Today we established several "big ideas" for this upcoming school year that will take our math instruction to the next level! We also established the criteria listed below for many important components of our curriculum guides.
Mini-lessons
-brief
-clarify the learning target/goal
-academic vocabulary
-formative assessment at the end (Exit Slip)
-practice is separate from a mini-lesson
-we will differentiate practice based on formative assessment
-teachers will pull invitational groups at this time
-the practice could have standard practice, challenging practice then students can move on to a really challenge problem
Assessments
-Point Value
-Create a library of effective test questions (using Global Scholar)
-All in context
-take assessments in computer lab (during DreamBox time)
-10 total questions (7 multiple choice, 3 open ended)
Tasks
-goals will be written to have content & math practice standards
-multiple entry points
-various solutions/strategies
-NO obvious solutions
-high cognitive demand
-all in context
Homework
-we will give paper homework
-when we want students to practice a certain strategy, we will give a procedural explanation/example at the top
-context written at the top, problems are additional data/numbers to plug in to the problem
-Specific nights (Tuesday/Thursday)
-At home practice embedded in the curriculum guide
DreamBox:
-one hour at school
-DreamBox time could be used for assessment
-highly encourage students to complete additional 30 minutes each week at home, but we will not police this/ Parents can sign the agenda book to verify DreamBox time was complete
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