1. Welcome… Please sign-in and put your papers in the folder provided.
Talk with the people at your table about the comic on this slide. How does it connect with the purpose of our class as discussed last week?
Run:
Place Value Assessment
Strips of ten dots (paper and card stock)
Graph paper
Need:
Sign-in sheet
Assessment 1 video (choose 1)
Cuisenaire rods

2. Agenda Class 2 Warm-up Math Happenings Accessible Mathematics
Place Value Assessment
Break
Math Matters
Discussion
Activities
Closure
Donna and Kathy

3. Accessible Mathematics
Watch Steven Leinwand in action.

4. Chapter 1: We’ve Got Most of the Answers
A shepherd is guarding his flock of 18 sheep when suddenly 4 wolves come over the mountain. How old is the shepherd?
Given the scenario above, how do you think students would respond?  

5. Chapter 1: We’ve Got Most of the Answers
On pg. 3 the author describes a typical US classroom and compares it to the typical Japanese classroom.
Discuss the student behaviors each model of instruction will probably encourage.
List of shifts (pages 4-5)
Which ones are you already doing?
Which ones look as if they might be interesting to explore further?

6. Place Value Assessment
Video-taped
Both teacher and student
Assessment foci:
Using a pattern to solve problems
Counting by ten
Incrementing by ten (off the decade)
Mental math (addition and subtraction)
Donna

7. Meet Michael….. He is wan the 8th grade at the time of this video.
He received special education services for a learning disability.
According to his teacher, he dislikes math and shuts down when the math task becomes slightly challenging.
He still uses his fingers to calculate.

8. Break 10 Minutes

9. Chapter 1 Activities
We will be working on the following activities together today:
Activity 7 - Exploring Combinations
Activity 9 – The Number Line
Donna and Kathy

10. Chapter 2 Activities Free Choice:
Your team may select activities from chapter 2 to work on and discuss together
As a team, decide on roles
Materials manager
Time keeper
Other?
Do each activity with your team. Share ideas, thoughts, questions.
Check your ideas against your book. DO NOT look at your book until your group has spent time thinking about the problem.
Donna or Kathy

11. Whole Group Discussion
What were the big ideas of mathematics that were discussed today?
What pedagogical strategies did we use today that can be applied in any classroom?
What thoughts are “lingering” with you?

12. How do we promote the development of numerically powerful students?
“Certainly the instructional tasks we set for students have a bearing on what students learn. Equally important, however, is what we ourselves understand about numbers and the number system for this knowledge contributes to our ability to ask students questions and provide learning experiences that are mathematically significant.”
NCSM Monograph

13. Homework Video Assessment #1 (Place Value)
Read Math Matters – chapter 3, pp
Read Accessible Mathematics – Ch. 2
Write a 2 page reflection on this reading (see rubric).
SchoolFusion – check for Discussion question
Donna or Kathy