Reading Schedule Fall 2010
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Date |
Topic |
Notes & Readings |
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Sept. 8 |
Introductions and review of
assignments Creating a mathematical
community of practice: What are the big ideas? |
Readings: Boaler, J. & Humphreys, C. (2005). Chapter 2: Building
on student ideas the border problem, part 1 (March 9), In Connecting Mathematical ideas. Heinemann:
Portsmouth,NH |
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Sept. 13 |
Examining the 5 to 8
curriculum documents: Mapping key concepts |
Readings: Davis, B. (2008). Is 1 a
Prime number? Developing teacher knowledge through concept study. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School,
14(2), 86-91. |
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Sept. 15 |
A focus on GCO A, B, and C PLC Meeting 1 |
Readings: None |
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Sept. 20 |
Factors, multiples,
|
Readings: None Link to moodle
site to access Smart Board files from class |
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Sept. 22 |
Stats Canada Session |
PLC Part 1 Due! Readings: Small (2008)
Chapters 17 and 18 Math Journal 1 Due Friday,
Sept. 24 |
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Sept. 27 |
Developing Indicators for
Assessment PLC Meeting 2 |
Readings: Read through the
elaborations for each outcome in the unit you have selected. Think about what
you would need to see to know the students have met the outcome. Paper copies
can be borrowed from my office or can be used in the CRC. You may also follow
this link
to find scanned copies of the document. Problem Set B Distributed |
|
Sept. 29 |
Fractions, Ratios,
Decimals, and Percents |
Small (2008) Chapters 9,
10, and 11 |
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Oct. 4 |
Fractions, Ratios,
Decimals, and Percents |
Go to moodle
site for readings: Perlwitz, M. (2004) Cramer et al (2010) Resources: http://illuminations.nctm.org/Reflections_3-5.html http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?id=18 |
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Oct. 6 |
Fractions to Decimals PLC Meeting 3
|
PLC Part 2 Due! |
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Oct. 11 |
No Class |
|
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Oct. 13 |
Social Justice and
Mathematics and Ethnomathematics
|
Wagner & Davis (2010) D'Ambrosio (2001)
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Oct. 18 |
Integers and Algebraic Reasoning
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Read Small (2008) Chapter 12 on Integers
Math Journal 2 Due Friday,
Oct. 15
|
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Oct. 20 |
Assessment for and of
Learning PLC Meeting 4
|
Examine Section 3 on
assessment from one of the ŇA Teaching ResourceÓ Documents. You can download
a PDF of these documents for every grade except grade 6 by clicking
here. The grade 6 groups can either read the section 3 from Grade 5 or 7 as they are all very similar. Problem Set C Distributed |
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Oct. 25 |
Assessment for and of
Learning |
Small (2008) Chapter 21 |
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Oct. 27 |
Geometry |
Small (2008) Chapters 13 and 14
PLC Part 3 Due!
|
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Nov. 1 |
SMYM Presentations |
SMYM Projects Due! |
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Nov. 3 |
SMYM Presentations |
SMYM Projects Due! |
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Nov. 8 |
Measurement: Area and perimeter,
volume and capacity
|
Math Journal 3 Due! |