Georgia Performance Standards Days 3 and 4: Classroom Implementation 8 th Grade Mathematics

Contact Information Georgia Department of Education 1754 Twin Towers East Atlanta, Georgia Janet Davis Massie McAdoo, Ph.D Peggy Pool

Name Card: –First Name or Nickname Contact Information: –Name –System/School – Address (in place of signature) Getting Acquainted

Group Norms and Housekeeping Group Norms: Ask questions Work toward solutions Honor confidentiality Meet commitments or let others know if you are struggling Housekeeping: Parking Lot Phone calls Rest rooms Breaks Lunch

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference will be in Atlanta March 21-24, Member cost: $205 Non-member cost: $281 Plan to Attend!

GCTM Annual Conference at Rock Eagle: October 17-19, 2007 Apply to be a speaker and/or plan to attend!

GCTM Middle School Math Tournament: April 21, 2007 Summer Academy: June 13-15, 2007 Annual Conference at Rock Eagle: October 17-19, 2007 Apply to be a speaker and/or plan to attend!

Other Announcements?

Redelivery Reflections Successes Questions Concerns

Standards Based Education Model GPS (one or more) Standards Elements Stage 1 Identify Desired Results (Big Ideas)  Enduring Understandings  Essential Questions  Skills and Knowledge All above, plus Tasks Student Work Teacher Commentary Stage 2 Determine Acceptable Evidence (Design Balanced Assessments) (To assess student progress toward desired results) Stage 3 Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction (to support student success on assessments, leading to desired results) All above

Overview of Days 3 & 4 Describing the Standards-Based Classroom Facilitating the Standards-Based Classroom Designing Lessons to Support the Standards-Based Classroom

Essential Question 1 What does a standards-based mathematics classroom look like?

Math Lab Lesson What did you hear in the news bulletin? Why are some of those things still regarded as controversial?

Heartbeats

The Standards Key content standards Related content standards Process standards Concepts and skills to maintain

What did you see in this lesson?

What should we see? Warm-up Mini lesson, opening, setting the stage Work period, activity period Summary, closing

Role of the teacher:  Plan authentic learning experiences.  Talk less, listen more.  Provide solid foundations in math to promote application of skills and knowledge.

Role of the teacher:  Circulate through the classroom, facilitating math discussions.  Provide clarification when necessary.  Ask questions that encourage reasoning and making connections.

Role of the teacher:  Establish classroom procedures to promote effective management of small groups of differentiated learners.  Participate in ongoing assessments of all learners.

Role of the students:  Work individually, in pairs, or small groups to complete a task.  Gather data, share ideas, look for patterns, make conjectures, and utilize problem-solving strategies.

 Explore mathematical relationships and make connections to real life experiences.  Ask questions and look for solutions. Role of the students:

TRADITIONAL STANDARDS-BASED What does the teacher do? textbook guides instruction spends most of the time telling – whole group seeks the “ONE” right answer from students standards and curriculum map guide instruction spends most of the time facilitating – small group asks more open-ended / application questions

TRADITIONAL STANDARDS-BASED What does the teacher do? teaches only specific procedures discourages student interaction/discussion asks mostly knowledge-level questions encourages students to use problem solving strategies encourages students’ questions, explanations, and discussions asks more high-level questions

TRADITIONAL STANDARDS-BASED work alone focus on only getting the right answer practice procedures memorize facts for tests work in flexible groups or pairs use reasoning to justify their answers and solutions understand and apply concepts, as well as, facts solve problems and look for real life connections What do the students do?

TRADITIONAL STANDARDS-BASED What do the students do? use pencil, paper, and worksheets show knowledge by writing down numbers use manipulatives, graphic organizers, and games show knowledge both orally and written one way to show an answer use multiple representations for solutions (pictures, models, diagrams, words, etc.

What does a standards- based middle school math classroom look like?  Flexible cooperative groups of children  Hands-on learning experiences  “Productive” noise  Differentiation of processes and products is encouraged within tasks  Student works with teacher commentary are available for student reference  Multiple representations of solutions are valued  Balanced approach to concepts, skills, and problem solving

Essential Question 2 How do you facilitate the standards-based mathematics classroom?

Water PumpTask Time! As you work this task, keep in mind what needs to be done to foster student involvement and cooperation in all classroom activities; and establish a productive working environment.

Well Facilitated Classrooms Teachers must: foster student involvement and cooperation in all classroom activities; and establish a productive working environment.

Table Talk What needs to be done in order to foster student involvement and cooperation in all classroom activities? Be prepared to share.

“ It takes just as much energy to achieve positive results as it does to achieve negative results. So why waste your energy on failing when that same amount of energy…

… can help you and your students SUCCEED SUCCEED.” Harry K. Wong 1998

“Each child is living the only life he has – the only one he will ever have. The least we can do is not diminish it.” - Bill Page

“Parents are sending us the best kids they have. They are not keeping the good ones at home.” - Larry Lezotte

Routines These are things that students automatically do without the teacher needing to prompt or supervise.

Procedures These must be explained in a clear and concise manner. These must be rehearsed, practiced, done over and over and over again until they become routines! These must be reinforced by reminding the students of the expectation and experiencing it.

“You seemingly waste a little time at the beginning to gain time at the end.” - Lim Chye Tin

Homework Tonight please find and read from your participant’s guide the article from Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School April 2000 entitled Never Say Anything a Kid Can Say!. Be prepared to share your top three points of interest tomorrow morning.

Welcome to Day 4 Never Say Anything a Kid Can Say!

Essential Question 3 What is important when developing a lesson plan?

What is important? Bringing the “big ideas” to life A focus on learning, rather than teaching Helping students to understand, not just remember the understanding of others Incorporating a variety of different teaching strategies

Instructional Planning Be extremely familiar with grade- level standards Lessons –Identify standards –Determine acceptable evidence –Plan instruction

Criteria for Good Tasks Involves significant mathematics Can be solved in a variety of ways Elicits a range of responses Requires communication Stimulates best performance Lends itself to a scoring rubric

Making Instructional Decisions Consider Where are we going? Why? What is expected? How will we hook and hold student interest? How will we equip students to explore and experience? How will we organize and sequence the learning? How will we tailor learning to varied needs, interests, styles? How will students self- evaluate and reflect on their learning? How will we help students rethink, rehearse, revise, and refine?

Multiple Representations Pictures Tables WordsSymbols Graphs

Task Crossing the River

 Heartbeats  Staircase  Water Pump  Crossing the River  Bungee Jump

Pick a Unit Work with a partner or a small group. Decide on a unit for your lesson. Use a task in the framework as your desired result or assessment. Use the four parts of a good lesson to design a lesson.

Sharing Our Lessons Jigsaw Groups

Wrapping Up What have you learned over the past two days? What do you need next? How will you redeliver this module on classroom implementation?

Discussion of Redelivery Action Plan Determine your goal for redelivery. Determine time allotted. Develop timeline of activities. List resources and ideas.

Days of Training Implementation Year One –Day One: Standards, Content, and Curriculum Mapping –Day Two: Assessment –Days Three and Four: Classroom Implementation Implementation Year Two –Day Five: Differentiation –Day Six: Examining Student Work –Day Seven: On-line Survey

Assignment Bring student work for the “?? Could it be one of the three tasks from today???” task along with completed permission forms. Bring four copies of another task from the Eighth Grade Framework and four copies of student work for that task along with permission forms.

Student Work Sample

Contact Information Georgia Department of Education 1754 Twin Towers East Atlanta, Georgia Janet Davis Massie McAdoo, Ph.D Peggy Pool