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Grade 8 Seminar Extended Content Session

Grade 8 Seminar Extended Content Session. AnnMarie Varlotta 9:00-12:10 Room 607. Welcome and Introductions. Outcomes. Participants will: Engage in tasks/training focused around new curriculum

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Grade 8 Seminar Extended Content Session

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  1. Grade 8 SeminarExtended Content Session AnnMarieVarlotta 9:00-12:10 Room 607

  2. Welcome and Introductions

  3. Outcomes Participants will: • Engage in tasks/training focused around new curriculum • Become aware of content curriculum, available resources, and updates related to Universal Design for Learning (UDL). • Engage in collaborative planning

  4. Warm-Up: True or False • Math Seminars are a study hall/tutorial class for students. • Math Seminars are opportunities for students to do a lot of skill and practice each day. • Math Seminars offer students opportunities to make connections to the real world. • Math Seminars are designed a prep for the MSA. • Students should get the same grade for their math class and Math Seminar.

  5. Course Expectations • The course will be engaging and is designed for hands-on activities and real-world connections • This is not a period of “study hall” • Opportunities for skill review are embedded, but most of the learning will be in context of meaningful problems • Natural opportunities for disciplinary literacy are also built in

  6. Curriculum Development For Grade 8 Seminar: • 5 instructional (thematic) units • Units complement the first instruction • Each unit has a culminating project • Weekly opportunities for skill review • Weekly guide for instruction

  7. Curricular Units

  8. Structure of the Webpages On each unit page: • Curriculum Overview • Downloadable Unit Plan • Common Core Content Standards • Unit Guide (Weekly Summary) • Facilitator’s Notes for each Week • Skill Review • Items in Bold are downloadable resource files found at end of weekly facilitators notes

  9. Understanding our Platforms

  10. Building a Collaborative In Edmodo: • Get access to presentation files • Get access to formative assessment items (coming soon!) • Share your great ideas with other teachers and get their ideas/resources too!

  11. Edmodo: Sign-In or Sign-Up • Go to http://hcpss.edmodo.com • Sign-in (if you have an account) or Sign-up as a teacher. • Enter your school code. • Select a username and password. • Sign up

  12. Group Code: 4q5my4

  13. Activity 1: Stock Market Game Training Dr. Allen Cox

  14. Short Break

  15. Activity 2: Exploring Unit 1 • Unit 1: Financial Planning, Part 1 • Culminating Project: Select a future career and develop an annual and monthly budget, factoring in cost of living • Math Standards: The Number System and Fractions

  16. Activity 2: Beginning to Plan • Begin to examine the available curricular resources. • Unit 1 (Financial Planning, Part 1) is expected to take about 25 days. • With your table partners, begin to think about what your first few weeks of class will look like. • What are the most important math concepts/skills students need to develop in this unit? • How will you pre-assess students for background knowledge? • What are some strategies for differentiating when students are struggling?

  17. Activity 3: What is UDL? Universal Design for Learningis a set of principles for curriculum development that give all individuals equal opportunities to learn. UDL provides a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone--not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs.

  18. Brain Networks

  19. Overview of UDL

  20. Available: http://udlwheel.mdonlinegrants.org/

  21. How to Give Feedback

  22. Fall CPD Offerings

  23. Math Gatherings • Opportunities to collaborate with other teachers, receive “Just in Time” PD, and attend learning labs to watch tasks implemented with actual students. • Will be held one Wednesday a month. • Individuals who register in advance and attend at least 2 hours will be paid workshop wages! (Registration link in Edmodo)!

  24. Math Gatherings--Dates • Wednesday, September 12th @Dunloggin MS • Wednesday, October 10th @Wilde Lake HS • Wednesday, November 14th • Wednesday, December 12th • Wednesday, January 9th • Wednesday, February 20th • Wednesday, March 13th • Thursday, April 25th (afternoon of Spring PD Day) • Wednesday, May 8th

  25. Activity 4: Grading Discussion How should Math Seminars be graded?

  26. Questions?

  27. Thank You!!!

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