Welcome! Please arrange yourselves in groups of 6 so that group members represent: A mix of grade levels A mix of schools 1

2 Core Matters Mathematics Session 1 October 2009 Session 1 October 2009

Considering Who We Are: That’s Me! Please stand if the statement applies to you. 3

Considering Our Work: Hopes and Fears As you consider your role in Core Matters Mathematics: ● What concerns or fears do you have for this work? ● What hopes do you have for this work? 4

Community Agreements ● Stay focused on goals and purposes ● Challenge ideas, not others; share airtime ● Be willing to take risks ● Phrase questions and responses for the benefit of everyone ● Take care of your own needs, physically and intellectually ● Be respectful of our time together by keeping electronic devices either off or on vibrate ● Start and end on time 5

6 Core Matters Mathematics Goals ● Develop a comprehensive view of robust mathematics learning ● Deepen our knowledge of how students develop both conceptual and procedural understanding of number and operations ● Explore the learning trajectory for arithmetic to algebraic thinking ● Enhance our classroom practices to support ALL learners in accessing rich, important mathematics ● Incorporate enhanced instructional and assessment strategies into classroom practice

Focus for Today ● How does work with arithmetic develop algebraic thinking? ● What is mathematical proficiency? ● What do we know about how students learn mathematics? ● How do our mathematics program materials support students’ development of mathematical understanding? 7

Consecutive Sums ● 1, 2, 3 ● 24, 25 ● 100, 101, 102 ● = 6 ● = 49 ● = 303 ● 2, 4, 6 ● 1, 3, 5 ● 4, 7 8

Consecutive Sums Your task: Explore consecutive sums involving whole numbers. Look for patterns and make conjectures. ● Spend a couple of minutes working individually on the problem. ● On cue, continue working with group. ● When prompted, prepare a poster of your findings. 9

Consecutive Sums Some Suggestions ● Look at specific cases: You might try to find all the ways to write each number from 1-35 as a consecutive sum. ● Questions to consider:  What numbers are impossible?  What numbers can be written as a consecutive sum in more than one way?  What patterns do you see? 10

Consecutive Sums: Learnings ● Take a few minutes to look at the posters. Note similarities and differences. ● By describing patterns and generalizations in their own words, students are building the foundation for algebraic thinking. 11

Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics ● Product of 18-month project that synthesized the rich and diverse research on mathematics learning ● Research from teaching and learning, cognitive psychology and mathematics education ● Turn and talk: What does it mean for a student to be mathematically proficient? 12

Overview ● Read Overview (pp. 1-3 in packet) ● Turn and Talk: How does this align with your original thinking about mathematical proficiency? 13

Mathematical Proficiency: What It Means for Anyone to Learn Mathematics Successfully

Strands of Mathematical Proficiency Strands of Mathematical Proficiency: Use a jigsaw to read and discuss the strands of mathematical proficiency 1: Conceptual Understanding 2: Procedural Fluency 3: Strategic Competence 4: Adaptive Reasoning 5: Productive Disposition 6: Properties of Mathematical Proficiency 15

Why Should We Care? ● Fewer than 40% of DPS students are proficient in mathematics. ● There is a 35 point achievement gap between our African-American and Latino students and their Anglo and Asian- American peers. ● Students who have historically been less successful in school have the most potential to benefit from instruction focused on mathematical proficiency. 16

Why Should We Care? ● The currency of value in the job market today is more than computational competence. ● Rather, it is the ability to  Apply knowledge to solve problems  Adapt acquired knowledge  Learn new concepts and skills  Apply mathematical reasoning  View mathematics as a useful tool that must constantly be sharpened. Adding It Up 17

Connections to Consecutive Sums Where do you see the strands of mathematical proficiency in the Consecutive Sums problem? ● Consider individually ● On cue, discuss in your small group 18

Lunch Please return at: 19

20 How Students Learn: Mathematics in the Classroom A 4 Protocol ● What Assumptions does the author of the text hold? ● What do you Agree with in the text? ● What do you want to Argue with in the text? ● What parts of the text do you want to Aspire?

Applying the Principles Create a visual representation of your assigned Principle: ● What would the Principle “look like” in action in a classroom? ● What would the Principle “sound like” in action in a classroom? 21

Personal Reflection Journal: What are the implications for your practice? 22

Connections to Consecutive Sums How were the Principles embodied in the Consecutive Sums task? ● Consider individually ● On cue, stand up-pair up 23

Needs Assessment In preparation for future Core Matters Mathematics sessions, please individually complete the Needs Assessment 24

Following Break Return to grade-level groups 25

Connections to Our Mathematics Program Materials ● Individually, study your Everyday Math’s Teacher’s Guide:  ECE—Lessons C.14 and N.4  Kindergarten—Lessons 3.5 and 1.14  Grade 1—Lesson 3.1 ● With a partner, look for how the activity supports students’ development of  mathematical proficiency  what we know about how students learn mathematics 26

Connections to Our Mathematics Program Materials ● Individually, study your Everyday Math’s Teacher’s Guide:  Grade 2—Lesson 4.1  Grade 3—Lesson 4.1 ● With a partner, look for how the activity supports students’ development of  mathematical proficiency  what we know about how students learn mathematics 27

Connections to Our Mathematics Program Materials ● Individually, study your Everyday Math’s Teacher’s Guide:  Grade 4—Lesson 4.1  Grade 5—Lesson 4.1 ● With a partner, look for how the activity supports students’ development of  mathematical proficiency  what we know about how students learn mathematics 28

Next Steps ● Analyze an Everyday Mathematics Open Response task  For Strands of Mathematical Proficiencies  For Principles from How Students Learn Mathematics ● Collaborate with other teachers  Predict challenges for your students and discuss how to provide access  Consider what prerequisite skills are needed 29

Next Steps Bring to November’s session: 5 student papers (unscored/ungraded) that represent different levels of student work in your classroom 30