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Co-Planning: a grade 7 lesson Identify the coaching practices you observe What were the co-planners interested in seeing?

Co-Planning Discussion Discuss your observations with your group. What observables were mentioned? Add 1-2 indicators from MTLC or Admin. Guide

Lesson Observation Use your observation guide to make notes

Discuss your observations using the notes from your observations, not opinions. Role play- debrief the lesson coach teacher observer Lesson Observation Debrief

Probing Questions … for lesson debrief What might have happened if…. In what way(s) could… What’s another way …. What would it have looked like if…. I noticed that … I wondered about … Did you consider …

Differentiating instruction… rather than consolidation 8

Your answer is….? A graph goes through the point (1,0). What could it be? What makes this an accessible, or inclusive, sort of question? 9

Opening up Questions Conventional question: You saved $6 on a pair of jeans during a 15% off sale. How much did you pay? vs. M Small10 You saved $6 on a pair of jeans during a sale. What might the percent off have been? How much might you have paid?

Or… You saved some money on a jeans sale. Choose an amount you saved: $5, $7.50 or $8.20. Choose a discount percent. What would you pay? M Small11

Or.. Conventional question: What is ? vs. 12M Small Represent 88 as the sum of powers.

How could you open up these? Add: 3/8 + 2/5.A line goes through (2,6) and has a slope of -3. What is the equation? Graph y = 2(3x - 4) Add the first 40 terms of 3, 7, 11, 15, 19,… 13

Using Parallel Tasks Offer 2-3 similar tasks that meet different students’ needs, but make sense to discuss together. 14

Parallel Questions Task A: 1/3 of a number is 24. What is the number? Task B: 2/3 of a number is 24. What is the number? Task C: 40% of a number is 24. What is the number? 15 How do you know the number is more than 24? Is the number more than double 24? How did you figure out your number?

Parallel Questions Task A: One electrician charges an automatic fee of $35 and an hourly fee of $45. Another electrician charges no automatic fee but an hourly fee of $85. What would each company charge for a 40 minute service call? Task B: An electrician charges no automatic fee but an hourly fee of $75. How much would she charge for a 40 minute service call? 16 How do you know the charge would be more than $40? How did you figure out the fee?

Big Ideas What are big ideas about volume and surface area?

Co-Plan Lesson Relationship between volume and surface area of rectangular prisms Grade 8 or grade 9 Use Lesson Planning Guidelines √ Big Ideas √ Prior Knowledge √ Student Misconceptions √ Lesson Goals √ Big Question Peer review tomorrow

What good questions can do. Good questions: –Evoke student thinking. –Expose student thinking. –Help students see and drill into “big Ideas”. For good questions to work: –Students must be able to listen and speak fearlessly. –Students must be provided appropriate scaffolding and challenge.

The coach can help teachers: identify the Big Math ideas in the lessons they plan to teach. develop questions that focus students on making sense of the math. craft questions that help students make connections. create questions that probe for student understanding.

Coach’s Role Helping teachers realize they must identify the math that matters Helping teachers practice developing questions that focus on students making sense of the math Helping teachers practice developing questions that focus on building connections- how new math ideas are related to and built on older ones 21

Coaching Practices/Strategies Paraphrasing Clarifying Interpreting Probing Instructing Summarizing

Coaching Practices/Strategies Probing Often these questions are asked in the co- planning stage The coachee often doesn’t have an immediate answer – wait time! Coachee thinks deeper about the matter being discussed Helps create a paradigm shift Empowers the coachee to develop habits of mind Moves thinking from reaction to reflection

Sometimes you have to artfully provide information or direction Instructing Questions Can I provide more information on…algebra tiles? Would you like me to provide a list of…possible websites? If you have not seen/heard …. of TIPS, would you like me to show you how where to find them and walk through a lesson with you? Research seems to show that…adolescent learners are often not ready for abstract thinking Some teachers find it helpful to… design a word wall with students

Co-Plan Lesson Relationship between volume and surface area of rectangular prisms Grade 8 or grade 9 Use Lesson Planning Guidelines √ Big Ideas √ Prior Knowledge √ Student Misconceptions √ Lesson Goals √ Big Question Peer review tomorrow

What Coaching Is

Next Steps Coaching Wiki – Ask-A-Coach –Apr. 1 & 2: check wiki for details Feedback Form –What did you find valuable? –What further support do you need?

Homework Reading Are You Coaching Heavy or Light?, Joellen Killion oachescorner/Coaching_Heavy_Light.pdf oachescorner/Coaching_Heavy_Light.pdf CIIM research: ‘Changing practice: Dilemmas, challenges, supports’, Dr. Christine Suurtamm, University of Ottawa Further thought about the Surface Area and Volume lesson.