6-12+Math+-+January+5,+2015

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-Dr Bice's Five Absolutes
( video )
 * 1) Teach to the standards
 * 2) A clearly articulated and locally aligned curriculum
 * 3) Aligned resources, support and professional development
 * 4) Regular formative, interim/benchmark assessments to inform the effectiveness of the instruction and continued learning needs of individuals and groups of students.
 * 5) Each student graduates from high school with the knowledge and skills to succeed in post high school education and the workforce without the need for remediation.

-Instructional Paradigm Shift
Conceptual Understanding and Procedural Fluency Instructional Shifts
 * What is procedural fluency and how do we help students develop it?
 * Procedural Fluency: More Than Memorizing Math Facts
 * Conceptual Understanding in Mathematics
 * From same instruction toward differentiated instruction
 * From students working individually toward a community of learners
 * From mathematical authority coming form the teacher or textbook toward mathematical authority coming from sound student reasoning
 * From teacher demonstrating "how to" toward teacher communicating expectations for learning
 * From content taught in isolation toward content connected to prior knowledge
 * From focus on correct answer toward focus on explanation and understanding
 * From mathematics made easy for students toward engaging students in productive struggle

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-Standards for Mathematical Practice
Link to Big Bang Theory video - This is a link to a Dropbox file. You can download the video to your computer or watch it directly from this link. You do not have to sign in to Dropbox to get the file.

-Five Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions


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-Flipped Classroom
Rachel Bailey - Cedar Ridge
 * Records videos in Screen Chomp
 * Posts link to videos in Edmodo
 * Students can download video on their device at school if they don't have internet access at home.

-Small Group Instruction
Mary Travers - Brookhaven
 * Using IXL while working with small groups

-Website
Sherry Luker - Oak Park
 * Graph Sketch

-Interactive Notebooks
Ginger Richey - Austin
 * Uses a composition notebook for students to take notes
 * Begins first day of school
 * Table of contents in front, pages numbered
 * Uses a separate composition notebook for homework
 * Staples work better than glue

-Preparing for AP Courses
Mark Christopher - Decatur

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-Websites
[|Alabama Insight Tool] The Alabama Insight Tool was developed to give educators a tool for in-depth investigation of the College- and Career-Ready Standards (CCRS). The CCRS are unpacked, or dissected, identifying specific knowledge, skills, vocabulary, understandings, and evidence of student attainment for each standard.

[|Illustrative Mathematics] Created to illustrate standards with tasks, videos, lesson plans, and curriculum modules.

Mathematics Assessment Project Exemplary tasks and lessons for grades 6-12. The Formative Assessment Lessons come with a detailed lesson plan, formative assessment task with questions to address common misconceptions, blackline masters, and PowerPoint slides.

Teaching Channel A growing video library showing teachers who are effectively implementing the Common Core Standards. Contains classroom videos, team meetings, coaching, reflection, and lesson materials.
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Tools for the Common Core Blog of Bill McCallum, one of the lead writers of the Common Core. From this site you can access Learning Progressions, discussion forums on the standards, and other tools to aid in implementing the standards.

Achieve the Core This website is full of free content designed to help educators understand and implement the Common Core State Standards. It includes tasks, sample assessments, lessons, planning tools, and more.

-Books
We talked about these today. Mathematics Formative Assessment: 75 Practical Strategies for Linking Assessment, Instruction, and Learning Common Core Math in a PLC at Work Mathematics Coaching: Resources and Tools for Coaches and Leaders, K-12 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions Faster Isn't Smarter

Here are some other books I really like. Number Talks Minilessons for Operations with Fractions, Decimals, and Percents Teaching Student Centered Mathematics How the Brain Learns Mathematics NCTM's Essential Understandings Series Rich and Engaging Mathematical Tasks: Grades 5-9 