Octavia Cutsail & Michael McMillion 9:00-12:10 Room 608

Participants will:  Engage in tasks/training focused around new curriculum  Become aware of content curriculum, available resources, and updates related to Universal Design for Learning (UDL).  Engage in collaborative planning

 Math Seminars are a study hall/tutorial class for students.  Math Seminars are opportunities for students to do a lot of skill and practice each day.  Math Seminars offer students opportunities to make connections to the real world.  Math Seminars are designed a prep for the MSA.  Students should get the same grade for their math class and Math Seminar.

 The course will be engaging and is designed for hands-on activities and real-world connections  This is not a period of “study hall”  Opportunities for skill review are embedded, but most of the learning will be in context of meaningful problems  Natural opportunities for disciplinary literacy are also built in

For Grade 6 Seminar:  5 instructional (thematic) units  Units complement the first instruction  Each unit has a culminating project  Weekly opportunities for skill review  Weekly guide for instruction

UnitTheme/ProjectNumber of Days/Weeks 1Making Healthy Choices20 (4 weeks) 2Feeding the Hungry65 (13 weeks) 3Fundraising for a Cause40 (8 weeks) 4Designing a Community Pool15 (3 weeks) 5Survey Analysis25 (5 weeks)

On each unit page: ◦ Curriculum Overview ◦ Downloadable Unit Plan ◦ Common Core Content Standards ◦ Unit Guide (Weekly Summary) ◦ Facilitator’s Notes for each Week  Skill Review  Items in Bold are downloadable resource files found at end of weekly facilitators notes

In Edmodo:  Get access to presentation files  Get access to formative assessment items (coming soon!)  Share your great ideas with other teachers and get their ideas/resources too!

 Go to  Sign-in (if you have an account) or Sign-up as a teacher. ◦ Enter your school code. ◦ Select a username and password. ◦ Sign up

 Unit 1: Making Healthy Choices  Culminating Project: Examine snack labels of items in a local vending machine and make recommendations for what snacks should be made available.  Math Standards: Ratios & Proportional Relationships

Open the Unit 1 Page and begin to look through the plans for the week. As you work, consider: ◦ What do you like about the unit? ◦ What questions do you have? ◦ What planning will you need to do for this unit?

This unit touches on sensitive issues with student food selection. It is extremely important to be careful about the language we use. Open the file “Children and Weight” in the Edmodo group folder. Read the facts and pay attention to the teacher notes.

 Go to Week 1 of Unit 1: Making Healthy Choices. Download the Doritos Snack Analysis activity.  We will now complete the snack analysis activity.

Universal Design for Learning is a set of principles for curriculum development that give all individuals equal opportunities to learn. UDL provides a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone--not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs.

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Available:

 Opportunities to collaborate with other teachers, receive “Just in Time” PD, and attend learning labs to watch tasks implemented with actual students.  Will be held one Wednesday a month.  Individuals who register in advance and attend at least 2 hours will be paid workshop wages! (Registration link in Edmodo)!

 Wednesday, September 12 MS  Wednesday, October 10 Lake HS  Wednesday, November 14 th  Wednesday, December 12 th  Wednesday, January 9 th  Wednesday, February 20 th  Wednesday, March 13 th  Thursday, April 25 th (afternoon of Spring PD Day)  Wednesday, May 8 th

 Begin to examine the available curricular resources.  Unit 1 (Making Healthy Choices) is expected to take about 20 days.  With your table partners, begin to think about what your first few weeks of class will look like. ◦ What are the most important math concepts/skills students need to develop in this unit? ◦ How will you pre-assess students for background knowledge? ◦ What are some strategies for differentiating when students are struggling?

How should Math Seminars be graded?