TIPS4RMTARGETED IMPLEMENTATION AND PLANNING SUPPORTS FOR REVISED MATHEMATICS

Grades 7 & 8

Math Professional Learning Menu

Day 1

TEACHER’S PRAYER

Help me to care for my students just like a good parent or friend

Help me to show that learning is fun and responsible

Make me a good example to inspire their dreams

Make me strong in faith, so I could teach them strength

Most of all, let me show them love and kindness

That they may learn of wisdom

As they become bright lights in the road they walk

AGENDA

Welcome Prayer Learning Goals Group Norms Why TIPS4RM Experience TIPS4RM Lesson Connections to CBLP, PAR, Nelson

BREAK Exploring TIPS4RM

LUNCH Planning with TIPS4RM Next Steps

LEARNING GOALS

To become familiar with TIPS4RM Resources for Grades 7 & 8

To align TIPS4RM with PAR and Nelson Resource

To align TIPS4RM with the CBLP

To useTIPS4RM within a job-embedded environment

GROUP NORMS

o We are all part of a learning collective.o When speaking address the whole

group.o Interactions are intended to move the

collective forward.o We all have something new to learn

and something of value to share.o We are here because we agree that we

want to improve student achievement in mathematics.

o Engage fully in the moment.

HISTORY OF TIPS4RM

WHY TIPS4RM

First release in 2003 (Leading Math Success)

Revised after the release of 2005 Curriculum

Completed in 2009 by a coalition of boards (including DPCDSB)

Latest version released in Fall 2010

Provided today: Grade 7 & 8 versions

EXPERIENCE A TIPS4RM LESSON

Learning Goal: What is the relationship between vertices, faces, and edges of any polyhedra? (8m51, p. 114)

Minds On: A vocabulary graffiti activity

Action!: A group investigation using frameworks (polydrons)

Consolidation: Display solutions (bansho) Highlights/Summary (Learning Goal connects, cross

strand connects) Independent Practice

CONNECTIONS TO CBLP

CONNECTIONS TO PAR, NELSON

PAR: Curriculum Document

Nelson Resource (85%)

TIPS4RM

BREAK

EXPLORING TIPS4RM

TIPS4RM Contains: Long range plans Planning Tool (P/J/T) Blending of Strands NO summative assessments Limited solution sheets

Grade 7 Package Includes:

Lessons that cover 100% of curriculum

Sample performance based assessments

Grade 8 Package Includes:

Sample performance based assessments

Units 9 and 12 are presently undergoing revisions

OVERVIEW OF TIPS4RM TEMPLATE

EXPLORING TIPS4RM

Grade groupings of teachers teaching the same strand

In new groupings, break into teams of 2

Each team chooses 2 lessons to complete and display work for gallery walk Indicate on your work: Grade, Unit, Lesson

Available to you: Chart paper Manipulatives

LUNCH

Bless us, O Lord, and these your gifts, which we are about to receive from your bounty. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.

PLANNING WITH TIPS4RM

In 2 large grade groups discuss: Which sections of the Nelson text align well with

the curriculum? Which sections do not?

Divide large grade group into 5 strands to discuss and report: Which TIPS4RM lessons can support areas of the

Nelson text as uncovered by previous discussion.

Share with large grade groups.

NEXT STEPS

Choose a TIPS4RM lesson to teach before April 4th.

Bring artifacts to share and post on a wikispace

Can find TIPS4RM Resources: FYI – Numeracy - Intermediate Math – Old & Revised

Preview of Day 2 Deepen understanding of Mathematical Processes Extra TIPS Resources (Continuum and Connections) Plan TIPS style 3-part lessons in grade groups