Be Inspiring and Creative with Common Core Linda Faulk Marcella Cook

Background Linda has taught High School Consumer Math, Pre Algebra, Algebra 1, Geometry and Algebra 2. Common Core Transition team rewriting course descriptions and pacing guides for Geometry, this year Math 7 Marcella has taught Elementary as well as High School Consumer Math, Pre Algebra, Algebra 1 and Geometry. Common Core Transition team rewriting course descriptions and pacing guides for Algebra 1.

Opportunities that Common Core Gives Us The opportunity to look anew at our courses, ourselves and our students (we are all new teachers again) The opportunity to try something new without worrying about doing it right the first time (everyone is in the same boat) The opportunity to talk to other teachers across campus, state, country (we are at ground zero)

How is it all different? The Common Core curriculum itself will not look radically different from the lessons teachers have been presenting all along. The deep change takes place in how teachers teach that curriculum, what they do in the classroom to foster the higher-order cognitive skills that Common Core calls for. Marzano 2013

Less Standards? Greater Depth... There are still too many. Before we were teaching a mile wide and an inch deep, now we are teaching 3/4 a mile wide and a mile deep, often with fewer days in the year? One strategy--collaboration leads to teaching key standards with mastery

What do CC Teachers do? "New Strategies" for teaching  ERROR ANALYSIS--Make more mistakes, let students examine their thinking  EXAMINE STUDENT WORK--Don't just grade, use Exit cards, POW, Exemplars to see student thinking  QUESTION--Ask Why, How do you know, call on everyone-no opt out, Can you prove it to me,  COLLABORATE- Deep meaningful conversations about what students know and how you will respond when students don't know.  ENSURE STUDENT CONVERSATIONS  ASSIGN LESS WORK but with more meaning

What do CC Teachers do? "New Strategies" for teaching continued  Scaffold activities so students do not give up  Offer opportunities for students to practice, review and retake important tests  Focus on key standards and teach with depth.  Use notetaking strategies, foldables, organizers, for students to get critical content

What do CC students do? Reexamine the task when they’re stuck. Develop a foundation for problem solving strategy Make sense of the meaning of the task Persevere until the problem is solved Ask more questions -- see bookmark Peer coach, peer tutor,

Great Print Activities that Promote Discussion Puzzles--great group activity, Tarsia

Great Print Activities that Promote Discussion Gallery Walks--Anything that can be printed or completed by students can be posted on the wall and groups of students can discuss and analyze... Think number line activities, graphic organizers or notetaking guides. Students review in small groups, discuss and then report out when they have seen all work-they pick one work: One thing that the other student did well One thing that they wish they would have done on their work

Gallery Walks—Classroom Management Cover the questions so when students enter they can’t begin Put in groups of 3—not more Use timer, groups must rotate together— otherwise mass chaos and running about Write answers, label, show thinking, explain Teacher rotates among groups, monitor talk If some questions more difficult, teacher can stand and prompt or suggest for students

Number Line Activities/Poster Activities Any work that students create, they put names on back—not front Teacher posts around room, labels with number or letter For Marcella: Groups then rotate and report “Two things the person did well, one thing they can improve upon” For Linda: Groups report “One thing the person did well and one thing they learned about their own work.

Great Print Activities that Promote Discussion Sage and Scribe--

Sage and Scribe Great Activity for ELL learners/students who need extra support—Pair them with 1 higher level Model how students ask questions, monitor explanations Praise students for using academic vocabulary, If students get “stuck” model more questioning techniques for them

Great Print Activities that Promote Discussion Travel Around--If you have an odd number, use trios instead of pairs or teacher can be a partner (near silent partner)

Travel Around Role play how to work together and check answers Monitor that students switch partners Marcella used timer on her students, Linda does not use timer(some students were slower) Lowers student anxiety, shy students are one on one Students hear a variety of explanations, and are wind up working with people they may not know well

Great Print Activities that Promote Discussion Team competitions- -Yes, I offer a prize for the winners, but I have never seen students work together with such energy to solve math problems and most of the time, no one wins…..BUT they love it!

Team Competitions They will do anything to win even if there are no prizes. Great vocabulary or spelling activity Either give teams same list or different versions—they won’t cheat, they want to win Teams must stay in seats and pass paper, when it gets to back of row, must pass forward. They can only speak to person in front or behind

Team Competitions Continued If anyone gets out of their seat, 1 st time warning, 2 nd time a 15 second penalty—they cannot work or pass until penalty is up When a team believes they are finished and correct, they ring the bell and either hear SORRY OR YOU WIN….

Great Print Activities that Promote Discussion Treasure Hunt-- posted around the room, students move with a group and discuss. Self checking

Tips and Tricks to Treasure Hunts Proof read, then proof read and when you are done, PROOF READ When a mistake is caught, tell the students it is deliberate….can they find it… Cannot be timed, can’t keep in groups, it is chaotic,

Great Print Activities that Promote Discussion Scavenger Hunt using QR codes (On Door to Classroom) Do Math outside the math classroom Other Uses Post codes for syllabus, homework schedules, on walls during back to school night or parent conferences

Oldies but goodies Foldables--Graphic organizers, note taking, manipulatives....Linda uses an Interactive notebook in class For the entire year—composition Book—not spiral Jeopardy--Nothing new here, but always a winner in the classroom-see the variety at my wiki

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