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stem teaching
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what are we doing?
We'll meet and discuss the reading, leveraging those ideas to think about math instruction
Each week we'll set a commitment to try, then bring back an artifact to discuss how it went
Peter liljedahl says...
Frequent Visibly Random Grouping
keep an eye on the time
take 15 minutes to discuss the chapters
Thoughts? What are the 7 elements? How do/could they look in your room? What does the equity section make you think about? FINAL THOUGHTS section: Can you think about a bulleted list for math or ELA? Which planning practices make sense to you? Which would you like to strengthen?
practices crosswalk
What would that look like in an Ambitious Math Teaching classroom? AST/math PD shared drive Rubric yourself!
Chapter One:What you would see in an "AST classroom"
Anchoring Events Essential Questions
"they motivate students to try to explain what's going on"
can you prove it?
6th grade
1st grade
4th grade
3/15 is the same as 9/45
-4 is more than -8
31 is more than 27
2nd grade
5th grade
x by a fraction will always result in a smaller number
999 is the biggest number you can make with 3 digits
AST says...
Student thinking is made visible and subject to commentary
Let's make it happen
Find your slide What will you implement this week? What will you bring to share? How will we see the effect on student thinking?
ambitious
stem teaching
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what are we doing?
What changes did you see in student thinking after implementing your changes? What evidence do you have of your conclusions?
Discuss Chapters 3 & 4
Plan for instruction emphasizing discourse
keep an eye on the time
take 15 minutes to discuss the artifacts
How does this work represent the instructional choice you made? What new information did you gain about student understanding? What next steps does this suggest?
keep an eye on the time
take 15 minutes to discuss the chapters
Thoughts? Do you ever plan for goals of conversations? What discourse moves do you rely on? Want to improve upon? How do you feel about who participates in your class discussions? Reflect on the checklist at the end of ch. 4
Let's make it happen
Choose a purpose for talk this week Choose a strategy and describe what it looks like in planning Be ready to share how it went next week!
ambitious
stem teaching
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what are we doing?
What protocol did you use for student talk? How did it shape conversations in your lesson?
Discuss Chapter 5
Plan for eliciting student thinking with RSST
Which protocol did you use?Why did you choose it? What was conversation like?
keep an eye on the time
take 7 minutes to discuss the chapter
Thoughts? Do you ever plan for goals of conversations? What discourse moves do you rely on? Want to improve upon? How do you feel about who participates in your class discussions? Reflect on the checklist at the end of ch. 4
what do your kids know?
90%
How close are they to understanding right now?
There's a tool for that
What do students already know?
What do students already know?
What do students already know?
NOW: Steps ONE and TWO to prepare to teach and record student thinking
NEXT: Complete the lesson and document, follow steps 3-6. Upload your document into the subfolder to share
THEN: Read 6 & 7 for next time
Tip:
Interactivity is the key piece to capture the interest and attention of your audience. A genially is interactive because your audience explores and interacts with it.
Did you know...
In Genially, you will find over 1,000 templates ready to input your content and 100% customizable, which will help you tellyour stories?
Tip:
Emotional connection or engagement with your content increases when you manage to have your audience identify with the message you want to convey.
Did you know...
Did you know that we retain 42% more information when content is animated? It may be the most effective resource for capturing your audience's attention.
Tip:
Interactivity is the key piece to capture the interest and attention of your audience. A genially is interactive because your audience explores and engages with it.
Did you know that...
90% of the information we absorb comes to us through sight? Visual resources are a great help in reinforcing your message: images, illustrations, gifs, videos… Not only because they remain in memory, but also because they are more attractive and easier to understand.
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ambitious
stem teaching
Sign in, grab a snack, let's get this party started!
Start
what are we doing?
We'll meet and discuss the reading, leveraging those ideas to think about math instruction
Each week we'll set a commitment to try, then bring back an artifact to discuss how it went
Peter liljedahl says...
Frequent Visibly Random Grouping
keep an eye on the time
take 15 minutes to discuss the chapters
Thoughts? What are the 7 elements? How do/could they look in your room? What does the equity section make you think about? FINAL THOUGHTS section: Can you think about a bulleted list for math or ELA? Which planning practices make sense to you? Which would you like to strengthen?
practices crosswalk
What would that look like in an Ambitious Math Teaching classroom? AST/math PD shared drive Rubric yourself!
Chapter One:What you would see in an "AST classroom"
Anchoring Events Essential Questions
"they motivate students to try to explain what's going on"
can you prove it?
6th grade
1st grade
4th grade
3/15 is the same as 9/45
-4 is more than -8
31 is more than 27
2nd grade
5th grade
x by a fraction will always result in a smaller number
999 is the biggest number you can make with 3 digits
AST says...
Student thinking is made visible and subject to commentary
Let's make it happen
Find your slide What will you implement this week? What will you bring to share? How will we see the effect on student thinking?
ambitious
stem teaching
Sign in, grab a snack, let's get this party started!
Start
what are we doing?
What changes did you see in student thinking after implementing your changes? What evidence do you have of your conclusions?
Discuss Chapters 3 & 4
Plan for instruction emphasizing discourse
keep an eye on the time
take 15 minutes to discuss the artifacts
How does this work represent the instructional choice you made? What new information did you gain about student understanding? What next steps does this suggest?
keep an eye on the time
take 15 minutes to discuss the chapters
Thoughts? Do you ever plan for goals of conversations? What discourse moves do you rely on? Want to improve upon? How do you feel about who participates in your class discussions? Reflect on the checklist at the end of ch. 4
Let's make it happen
Choose a purpose for talk this week Choose a strategy and describe what it looks like in planning Be ready to share how it went next week!
ambitious
stem teaching
Sign in, grab a snack, let's get this party started!
Start
what are we doing?
What protocol did you use for student talk? How did it shape conversations in your lesson?
Discuss Chapter 5
Plan for eliciting student thinking with RSST
Which protocol did you use?Why did you choose it? What was conversation like?
keep an eye on the time
take 7 minutes to discuss the chapter
Thoughts? Do you ever plan for goals of conversations? What discourse moves do you rely on? Want to improve upon? How do you feel about who participates in your class discussions? Reflect on the checklist at the end of ch. 4
what do your kids know?
90%
How close are they to understanding right now?
There's a tool for that
What do students already know?
What do students already know?
What do students already know?
NOW: Steps ONE and TWO to prepare to teach and record student thinking
NEXT: Complete the lesson and document, follow steps 3-6. Upload your document into the subfolder to share
THEN: Read 6 & 7 for next time
Tip:
Interactivity is the key piece to capture the interest and attention of your audience. A genially is interactive because your audience explores and interacts with it.
Did you know...
In Genially, you will find over 1,000 templates ready to input your content and 100% customizable, which will help you tellyour stories?
Tip:
Emotional connection or engagement with your content increases when you manage to have your audience identify with the message you want to convey.
Did you know...
Did you know that we retain 42% more information when content is animated? It may be the most effective resource for capturing your audience's attention.
Tip:
Interactivity is the key piece to capture the interest and attention of your audience. A genially is interactive because your audience explores and engages with it.
Did you know that...
90% of the information we absorb comes to us through sight? Visual resources are a great help in reinforcing your message: images, illustrations, gifs, videos… Not only because they remain in memory, but also because they are more attractive and easier to understand.