Curriculum Contemplations
YOUR ONE-STOP SHOP FOR CURRICULAR HAPPENINGS FOR JANUARY
How to Become and Remain a Transformational Teacher
MATHEMATICAL MUSINGS
Fractions Progression Modules
Illustrative Mathematics has created a Fractions Progression Module consisting of videos paired with illustrative tasks to help teachers better understand the development of concepts and skills around fractions from grades 3-5. Click here to explore this resource.
What Sports Can Teach About Lesson Preparation
Click here to read how Robert Kaplinsky ties this quote from Alabama quarterback, Deshaun Watson, to mathematics education and lesson planning.
Refresher on the Mathematical Practice Standards
For some student-friendly posters describing the SMPs, look in your unit plans (grades K-5), or for grades 6 - HS click here or here.
Remind yourself what each of the SMPs are, and think about what it might look like in your classroom when students are engaging with their mathematical content through the SMPs.
For a little fun, watch the video below and correlate each clip to an SMP. You can use this organizer to record your ideas. The creators of the montage also supplied their answers*.
*The answers might not be hard and fast. If you can justify that a particular clip exemplifies a particular SMP that is different than the one identified, great! It's all about having a bit of fun while we reflect on and fine-tune our own understanding.
SCIENTIFIC SOLILOQUIES
Formative Assessment Probes: Uncovering Representations of the Water Cycle
Creating a Positive Feedback Culture
Where the Money Is: A Framework for Applying for Grants
COMMUNAL CONVERSATIONS
ELL ESSENTIALS: Teaching Mathematics to ELLs - A Position of the NCTM
PARENT PARTNERSHIPS: Parent Involvement in Schools
TECH TOOLS YOU CAN USE: Nearpod
Picture you and your students in class. Every one of you has an iPod or other tablet. You open up a PowerPoint presentation and it appears on every student’s tablet, with you controlling the pacing of the slides from your tablet. So far, it already sounds like a pretty nice way to keep students more focused because they can all see it equally clearly.
But then imagine adding more interactivity: An open-ended question students can respond to right on their tablets. A poll. A quiz. A drawing activity where students sketch or diagram something. When students respond on their tablets, you see the results on your own.
Check it out at nearpod.com
CONGRATULATIONS TO SUNNYSIDE'S NEWEST NATIONALLY BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS
Andrea Piña, 8th grade, Gallego Intermediate
Chelsie Brown, 5th grade, Gallego Intermediate
Daniel Dong, 8th grade, Lauffer
Eva Piña-Malbon, 1st grade, Liberty
Maryann Jester, S.U.N., Gallego Intermediate
Valerie Toala, 3rd grade, Sierra
To find out more about becoming a Nationally Board Certified Teacher, check out their website , attend an informational meeting Thursday, Jan 11 at 4:00 pm in the Mesquite Portable, or contact maggieh@susd12.org.
TEACHING & LEARNING DEPARTMENT
Tammi Baushka - Literacy Program Specialist
Rebecca Ridge - Literacy Program Specialist
Julia Lindberg - LAD Program Specialist
Kristel Foster - LAD Program Specialist
Maggie Hackett - Math & Science Coordinator
Donna Rishor - Math Program Specialist
Frank McCormick - Instructional Technology Coordinator
Email: maggieh@susd12.org
Website: susd12.org
Location: 2238 E Ginter Rd, Tucson, AZ, United States
Phone: (520)545-2000
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