Teachers explore the Math Teaching Practices presented in Principles to Actions by NCTM, then focus deeply on Math Teaching Practice #2: Implement Tasks that Promote Reasoning and Problem Solving.

1. WELCOME!
⊡Sign in for clock hours.
⊡Make a name tag.
⊡Choose a seat.
⊡Take a quick poll at
http://activeprompt.org/poll/OCJYT
We will begin promptly at 8 am.
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2. MATH TEACHING PRACTICES
TO SUPPORT COMMON CORE
August 19, 2015 - PD Place session #6036
September 23, 2015 - Makeup session #6037
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3. Today’s Agenda: https://goo.gl/dWrXMM
⊡Introductions
⊡Goals and Outcomes
⊡NCTM’s Principles to Actions & Math Teaching
Practices that Support CCSS-M
⊡Math Tasks that Promote Reasoning and
Problem Solving
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4. Introductions
As you “whip around” your table, please share:
⊡Your name
⊡Where you teach
⊡Your teaching assignment (i.e., grade level or
courses taught)
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5. SIXLETS
Take one Sixlet from the bag
at your table.
Yes, you can eat it but remember the color you chose.
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6. SIXLETS
Share around the table
according to the color of Sixlet you chose.
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7. IF YOU COULD...
Red: ...choose your age forever, what age would you
choose and why?
Orange: ...trade places with 1 person, who would it be?
Yellow: ...be an Olympic athlete, what sport would you
compete in?
Green: ..have 1 wish granted, what would it be?
Brown: ...take a road trip with anybody (dead or alive),
who would it be and where would you go?
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8. SIXLETS
Take a different color Sixlet
from the bag at your table.
Yes, you can eat it but remember the color you chose.
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9. SIXLETS
Share around the table
according to the color of Sixlet you chose.
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10. Red: ...about a teacher who had a positive influence
on you.
Orange: ...a goal you have this school year.
Yellow: ...1-2 words that capture a value you would like
to promote in your classroom.
Green: ...about the best school year you’ve ever had.
What made it so great?
Brown: ...if you were to create a classroom slogan,
what would it be?
TELL YOUR GROUP MEMBERS...
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11. Resources for Today’s Session
⊡Presentation and documents:
https://goo.gl/CTJOoX
⊡Parking lot: https://todaysmeet.com/NSDmath
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12. NSD Norms
⊡Actively engage.
⊡Unplug.
⊡Monitor your air time.
⊡Listen to understand.
Presume positive intent.
Invite respectful debate.
Be efficient.
Be kind.
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13. Norms of Focus Today
⊡Actively engage.
⊡Be efficient.
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14. Your Predictions
⊡Entry task at http://activeprompt.org/poll/OCJYT
⊡View results of the poll
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15. Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 11
WA
NSD
Smarter Summative, 2014-2015 administration
Report Generated: 8/11/2015 1:40:20 PM PDT
https://wa.reports.airast.org
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16. Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 11
WA
NSD
Smarter Summative, 2014-2015 administration
Report Generated: 8/11/2015 1:40:20 PM PDT
https://wa.reports.airast.org
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72% 72% 71% 57%

17. from http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us

18. THE BIG GOAL
Improve student learning
and achievement
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19. “Teachers know best about what works in the
classroom. That is why these standards establish
what students need to learn but do not dictate
how teachers should teach. Instead, schools and
teachers will decide how best to help students
reach the standards.
from http://www.corestandards.org/about-the-standards/myths-vs-facts/
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20. “Unless and until there is a focus on how to
develop the teaching skills required to help all
students meet more rigorous standards and
master the curriculum (and all teachers use
assessments to improve instruction), student
achievement is unlikely to improve more than
marginally.
from Change Leadership: A Practical Guide to Transforming Our Schools
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21. GOALS TODAY
Explore math teaching practices that support Common Core
Explore math tasks that provide opportunities for implementing these math teaching
practices
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22. OUTCOME
Create a Math Task Implementation Plan for a math task that promotes reasoning and
problem solving
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23. Principles to Actions
⊡Read Principles to Actions Executive Summary
⊡Identify what you consider to be the most
significant idea addressed in the article. Underline
or highlight the passage.
⊡When all group members are ready, use the Save
the Last Word For Me protocol to discuss the
article with your group.
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Protocol: Save the Last Word For Me
1.One member reads their chosen passage to the
group.
2.The other 3 participants each have 1 minute to
respond to that idea.
3.The first participant takes 2 minutes to state why
s/he chose that point and to respond to his/her
colleagues based on what s/he heard.
4.Repeat until all group members have had a
chance to have “the last word.”

25. P2A Math Teaching Practices
⊡Complete the Self-Assessment individually.
⊡Silently read and reflect on the Round Table
questions. Be prepared to share your response
for each question.
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26. Round Table
⊡Each person in the group briefly shares his/her
answer to question #1 (1 min each).
⊡Repeat for each question.
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27. BUMPER STICKIES
Create a bumper stickie (like a bumper sticker, but
on a sticky note) that captures a major idea,
learning, insight or take-away from our reading and
discussion this morning. Be creative!
On the back of your bumper stickie, make 5 small
boxes.
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28. BUMPER STICKIES
1.While the music plays, begin trading Post-it notes,
making as many trades as possible.
2.When the music stops, FREEZE and find a partner
near you. If you cannot find a partner, raise your hand
and then partner up with another person with a raised
hand.
3.With your partner, read both bumper stickies. Then
rate the bumper stickies by distributing a total of 7
points between the two of them.
4.Repeat steps 1-3 for a total of five rounds.
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29. ⊡After the last round, total the points for the
bumper stickie you now have. The total should
be a number 0-35.
⊡Place the bumper stickie you now have on the
axis on the wall to create a histogram that
includes all our bumper stickies.
⊡Please return to your seat.
BUMPER STICKIES
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30. 3
Overlapping
Squares
Squares
Upon Squares
Skeleton
Tower
Choose a task
1 2
TASKS
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31. 10-MINUTE BREAK
During our break,
choose one of the 3 math tasks
you would like to explore
when we reconvene
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32. 3
Overlapping
Squares
Squares
Upon Squares
Skeleton
Tower
Choose a task
1 2
TASKS
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33. Form a group
⊡Create a group of 4 with
others who have chosen
the same task.
⊡Choose group roles:
□ Facilitator
□ Timekeeper
□ Summarizer
□ Recorder
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front
Overlapping
Squares
Squares Upon
Squares
Skeleton
Tower

34. Think like a student
⊡Working independently, solve the task.
⊡Try to find as many different solution methods as
possible.
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35. Whip Around
⊡Briefly your solution method(s) with each other.
(1 min each)
⊡Timekeeper monitors time for this task.
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36. Task Implementation Planning Sheet
⊡Recorder makes an electronic copy of the Task
Implementation Planning Sheet for your group.
URL: https://goo.gl/UDeiz6
⊡Record the task and names of group members at
the top.
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37. Think like a teacher
As a group, use the Task Implementation Planning
Sheet to discuss:
⊡the mathematics goals of the task
⊡opportunities for promoting reasoning and
problem solving
⊡opportunities to address the other math teaching
practices in Principles to Actions
⊡other PLC questions (time permitting)
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38. Your Responsibility
⊡Facilitator moderates discussion and keeps
group on task
⊡Timekeeper monitors time and keeps group
moving so work is completed on time
⊡Summarizer restates the group’s conclusions or
answers
⊡Recorder types group responses on the Task
Implementation Planning Sheet
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39. Think like a teacher
As a group, use the Task Implementation Planning
Sheet to discuss:
⊡the mathematics goals of the task
⊡opportunities for promoting reasoning and
problem solving
⊡opportunities to address the other math teaching
practices in Principles to Actions
⊡other PLC questions (time permitting)
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40. Share your work
⊡Recorder shares the Task Implementation
Planning Sheet with all group members and
Patty Stephens (pstephens@apps.nsd.org)
⊡Other group members
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41. WRAP UP
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42. Stars & Stairs
⊡On a post-it note, share:
Write a few words that describe a valuable
learning from today’s session.
Describe the next step needed to further
your learning.
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43. STARS & STAIRS
Place your Post-it on the axis on the wall to identify the
math teaching practice you believe could have the greatest
impact on student learning if you were to implement it or
increase focus on it in your classroom.
1. Establish math goals to focus learning
2. Implement math tasks to promote
reasoning and problem solving
3. Use and connect math
representations
4. Facilitate math discourse
5. Pose purposeful questions.
6. Build procedural fluency
from conceptual understanding
7. Support productive struggle
8. Elicit and use evidence of
student thinking.
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44. “Unless and until there is a focus on how to
develop the teaching skills required to help all
students meet more rigorous standards and
master the curriculum (and all teachers use
assessments to improve instruction), student
achievement is unlikely to improve more than
marginally.
from Change Leadership: A Practical Guide to Transforming Our Schools
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45. GOALS TODAY
Explore math teaching practices that support Common Core
Explore math tasks that provide opportunities for implementing these math teaching
practices
#NSDSummerInstitute

46. OUTCOME
Create a Math Task Implementation Plan for a math task that promotes reasoning and
problem solving
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47. Resources for Today’s Session
⊡Presentation and documents:
https://goo.gl/T51GTy
⊡Parking lot: https://todaysmeet.com/NSDmath
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48. FEEDBACK
Please complete the feedback form
at https://goo.gl/qojWwh
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49. PD OPPORTUNITIES
Math Teaching
Practices for
Common Core
Beyond
Real World
and
Relevance
Math
Design
Studio
TODAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
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50. NSD Math Fellows
⊡Implement math teaching practices
from Principles to Actions into
classroom instruction
⊡6 modules, 1 per month
⊡Begins September 14
⊡More information:
http://eepurl.com/bn0qAD
PD OPPORTUNITIES
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51. PD OPPORTUNITIES
Dan Meyer Follow-up
Sessions
⊡Implement strategies presented by
Dan Meyer at the 2015 NSD
Summer Institute
⊡6 sessions throughout the 2015-
2016 school year
⊡1st session: October 1
⊡#6147 in PD Place
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52. PD OPPORTUNITIES
How to Learn Math - For Teachers
⊡Course URL: http://goo.gl/HHknmO
⊡Online course by Jo Boaler offered through Stanford
University
⊡Course fee: $125 paid to Stanford
University
⊡12 clock hours from NSD
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53. THANK YOU!
Patty Stephens
Secondary Math Instructional Specialist
pstephens@nsd.org
425-408-7617
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