Texan Math News
December 1, 2014
December Happenings
12/2: Technology "Lunch and Learn" with Jennifer Evans
- Topic: "Zany Web 2.0 Tools
- Room 307
- Link to register: Click here to register for Zany Web 2.0 Tools.
**********Winter Break December 22 - January 2***********
TEAM WORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK!
Lesson Planning
Lesson Plan Expectations:
What NON-NEGOTIABLES are to be in EVERY lesson plan?
- ACE Strategies
- Key Questioning
- Academic Vocabulary
- Content ("I Can") AND Language Objectives ("I Will")
- Plans should be in TEAM PLANNERS every Friday
- Plans should be in INDIVIDUAL PLANNERS the Wednesday BEFORE the week the lessons are taught.
DISTRICT LESSON PLAN SUBMISSION & REVIEW:
Plans for the following weeks should already be in Eduphoria:
- December 1-December 5
- December 8-December 12
Plans to be reviewed on Friday, December 5th:
- December 15-December 19.
Academic Vocabulary
Teachers should be adding at least 5 new vocabulary terms EVERY week, and should be referencing them throughout the lesson.
WORD WALLS
- It is a CAMPUS & DISTRICT EXPECTATION for Word Walls to be UP and UPDATED in all classrooms.
- Word Walls should be cumulative of concepts/units previously taught and being taught currently.
- Vocabulary included on the word walls should be referred to daily, throughout your lesson(s).
Strategies for Teaching Academic Vocabulary (covered in Academic Vocab PLC)
- Word Wall Centers (Spin-A-Word)
- Plickers
- Paraphrasing Pyramid
- Compare-Contrast using Venn Diagram
Upcoming PLC Dates
12/4: PLC "Questioning and Sentence Stems"
- Bring PLD folders
12/11: PLC "Academic Vocabulary"
- Bring 15 samples of student work showing their knowledge of academic vocabulary
ACE (Active Cognitive Engagement)
Get "ACEd"
- Turn To Your Neighbor
- Thumbs-Up/Thumbs Down
- Stand-Up/Sit Down
- Thought Jots
- Poll Everywhere
- Plickers
RTI (Response-to-Intervention) 12/1 - 12/5
Objectives covered during RTI Interventions are based on data from Unit Assessments.
Equations and Inequalities
7th Grade:
Percent Applications
8th Grade:
Pythagorean Theorem Application