Agenda+and+Assignments


 * EDU 361 Methods for Teaching Secondary/Middle Mathematics **

//**A Work in Progress (WIP) Check Back Often**//


 * **--Session--** || **--What We Will Do in Class--** || **--What You Need To Have Done Before Coming to Class--** ||
 * || Module 1 ||  ||
 * ** 9/1 **
 * Thurs. ** || # Live application of math activity--Real World Math (Stairs)
 * 1) [|KWL]
 * 2) introduction - syllabus
 * 3) philosophy statement (500-600 words) Pre
 * 4) History of Seymour Papert ||   ||
 * **9/6**
 * Tues.** || # "a gift"
 * 1) Treasure Hunt
 * 2) what are all the standards?
 * 3) apply for unit group: conceptual category (Algebra, Geometry, or Statistics and Probability)
 * 4) start search for your math journal tool (here's a [|resource] to get you started), post philosophy statement || * **Due**: acquire all required items: textbooks, reading books, NCTM membership, digital "Making It Happen" document from NCTM
 * **Due**: upload philosophy statement (pre) to artifacts wiki
 * **Due**: complete two surveys ([|tech survey]; information survey)
 * **Bring**: laptop to class

WIP: after you finish your philosophy statement, start reading //A Mathematician's Lament// ||
 * **9/8**
 * Thurs.** || # educational origami Web site as a resource
 * 1) take the [|Radical Equations survey] for forming "Chapter Chat" groups
 * 2) iTunesU -- how to find your TPACK and SAMR assignment
 * 3) announce unit groups if not done on Tues; work with teams to select domains and clusters for your unit, start scope and sequence, start developing Stage 1 as a team for the 3 units (using Google docs)
 * 4) Math Land - Logo
 * 5) download [|MicroWorlds]free trial || * **Due**: finalize your Web 2.0 tool selection for your math journal, start your account, post the link to the artifacts wiki, post your "pre" philosophy statement as your first entry (add an introductory statement that explains what a "pre" philosophy statement is)
 * **Optional**: Here is the answer key to last class's treasure hunt:[[file:edu361fall11/CCSS_Treasure_Hunt-Math-Key.pdf| CCSS_Treasure_Hunt-Math-Key.pdf]]
 * **Be Aware**: Spring 2012 Student Teaching Interview Sign up meeting dates have changed.

WIP: read //A Mathematician's Lament// ||
 * **9/13**
 * Tues.** || # you are Dr. Ruben [[file:TPCK_SAMR_OER_Algebra.pdf]] - discuss TPACK and SAMR
 * 1) Modeling CCSS page 72-73
 * 2) introduce Technology Demonstration
 * 3) technology tools for your content area
 * 4) team feedback on Stage 1s
 * 5) start today's math journal entry--//A Mathematician's Lament:// If "school has been cheating us out of our most fascinating and imaginative art form for centuries", how will you stop the cheating? What are your worries about the cheating? (250-300 words) || * **Due:** watch/listen to "TPACK and SAMR: Models for Enhancing Technology Integration" by Dr. Ruben Puentedura (Provider: Maine Department of Education) in iTunesU; be prepared to discuss this in class
 * **Due**: finish reading //A Mathematician's Lament//
 * **Due**: Stage 1 first draft of your individual unit, bring hard copy and post URL on Artifacts page. ||
 * **9/15**
 * Thurs.** || # presentation by Larry Ronco
 * 1) follow up to //A Mathematician's Lament//
 * 2) you know your students in middle and high school have been "cheated" for years, so what's the impact on your class? and what are you going to do about it?
 * 3) class feedback on technology demonstration rubric
 * 4) introduction to //Number Theory// book and presentations; work with your team to pick your chapter--each team member will individually present a chapter so that all chapters are covered (Geometry: chapters 1, 7, 9; Algebra: chapters 4, 5, 6; Statistics and Probability: chapters 2, 3, 8)
 * 5) pre-requiste skills as a part of assessment; data-informed teaching
 * 6) review of Stage 2: Assessment - Formative (pre-requiste skills, self, peer, teacher feedback), Summative
 * 7) brainstorm assessments for your unit with your teammates || * **Due**: finish math journal entry on //A Mathematician's Lament// (before you start reading //Radical Equations//)

WIP: start reading //Radical Equations//, Part One (chapters 1-3) ||
 * || Module 2 ||  ||
 * **9/20**
 * Tues.** || # work session to finalize Technology Demonstration
 * 1) "Making It Happen: A Guide to Interpreting and Implementing Common Core State Standards for Mathematics" by NCTM (you bought this, check it out, go to the Appendices for HS Math - Examples of Modeling)
 * 2) Smartboard? Do you want to use it? want to practice?
 * 3) do you want to assign any homework? (e.g., download software or read something) let us know early so we can put it on the wiki
 * 4) discuss Preface and Intro of //Number Theory// and how this book applies to middle and high school
 * 5) work session #2 Q&A on Number Theory Presentations
 * 6) discuss Chapter Chats and work in progress. || * **Due**: finish reading //Radical Equations//, Part One (chapters 1-3)
 * **Due**: Stage 1--final version
 * **Due**: Read Preface and Introduction to //Number Theory//
 * Methods Reading Groups meet the week of 9/26. Use a study room in the Ed Ctr. Radical Equations[[file:CHAPTER CHATSŠ.docx]][[file:RadicalTeamsv2.xlsx]]
 * Bring to class any materials needed for your work session in class today

WIP: Technology Demonstration with your team WIP: //Number Theory// Presentation (individual) WIP: Stage 2 WIP: read //Radical Equations//, Part One (chapters 1-3) ||
 * **9/22**
 * Thurs.** || # introduction to //Concept-Rich Mathematics Instruction// -- readings and responses are spread out, look ahead, feel free to work ahead; if you have a different writing prompt you'd like to try, talk to us
 * 1) class feedback on //Number Theory// presentation rubric
 * 2) Stage 2 [|Assessment]
 * 3) Hand Back Stage 1
 * 4) work session
 * 5) read the [|research about the power of writing in the math curriculum], explore resources as possibilities for your unit/lessons
 * 6) start today's math journal entry--what were your initial reactions to the article on the power of writing in the math curriculum (positive, negative, personal, . . . how would you do it?)
 * 7) Stage 1 Revisions
 * 8) Stage 2
 * 9) //Number Theory// Presentation
 * 10) exit ticket || Bring any materials for the work session (Stage 2, //Number Theory// Presentation)

WIP: Technology Demonstration with your team WIP: //Number Theory// Presentation (individual)

WIP: Stage 2 WIP: read //Radical Equations//, Part One (chapters 1-3) || > > > >
 * **9/27**
 * Tues.** || # discussion/sharing of thoughts on the power of writing in the math classroom
 * 1) professional conversation with professors re NCTM
 * 2) team feedback on Stage 2s
 * 3) Dr. Grace focus: Formative & Summative Assessment
 * 4) Dr. Theresa focus: GRASPS & Task Summary
 * 5) colleague focus: rubrics--loopholes, grammar, overlap, . ..
 * 6) discuss designing an effective exam
 * 7) more about Real World Math and HOOKS || * **Due:** //Radical Equations//, Part One (chapters 1-3)
 * **Due**: Stage 2 draft for your individual unit
 * **Due**: Stage 1 revisions
 * **Due**: Finish math journal entry with your initial reactions to the article on the power of writing in the math curriculum
 * **Read**: One of the two articles on designing an effective exam
 * Complete [|interactive whiteboard pre-assessment] by 2:00 pm Wed. 9/28

WIP: Technology Demonstration with your team WIP: //Number Theory// Presentation (individual) ||
 * **9/29**
 * Thurs.** || # Discuss the five components of Concept-Rich Instruction
 * 1) read the article on the use of manipulatives in high school--when do students outgrow them, when do they need them?
 * 2) hand out "Instructional Models and Strategies"
 * 3) work session:
 * 4) Manipulatives (go to above link)
 * 5) Citing articles/books/sources in Math Journal (Mathematician Lament, The Power of Writing)
 * 6) Rubrics for performance task - Permission, citing, etc...
 * 7) add prerequisite skills to your Stage 1
 * 8) time with your team on your Technology Demonstration || * **Due**: read //Concept-Rich Mathematics Instruction// Chapters 1 & 2//--//complete math journal entries related to this: 1. What memories from your K-12 learning experiences were brought to your mind as you read chapter 1? 2. Pick one of the Five Components of Concept-Rich Instruction. Unpack it. Explain it in your own words. What scares you / what excites you about this component in your teaching? Now briefly explain how this component fits in with the other four components.

WIP: Technology Demonstration with your team WIP: //Number Theory// Presentation (individual) ||
 * **10/4**
 * Tues.** || # Algebra Technology Demonstration
 * 1) look at lesson plan and rubric
 * 2) work session on part 1 of Lesson 1
 * 3) list pre-requiste skills incorporated as part of [|Standard 3]
 * 4) include pre-assessment and strategies for those without pre-requisite skills
 * 5) what to do when pre-assessment shows that they already know it?
 * 6) identify [|SAMR] of the technology you're using
 * 7) identify instructional  model being used
 * 8) [[file:edu361fall11/Checking for Understanding Strategies.pdf|Checking for Understanding Strategies]] during instruction
 * 9) Response to Intervention
 * 10) Extensions - [|Tiering], gifted students, students who already know this lesson's content. More Tiering resources
 * 11) add these to your resource library || * **Due**: Algebra Technology Demonstration
 * **Due**: Stage 2--final version
 * **Add:** prerequisite skills to your Stage 1 (State them after the Established Goals)
 * **Due:** Probability and Geometry teams only: Explore //The Art of Motivating Students for Mathematics Instruction--//complete math journal entry: Thinking about your unit, which hooks do you think will be effective for you as a teacher and for the content of your lessons? Why?
 * **Due**: Read "Instructional Models and Strategies"

WIP: Technology Demonstration with your team WIP: //Number Theory// Presentation (individual) ||
 * **10/6**
 * Thurs.** || # //Number Theory// Presentation for Chapter 1 - Christina
 * 1) //Number Theory// Presentation for Chapter 2 - Jordan
 * 2) Brief Introduction to Middle School Presentation || * **Due**: //Number Theory// Presentations for Chapters 1 and 2
 * **Due**: Everybody except today's //Number Theory// presenters: read //Concept-Rich Mathematics Instruction// Chapters 3 and 4//--//complete math journal entries related to this. 3. Which misconceptions do you anticipate will happen in your unit and which Instructional Principle for Conceptual Remediation will help you address that? 4. How do you see yourself using The Problem-Solving Process? ||
 * **10/11**
 * Tues.** || # Geometry Technology Demonstration
 * 1) [|ten minute challenge]
 * 2) how to find good resources (don't reinvent the wheel)
 * 3) textbook selection evaluation process
 * 4) evaluating software packages
 * 5) modify/personalize great resources intended for other audiences (take an elementary school manipulative and use it in geometry; take a college-level activity and modify it for high school)
 * 6) Dan Meyer--what did you think? what kind of resources does he provide?
 * 7) work session on part 2 of Lesson 1
 * 8) teaching and learning sequence
 * 9) Hook: //The Art of Motivating Students for Mathematics Instruction//
 * 10) instructional models
 * 11) [|NCTM's Process Standards] and CCSS Mathematical Practices
 * 12) What's the purpose of homework? Handout
 * 13) [|Standards for Certification] || * **Due**: Geometry Technology Demonstration
 * **Due**: please download and install Google SketchUp on your laptop before class
 * **Due:** Algebra team only: Explore //The Art of Motivating Students for Mathematics Instruction////--//complete math journal entry: Thinking about your unit, which hooks do you think will be effective for you as a teacher and for the content of your lessons? Why?
 * **Due:** Have Part I of Lesson I complete so that you can build Part 2 today in class.
 * **View:**[| Math class needs a makeover] by Dan Meyer; then check out his [|blog]

WIP: Read //Radical Equations//, chapter 4, 5, and 6 ||
 * **10/13**
 * Thurs.** || # //Number Theory// Presentation for Chapter 3 - Brian
 * 1) //Number Theory// Presentation for Chapter 4 - MyKayla
 * 2) introduction to Digital Teacher's Manual and develop a checklist
 * 3) web 2.0 [|portfolio tools] as options || * **Due**: //Number Theory// Presentations for Chapters 3 and 4
 * **Due**: //Number Theory// presenters for Chapters 1 & 2: read //Concept-Rich Mathematics Instruction// Chapters 3 and 4//--//complete math journal entries related to this. 3. Which misconceptions do you anticipate will happen in your unit and which Instructional Principle for Conceptual Remediation will help you address that? 4. How do you see yourself using The Problem-Solving Process?
 * **Read:** handout on homework

WIP: Lesson 1 WIP: Read //Radical Equations//, chapter 4, 5, and 6 ||
 * **10/18**
 * Tues.** || # Probability Technology Demonstration
 * 1) feedback on Lesson 1 (include a conversation on TPACK)
 * 2) work session part 1 for Lesson 2
 * 3) NCTM
 * 4) [|Lessons and Resources]
 * 5) [|Lessons]
 * 6) [|Activities]
 * 7) [|Standards and Examples]
 * 8) [|Resources Online]
 * 9) Stage 2 revisions
 * 10) start today's math journal entry -- find a research-based article (from a print source) about the positive reasons for using graphing calculators in the classroom; include a summary of the research in a letter to a parent who has asked you why they should spend $100 on a tool that only lets their child cheat in math class. || * **Due**: read //Radical Equations//, chapter 4, 5 & 6
 * Methods Reading Groups meet the week of 10/24
 * **Due**: Probability Technology Demonstration
 * **Due**: Lesson 1
 * **Bring:** Revisions for stage 2 and rubrics - also bring your orange scored rubric. ||
 * **10/20**
 * Thurs.** || # Skype Session from [|NCTM Regional Conference] 12:00-12:30//[[file:Atlantic_City_Program_Book.pdf]] Brian, Ethan, Christina, Zack, Sarah, and Brittany.// || * **Due**: math journal entry on graphing calculators

WIP: Read //Radical Equations//, chapter 4, 5, and 6 ||
 * **10/25**
 * Tues.** || # //Number Theory// Presentation for Chapter 5 - Ethan
 * 1) H A P P Y _ T I N K E R _ D A Y ! !
 * 2) NCTM Conference Sharing
 * 3) Discuss Misconceptions, Problem Solving
 * 4) Create a PDF file for each lesson as a continuous document.
 * 5) work session
 * 6) Debrief Lesson 1 with NCTM participate
 * 7) part 2 for Lesson 2
 * 8) start today's math journal entry - Reflect on your experiences with gifted students in a math classroom || * **Due**: //Number Theory// Presentations for Chapter 5
 * **Due**: read //Concept-Rich Mathematics Instruction// Chapters 5, Afterword and Appendices//--//complete math journal entry related to this: 5. What new strategies did you find in this chapter? Do you think they'll work for you? Why? Afterword and Appendix 1: Look back at your response for chapter 2. How do the teacher activities in the Component you wrote about relate to your unit? Appendix 2: How does this appendix relate to your unit and to the CCSS?

WIP: Read //Radical Equations//, chapter 7, 8, Appendix: "The Mathematics of Trips" and the Acknowledgments ||
 * **10/27**
 * Thurs.** || # //Number Theory// Presentation for Chapter 6 - Sarah
 * 1) //Number Theory// Presentation for Chapter 7 - Zack
 * 2) Lesson Plans.... || * **Due**: //Number Theory// Presentations for Chapters 6 and 7
 * **Due**: math journal entry - Reflect on your experiences with gifted students in a math classroom

WIP: Lesson 2 WIP: Read //Radical Equations//, chapter 7, 8, Appendix: "The Mathematics of Trips" and the Acknowledgments ||
 * || Module 3 ||  ||
 * **11/1**
 * Tues.** || # //Number Theory// Presentation for Chapter 8 - Scott
 * 1) Digital Teacher's Manual-- finish checklist
 * 2) Resource - [|Making Checklist]
 * 3) develop common feedback form for middle school participants to fill out after each presentation
 * 4) work session for Middle School Presentation
 * 5) Geogebra version on MLTI laptops: 3.2.46
 * 6) Google SketchUp: still checking on laptops; we have PC lab on reserve if needed but will need to install SketchUp before we start || * **Due**: //Number Theory// Presentations for Chapters 8
 * **Due**: Lesson 2

WIP: Read //Radical Equations//, chapter 7, 8, Appendix: "The Mathematics of Trips" and the Acknowledgments WIP: Middle School Presentation ||
 * **11/3**
 * Thurs.** || # //Number Theory// Presentation for Chapter 9 - Brittany
 * 1) "there's [|an app] for that" [|Apps in Education]
 * 2) work session for Middle School Presentation
 * 3) Algebra team needs to show us feedback forms that your team developed for middle schoolers to fill out after your presentation
 * 4) start today's math journal entry: What do you see as the differences between teaching middle school and teaching high school? || * **Due**: //Number Theory// Presentations for Chapters 9
 * **Bring**: if you have an iPod Touch, iPhone, Android phone, iPad, . . . bring it to class today

WIP: Read //Radical Equations//, chapter 7, 8, Appendix: "The Mathematics of Trips" and the Acknowledgments WIP: Middle School Presentation ||
 * **11/8**
 * Tues.** || # work session
 * 1) Geometry & Statistics/Probability teams needs to show us feedback forms that your team developed for middle schoolers to fill out after your presentation
 * 2) everyone help presenting team with room set up
 * 3) Middle School Presentation #1 Algebra Team || * **Due**: Lesson 3
 * **Due**: Middle School Presentation #1 Algebra Team
 * **Due**: math journal entry on the differences between teaching middle school and teaching high school

WIP: Read //Radical Equations//, chapter 7, 8, Appendix: "The Mathematics of Trips" and the Acknowledgments WIP: Middle School Presentation ||
 * **11/10**
 * Thurs.** || # working with scripted curriculum / pacing guides
 * 1) work session (parts 1 and 2) for Lesson 4 (and 5, 6?)
 * 2) start today's math journal entry: Based on your math journal experience this semester and the various readings, reflect on the power of writing in the classroom and how you will use it in your math classroom: what worked well for you, what pitfalls do you want to avoid, what will work well for students who have different learning styles than you, . . . (NOTE: you have two weeks to finish it, but it's due the same week as a final entry on Radical Equations) || * **Due**: read //Radical Equations// chapters 7, 8, Appendix: "The Mathematics of Trips" and the Acknowledgments
 * Methods Reading Groups meet the week of 11/14

WIP: Middle School Presentation ||
 * **11/15**
 * Tues.** || # Conversations (advice and learning) MSP #1 team
 * 1) everyone help presenting team with room set up
 * 2) Middle School Presentation #2 Geometry Team || * **Due**: clean up your Lesson 1 & 2 for final scoring - Let us know when they are ready.
 * **Due**: Middle School Presentation #2 Geometry
 * **Due:** Algebra and Statistics Teams turn in Lesson 4

WIP: Lessons 5, 6 WIP: Middle School Presentation ||
 * **11/17**
 * Thurs.** || # Conversations (advice and learning) MSP #2 team
 * 1) Lesson 6 Update
 * 2) everyone help presenting team with room set up
 * 3) Middle School Presentation #3 Statistics and Probability Team || * **Due**: Middle School Presentation #3 Statistics and Probability Team
 * **Due:** Geometry Team turn in Lesson 4

WIP: Lessons 5, 6 || //Thurs.// || Happy Thanksgiving ||  ||
 * **11/21**
 * Mon.** || # //Radical Equations// Summit - Monday 11/21 11:30-1:00 @ The Landing. || WIP: Lessons 5, 6 ||
 * //11/24//
 * **11/29**
 * Tues.** || # Real World Math
 * 1) Conversations (advice and learning) MSP #3 team
 * 2) [|Learning Contracts]
 * 3) [|an English teacher's reflection on TPACK and mathematics]
 * 4) [|Maine Department of Education]
 * 5) Philosophy Statement (500-600 words) Post
 * 6) making a [|tagxedo] of your post philosophy statement
 * 7) last day 12/8
 * 8) work session: decide on your tool for Digital Teacher's Manual; start your manual and/or work on your philosophy statement || * **Due**: clean up your Lesson 3 & 4 for final scoring - Let us know when they are ready.
 * **Due**: Lessons 5 & 6
 * **Due**: Based on your math journal experience this semester and the various readings, reflect on the power of writing in the classroom and how you will use it in your math classroom: what worked well for you, what pitfalls do you want to avoid, what will work well for students who have different learning styles than you, . ..

WIP: Philosophy Statement (500-600 words) Post ||
 * **12/1**
 * Thurs.** || # Real World Math
 * 1) Radical Equation Conversation/Wrap Up
 * 2) PDF Unit - Stage 1, 2 and lessons w/handouts (beware of size - max 10MB for wiki) - name structure of file
 * 3) Rational Statement on the Ten Teacher Standards for Initial Certification - remove from your lessons and pdf each of your lessons with handouts.
 * 4) sign up for Exit Interviews--what's expected
 * 5) work session on Digital Teacher's Manual || * **Due**: //Radical Equation// - Create your own prompt and post both the prompt and the reflection in your math journal
 * //NOTE//: We will re-score your lessons 1-4 after you "clean them up" but you must send an email letting us know that they are ready for re-scoring.

WIP: Digital Teacher's Manual WIP: Philosophy Statement (500-600 words) Post ||
 * **12/6**
 * Tues.** || # [|iBand]
 * 1) Upload to TK20 - one of your lesson (no handouts necessary)
 * 2) Real World Math
 * 3) Humor article
 * 4) Four Tours of Digital Teacher's Manual
 * 5) Teacher Work Sample TWS [[file:Teacher Work Sample TWS.pdf]]
 * 6) [|Contextual Factors Analysis] (CFA) [[file:LeAnneCFAofMBMS.pdf]]
 * 7) the fine print
 * 8) Standards Portfolio Samples || * **Due**: Digital Teacher's Manual - Post link on wiki artifact page
 * **Due**: clean up your Lessons 5 & 6 for final scoring. Make sure all your lessons are updated at this time before you create your PDF file of your unit.
 * **Due**: PDF of unit (Stage 1, 2, lessons and handouts) Email to Dr Theresa by Monday 12/5 at noon.

WIP: Philosophy Statement (500-600 words) Post || > Sharing Philosophy Statements Pre/Post Mon. & Tues. || # Exit Interviews/UMF Evaluation Forms
 * **12/8**
 * Thurs.** || # Real World Math
 * 1) Celebration || * **Due**: Philosophy Statement (500-600 words) Post
 * **Due**: Complete [|tech survey][| KWL] ||
 * 12/12 and 12/13

1:00 - Scott 2:00 - Zack 3:30 - Jordan
 * Friday 12/9**

9:00 -Christina 10:00 -MyKayla 11:00 - Ethan 1:00 - Brian 2:00 - Brittany 3:00 - Sarah || * Bring your laptop - Conversations (Digital Teacher Manual)
 * Monday 12/12**
 * **Due:** Rationale Statement on the Ten Teacher Standards for Initial Certification. Upload to Class Wiki ||