1. Los Angeles Unified School District – Instructional Support Services Bridge To Algebra Unit 4 Training 06/29/07Prepared by the LAUSD Secondary Mathematics Unit

2. Los Angeles Unified School District – Instructional Support Services To provide you with: Time to collaboratively plan lessons from an entire chapter. Strategies for assessment and using released CST questions. Purpose

3. Los Angeles Unified School District – Instructional Support Services You will be planning Chapter 13 from the “Bridge to Algebra” book. Focus

4. Los Angeles Unified School District – Instructional Support Services Answer all of the questions in Chapter 13 As you go through the chapter make notes on the “Preview of Chapter” Planning sheet Doing the Math First

5. Los Angeles Unified School District – Instructional Support Services In your groups, plan a section of Chapter 13 using the Planning and Pacing Guides. Planning Templates Main Idea (Goal) of Section Additional Key Vocabulary Student Misconceptions Clarifying Questions Other Carnegie Resources Assignments (Homework) CA Standards Context Warm Up

6. Los Angeles Unified School District – Instructional Support Services Consolidate your group’s plan onto one electronic copy of the planning guide. Planning Template

7. Los Angeles Unified School District – Instructional Support Services Algebra Readiness Website

8. Los Angeles Unified School District – Instructional Support Services Uploading Your Plan Post your group’s plan in the relevant section of the website

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10. Reading + Released Questions Read Chapter 5 of the California Mathematics Framework on assessment: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ma/cf/documents/math-ch5.pdf Look through the released CST questions: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/rtqgr7math.pdf http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/rtqgr6math.pdf

11. Los Angeles Unified School District – Instructional Support Services  If you gave students this question, what do you think is the most likely outcome?  How can we prevent them from guessing?  How can we ensure that the students can meaningfully work on this word problem? Strategies for Review

12. Los Angeles Unified School District – Instructional Support Services  Some multiple choice questions can be used to demonstrate to students the idea of “reasonableness” in the answer.  Just a little work shows that answer choices A and D are not possible answers.  Many students will be sidetracked by answer choice C 19/5 = 3.8 but at least now we’re down to a “50:50” chance of success. Distractor Multiple Choice

13. Los Angeles Unified School District – Instructional Support Services Released Question Activity

14. Los Angeles Unified School District – Instructional Support Services In your groups, revisit the lesson you planned earlier. Modify your lesson plan to incorporate released CST questions. Revisiting Your Lesson

15. Los Angeles Unified School District – Instructional Support Services Complete the reflection page in your participant’s handout. Reflection

16. Secondary Mathematics Los Angeles Unified School District 333 South Beaudry Los Angeles, CA 90017 Tel: (213) 241-2465 Fax: (213) 241-8450 Cheri Guenther Director Thank you for your investment in raising student achievement! Los Angeles Unified School District – Instructional Support Services