BISD New Teacher

OrientationBrenda Mesa

Secondary Mathematics Coordinator

August 12, 2015

Welcome to BISD!

You have joined the best math team in the state of Texas!

Norms

• Silence your cell phones• Take care of yourself and those around you• Stay focused• Learn by doing• Ask questions• Apply what you learn

Goals for Today

Familiarize you with the district curriculum documents that can be found in Eduphoria

Provide you with a basic understanding of the Workshop Model

Provide you with strategies for implementing writing in your classroom

Curriculum Documents

Eduphoria

Activity – What is the structure of your class?

Everyone needs 4 sticky notes

On each sticky note write down one major component of the structure of your class

At your table make an infinity diagram (group like components together)

Classify the groups you came up with

Lesson Components

Opening

Mini Lesson

Work Time

Reflection and Sharing

How does this list compare with the list that we just came up with?

Workshop Model

Math workshop is based on the belief that knowledge emerges in a community of activity, discourse and reflection.

We become mathematicians by engaging in mathematical problems, finding ways to mathematize them, and defending our thinking in a math community

All learners can be successful in math, given the requisite support

Workshop Model

Purpose

Engage students in worthy tasks of important mathematical ideas

Give time to think, work, and communicate

Construct mathematical understanding for themselves

Notice their own development as mathematicians

Workshop Model

Beliefs

Students are capable of brilliance

Understanding takes time

There is more than one way

Workshop Model

Key Aspects

Challenging tasks

Community

Collaboration and Discourse

Conferring

Workshop Model

Outcomes

Develop student’s conceptual understanding of mathematics

Increase student confidence

Twenty-first century skills

Problem solving

Collaboration

Critical thinking

Communication

Structure of the Workshop Model Opening

Mini Lesson

Work Time

Reflection and Sharing

What makes this model unique from other classroom instructional models is that it focuses on student thinking before, during, and after work time.

Activity

Who’s doing the work?

Lesson Plan Template

Writing

Ticket Out the Door

3 things you learned today

2 things you would like to know more about

1 question you still have