
Kansas Board of Regents : No Child Left Behind grant
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Mathematical eyes on real-life stories
AGENDA:
WELCOME: Exploring paper geometry (8:00 - 8:30)
As you come in we will start making geometry paper-objects
Geometry: A HOLIDAY ORNAMENT (8:30 - 8:45)
Another ornament: http://nrich.maths.org/mathsf/journalf/dec99/just_prob1.html
How can you use it in your own classroom?
addressing standards
communication; vocabulary
developing conceptual understanding through experience
irregular solid - edges and faces
Standards In Practice:
Students' work analysis
Modular tests analysis
What did we learn last time?
The wise man says: There is not enough rice in the world to fulfill the promise!
How can you support/proof that?
Exploring growth and decay
Linear functions
Curvature
Zooming
Should we” move on” or take more time for mastery?
teaching for mastery => differentiating instruction from the beginning
teacher's (personal) decision making - compromising
Blackboard -
REFLECTION:
| December 2003 | |||
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These pages are always under construction: I am trying to keep them up-to-date with my activities :) Questions and/or comments are welcome! |
Maintained by:
Mara Alagic |