McKenzie+Kay

//**My name is McKenzie Kay, and I am from Greenville, South Carolina. My family moved to Lake Keowee in Seneca two years ago. I have am the oldest of three children; my sister is 16 years old and my brother is 10 years old. I am a senior at Clemson University majoring in Special Education. I haven't chosen a grade level, but I hope to teach in a self-contained setting after graduating in May.**//

//**I believe it is important for new teachers to enter the field with a solid understanding of how technology can be used in the classroom. Right now, my technology skills are very limited. I hope to learn new skills that I can use to engage students when student teaching next semester and throughout my teaching career. I plan to stay up to date with changes in technology, so I can offer my students creative, efficient, and effective instructional methods.**//



I am going to use the first manipulative when teaching a lesson on congruent triangles. I can model how to connect segments to create a congruent triangle, and then allow students who are working quietly to try the manipulative on their own. The second manipulative can be used to teach basic algebra. Many of the students in my placement struggle to understand the "big picture" of algebra. They get bogged down in the steps and procedures and forget what they are solving for, so this manipulative could give them a different perspective of an algebraic equation.



