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The Other 3Rs Project

The Other 3Rs Project. Creating the Other 3Rs Teacher Training and Curriculum A Project of the American Psychological Association Funded by the McDonnell Foundation. Twin Goals. Create a curriculum that teachers would not view as an add on!

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The Other 3Rs Project

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  1. The Other 3Rs Project Creating the Other 3Rs Teacher Training and Curriculum A Project of the American Psychological Association Funded by the McDonnell Foundation

  2. Twin Goals • Create a curriculum that teachers would not view as an add on! • Create a training workshop that would allow teachers to practice project-created activities and begin to use The Other 3Rs with their own activities.

  3. Twin Goals • Create a curriculum that teachers would not view as an add on! WHY? • Practical reasons… • Political reasons… Teacher buy-in Principal buy-in

  4. Achieving the Goal • MCPS Team • Rose Furr (Staff Development Teacher Garrett Park, ES) • Debbie Roberts (Instructional Specialist) • Sandra Shmookler (Special Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer) • APA Writing Team • Russ Wright (consultant), Jeanine Cogan

  5. Our Approach • Begin with the MCPS Curriculum Goals and National Standards • Create Other 3Rs activities similar to existing activities • Design the training workshops • Encourage the use of the Problem-Solving Model with all problems and activities

  6. Start with Goals and Standards MCPS Mathematics Curriculum Framework 6.3.7.2 use estimation techniques to determine solutions to problems with whole numbers. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards Number and Operations StandardInstructional programs from pre-kindergarten through grade 12 should enable all students to— Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates

  7. How Can I Estimate All These Smiles? Last night we had a joke-telling contest at the school. Everyone had a good time, but we forgot to count the people. Now we need to know about how many people were there. Work with a partner to estimate the number of people in this picture.

  8. Start with Goals and Standards MCPS Reading for Literary Experience. When you read for literary experience: • think about the problems and events • think about what will happen next • think about how the problems are solved National Council of Teachers of English Standards 3. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts.

  9. The Problem at Shaker Grove School Shaker Grove is the name of a school. It got its name from the town of Shaker Grove in the southwest corner of Pennsylvania.

  10. The Activity Set Session 2 Mathematics Reading Session 3 Mathematics Interpersonal Session 4 Mathematics Science Session 5 Mathematics Social Studies

  11. Designing the Training In Class Introduce activity Practice activity Discusswhat happened Plan Homework Use activity with students Modify existing activities Back in Class Share experiences

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