1. MTL Meeting November 15, 2011 Hank KepnerConnie Laughlin Lee Ann PruskeBeth Schefelker Mary MooneyRosann Hollinger

2. How did you use an idea from last month’s Content session in your classroom visits and coaching conversations about teaching and learning?

3. Deepen our understanding of the Standards for Mathematical Practice with a focus on: #1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. #3 Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. #6 Attend to precision. Develop an understanding of various progressions of mathematics development.

4. We are learning to  deepen our understanding of ratio and rate.  reflect on teacher-student conversations.

5.  use and justify various strategies to solve a ratio/rate problem,  recognize possible teacher moves to uncover student thinking.

7. A normal heart rate, also known as a pulse, varies based on your age and fitness level. For adults, a normal resting rate is 60 to 100 beats per minute. Athletes may have a rate as low as 40 bpm because their hearts are trained to efficiently pump... - Aurora Health Care

8. Heart A beats 15 times in 8 seconds. Heart B beats 38 times in 20 seconds. Which heart is beating faster, A or B, or do they both beat at the same pace? Provide explanations using at least two different pathways or strategies.

9. How do these conversations differ? Dialogue 1 How does the teacher help the student understand the problem? Dialogue 2 How does the teacher help the student understand the problem?

10.  use and justify various strategies to solve a ratio/rate problem,  recognize possible teacher moves to uncover student thinking.

11.  Capture the general tone and substance of an interaction between yourself and a student around the heartbeat problem.  Prepare a short reflection on your conversation to share at December’s meeting.

12. As you reflect on today’s problem and the different dialogs between teacher and students, how will you support a teacher in creating rich dialogue in a class?

13. 1.Making sense of problems and persevere in solving them. 3.Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. 6.Attend to precision.