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Today’s Agenda- Look at reasons students say “I’m not good at
math”- Learn strategies for engaging those learners- Discuss opportunities for review and fluency that
build confidence- Design lessons with those learners in mind
What causes students to say “I’m Not Good at Math”?× Parents weren’t good at it× It’s hard-- they don’t understand× Lack of number sense× They never have the right answer× They might not be the quickest student to solve
a problem× Prior bad experience-- someone told them they
weren’t good at math
My Theories:Jackie has 6 boxes of beads. In each box, there are 54 beads. How many beads does she have in all? Use the area model to solve.
Creating a classroom where kids love math- Provide lots of math opportunities that don’t have a
right answer- Focus on the why and how- Put less emphasis on speed- Change up grouping frequently- Make tasks meaningful and engaging- Bring in student interest- Make review/repeated practice meaningful and
engaging
What are students “Good At” at your Level?× Dancing× Video Games× “Being nosy”× Sports× Drawing× Making slime× Fidget spinners!!!× Music× Legos× Talking to each other
What are students interested in at your Level?
MATH TASKS!
How much does it cost for 10 workouts if you pay as you go?
Looking at the 3 plans, decide which would be the best membership for a new member to buy depending on how many times they go to the gym.
Dan Meyer’s Three Part Act
ACT ONE: Visual/ Interactive Introduction
ACT TWO: Present a mathematical problem ACT THREE: Conclusion
and Extension
Class, as you watch this video, brainstorm what math questions you have about the video.
http://safeshare.tv/v/ZoN5vrtKiHQ
What mathematical questions do we have about this video?
Liz: How high can I jump on a trampoline?
Nissa: How much does a slushee cost?
Karen: How big is the trampoline? Tall? Wide? Trampoline?
Carson: What is the angle of their bodies as they flip into the foam pit?
Katie: How many jumps per minute? Are peoples jumps the same?
Sam: What is the fraction of kids jumping? Flipping?
Margaux: What is the volume of the foam pit?
Katie is so excited to take her friends with her to Sky Zone to jump in the fun jump for an hour. It costs $15 to jump for one hour, and she plans to take herself and 12 friends. Her mom gave her $150. Katie isn’t sure if that will be enough.
Explain to Katie how shecould know if that is enough.
To multiply, we can use strategies like:
Day Two: The sequel...
SPIRAL REVIEW and PRACTICE
Liz: How high can I jump?
Liz can jump 4 feet into the air on the trampoline. The highest jump ever recorded on a trampoline is 5 times that high. How high was the record jump?
Karen: What is the size/area of the the trampoline?
Other ways to push thinking:
- Give them the website and give their questions back and have them research the numbers themselves
- Give them a chart with the numbers and the questions, and they have to decide which numbers to include
- Ask them to make a prediction/estimation for each question, solve the problem, and then write a conclusion about what they learned
Extending our tasks into Small Group Practice- Group students by strategies, and work
on pushing them towards more efficient strategies
- Or mixed ability group can work on similar word problems that they can continue practicing their strategies on
RECAP:
Act One: give an ENGAGING introduction where kids ask questions (this matches student interest and strengths)
Act Two: solve and share a task
Act Three: Students answer the questions they asked and they visit small groups to work on strategies
Nana’s Recipe
1 ¼ cup of butter1 ⅛ cup of white sugar1 ⅛ cup of brown sugar2 eggs2 ⅔ cup of flour1 teaspoon baking soda½ teaspoon of salt2 teaspoons of vanilla1 ¾ cup of chocolate chips
Aunt Sandy’s Recipe
1 ⅛ cup of butter1 ⅙ cup of white sugar1 ⅙ cup of brown sugar2 eggs2 2/4 cup of flour1 teaspoon baking soda¼ teaspoon of salt2 teaspoons of vanilla1 ⅜ cup of chocolate chips
Cousin Jeremy’s Recipe
1 ⅕ cup of butter1 ⅓ cup of white sugar1 ⅓ cup of brown sugar2 eggs2 2/2 cup of flour1 teaspoon baking soda1/10 teaspoon of salt2 teaspoons of vanilla1 3/2 cup of chocolate chips
Which recipe do you think would be the most delicious? Prove why you think that based on the ingredients in each.
Hand a pile of legos to each group, and give them time to build. What mathematical questions do you have?
What is the value of your lego structure?Red- .08Green- .17Yellow- .12Grey- .23White- .29Other- .4
Create our own three part Tasks that we could use THIS
year
How to Create a 3 part Task...1. Pick a topic that you know your kids (or one specific
student) is interested in2. Find a task for the standard you are teaching and
modify the topic3. Create a visual/interactive slide, a slide for their
questions, a task slide, a conclusion slide, and a small group slide
Act One: Interactive/Visual
Act One: What Mathematical questions do we have?
Act Two: Task
Act Two: Share Strategies
What strategies do you anticipate?
Act Three: How will i use the spiral review
Day Two Anticipated small groups:
Group One:Group Two:Group Three:
Task Resources:https://learnzillion.com/
https://www.illustrativemathematics.org/
https://illuminations.nctm.org/
http://maccss.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Elementary
Georgia Units
Tasks for each grade level that I already picked out
