In a meeting this week, Mrs. Charlotte Smith, principal of Lisenby Primary School in Ozark, Alabama, mentioned a great article she had read recently titled "100 Questions that Promote Mathematical Discourse." I Googled the article title and found this wonderful infographic (printable version here) from Curriculum Associates that could help teachers encourage real conversations about mathematics among their students. Enjoy!
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If you're a GAFE school, your students need to install this Add On in Google Docs! It will save you time by intelligently proofing their paper, counting words, scoring readability, and much more. To install the Add On:
Leave me a comment to let me know how you like it! Today we had our September sessions of our eMINTS professional development. In Session 103, we reflected on what our own personal teaching beliefs were, explored constructivism, and made connections between the eMINTS Instructional Model and the philosophy of constructivism. After lunch - in session 102 - we explored the components of effective family communication and worked to create family communication folders for their classes. Finally, the the teachers were given some time to work with and customize the various tech tools we reviewed and tailor them to their own classrooms. The most popular tech tools were Google Classrooms and using Google Forms to gather feedback and formative assessment data. Below are some pictures of our teachers completing a constructivist activity called "Save Fred!" |