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COMMSTEP SUMMER INSTITUTE 2001: MathScape

submitter: Colorado Mathematics Middle School Teacher Enhancement Project (COMMSTEP)
published: 09/07/2001
posted to site: 09/07/2001

Workshop Goals and Agendas
June 18 - 22, 2001
MathScape

GOALS

Goals for the week

  • Gain content knowledge of two units per grade levels
  • Increase understanding of pedagogy in a standards-based classroom
  • Gain familiarity with MathScape materials
  • Meet with administrator
  • Prepare unit plans
  • Teach a lesson
  • Begin year-long plan

Daily Goals

Day 1

  • View "Big Picture" of MathScape
  • Experience a lesson as a student
  • Work on Phase 1 of Unit 1
  • Organize COMMSTEP Portfolio

Day 2

  • Experience grading of homework (P, C, T)
  • Increase content knowledge of Unit 1
  • Increase understanding of Teacher's Guide layout
  • Become familiar with "Guide to Planning"
  • Continue Organizing Portfolio

Day 3

  • Share reflections
  • Plan Friday lesson
  • Plan Unit 1
  • Integer lesson
  • Information about NP, MMA, EXPLOR
  • Begin work on Unit 2
  • Summary
  • Reflection
  • Assign article to read

Day 4

  • Address Parent concerns
  • Work on Unit 2
  • Assessment information
  • Teacher concerns
  • Positive Solutions
  • Administrators
  • Reflection

Day 5

  • Teach lessons (6th, 8th, 7th)
  • Process lessons
  • Yearly plan
  • Summary of week
  • Reflection

Agendas

Day 1

  • Introductions
  • Hopes for the week
  • Goals for the workshop
  • Goals for today
  • MathScape overview
  • A typical lesson: Chance Encounters lesson
  • Grade level unit work (6th-Data, 7th-BB, 8th-LBN)
  • Summary
  • Reflection

Day 2

  • Warm-up
  • Reflection response
  • Homework 4
  • Continue unit work
  • Guide to Planning - Unit, Phase, Lesson
  • Reflections

Day 3

  • Complete a plan for Friday's lesson
  • Outline plans for Unit 1
  • Increase understanding of operations (+,-) of integers using manipulatives
  • Work on Unit 2 as a learner (6th-LON, 7th-FGU, 8th-MOM)

Day 4

  • Build confidence in dealing with community concerns
  • Complete Unit 2
  • Address concerns and generate solutions
  • Communicate with administrators

Day 5

  • Increase confidence in teaching a standards-based lesson
  • Outline year plan
  • Summarize the week

Workshop Goals and Agendas
June 25 - 29, 2001
MathScape

GOALS

Goals for the Week

  • Increased understanding of SBE
  • Increased understanding of curriculum and pedagogy
  • Familiarity with algebra throughout grade levels
  • Completion of project plans
  • Increased confidence for planning parent night
  • Outline of year-long plan
  • Increased understanding of the role of the mentor

Daily Goals

Day 1

  • Welcome and introductions
  • Grade level work 6th: Designing Spaces
    7th: Getting in Shape
    8th: Unit review and planning Looking Behind the Numbers and Math of Motion
  • Reflections

Day 2

  • Reflection Review
  • Grade level work 6th: Designing Spaces
    7th: Getting in Shape Lessons 7, 9, 10, 11
    8th: Lesson plans, Exploring the Unknown
    7th & 8th: Integer lesson
    7th & 8th: Teach SBE lesson
  • Reflection

Day 3

  • Reflections review
  • Grade level work 6th: Designing Spaces
    7th: Unit review
    8th: Family Portraits
  • Reflections

Day 4

  • Reflections review
  • Grade level work
    6th: fractions and calculator work
    7th: Unit review and planning
    8th: Finish Family Portraits and do Roads & Ramps
  • Reflection

Day 5

  • Reflection review
  • 6th, 7th, & 8th: Unit work
  • 7th & 8th year: Long plan and project plan
  • 6th, 7th, & 8th: Algebra strand activities
  • Recipe for a successful year
  • Reflection

Goals

Day 1

  • Review components of a standards-based lesson
  • 6th: Learn content of Designing Spaces
  • 7th: Review/learn content of Getting in Shape
  • 8th: "Fine tune" and write detailed plans for Looking Behind the Numbers and Math of Motion

Day 2

  • Increase content knowledge
  • Gain experience teaching a standards-based lesson (7 , 8)
  • Plan standards-based lessons (6, 7, 8)

Day 3

  • 6th: Finish Designing Spaces
  • 7th: "Fine-tune" Buyer Beware and/or Chance Encounters
  • 8th: Increase content knowledge of Family Portraits

Day 4

  • 6th: Understand content in From Zero to One and Beyond Use TI-12 Fraction Calculator as tool of learning
    7th: Share strategies for teaching units
    8th: Increase content knowledge of functions in Family Portraits and slope relationships in Roads and Ramps gain more confidence in using the graphing calculator
  • 6, 7, 8: Become more proficient SBE teachers

Day 5

  • Be prepared to teach the MathScape curriculum in '01-'02
  • Be skilled at teaching the components of SBE (e.g., introduction, investigate, summarize, assessment, presentation, displays of student work, group work, intervention, strategies of instruction, etc.)
  • Experience algebra strand
  • Be excited to be a teacher of mathematics
  • Increase love for Elaine and Ken