Week of
Topics and meetings
Tasks
Sept 5
Saturday Sept 5 at UW-RF
If you were not able to be in class, you should read the syllabus, study chapters 2 and 3 of Children's Mathematics, and read and/or watch lessons 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7.
See you in class!
Make sure you get your books and math kit before you come
to class. I recommend pre-reading chapters 1 and 2 of the
text Children's Mathematics: Cognitively Guided
Instruction.
Syllabus
Sample word problem
grid
Blank word problem
grid
Sept 7-12
Tuesday evening: Computer check. Log
in to class. If it's not working, call me at 715-425-3119.
Identifying addition and subtraction problems by their
CGI type:
In Childrens
Mathematics, read chapter 2, focusing on the distinctions
between problem types (pages 7-11).
Take the
retakeable online CGI quiz,
and print out the page with your results.
Use the correcting your
CGI errors guidelines and your results from the
first quiz to study more, and then
Retake the
retakeable online CGI quiz
(your score will be the highest of your quiz scores).
Read the first half of
chapter 3: the part that describes the methods children
use to direct model addition and subtraction problems
(pages 17-23). Watch the accompanying direct modeling
videos using the web links in the book.
Record yourself solving problems
using each of the direct modeling techniques. (Due
Sept 12)
Sept 14-19
Tuesday evening
Read the lessons (Order CGI problems by direct modeling difficulty and phrasing to make word problems easier or harder) before Tuesday's class.
Order CGI problems by
direct modeling difficulty (What problem types are
easier and harder). (Read also the practice problems)
Take the D2L quiz on
relative difficulties of problem types--you get 2 tries at
this one, so try to do it without looking at your notes,
and then retake it to fix any errors you made.
Read
about phrasing that makes word problems (within a
problem type) easier or harder.
Read in Children's
Mathematics about phrasing that makes word problems easier
or harder: pgs 12-13 (Other
Considerations)
Write easier and
harder word problems (write and put in the D2L dropbox) (Due Sept 19)
Sept 21-26
Tuesday evening: have your Cuisenaire
rods (colored rods) and linking cubes available to use
during class, as well as paper and colored pencils for
notes.
Manipulatives, fundamental skills and making connections
between problem types:
Read/watch the lesson on
Cuisenaire
rods. Find the Cuisenaire rods in your kit and
follow along with them as you watch/read the lesson.
Take the D2L quiz. Have
your Cuisenaire rods out to help you model the questions
as you take your quiz.
Read/watch the Subitizing and dot patterns
lesson
Do and turn in the homework
assignment on subitizing
and small numbers. You can do the assignment in Word
or in Smart
Notebook (so you can use the Notebook tools for
illustrations!)
Read/watch the bar
diagrams and math mountains lesson
Do and turn in the homework
assignment on part whole diagrams.
Due Sept 27
Sept 28-Oct 3
Tuesday evening
Counting strategies for addition and subtraction
Review vocabulary
for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and
take the associated D2L
quiz (2 chances to take it)
Read/watch the basic
facts overview and take
the D2L quiz (take once: open book)
Read/watch the counting
strategies lesson and take the D2L quiz (take
once: open book) and write
answers to this homework
assignment
Due Oct 4
Plan your CGI interview
planning template
Due Oct 11
Oct 5-10
Tuesday evening and
Saturday October 10 at UW-RF
Read/watch the derived
facts strategies for addition lesson
do and turn in the
derived facts for addition homework
Plan your CGI interview
planning template
Due Oct 11
Information letter for
your cooperating teacher
Practice problems
for the test on Saturday
Solutions to the
practice problems.
Oct 12-17
Tuesday optional
Read/watch the lesson on building
up through ten to subtract
Read/watch the lesson on backing
down through ten to subtract
Subtraction derived
facts homework
Learn about
teaching basic facts
Take the teaching basic
facts D2L quiz (three chances--your last score is recorded) due Oct 18
Fill out a test 1
reflection and put it in the dropbox (any answers to
the questions will earn you the points on this assignment,
and I will put a scan of your graded test in this dropbox
when you have submitted the reflection)
(The CGI interview and
interview report should be done this week unless you have
rescheduled with me)
Oct 19-24
Open
or print the homework
file before you start working on the equals sign
lesson, because part of the assignment is note taking.
Read/watch the lesson on equals signs and balanced
equations
Base 10
manipulatives and assignment. Make sure you read
through the practice problems (they address some common
points of confusion)
What children understand about base 10 lesson and assignment
Plan
your number
talks. Make a plan for your 3 number talks, and
submit it to me and share it with your cooperating
teacher. Talk to your cooperating teacher about what
format she would prefer for you to use (whole group/small
group). Common core math standards link
Oct 26-31
Before class please Watch the lesson on this site Bean Sprouts (scroll down--the video you want is number 15) and take notes on the strategies children used to solve the problems.
Teaching about 2-digit addition and subtraction
using questioning and discussing
Children's strategies assignment
Alternate algorithms for
addition and subtraction lesson, and Assignment
Nov 2-7
Tuesday evening and
Saturday Nov 7 at UW-RF
Bring the cell phone or camera that you use to take video recordings to class. If you need a special cable to transfer your video to a computer, please bring that too.
Bring your manipulatives box to class.
Bring to class the children's book you're thinking of using for your math read aloud.
*Watch and read about using manipulatives to
teach addition and subtraction (you'll be recording yourself explaining one of these during class Saturday). 2-digit work; 3 digit addition; 3 digit subtraction.
*Student errors in addition and subtraction. Lesson, and assignment PDF version
* Decide what book you'd like to use for the math read aloud (see pre-plan info on the field experience assignments page)
* Study for the test on Saturday. Solutions to practice problems
If you have not yet done so, please rewrite your number talks plan, expanding on the planning reflection section.
Nov 9-14
Tuesday optional (I will be available to answer questions.)
The first lesson is about representing and Multiplication and division. assignment .
The next
lesson asks you to put together the multiplication and division bar diagrams
with the earlier lesson on addition and subtraction bar diagrams to show
solutions of 2-step word problems: lesson,
assignment
Nov 16-21
Tuesday evening
Learn about multiplication
properties and basic facts and do the associated assignment
Multiplying
by tens and hundreds lesson and assignment
Write up the full lesson plan for your Math Read Aloud.
Nov 23-28
No meetings and homeworks. Happy Thanksgiving!
Nov 30-Dec5
Multiplying higher numbers lesson and assignment
Division with remainders. lesson and assignment
Dec 7-12
Tuesday evening and
Saturday Dec 12 at UW-RF (class/final exam at
1:00)
No new lessons. Review anything you missed from the lessons since Nov 7. Here are some more problems to studyPortfolio submission instructions
Review solutions
Dec 15-19
Dec 19 is the last day to turn in
outstanding field experience assignments (reports on your
number talk and math read aloud teaching experiences).