digitsSales Presentation Agenda for 60 minutes

Approx. Time / Topic / Key Points / Handouts/Resources
2 minutes / Intro / Convey excitement / Optional static slide show from NYC field test
7 minutes / Set the stage / -The many responsibilities of Middle Grades Math teachers
-How class time is spent
-How outside of class time is spent / Flash videos/charts embedded in PPT slide 0

5 minutes / Behind digits / -Contributors and authors
-1st basal curriculum written specifically to CCS
-2 sales points / Flash embedded in PPT slide 0

15 minutes
<abridge as needed if you are short on time> / On-Level Lesson / -Teach/demo abridged lesson as if to students on an IWB or eBeam
-Teacher support / -On-Level Lesson embedded in PPT slide 1
-Student Companion page (Launch in beginning; Close and Check at end)

10 minutes / Differentiation / -Why differentiation via print is unsustainable
-How digits differentiates automatically = “where math clicks!” / Slides 2, 3, and 4 in PPT

5 minutes / interACTIVE Learning Cycle and RtI / How RtI informs instruction in digits / -Slide 5 in PPT
-interACTIVE Learning Cycle and RtI handout

5 minutes / Adaptive Implementation / -Homework: online and paper
-A program to grow with / -Flash embedded in PPT slide 6
-Adaptive Implementation Matrix handout

3 minutes / Value Statement / -Juggling many responsibilities successfully
-Quickly refer to components
-Mention benefits of digital: always up-to-date / -Flash video embedded in PPT slide 6
-Pricing and Components handout

8 minutes / Close / -Q&A + Feedback
-What does everyone think?
-How will your students react to this?
-Next steps – Test Drive! / digits Test Drive
ISBN 10 0-13-318216-9
ISBN 13 978-0-1331-8216-3

PRESENTATION PACKET

  1. customized cover sheet (copy single-sided; Intranetdigits page: Sales Tools)
  2. Presentation Packet (posted as first item on Intranetdigits page), consisting of:
  1. Student Companion sample (double sided)
  2. interACTIVE Learning Cycle and RtI (double sided)
  3. Adaptive Implementation Matrix(single sided)
  4. Pricing and Components (double sided)
  5. Feedback Form (single sided)

Please check the Intranet for the most current versions of these handouts (as well as for other digits resources you may find useful):