LESSON 1: ACHIEVING THE DEFINITION OF SUCCESSJuly 23, 2013

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE SUCCESSFUL?

My First Painting My First Fish

WHO AM I?

Mr. Fernando Morales

Human Being Quantum Mechanic Abstract

Mathematician Yoga Meditator Student of MMA Pokemon Master Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Excellence Vigilante

WHO IS IN THE CLASS?

In your small group, one person at a time answer each of the following questions. On your flash card, write the answers of someone else in your group.

1) What is your name? (if you prefer to be called a different name let us know, for example, my first name is Braulio but I prefer to be called by my middle name Fernando)

2)What do you enjoy doing on your free time?3)Movie/Book/TV show that changed your life?4)Something you want to share with the class

WHAT ARE THE CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS?

Creation of Y-Charts, via Graffiti: On the large piece of paper, draw/write an answer for each of the categories:

1)What does learning: looks like? feels like? sounds like?

2)What does collaboration (group work): looks like? feels like? sounds like?

ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

In the Ontario Canadian Curriculum, assessment is based on four achievement categories: (Calculus has yet to be finalized)

Refer to the website for the document, those are the “Look For” that the lecturer will assess your evaluation on

Achievement Category

Course Weight

Knowledge/Understanding

30%

Inquiry/Thinking 20%

Communication 20%

Application 30%

DIFFERENT ASSESSMENT TYPES

Assessment for Learning – is used by teachers to monitor students’ progress towards achieving the overall and specific expectations.

Assessment as Learning - is used by students to provide feedback to other students, monitor their own progress towards achieving their learning goals, make adjustments in their learning approaches, reflect on their learning, and set individual goals for learning.

Assessment of Learning – is used to assign a value of the quality of students learning on the basis of established criteria.

ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES - RUBRICS Work will be assessed based on a 4-level system, and will

be returned with feedback. It is to you advantage to read the feedback, and make the

corrections, then re-submit to improve your grade.

LEARNING SKILLS & WORK HABITS We will continue to work on this throughout the

course, also known as Project for Enhancing Effective Learning (PEEL)

At the end of each day you will be required to: Make a self-assessment Answer a question given by lecturer Write any questions/concerns/anxieties about the course

you may have (you may also just write general comments, for example, you think Mr. Morales is awesome!)

At the end of each week, you will be required to write a personal reflection of your learning for the week.

REQUIRED BEFORE NEXT CLASS

Physics Check the website

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Read Section 2.1 and 2.2, from the McGraw Hill Ryerson Grade 11 Textbook, then make notes 

Calculus and Vectors

Check the website for updates, homework, resources

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Read Section 6.1 from textbook, then make your own notes.