1. Mount Boucherie Secondary
Critical Thinking Tasks That Promote Engagement and Differentiate Instruction
Dennis Kirkey
Mount Boucherie Secondary
Kelowna, BC
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Friday, February 21, 2014
KLO Middle School
Kelowna, BC

2. Critical Thinking Tasks That Promote Engagement and Differentiate Instruction
Stuff I Stole From People Smarter and More Creative Than Me
Dennis Kirkey
Mount Boucherie Secondary
Kelowna, BC
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Friday, February 21, 2014
KLO Middle School
Kelowna, BC

3. Inclusive Pedagogy and Assessment Practices in Pre-Calculus 11
Lorraine Baron
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5. Transformations Quizzing Activities
Teacher directs students to prepared materials:
Quiz cards (teacher or student prepared)
Work sheets
Other…
Partner A quizzes B.
Partner B answers.
Partner A praises or coaches
Partners switch roles.
Partners trade cards and thank each other.
Repeat steps 2-5 a number of times.
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6. Quizzing Activities Great for quick recall topics
Great for questions that don’t require written work
Great for visual type questions
Nice review to start off a class
(especially after a weekend)
Can be used for kids to teach each other
Kids do a lot of questions in a short period of time
(and don’t realize they actually did work!)
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7. Graphing Graphing in 15 Seconds http://graphingstories.com/
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8. Graphing Stories Dan Meyer Resource ****Please check out 3 Act Math
Great for generating an understanding of graphs and their properties
Great visuals!
Surprisingly hard to do!
Great Discussions on Quality of Graphs
Kids do a lot of questions in a short period of time(and don’t realize they actually did work!)
Has to be AWESOME!
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9. Radicals Checkerboard Math Teacher hands out the Checkerboard
Each students answers 1(or 2) squares
Share answer with a partner
Stand up and find a person in class
Teach your new partner how to do your question
Partners switch roles.
Thank each other, and find a new partner
Repeat steps until you have answered all the
questions on the checkerboard.
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10. Checkerboard Activities
Great for questions that don’t require a lot of
written work
Nice review to start off a class
(especially after a weekend)
Can be used for kids to teach each other
Multiple entry points for students
Kids do a lot of questions in a short period of time
(and don’t realize they actually did work!)
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11. Skittleanthium Interesting Activities Blue box green cards: graphs
Blue box yellow cards: equations, vertex

12. Skittleanthium Measure 75g of Skittleanthium
Determine the average mass of a single Skittleanthium atom
Skittleanthium has the unique property that it decays according to a probabilistic model
Only Skittlenthium exhibiting an "s" will decay
If an "s" is exhibited the probability it will actually decay is only 1 in 3!
Blue box green cards: graphs
Blue box yellow cards: equations, vertex

13. Skittleanthium
Observe and record the decay process after various "shakes" (assume 1 Shake = 1 min)
Graph the decay of Skittleanthium:
Mass vs Time
Determine an equation that models the decay of Skittlanthium
𝐴(𝑡)= 𝐴 0 (?) 𝑡
Determine a Half-Life decay equation, and calculate the half life of Skittleanthium
𝐴(𝑡)= 𝐴 0 ( 1 2 ) 𝑡 ℎ
Blue box green cards: graphs
Blue box yellow cards: equations, vertex

14. THANK YOU! http://inclusivemath.weebly.com/ Dennis Kirkey