1. Please help yourself to some coffee across the hall!

2. Welcome to Principal Chat #2 Critical Problem Solving, Math, and the Common Core November 11, 2011

3. Welcome! Our purpose for Principal Chats is to have informal conversations with our community of a deeper content. We hope to share ideas and viewpoints.

5. What does that look like in our classrooms? Do not readily find solutions for kids Always seek opportunities for brainstorming Compare and Contrast everything Categorize (self-questioning skills) Encourage creativity Go across the curriculum Vera Schneider, Educational Press, “Teaching Kids to think Critically”

6. Project Based Instruction ◦ Question ◦ Research ◦ Solution

7. Math One of the key elements in improving a student’s mathematical education is building an understanding and a partnership with parents/guardians as to the nature and the depth of the mathematics content and how parents can assist at home.

8. https://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/csi/home pg.html https://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/csi/home pg.html Parent supports for math https://www.georgiastandards.org/Frame works/Pages/BrowseFrameworks/math.as px https://www.georgiastandards.org/Frame works/Pages/BrowseFrameworks/math.as px Math Frameworks

9. Eagles Domain http://www.forsythcountyschools.org/its/c shoemaker/chesmain.html http://www.forsythcountyschools.org/its/c shoemaker/chesmain.html

10. Common Core -2012

11. Next Session is January 27, 2012 8:30am Brain Based Teaching and Common Core