1. NASSP Accelerating Math Achievement

2. 5 Essential Connections Instruction Note taking Homework Quizzes/practice tests Tests

3. Rules in Mathematics Don’t make sense!

4. Rules Can’t divide by zero Any # to the zero power, except zero, is one Rules for exponents Rules for integers Dividing fractions

5. Today’s Agenda Philosophy & Beliefs Student-teacher Relationships Organizing Student Learning - 5 Essentials Accountability

6. Philosophy & Beliefs Improving student achievement No simple answer ~ What works is work!

7. Philosophy & Beliefs Actions follow beliefs Happiness is 99% attitude

8. Philosophy & Beliefs It is about you! You cannot and should not depend on products, programs or services to address the needs of your student population, close the achievement gap or increase student achievement. It’s about what happens in your classroom!

9. Answering the Question: What are “you” doing to help my child learn?

10. Philosophy & Beliefs Changing attitudes by Building success on success!

11. Philosophy & Beliefs Success on Success –Teach students how to learn effectively and efficiently. auditory visual kinesthetic Concentration times

12. Philosophy & Beliefs First test Over teach – over learn strategy Teach students content Teach students their learning style Teach students how to study

13. Studying Reading Thinking Reflecting Organizing Writing Analyzing Visualizing Reviewing Remembering Recalling

14. Philosophy & Beliefs Learning Students learn best when they are given feedback on their performance and praised for doing things well.

15. Student-Teacher Relationships My Kid Standard

16. Student-Teacher Relationships My Kid Standard Treat the kids in your school or classroom the same way you want your own kids treated.

17. Student-Teacher Relationships Loyalty Many students will work for a teacher for no other reason than loyalty

18. Student-Teacher Relationships Law of Reciprocity People you like, generally like you. People you don’t like, generally don’t like you.

19. Good News! Teachers are already employing many of the best practices needed to increase student achievement.

20. Build on Strengths

21. Professional Practices Teachers already employ best practices –Homework –Note taking –Testing

22. What’s needed? Refinement & Reinforcement of those practices.

23. Balance Vocabulary & Notation Concept Development & Linkage Memorization of Important Facts & Procedure Applications Appropriate Use of Technology Balance in mathematics has been defined as: Balance should be reflected in assessments and in the delivery of instruction.

24. Vocabulary & Notation There is no more single important factor that effects student achievement than vocabulary and notation

25. Vocabulary Find the degree of 4x 2 y 3 z 5

26. Vocabulary Best Bet? –Bet A Probability of winning is 3/5 –Bet B Odds of winning 3 to 5

27. Language Acquisition Double meanings area volume operation power mean feet product

28. Organizing Student Learning Instruction

29. Content - Instruction What you teach affects student achievement How you teach it affects student achievement

30. Subtraction 5 – 115 – 68 – 814 – 6 13 – 59 – 215 – 97 – 1 14 – 516 – 94 – 410 – 4 6 –212 – 410 – 36 – 3

31. Patterns & Strategies 12 – 3 = 13 – 4 = 15 – 6 = 17 – 8 = 12 – 4 = 13 – 5 = 14 – 6 = 15 – 7 =

32. Use simple straight forward examples that clarify what you are teaching. Do not get bogged down in arithmetic.

33. Multiplication 32436254 x 11 x11 x11 x11 352 473 682

34. Simple Straight Forward Examples 7 5 x1 1 7 5

35. Multiplication 7 5 x1 1 8 2 5

36. Creating Interest, & Enthusiasm in finding the circumference

37. Conceptual Development/Linkage Not a matter of “if” students are going to forget, it’s a matter of “when” they will forget. Student understanding & comfort level Ability to reconstruct knowledge

38. I can’t teach __________because my kids don’t know__________

39. Linking Introduce new concepts & skills using familiar language Review and reinforce Compare and contrast Teach in a different context

40. Add / Subtract Rational Expressions Linking

41. 1 + 3 1 2 2 6 5 6 3 6 +

42. 1 + 3 1 2 = 5 6 1 + 4 1 5 = 9 20 1 + 3 1 4 = 7 12

43. 1 + 3 1 5 = 8 15

44. 2 + 3 1 5 = 13 15 3 + 10 2 3 = 29 30

45. 3 + 4 1 5 = 20 + 4 1 3 5 = 19

46. A + B C D = AD + BC BD A C + B D =

47. 2 + X 3 Y = XY 2 + X 3 Y = 2Y + 3X XY

48. 3 + x-1 2 x+3 = (x-1)(x+3) 3 + x-1 2 x+3 = (x-1)(x+3) 3(x+3) + 2(x-1)

49. Instruction Build success on success Boost student confidence Demonstrate they can learn!

50. Relations & Functions

51. Functions Special relation in which no 2 ordered pairs have the same 1st element.

52. Menu Hamburger ……….4 Hotdog ……………3 Sandwich …………5 00

53. 4 (H,)(Hd, )(S, )3 00 5 H, Hd, S,4 00 3 5 4 H, Hd,( S), 3 00 5

54. .50 1, 2, 3, 1 00 1 50.50 (1, ) (2, ) (3, ) (10, ? ) 1 00 1 50 Cold Drinks

55. .50 1, 2, 3, 1 00 1 50.50 (1, ) (2, ) (3, ) (10, ? ) 1 00 1 50 C = n x.50 =.50n or y = x 1212

56. 50 (1,) (4, )2 00 1 (2, )1 50 (3, ) 1 75 (4, )

57. 2nd Essential Note taking

58. #1 Memory Aid - Writing it Down Helps students Complete homework assignments Prepare for unit tests Prepare for high-stakes tests Note Taking

59. Note taking Be accommodating Be prescriptive & directive Tell them what to write and where to write it.

60. Rules and examples

61. Title Date Objective Vocabulary & Notation Pattern Development Rule Examples Variation

63. Homework Homework should reflect what you say you value. –Vocabulary & Notation –Reading & Writing –Conceptual understanding & Linkage –Basic Facts & Procedures –Applications

64. 3rd Essential Homework

65. P 270 1 – 32 odd

66. Homework Read Sec 9.2 – Expressions involving Logarithms Define logarithm Write a procedure for converting logarithms to exponentials Explain why when you multiply logs with the same base, you add the logs log (AB) = log A + log B P 270 1 – 33, multiples of 3

67. Reading Assign reading Explicitly introduce vocabulary & notation Preview reading Connect reading Check understanding of reading Correct their understanding Use paper & pencil

68. Writing Definitions Procedures Linkages Applications Compare & contrast Describe what they understand Describe difficulty experienced Summarize Explain

69. 4th Essential Quizzes/practice tests

70. 5th Essential Tests

71. Testing Test what you say you value Instruction – Assessment Balance Cumulative Questions Setting a Date

72. Testing Comparing Test A and Test B –Increase confidence level of testing - fairness

73. Connecting Instruction to Note taking to Homework to Practice Tests/Quizzes to Tests

74. Organizing Student Learning Tying instruction, note taking, homework, practice tests/quizzes, and tests together helps students study more effectively and efficiently resulting in increased student achievement

75. Closing Summary

76. Accountability Don’t expect what you are unwilling to inspect!

77. If it is to be, it is up to me. 10 Simple Two Letter Words

78. Accountability When visiting classrooms, ask students if they are understanding, if they are learning. Read the students

79. Accountability Pick up student notebooks to determine they can study effectively and efficiently. –Will notes help student complete homework –Will notes help students study for tests –Will notes help review for high stakes tests

80. Accountability Are homework assignments reflective of instruction and notes.

81. Accountability Are quizzes and practice tests supporting student learning?

82. Accountability Student success rates, are the tests reflective of quizzes, practice tests, homework, notes and instruction?