions.

Building on simplifying, Pamela was able to briefly add unit conversions into work problems, demonstrating how to convert from various units of measurement and then applying such conversions to algebraic questions. She was also able to apply such conversions to various other day forms of life, such as converting dollars and cents.

Overall, Pamela showcased exceptional explanation abilities and was able to resonate with her student and have a positive bond to keep the lesson engaging. I will look to implement how Pamela was able to teach various topics and correlate them between each other.

Daniel Rulli