April 1, 2013

EMC Presenter Notes: Session Four

Activity / Time / Purpose / Materials / Slides / Presenter Notes
Opening / 5 min. / Share purpose of today’s meeting / /
  • Review Choice Map
  • Introduce today's concept and schedule

Video Share / 15-20 min. / Discuss professional growth and student concerns / -A/V equip.
-Flash drives, etc. / /
  • Participants can share video clips saved on Flash drive, CD, etc.
  • Consider creating a shared Dropbox folder or Skydrive (skydrive.com) for video clips

Fluency Assessment / 20 min. / Practice Professional Noticing and scoring of FA / Copy of scoring FA scoring guide / /
  • Share video: FA 1000
  • Divide into groups and share rationale for scoring
  • Once groups agree on scoring, share with Math Circle

Foundational Fluency / 10 min. / /
  • Watch "Mathematics Fluency: A Balanced Approach"
  • Review foundational fluency

KR Book 3 / 5 min. / /
  • Distribute books and allow participants a few minutes to familarize themselves with the text.

Key Points / 10 min. / Discuss key instructional points of
place value / /
  • What must a student understand in order to effective learn place value concepts?

Teaching Place Value K-3 / 10 min. / Timeline for introducing place value / /
  • When should place value be introduced?
  • First graders have difficulty with the duality of ten. Ten is a group as well as ten individual items. Use example of child's grandmother is also mother's mother.

Book Investigation / 30 min. / /
  • Divide into three groups
  • Allow time for group discussion and preparation for whole group sharing
  • Group share (repeat for each concept)
  • Insert applicable video clips for each concept if time allows
  • In order to allow more time for activity exploration, this section will be more streamlined than in previous sessions

Activities / 15 min. per concept / Hands-on learning / /
  • Participants will explore activities from the book allowing time for questions and clarification
  • Distribute materials and blackline masters
  • Purple Book- Jump and Split strategies

Materials / 20 min. / *Materials to distribute
*Cut foam board, elastic and beads / /
  • Distribute materials
  • Explain purpose

Reflection / 10 min. / Reflect on EERTI experience / /
  • Allow participants time to complete reflection prompts.