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Fieldnotes
Date:02/15/2012
Lessonduration:10.00–11.00
Teacher’sName:Ms.“S”
Classroom:3rdgrade
Numberofstudents:22
‐ EIP: 3 students
‐ ESOL: 16 students
‐ Monitored: 3 students
Numberofstudentpresent:14
‐8female:7Latino,1white
‐6male:5Latino,1white
Materials:Individualwhiteboards,eraser,markers,SmartBoard,worksheets.
School:‐
Subject:Math
ClassType:Generalclassroom
Overviewofobservedclass:Duringthefirstphaseoftheclass,studentsaregoing
toworkincenters.Inthefirstcenter,studentswillputinpracticetheirMathskills
through the use of computer software to do calculus. In the second center, the
classroomteacherwillworkwithasmallgroupofchildrenonfractionsandrelated
Mathproblems.Inthesecondcenter,thestudentteacherwillalsoworkwithasmall
grouponfractions.Inthefourthcenter,theESOLteacherwillworkwithacoupleof
ESOL students on reading. In the second phase of the class, students will gather
togetheronthecarpetinfrontoftheSmartBoard(20min).Alltogetherwillsolve
Mathproblemsrelatedtofractions,decimalsandmoney(20min).Duringthethird
andlastphase,studentswillworkindividuallyonaMathworksheet.(15min)
Participants:This3rdgradeclassroomismadeupofonegeneralteacherandone
studentteacher.Theclassroomconsistsof22students,althoughduringthisperiod,
only14studentsarepresent.Theyallwearjeansandt‐shirtsofdifferentcolors.
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Classroom layout:The door ismade of wood. On the top of the door there is a
heading that says “Ms. S”. The students’ desks are situated in the middle of the
classroom.Thereare fourgroupsofdesks.Threeof thegroups include fivedesks
andoneofthemsevendesks.Thereisanindividualdeskforoneofthestudentsat
thebackoftheclassroom.ThechairslookattheSmartBoard.Therearealsothree
extratables;oneononecorneroftheclassroom,closetothewhiteboard;another
one on the left side, close to the reading center and a smaller table, next to the
reading center. Next to the door, on the wall, there are hangers for the kids’
backpacks.Onthewallstherearealsoprojectsdonebythekids,vocabulary,word
walls, calendars, days of the week, boards related to Math, posters, numbers,
standards they are currently working on, lists with the students’ names, a
whiteboardandaSmartBoard,amongothers.Theclassroomalsohasatechnology
centerwiththreecomputersnexttothehangers.Theteacher’sdeskissituatedon
the front, at one corner. It has all the necessary supplies for the classroom and
bookcases.Theclassroomconsistsofasink,too,whichissituatedatthebackinone
corner.
LanguageFeaturesinContentArea(seeFang&Schleppegrell,2008):
1. Whatistheproblemtobesolved?
‐ Questions
‐ Commands
‐ Conjuctions
2. LinguisticFeatures
‐ Technicalvocabulary
‐ Ellipsis
‐ References(demonstratives,pronouns)
‐ Beingprocesses
‐ Conjunctions
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PHASE1:Workingonlearningcenters(20min)
ST:StudentTeacher
MS:Ms.“S”(Generalteacher)
S:Student
Event1(5min)
Duringthisfirstphase,Ifocusonthecenterledbytheclassroomteacher,Ms.
“S”(MS).Fourstudentsparticipateinthiscenter:onewhiteboy,oneLatinoboyand
twoLatino girls. Each of themhas aworksheetwhere they areworking on some
problemsindividually.Atthesametime,theyarehavingasnack.Oncestudentsare
donewiththeproblemstheycallMSbysayinghernameorbyraisingtheirhandso
she can check the solution.MS has to call out some students to check if they are
done.
Then,MSshowsthestudents2picturesthatrepresentsomefractions:
S1:Wecando10/10torepresentawholeandthen,1/3forthesecondone.
MS:So…thisonerepresentsthispictureandthisonethisother?Howdowe
puteverythingtogether?
S1:Ifwesumthem…itis13/10.
MS:Thisisanimproperfraction.Thetopnumberisbiggerthanthenumber
onthebottom.Howcanwewriteit?
S2:1…and…3/10
MS:Yes.
S1:Soitcanbe5+5+3
MS:Good,whateveryoudotofigureout.Anotherwaywecanrepresentitis
13/10.Thisishowwewriteitasafraction:3/10‐13/10;
andthisisasanumber;0.3‐1.3
COMMENTS:MS introduces a new concept: “improper fraction”. She uses visuals to
activate students’ background knowledge about fractions and to present the new
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concept.Shedefinestheimproperfractionwhileshepointsoutatthefractiontohelp
studentsvisualizewhatsheisexplaining.
Event2(15min)
Thesamegroupofstudentsuses individualwhiteboardandaneraserto illustrate
andsolveMathproblems.
MS:Wearegoingtocontinueformyesterday.Canyoureadit?
MSshowsawhiteboardwhereaMathproblemiswritten.
S3:Ms.“S”has27pencils.Shegives2/9toherfriendEmilyand3/9toher
mom.HowmanypencilsdoesMs.“S”haveleft?
MS:OK,Iamnotgoingtohelpyouatall.
COMMENTS: According to Fang and Schleppegrell (2008), the question expression
“howmany”suggeststhattheanswertotheproblemwillinvolveaquantity.Thereis
also an ellipsis since the second sentence consists of two clauses that are linked by
“and”.Thesecondclauseismissingtheparticipantandtheprocess.Studentsneedto
beawareofthisinordertounderstandtheproblem.
Students work in the problem individually, they write circles and numbers to
represent the problem. One of the students claims to have the answer to the
problem.However,thisstudentonlyhasthefinalresultandnottheprocesstoget
thesolution.
MS(toS2):Whydoyouerase?
MS (looks at S1): You are on the correct path; when you subtract you
subtractthetopnumbers…
Theteacherpointsatthewhiteboard.Shehelpsthestudentstousetheirfingersto
visuallyshowhottosolvetheproblem.Allthestudentsusetheirfingerstosolvethe
problem.
MS(toS2):Ican’tseeyourthoughtprocesswhenyoueraseeverything(he
onlyhadthesolution)
MS:Howmanygroupsdowehavetodo?
S:9
MS:OK,howmanydoesmomreceive?
S:9
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MS:Good.
MS:Wearealmostdone…Iwill showyouonemoreandwewillbedone.
Wouldyouliketoreadit?
S1: Ms “F” brought 40 candy hearts. She gave 2/10 to Jimmy and James,
1/10 to Isabel and1/10 to Emily.Howmany candyhearts does she have
left?
MS:So JimmyandJamesaresharing2/10. Jimmyhas1/10andJameshas
1/10.
COMMENTS:MSclarifiestheproblems’data.Shemakessurethatstudentsunderstand
thatMs“F”gave2/10forbothofthemandnottoeachofthem.MSplaystheroleof
facilitator.Shedeconstructsthesentenceinordertofacilitatestudents’understanding
ofthedata.
Studentsstartworkingindividuallyintheproblem.Suddenlyaconversationcomes
upbetweenstudents.
S1:Howmanycirclesdidyouput?
S3:Ididn’tdocircles…Ididitimmediatelywithfractions.
S1:Youerasedthecircles…
MS: Letme seewhat you got… (Gets S3’s whiteboard). You forgot to give
candyheartstoEmily.
S3:Oh!Soitis…X
MSisgoingtoscaffoldthestudents’understandingoftheproblem.
MS:Howmanycandyheartsdidhestartwith?
S:Thereare40
MS:Idivideitin10groups.So40:10=4.Sothereare4candyheartsineach
group.(Sherepresentsitonthewhiteboardbydrawing40circlesandthen,
thefirst4circlescontainthenumber1,thenextfourcontainnumber2,etc.).
DoIhave10groupswith4candyheartsineachgroup?
S:Yes
…andsoon.
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MS:HowmanydoJimmyandJamesget?(Sherounds2groupsof4)
S:8
MS:AndIsabelandEmily?
S:8
MS:Howmanyareleft?Wecountinfours:4,8,12,16,20,24…24!Sothere
are 24 candyhearts left.We startwith a fraction. Thewhole is 10/10.We
takeaway2/10,1/10and1/10.Allthedenominatorsarethesamesowecan
subtract.Good,Iamconfident.
COMMENTS:MSshowsherexpertiseteachingMathsincesheisabletoutilizedifferent
strategies to scaffold students’ understanding of the problem. She models the
procedures to solve the problem properly on the whiteboard. She uses visuals to
support her explanations and she interactswith the students in order tomake sure
theyunderstandthenecessarystepstogettotherightresults.
PHASE2:PracticewiththeSmartBoard(20min)
All thestudentssitonthecarpet in frontof theSmartBoard. Inthisphase,
thestudent teacher is theonewho isgoingto leadthe instruction.She isgoingto
usetheSmartBoardtoshowsomeMathproblemsrelatedtomoneythataregoing
tobesolvedbythestudents.
ST: Now we are going to apply what we have learned about fractions to
money.Howmanydimesareinonedollar?
S:10
ST:Yes,Ineed10ofthistomakeadollar(shepointsatthedimeandatthe
dollarasshesaystheirnames).IfIhaveadime,howfractiondoIhave?(She
writesitdown
10
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ST:Whatisthemoneynumber?
S:0.10
ST:OK,wedonothaveacompletedollarsoweputa0beforethe10.
ST:IfIhave3dimes,whatfractionofadollardoIhave?Whocanhelpmeto
writeitismoneyform?
S:(Writes3/10,andthen$O.30)
ST:Goodjob
ST:Ihave$0.70,howmanydimesdoIhave?So…eachoneis10centssoifI
have70cents....10,10,10,10,10,10,10(showswithfingers)…Ihave7
dimes!Whocanwritethatisfraction?
S:(Writes7/10)
ST(toonestudent):Whatabout80cents?(Thestudentdoesnotanswer).
Weputthemoneyafterthe0.Lookattheotherexamples.
COMMENTS:Oneofthestudentsishavingsometroublewhensheisaskedaquestion.
Insteadofprovidingtheanswertothestudent,STisabletoguidethroughthe
necessarystepstosolvetheproblembyherself.
MSwassatonthecarpetinsilencebutnowsheasksaquestiontothestudents
aloud.Theyareworkingonanewexample.
MS:Whyisthedenominator10?
S:XXX
MS:Youareclosed
S2:XXX
MS:Youareclosed
S3:Becauseyouareusingtenstogetonedollar.
MS:Whatdoesthedenominatortellme?
SandMS:Thenumberofequalpiecesinthewhole.
1/10 =$0.10
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COMMENTS:MSencouragesherstudentstothinkcritically.Shealsoasksquestions
thatstudentsaresupposedtoknowinordertoactivetheirbackgroundknowledge.
Shehasalsousedproperlyonemathematicaltechnicalword(denominator)and
studentsareabletosuccessfullyidentifyitanddefineit.
PHASE3:Smallgroupworksheet(2min)
MSsaysthattheyaregoingtoworkontheworksheets.Everyonegetsupandgoes
tothenextstation.Someofthemgodirectlytotheirdeskstoworkindividually.A
groupoffivestudents,fourLatinoandonewhitegatheronasmallgroupinfrontof
theSmartBoardandareledbytheST.Theysitonthefloor.Iamgoingtofocuson
thisgroup.
ST:Wearegoingtoworkwithquarters.Whatisthefractionformfortwo
quarters?
S:2/4
Theyreviewacouplemorethings.
ST:Ifyouhavequestions,justraiseyourhand.
Studentsgetupandgototheirdesksinordertostartworkingontheworksheet.
PHASE4:Individualwork(15min)
MSplaysbackgroundmusicintheclassroom.Studentsareworking
individuallyonaworksheetwhereconceptssuchasmoneyform,fractionformand
wordformareincluded.MSandSTgoaroundtheclassroomansweringanytypeof
questionthatstudentscanhavewhilecompletingtheworksheet.
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Fieldnotes
Date:02/17/2012
Lessonduration:10.00–11.00
Teacher’sName:Ms.“S”
Classroom:3rdgrade
Numberofstudents:22
‐ EIP: 3 students
‐ ESOL: 16 students
‐ Monitored: 3 students
Numberofstudentpresent:14
‐8female:7Latino,1white
‐6male:5Latino,1white
Materials:Individualwhiteboards,eraser,markers,SmartBoard,worksheets.
School:‐
Subject:Math
ClassType:Generalclassroom
Overviewofobservedclass:Duringthefirstphaseoftheclass,studentsaregoing
toworkincenters.Inthefirstcenter,studentswillputinpracticetheirMathskills
through the use of computer software to do calculus. In the second center, the
classroomteacherwillworkwithasmallgroupofchildrenon fractions,additions
and subtractions of decimal numbers, and related Math problems. In the second
center,thestudentteacherwillalsoworkwithasmallgrouponfractions,additions
and subtractions of decimal numbers, and related Math problems. In the fourth
center,acoupleofstudentsreadand,onethefifthcenteracoupleofstudentswork
onthelaptops.Inthesecondphaseoftheclass,studentswillgathertogetheronthe
carpetinfrontoftheSmartBoard.AlltogetherwillsolveMathproblemsrelatedto
fractions,decimalsandmoney.Duringthethirdandlastphase,studentswillwork
individuallyonaMathworksheet.
Participants:This3rdgradeclassroomismadeupofonegeneralteacherandone
studentteacher.Theclassroomconsistsof22students,althoughduringthisperiod,
only14studentsarepresent.
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Classroom layout:The door ismade of wood. On the top of the door there is a
heading that says “Ms. S”. The students’ desks are situated in the middle of the
classroom.Thereare fourgroupsofdesks.Threeof thegroups include fivedesks
andoneofthemsevendesks.Thereisanindividualdeskforoneofthestudentsat
thebackoftheclassroom.ThechairslookattheSmartBoard.Therearealsothree
extratables;oneononecorneroftheclassroom,closetothewhiteboard;another
one on the left side, close to the reading center and a smaller table, next to the
reading center. Next to the door, on the wall, there are hangers for the kids’
backpacks.Onthewallstherearealsoprojectsdonebythekids,vocabulary,word
walls, calendars, days of the week, boards related to Math, posters, numbers,
standards they are currently working on, lists with the students’ names, a
whiteboardandaSmartBoard,amongothers.Theclassroomalsohasatechnology
centerwiththreecomputersnexttothehangers.Theteacher’sdeskissituatedon
the front, at one corner. It has all the necessary supplies for the classroom and
bookcases.Theclassroomconsistsofasink,too,whichissituatedatthebackinone
corner.
LanguageFeaturesinContentArea(seeFang&Schleppegrell,2008):
1. Whatistheproblemtobesolved?
‐ Questions
‐ Commands
‐ Conjuctions
2. LinguisticFeatures
‐ Technicalvocabulary
‐ Ellipsis
‐ References(demonstratives,pronouns)
‐ Beingprocesses
‐ Conjunctions
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PHASE1:Workingonlearningcenters(20min)
ST:StudentTeacher
MS:Ms.“S”(Generalteacher)
S:Student
MS“S”haslefttheclassroomsothegroupofstudentsIamfocusingonisaloneon
thecarpetthatisinfrontoftheSmartBoard.Thereare1Latinoboy,2Latinogirls
andawhiteboy.TheLatinostudentsaretalkinginSpanishinfrontofthewhiteboy.
S1(whiteboy):Didyouknowthatnobodyunderstandswhatyouaresaying?
After this comments the Latino students switched to English and the white boy
participatedintheconversation.
ItoldthemthatIcouldspeakinSpanishandoneofthegirlstestedme.
S2:Howdoyousayapple?
Me:Manzana
S2:Andboots?
Me:Botas
S2:Andpen?
Me:Pluma
S2andS3lookateachother.
S3:Sheisgood!
MSarrivestotheroomandshegivesoutwhiteboardstoeachofthestudents.
MS:OKlet’sreviewwhatMs“F”didyesterday.Let’sstartsimple.HowdoI
readthisnumber?(58.6)
S2:Fifty‐eightandsixtenths.
MS:Whatabout41.9?
S3:Forty‐oneandninetenths.
Next,MSwritesonherwhiteboardsthefollowingoperation:58.6+41.9=
MS:Howdoyoulineup58.6and41.9?
S1:Idon’tknow
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MS:Wedidthisyesterday.WhenIsaylineupImean:
58.6
41.9
S1: Ah! Like in the computers! Oh I know I remember! (He does the
operation)
MS:Correct!
S1:OhIsee!
COMMENTS:MSrepresentsvisuallytheconceptofliningupandthestudentisableto
remembertheprocedure.
MSwritesanewproblemonthewhiteboard
S1alignsthedotscorrectlyandsolvestheoperation.
MS:Good!
MS(toS1):Let’sdosomeborrowing.Howdoyoufeelaboutborrowings?
MS writes down a subtraction for S1. The student lies down while doing the
exercise.Theteacheristalkingtoanotherstudent.
MS:CanITake5from2?
S1:No
MS:So?
S1doesthechangeshehastodowhileMSpointsoutwhathehastopayattentionto
whenborrowing.
MSwritesaMathproblemonthewhiteboard.
MS:OK!Challenge!Couldyoureadit?
S2:HowmuchmoremoneydoJimmyandIsabelhavethanEmilyandJames?
Isabel $5.24
Emily $3.21
James $2.29
Jimmy $2.69
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MS:Thisisactuallyathree‐stepproblem.Whatwouldyoudofirst?
S2:Add
MS:Addwhat?
S2: $5.24 and $2.69 because it is the money that Isabel and Jimmy have
altogether. Then I will add $3.21 and $2.29 because it is what Emily and
Jameshavetogether,andthenIwillsubtract.
MS:Sothreesteps:1.WeneedtoknowhowmuchmoneyJimmyandIsabel
have. 2.We need to knowhowmuchmoney James and Emily have. 3.We
subtractonefromtheother.
S2:Iknowhowtodoeverythingtogether.
MS: Butweneed toknowhowmuchMOREmoney Jimmyand Isabelhave
thanEmilyandJames.
S2:Ihavetheanswer
S3:Metoo!
COMMENTS: MS guides the students towards the solution of the problem. She tells
themthe typeofproblemtheyareworkingonwhenshe says that it isa three step
problem.Throughthiscomment,studentsareableto internalizethemeaningofthis
conceptandrealizethattherearethreestepstheyhavetofollowinordertogettothe
right answer. One of the students explains the three steps and MS validates it by
repeatingit.MSalsoknowsthatthekeyconcept intheproblemis“muchmore”.For
thisreason,shestresses it inordertohelpthestudentsrealizewhattheyhavetodo
next.
S1showsthefinalanswertoMS.
MS:OKbutwehavethreesteps.Weneedtofigureoutthreesteps.
S4:Ihavetheanswer
MSchecksS4’sanswer.
MS:Good
MScheckS1’swhiteboard.Heonlyhas2steps.
S1:NowIneedtoknowhowmuchmoneytheyhave?
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Hedoestheoperationmentally.Hedoesitwellbutthefinalresult isnottheright
one.Oneofthepreviousstepsiswrong.Hetriesagain.
MSchecksS2’swhiteboard.Shehasnotfinishedbutshehassomewrongdata.She
hasactuallyaddinsteadofsubtractbecauseshehasreadmuchMORE.
MS:S2iswrong,let’shelpherout.Jimmywhatdidyoudo?
S4:Subtractattheend.
MS:Why?
S4:Muchmore
MS:Yes,whenwehavemuchmoreitmeansthatwearegoingtocompareor
contrastsomething.Butthatisinthelaststep.
Timeisup,theytidyup.
COMMENTS:MSexplainsagaintheconceptof“muchmore”tomakesurethatallthe
studentsknowwhattheyhavetodowhentheyseeit.
PHASE2:PracticewiththeSmartBoard(20min)
All thestudentssitonthecarpet in frontof theSmartBoard. Inthisphase,
thestudent teacher is theonewho isgoingto leadthe instruction.She isgoingto
usetheSmartBoardtoshowsomeMathproblemsrelatedtomoneythataregoing
tobesolvedbythestudents.
ST:Canyoutellmesomethingyouknowaboutdecimalssofar?
S1:Fractions
S2:Separatenumbers
S3:Wecansubtract
ST:Whatdowedotosubtract?
S4:Welinethemup
S4:Money
ST:Wearegoingtodosomereviewandthenwewillworkonaworksheet.
Whocancomehereanddrawapicturetomakeseventenths?
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S4drawsseventenths
ST:Howmanypiecesdidhedraw?
S:10
ST:10equalpieces.Good
Afterwards a couple of students write the decimal (0.7) and the fraction form
(7/10).
ST:So,allofthismeansseventenths.Doyouallseethis?
Next,theymovetoaMathproblem.STreadstheproblem.
ST:Maryhas$40.00.Shegoestothemallandshespends$23.89onat‐shirt.
HowmuchmoneydoesMaryhaveleft?
ST:Whatdowehavetodo?
S:Subtract
ST:Why?
S:Spends
STunderlinestheword“spends”.
ST:Sowehavedecimals.Remembertolinethemupeverytimeyouneedto
addorsubtract.
COMMENTS: ST underlines the key word in the problem “spends” to help students
visualizewhattheyhavetodonextandthinkaboutwhatthisverbmeansinMath.
S2goestotheSmartBoardandsolvestheproblem.
ST:Good,S2.
ST:Howcanwecheck?
S:Adding$23.89and$16.11
ST:Let’sseeofitequals$40
Theresultiscorrect.
ST:Doesitmakesense?Whenyougetananswer,youcanalwayscheckitby
adding.
COMMENTS:STprovidesstudentswithastrategytojustifyiftheoperationwassolved
correctly.Shemodelstheprocedure.
Theymovetothenextproblem.
ST(toS4):Whatdigitisinthetens’place?(10.6)
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S4doesnotsayanything
ST:whatdigit?The1?the0?the6?
S4:The6
ST:Howwouldyousaythatnumber?
S:Tenandsixtenths
ST:Everytimeyouseeadot,youhavetosayAND.Good
COMMENTS:Sincethestudentdoesnotknowtheconceptofdigit,STprovidessome
options of a digit in order to help the students understand this word by
contextualization.STalsoputsmorestressin“and”toshowtheimportanceofusingit
whenreadingdecimals.
Theymovetothenextproblem.
ST:Ms“C”has$10.78.Ms“F”givesher$5.50.HowmuchmoneydoesMs“C”
havenow?Whatdowedo?
S5:Add.
ST:Why
S5:Gives
ST: OK, so first we put $10.78 and then $5.50. (Shewrites one under the
otherbuttheyarenotlinedup)
S:Itiswrongbecausefirstwehavetolineup.
ST:OK(Shelinesupthenumbers)
COMMENTS: ST underlines the key word in the problem “gives” to help students
visualizewhattheyhavetodonextandthinkaboutwhatthisverbmeansinMath.
STmodelsatypicalmistakethatstudentsusuallymakeinordertoshowwhattheydo
nothavetodo.StudentsrealizeandtellSTwhattodo.STvalidatestheirresponseby
saying“OK”.
Astudentsolvestheproblemandtheymovetothenextone.
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ST:Whatisthefraction?
S6:4/10
ST:Good.Because…howmanyareshaded?
S:4
ST:Andasawhole?
S:10
ST:Good
Phase3:Workingindividuallyonaworksheet(15min)
Studentsworkindividually.MSgivesoutfolderstoavoidcopyingeachother.