Are they ENGAGED? MAKE MATH ROCK WITH ADDING NEW TOOLS TO YOUR TOOLBOX! Amy Kinder: Coach, Vice President of UCTM

GROUP NORMS DWELL IN POSSIBILITY! Start and End on Time Pause, Paraphrase, and Probe Put Ideas on the Table Presume Positive Intentions Pay Attention to Self and Others Balance Advocacy and Inquiry DWELL IN POSSIBILITY!

GIRL SCOUT REAL LIFE CONNECTION?

GIRL SCOUT REAL LIFE CONNECTION?

GIRL SCOUT REAL LIFE CONNECTION?

KEY INGREDIENTS Share the Love! Talk the Talk Mistakes are AWESOME! I hope I make one. Give me Some Vegas! Got Cool Stuff with Rigor?

INCREASE ENGAGEMENT #1 SHARE THE LOVE

Are you losing students in mathematics?

TOP 5 Ways to Make Students HATE Mathematics NUMBER …5 SHAME THEM FOR BEING SO OLD AND STILL NOT KNOWING what might be called “basic math.”

TOP 5 Ways to Make Students HATE Mathematics NUMBER 4… Assign naked problems by the truckload. TIME THEM Practice makes hatred…stronger

TOP 5 Ways to Make Students HATE Mathematics NUMBER 3… Go through the book, problem by problem, page by page.

TOP 5 Ways to Make Students HATE Mathematics NUMBER 2… Be sure everybody has enough homework.

TOP 5 Ways to Make Students HATE Mathematics NUMBER 1… FORCE students to solve the same way, step by step.

If you wanted to travel from Provo to the Great Salt Lake for a vacation…

YOU COULD… Drive Fly Walk Hop on a bus Ride a bike or a horse Skateboard ANY will get you there... EVENTUALLY, though some may take you quite a bit longer than others.

Start video at 27 seconds https://www.youcubed.org/wim-day-1/

BUILD THAT CULTURE IN YOUR CLASSROOM “If you think you can catch the bus, you will run for it!”

Do all your students they can catch the bus? PARTNER TALK Do all your students they can catch the bus?

INCREASE ENGAGEMENT #1 TALK THE TALK

Times at BAT during math… 10 or more times

Talk a Mile a Minute

1 minute End

1 minute End

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RICH MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES…

Everyone is held to high standards. Students CAN NOT OPT OUT! ACCOUNTABILITY Everyone is held to high standards. Students CAN NOT OPT OUT!

TALK GROUPINGS Essential for ELLs

CREATE ARGUMENTS! # You said what?

PROVE OR DISPROVE ½ + 3/4= 5/6 .1 X .2 = .002 100.1 – (765)= 135   

Analyzing other student’s work   Three students evaluated the numerical expression 7 + (8-3) x 2. Tom said the answer was 24. Nicole said the answer was 17. Sam said the answer was 19. Who was correct? Why? Justify your thinking. Video: to 3:05 (big one)

How do you get students talking in your class? PARTNER TALK How do you get students talking in your class?

INCREASE ENGAGEMENT #3 MISTAKES ARE AWESOME! I hope I make one.

TEST DIFFERENTLY

Why Making Mistakes in Math is a Good Thing: You tried.

Why Making Mistakes in Math is a Good Thing: 2. Understanding what doesn’t work is just as valuable in the learning process as knowing the correct method and solution.

Why Making Mistakes in Math is a Good Thing: 3. You might notice a concept or pattern that you wouldn’t have seen otherwise.

MY FAVORITE NO!

Why Making Mistakes in Math is a Good Thing: 4. Trying an ineffective method to solve a problem leads to other important mathematical ideas and discussions that might never have been had otherwise.

Why Making Mistakes in Math is a Good Thing: 5. Mistakes make the moment you finally solve it that much sweeter.

How do you handle mistakes in your class? PARTNER TALK How do you handle mistakes in your class?

INCREASE ENGAGEMENT #3 BRING VEGAS!

Subtract original number What is your result? Think of any number! Add 10 Multiply by 3 Subtract 30 Divide by 3 Subtract original number What is your result?

The answer is ZERO!

Think of any number! Add 6 Multiply by 2 Subtract 12 Divide by 2 Subtract your original number. What is your result?

The answer is ZERO!

THIS IS TRICKY! Think of a number Multiply by 2 Add 8 Divide by 2 Subtract original number Find the letter in the alphabet that matches a country. A=1, B=2 Take the second letter of that country and think of an animal that starts with that letter and its color.

Is your country DENMARK and your animal an ELEPHANT that is grey?

E.T. Phone Home? 1. Write down the first three digits of your phone number. 2. Multiply by 80. 3. Add 1. 4. Multiply by 250. 5. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number. 6. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number again. 7. Subtract 250. 8. Divide by the number 2. 9. The result: ______________

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How do you create a little Vegas? PARTNER TALK How do you create a little Vegas?

#5 Got Cool Stuff with Rigor? INCREASE ENGAGEMENT #5 Got Cool Stuff with Rigor?

Reduce number of problems. Big Ideas 7th Grade

Which uses the least amount of packaging? Each package has 24 cubes. http://blog.mrmeyer.com/category/3acts/page/2/

MAKE CLEAR CONNECTIONS

OPEN up questions CLOSED: Find the difference between 23.5 and 7.2. https://vimeo.com/76884124 5 minutes JO Baoler

Deeper and More Rigorous OPEN: The difference between two numbers is 16.3. What might the numbers be? Explain your thinking. This is a great place to give the answer. Have the students figure out the question.

Deeper and More Rigorous CLOSED: Round this decimal to the decimal place 5.7347 Deeper and More Rigorous OPEN IT UP WITH A PARTNER!

Possible WAY to Open Task OPEN: A number has been rounded to 5.8. What might the number be?

This skill is built through EXPERIENCE This skill is built through EXPERIENCE! This is a great collaboration discussion.

USE approximations to ADD RICHNESS! Words like “close” and “almost” can really change the discussion. Example: You multiply two numbers and the product is almost 600. What could the numbers have been? Explain.

Example: Add two numbers whose sum is close to 1. 2 Example: Add two numbers whose sum is close to 1.2. What can the numbers be? Explain.

Example: Create two rectangles with different but close areas. (Instead of, “Create a rectangle with an area of 20 square inches.”)

HINT: How can we round each of the three decimals to quickly determine how close to one it is? How does placing a higher value number effect in each place value affect the sum? 0.__ __ __ + 0.__ __ __ + 0.__ __ __ = http://www.openmiddle.com/adding-decimals-to-make-them-as-close-to-one-as-possible/

Increase accessibility by adding a story context

A plan… Name the strategies you remembered. PARTNER TALK A plan… Name the strategies you remembered.

PARTNER TALK CHOOSE and COMMIT to 1 for Monday. CHOOSE 1 and COMMIT to for Wednesday.

MATH ROCKS!