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of
Topics
and meetings
Tasks
Jan 26
Thursday evening at 7 pm on D2L
Read about Vygotsky and be prepared to discuss the readings in class on Thursday.
Learn about length measurement
Do the length measurement homework assignment
Read about
Feb 2
Saturday Feb 7 at UWRF
Vygotsky follow-up assignment
Learn about Area and Perimeter.
Do the Area and Perimeter homework assignment
Read: Manipulatives in learning mathematics
Feb 9
Let's look at K-3 Fractions: Read or watch lesson 1
Fraction 1 Assignment
Then lets think about unit plan reports
Feb 16
More about fractions (grades 2 and 3) Homework
What we did Thursday: Unit overview, planning ahead for your lessons
I might put more up about fractions in a couple days after I look at your homework. For now, I'd like us to start on some work with geometric shapes:
Basic shapes lesson Take the D2L quiz
Introduction to symmetry lesson
Intro to symmetry assignment
March 2
Read/learn about Van Hiele levels.
Read/learn about geometric properties (lots of definitions)
We'll talk about these more Thursday.
Assignments: Van Hiele levels; Properties.
March 9
Saturday
March 14 at UW-RF
Read/learn about special polygons
Homework
Test 1: Geometry
Study these problems
Sample lesson plan
Sample planning commentary
March 16
March 23
Read and learn more about repeating patterns.
Homework: repeating patterns
March 30
Read more about growing patterns
Homework: growing patterns
April 6
Saturday
April 11 at UW-RF
Learn about representing data
Assignment
Test practice problems.
April 13
Read on D2L Content: Telling Time and Elapsed Time.
Homework
April 20
Read about the problem solving standard. First read the CCSS text.
Then read
an article elaborating on the standard, and another web site with information about teaching and problem solving. or the NCTM Research on Problem Solving article in D2L Content.
Read this lesson where first graders are solving a problem
Read some more lessons, and choose one where children are engaged in problem solving.
Homework: Write a page about the ways in which that lesson uses problem solving as a strategy to help children understand math.
April 27
Learn about structure in mathematics. Vid intro, vid statement, vid number sense, vid true false eqns A, vid true false eqns B, vid missing number equations
First read the CCSS text
Then
read about and watch the video(s) about first graders developing number sense by using the structure in some math problems.
Answer some questions about finding and using structure in computation and relational thinking.
May 4
Saturday
May 9 at UW-RF (class/final exam at 1:00)
Test on Fractions (use these practice problems as review) and Data graphs (know the difference between category and measurement data, and know how to make scaled picture graphs, bar graphs, and line plots)
Reflections for standard 1 and standard 6
May 11
May 14 is the last day to turn in and post teacher standard reflections and portfolio items.