BRYAN STATION CADRE MEETING FEBRUARY 12, 2009 Tami Pickett
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Beginning Sign In Pick up a sounding board
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Agenda Openers ACT Strategies What are you going to do in the
next couple weeks to better prepare students for the ACT? Sorting
of CCD Prob. And Stats. Algebraic Thinking Break Luxor Problem
Answer to 4 square and 7 years? Lunch Games Relay BINGO I Have, Who
Has Website Work Time Game Creation Integer Card Lamination Common
Assessment
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Bell Ringer: Number & Comp. A spherical water balloon, with
a diameter of 6 inches is leaking water into a cone- shaped plastic
cup that has a diameter of 4 inches. What must be the height of the
cone for all the water in the balloon to exactly fill the cone
without overflowing? 27 inches
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ACT Style Problems 1. Find the measure of. 2. What is the
measure of angle B? a.15 degrees b.25 degrees c.75 degrees d.105
degrees e.125 degrees a.40 degrees b.51 degrees c.62 degrees d.89
degrees e.178 degrees
Where are we, and where should we be? Our current location as
of March 2008: 17.1 The states current location as of March, 2008:
18.1 The ACTs College Readiness Benchmark for Math: 22 What will be
our location after the March 2009 test?
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ACTs College Readiness Benchmarks College Course or Course Area
Test EXPLORE Score PLAN Score ACT Score English Comp. English131518
Social Sciences Reading151721 AlgebraMathematics171922
BiologyScience202124 9
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Student Strategies 10
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Pacing Math questions are arranged in order of difficulty
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Answer the easy questions first Dont forget to markin the test
bookletthe questions you skip 12
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Answer ALL the Questions There is no penalty for guessing and
no penalty for wrong answers! Therefore, guess when all else fails
and guess consistently! 13
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Read Each Problem Carefully Scan the problem first You may not
need all the information 14
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Look for clues in the answer choices Numerical answers are
arranged in order. So, start in the middle when substituting. This
is extremely time consuming! 15
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16 Once youve determined the answer, pick iteven if youre not
finished working it all the way through. NO NEED TO SHOW ALL
WORK!
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17 USE FIGURES WISELY! An arc on an angle doesnt necessarily
mean its congruent to another angle with an arc.
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18 Eliminate obviously wrong answers Or Eliminate any odd ball
answersif three are the same and two different, get rid of the two
NARROW YOUR ANSWERS
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19 DRAW A PICTURE IF APPROPRIATE
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20 USE WHATEVER METHOD IS FASTEST AND EASIEST FOR YOU, EVEN IF
ITS ONE YOUR TEACHER DIDNT USE Your Method
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21 Be sure to answer both parts Caution The first answer is
likely one of the wrong answers given TWO PART QUESTIONS
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22 DON T FORGET TAKE YOUR CALCULATOR TAKE EXTRA BATTERIES
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Know when & how to use the calculator! 23
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Get a good nights sleep!
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Eat a good breakfast!
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Take a shower the morning of the test
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Wear a watch
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Answer 10 problems, then bubble 10. Answer 10 more problems,
then bubble 10 more problemsand so on.
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Take Practice Tests 29
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Familiar with the ACT site www.act.org www.act.org 30
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Instructional Strategies 31
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Modeling How do successful problem solvers work? 32
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Summative/Unit Assessment Use ACT items from the ACT site and
The Real ACT Prep Guide on each unit assessment Label the section
ACT Style Questions Teacher and student monitor progress on each
question 33
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Integration Integrate more algebra in geometry Integrate more
science examples while teaching probability and statistics Science
incorporate data interpretation in all units Integrate more data
interpretation in vocational classes, including ag., business, and
family/consumer sciences 34
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Sorting Prob. and Stats.
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Sorting Algebraic Thinking
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Break
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Luxor Problem
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Answer to 4 Square and 7
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Top 10 Reasons You Should Play Games Reason #1: Games are Fun
with a Purpose Reason #2: Games Provide Feedback to the Learner
Reason #3: Games Provide Feedback to the Trainer Reason #4: Games
are Experiential Reason #5: Games Motivate Learners Reason #6:
Games Improve Team Work Reason #7: Games Provide a Less Threatening
Learning Environment Reason #8: Games Bring Real-World Relevance
Reason #9: Games Accelerate Learning Reason #10: Games Give You
Choices for Your Classroom
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Games Relay or Pass the Torch Create 15 to 20 problems Make as
many copies as you will have groups throughout the day Cut out each
set and place in a cup BINGO Create 15 or 16 problems I Have, Who
Has Game-Show Website
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Game Show Website
http://www.murray.k12.ga.us/teacher/kara%20leonard/Mini%20T's/Games/Games.htm
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Math templates MathWire Website www.mathwire.com
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Work Time Create at least one game Laminate Integer Cards Work
in teams on common assessment