It’s our final week together!
TOPIC:
Assessment and the Common Core
READING FOR THIS WEEK:
Coming Soon: A New Generation of Assessments by Nancy A. Doorey (article in Educational Leadership December 2012/January 2013, p. 28-34)
THIS WEEK’S PROMPT:
- Visit the Smarter Balanced website and try the practice items: http://sampleitems.smarterbalanced.org/itempreview/sbac/index.htm
- What differences do you see between Smarter Balanced and current WA state assessments (MSP or EOC)? What needs to be happening in math classrooms to prepare students to be successful on the Smarter Balanced assessment?
DUE DATES:- by Monday, November 25 Your initial response to the prompt should be posted.
- by Thursday, November 28 Revisit this site and respond to at least one of your fellow participant’s comments.
If you need help posting your comment, watch this video.
We are rounding the home stretch!
TOPIC FOR THIS WEEK:
Applying the Standards for Mathematical Practices in the Classroom
READING:
Standards for Mathematical Practices Progression through Grade Levels (pdf)
www.k12.wa.us/CoreStandards/pubdocs/MPbyGradeLevel.pdf
THIS WEEK’S PROMPT:
It’s time to put the pedal to the metal.
- Choose a problem or task from your curriculum that uses a “traditional” approach to teaching mathematics.
- Using this week’s reading and ideas from chapter 4, change the activity so it incorporates one or more of the mathematical practices. If possible, test drive it with your students.
- Share your successes and struggles with “Common Core-ing it up”.
DUE DATES:
- by Monday, November 18 Your initial response to the prompt should be posted.
- by Thursday, November 21 Revisit this site and respond to at least one of your fellow participant’s comments.
If you need help posting your comment, watch this video.
READ FOR NEXT WEEK:
Coming Soon: A New Generation of Assessments by Nancy A. Doorey (article in Educational Leadership December 2012/January 2013, p. 28-34)
Next week’s prompt will be posted on Thursday, November 21.
Thanks for your responses from last week. This week we are going to watch a video that shows some of the mathematical practices in action. Get your popcorn ready!
TOPIC FOR THIS WEEK:
Finding Evidence of Standards for Mathematical Practice in the Classroom
READING AND MEDIA:
1) Navigating the Mathematics CCSS, rest of Chapter 3 (p. 64-75)
2) View the video of Exemplary Lesson with Fran Dickinson’s 5th and 6th graders (it’s the video on the left).
http://insidemathematics.org/index.php/math-standards-together
THIS WEEK’S PROMPT:
- PART A: Fran Dickinson planned the lesson to include mathematical practices #3, 6, 7 and 8. Give specific evidence of where you see these mathematical practices in the video.
- PART B: The mathematical practices are not intended to be taught in isolation. How did Fran integrate the practices with the content standards in his lesson?
DUE DATES:- by Monday, November 11 Your initial response to the prompt should be posted.
- by Thursday, November 14 Revisit this site and respond to at least one of your fellow participant’s comments.
If you need help posting your comment, watch this video.
READ FOR NEXT WEEK:
Standards for Mathematical Practices Progression through Grade Levels (pdf)
Next week’s prompt will be posted on Thursday, November 14.
