Hello! I am so happy you are joining me for session one of A New Vision for Mathematics today. Today will be a general overview of what the math task cycle is, its effect on student learning, and the three types of tasks. One one hand, we have our old way of mathematics: introducing a concept and its vocabulary, teaching strategies, students completing work and then (maybe...) applying to a contextual problem to extend their learning....
Over the past few weeks, I have been leading each grade levels planning meeting during their planning time. Each hour brings a new grade level and new challenges. This is my first time leading a PLC, and I wrote the proposal and presented it to my administrators. Although I had originally envisioned my trainings as a series of after-school meetings, my administrators offered me three professional days to take to train teachers instead. I spend...
Welcome back to the blog--I want to talk a little about our mornings today. In my class, there are about 15 minutes from 7:45 to 8:00 where students are in the classroom, but instructional time has not started yet. As teachers, we are doing 1 million different things in the morning. Greeting students, accepting notes, collecting forms and money, taking attendance, comforting students, finding breakfasts, and hearing tidbits students have been holding onto since the...
