1. ESU 4 Math Cadre Jen Madison, Gregg Robke,
Ellen Stokebrand, & Suzanne Whisler
October 9, 2013

2. Today’s Mission Have Fun!
Your mission if you choose to accept it, is to:
Learn new instructional strategies you can implement in your classroom
Share your best practices with your colleagues
AND
Have Fun!

3. Share Sheet

4. Making the Lenny VerMaas, ESU 6
Jason Vitosh , Falls City Public Schools
Melissa Hawley, Falls City Public Schools
Kim Oliver, Falls City Public Schools

6. Find Someone Who

7. Got 5 Minutes? Vocabulary – Content – Reflection
Keep a list of vocabulary words and definitions on hand to:
Randomly review 4 – 6 words
Give a definition and ask for word
Give word ask for definition
Have students share ideas with a partner
Ask for group response
Vocab Toss
Use words for a current unit of study
Use words from a master list for subject. Include words already covered in class as well as words the students will come across later in the year.
Use vocabulary from state assessments

8. Interactive Vocabulary Notebook

9. Got 5 Minutes? Vocabulary – Content – Reflection
Use flashcards to engage students in content
Math facts
Math formulas
Geometric shapes
Meanings of mathematical symbols
Quick Write: What Do You Know?
Post-It, Prove It!

10. What Do You Know?

11. Write an equation equal to -6.
Post-It, Proof It!
Write an equation equal to -6.

12. Got 5 Minutes? Vocabulary – Content – Reflection
Have student reflect by:
Discussing with a partner (Partners A & B)
Responding on index card or sticky note on the way out the door
Describe one thing you’ve learned today?
What’s one thing that was new to you?
One thing that surprised you?
One thing you wonder about?
One question you have about today’s lesson?
One thing you want to learn more about?
3 – 2 – 1 : 3 new things they learned from the lesson, two areas in which they are still confused, and one way they might apply what they’ve learned to another area.

13. 3 – 2 – 1
3 - List three applications for slope, y-intercept knowledge in the professional world. 2 - Identify two skills that someone must have to determine slope and y-intercept from a set of points on a plane. 1 - If (x1,y1) are the coordinates of a point W in a plane, and (x2,y2) are the coordinates of a different point Y, then the slope of line WY is what?
3 – 2 – 1 : 3 new things they learned from the lesson, two areas in which they are still confused, and one way they might apply what they’ve learned to another area.

16. Session

17. Share at least one new thing you learned today you can’t wait to take home and use. Please post your idea on Padlet.