Grade 6 SeminarExtended Content

Session

Octavia Cutsail & Michael McMillion9:00-12:10Room 608

Welcome and Introductions

Participants will: Engage in tasks/training focused around

new curriculum Become aware of content curriculum,

available resources, and updates related to Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

Engage in collaborative planning

Outcomes

Math Seminars are a study hall/tutorial class for students.

Math Seminars are opportunities for students to do a lot of skill and practice each day.

Math Seminars offer students opportunities to make connections to the real world.

Math Seminars are designed a prep for the MSA.

Students should get the same grade for their math class and Math Seminar.

Warm-Up: True or False

The course will be engaging and is designed for hands-on activities and real-world connections

This is not a period of “study hall” Opportunities for skill review are embedded,

but most of the learning will be in context of meaningful problems

Natural opportunities for disciplinary literacy are also built in

Course Expectations

For Grade 6 Seminar:

5 instructional (thematic) units Units complement the first instruction Each unit has a culminating project Weekly opportunities for skill review Weekly guide for instruction

Curriculum Development

Unit Theme/Project Number of Days/Weeks

1 Making Healthy Choices 20 (4 weeks)

2 Feeding the Hungry 65 (13 weeks)

3 Fundraising for a Cause 40 (8 weeks)

4 Designing a Community Pool 15 (3 weeks)

5 Survey Analysis 25 (5 weeks)

Curricular Units

On each unit page:◦ Curriculum Overview◦ Downloadable Unit Plan◦ Common Core Content Standards◦ Unit Guide (Weekly Summary)◦ Facilitator’s Notes for each Week

Skill Review Items in Bold are downloadable resource files found

at end of weekly facilitators notes

Structure of the Webpages

Understanding our Platforms

In Edmodo: Get access to presentation files Get access to formative assessment items

(coming soon!) Share your great ideas with other teachers

and get their ideas/resources too!

Building a Collaborative

Go to http://hcpss.edmodo.com Sign-in (if you have an account) or Sign-up

as a teacher.◦ Enter your school code.◦ Select a username and password.◦ Sign up

Edmodo: Sign-In or Sign-Up

Group Code: ackg5u

Unit 1: Making Healthy Choices Culminating Project: Examine snack labels

of items in a local vending machine and make recommendations for what snacks should be made available.

Math Standards: Ratios & Proportional Relationships

Activity 1: Examining Unit 1

Open the Unit 1 Page and begin to look through the plans for the week. As you work, consider:

◦ What do you like about the unit?◦ What questions do you have?◦ What planning will you need to do for this unit?

Activity 1: Examining Unit 1

This unit touches on sensitive issues with student food selection. It is extremely important to be careful about the language we use.

Open the file “Children and Weight” in the Edmodo group folder. Read the facts and pay attention to the teacher notes.

Activity 1: Unit 1 Caution

Go to Week 1 of Unit 1: Making Healthy Choices. Download the Doritos Snack Analysis activity.

We will now complete the snack analysis activity.

Activity 2: Snack Analysis

Short Break

Activity 3: What is UDL?

Universal Design for Learningis a set of principles for curriculum development that give all individuals equal opportunities to learn.

UDL provides a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone--not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but rather flexible approaches that can be customized and adjusted for individual needs.

Brain Networks

Overview of UDL

Available: http://udlwheel.mdonlinegrants.org/

How to Give Feedback

Fall CPD Offerings

Opportunities to collaborate with other teachers, receive “Just in Time” PD, and attend learning labs to watch tasks implemented with actual students.

Will be held one Wednesday a month. Individuals who register in advance and

attend at least 2 hours will be paid workshop wages! (Registration link in Edmodo)!

Math Gatherings

Wednesday, September 12th @Dunloggin MS Wednesday, October 10th @Wilde Lake HS Wednesday, November 14th

Wednesday, December 12th

Wednesday, January 9th

Wednesday, February 20th

Wednesday, March 13th

Thursday, April 25th (afternoon of Spring PD Day)

Wednesday, May 8th

Math Gatherings--Dates

Begin to examine the available curricular resources.

Unit 1 (Making Healthy Choices) is expected to take about 20 days.

With your table partners, begin to think about what your first few weeks of class will look like.

◦ What are the most important math concepts/skills students need to develop in this unit?

◦ How will you pre-assess students for background knowledge?

◦ What are some strategies for differentiating when students are struggling?

Activity 4: Beginning to Plan

How should Math Seminars be graded?

Activity 5: Grading Discussion

Questions?

Thank You!!!