Algebra Readiness Summit Humorous Algebra Learn And Use
Algebra Readiness Summit Humorous Algebra: Learn And Use Gardner’s Intelligences with Humor Ms. June L. Blackwell, nbct SAS Institute Cary, NC August 10, 2011 1: 15 ~ 2: 15 2: 25 ~ 3: 25
A look at Differentiation and Student Engagement � Participants will learn various techniques/approaches of using questioning strategies � effective groupings � and multiple intelligence strategies.
Activity – Con – sen – so - gram � � � I know I do not know I have basic information, but cannot explain it to others I understand can explain this information to others. I can apply this concept or information to different situations. I can play with the concept, break it apart, and create new variations. Having accomplished all the preceding stages, I have a deep appreciation for this concept.
What is Differentiated Instruction? CHOICES! What Does Differentiated Instruction Mean for Teachers? Need ≈ 10 Volunteers! Teachers DON'T • provide several learning options, or • develop a separate lesson plan for CHOICES! different paths learning, which. Planseach student in a classroom. Corner A – to Separate Lesson for Each Student help Corner students in information B –take Providing Several Learning Options and make sense of concepts and the Curriculum to Meet the Corner C – “Watering Down” skills. Needs of Low Performing Students • provide appropriate levels. Various of • "water down" the curriculum for Corner D – Providing Levels of Challenges challenge for all students, including some students those who lag behind, those who are advanced, and those right in the middle. CHOICES! Excellent Summary! http: //www. glencoe. com/sec/teachingtoday/subject/di_meeting. phtml
LAUGH �Learn ◦ And �Use �Gardner’s Intelligences with �Humor On the Last Slide – If you learned something – Laugh & Clap!
Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy “It’s not about the tools, it’s about using the tools to facilitate learning!” – � In the. Andrew 1990's, a former Churches – Bloom’sof Digital Taxonomy student Bloom, � Lorin with Before we Anderson can understand a concept we. David have to Krathwohl, remember it Before we can apply the concept we � revised Bloom's must understand it Taxonomy Before we analyseand it we must be able to published apply it Before we can evaluate its impact we � Bloom's Revised must have analysed it Before we can create we must have Taxonomy in 2001 remembered, understood, applied, analysed, and evaluated. http: //edorigami. wikispaces. com/Bloom%27 s+Digital+Taxonomy#Introduc tion%20 and%20 Background: Bloom%27 s%20 Revised%20 Taxonomy%20 Sub%20 Categories
Profile Card Layout Name 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 N L B IE IA V S M
Profile Activity – � Enjoys the study of nature � Concerned about the environment � Adapts well to current surroundings � Intrigued by nature N Naturalist page 1 � Asks questions about how things work � Mentally computes arithmetic problems � Enjoys math class � Can think and apply mathematics L Logical/Mathematical
Profile Activity – � Excels in one or more sports � Moves, twitches, taps, & fidgets while staying in one spot � Cleverly mimics other people's mannerisms & gestures � Loves to take things apart and put them back together B Bodily Kinesthetic page 2 � Enjoys socializing with peers � Gives advice to friends who have problems � Seems to be streetsmart or savvy � Works well with others IE Interpersonal
Profile Activity – page 3 � Displays a sense of independence � Has a realistic sense of strengths and/or weaknesses � Likes to think and work alone � Is good with reflective thinking � Writes well, enjoys reading � Good with telling jokes and stories � Remembers names, places, and/or trivia questions/answers � Enjoys word games IA Intrapersonal V Verbal / Linguistic
Profile Activity – page 4 � Reads diagrams, charts, maps more easily than text � Reports clear visual images � "Sees" concepts in two or three dimensions � Enjoys art, pictures, photos of events & places � Remembers melodies S Visual Spatial M Musical / Rhythmic and songs � Plays a musical instrument or sings in a choir or group � Has a good singing voice � Tells you when music is off key
Profile Card Layout Name June L. Blackwell 10 10 9 8 How 7 would 6 You 5 Rate 4 ME? N L 10 B 8 9 IE 9 IA V 8 S M 7 6 3 2 1 N L B IE IA V S M
Grouping Activity Select Your Top 3 Letters � Select Your Lowest 3 Letters Getting to Know Your Students! “Some of us display strengths in more than one or two areas of multiple intelligences and it is sometimes difficult to determine which intelligence is a real strength. However, by using a variety of methods when learning, your learning needs are more likely to be met. ” http: //math. about. com/blmultiple. htm
Websites � http: //www. buzzle. com/articles/multiple-intelligence -activities. html � http: //www 2. gsu. edu/~mstnrhx/457/mi. htm Student Version – 1 page Activity � http: //sites. google. com/site/blackwellsbutterflyworld /honors-ap-course-information/teacher-workshopresources --> Humorous Algebra - "The Core of Learning" NCCTM Conference - Greensboro, NC 2010 Workshop Notes – page 8
Be An Investigator Be on the out for the 8 MI’s in the next activities If you spot one – LET ME KNOW – Shout it out! Need at least 6 volunteers/actors for the next activity!
Activity – Tug of War � A Mathematical Tug of War � Supplies: � � Paper for posters, marking pens, tape Round One: On one side are four Giant-Twenty-Something-Mutant-Ninja-Frogs who have left their pond for this special event. They have well-developed pulling muscles because they work out regularly at Butterfly’s Gym. All are known to be of equal strength. On the other side are five grandmas, a tugging team that has practiced by making taffy for their grandchildren and playing racquetball twice a week. They are Tai Chi masters of the first order. You should know that they, too, are all of equal strength. In a contest between the two teams the result is a draw. They are evenly matched and neither team can out-tug the other. Round Two: On one side is Kanga-tu an especially well trained kangaroo that has a welldeveloped tugging style perfected by long months of rope pulling. Kanga-tu has enjoyed tug-of-wars (tug-of-war? ) since she was a Joey. Her opponent is a team made up of two grandmas and on Giant-Twenty-Something-Mutant-Ninja-Frog. Once again the result is a draw. Math Tug of War Activity http: //sites. google. com/site/blackwellsbutterflyworld Helpful Facts Teacher Workshop Resources Workshop Notes "Humorous Algebra - The 4 x 4 Days
Strategy / Technique – Webbing Vertical Positive Slope Negative Organizer web site http: //www. eduplace. com/graphic organizer/ Foldable web site http: //www. fultonschools. org/k 1 2/math/documents/Foldables. Boo k. pdf Horizontal Prezi web site - http: //prezi. com/ Glog web site http: //edu. glogster. com/
4 Forms of Slope Tune – “Three Blind Mice” Four forms of slope, four forms of slope See how they run, see how they rise. They all run after the x and y’s. The points that you use make the lines go by – Positive, negative, zero, and undefined – undefined.
How can applying M. I. theory help students learn better? � When students begin to understand how they are intelligent in Gardner’s view, learning is both a social and psychological process. � When students understand the balance of their own multiple intelligences they begin: ◦ To manage their own learning ◦ To value their individual strengths (http: //Ith 3. k 12. il. us/rhampton/mi/lessonplanideas. htm)
Vocabulary Activity � Take the following words and “Connect” them! – Anyway that appeals to your “Intelligence” Numbers Variables Opposites Order Answer Operation Symbols You have 2 minutes – GO!
� Activity - 7 points �Strategy / Technique White Boards Another Free Thinking Activity!
Reflective Smart Profile - Meaning Ecologically Smart connect it to your personal life make choices with regard to it NNaturalist Word Smart L - Logical / Mathematical read B - about Bodilyit. Kinesthetic write about it IE -talk Interpersonal about it listen to it IA - Intrapersonal Picture Smart V - Verbal / Linguistic see it S - Visual / Spatial draw it S it Mvisualize –color Musical it mind – map it Rhythm and Tone Smart sing it rap it listen to it M sense it feel it IA relate it Minds – on Smart V N qualify it think critically about it conceptualize it L Hands – on Smart build it B act it out touch it get a gut feeling of it Cooperative Smart teach it collaborate on it interact with respect to it IE
Wordle A is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. � http: //www. wordle. net/
Who is LEARNING? N – form the words in a natural shape L – What’s the math unit? B – Freedom to move the words IE – Turn to neighbor & share IA – Close your eyes and form a mental picture of what is happening V – Words – Oh what a joy! S – Picture of the words M – Put the words to a dance, song, or rap
Student Performance � Student Performance – Project Rubric http: //sites. google. com/site/blackwellsbutter flyworld � Tech Math 2 Project Rubrics Geometric Vocabulary & Picture Search Rubric
Strategy / Technique – Reflection 3 – 2 – 1 �Learning Styles of Howard Gardner Verbal/Linguistic Logical/Mathematical Visual/Spatial Bodily/Kinesthetic Musical/Rhytmic Intrapersonal Interpersonal Naturalist � Reflection 3 -2 -1 � What are 3 big ideas that you have taken away from this workshop? � What are 2 points that you will continue to ponder after you leave today? � What is 1 action that you will take as a result of new learning? M. I. Inventory - http: //surfaquarium. com/MI/inventory. htm
Learning Pyramid Lecture Average Retention Rate National Training Laboratories Bethel, Maine 1 -800 -777 -5227 Dale, Edgar, Audio-Visual Methods in Teaching, third edition, Holt Rinehart, Winston, 1969. 5% Reading 10% Audio-Visual 20% Demonstration 30% Discussion Group 50% Practice by Doing 75% Teach Others / Immediate Use 90%
Be An Investigator At the Brochure for the next 1 minute then discuss your findings with at least 3 other people in the next minute – Go! 100 Ways to Present Information http: //sites. google. com/site/blackwellsbutterflyworld/ Helpful Facts Teacher Workshop Resources Workshop Notes "Humorous Algebra Takes A Turn For Review: Activities For All Subjects
Strategy / Technique – Planning Guide � Planning Guide http: //sites. google. com/site/blackwellsbutterflyworld/ Helpful Facts Teacher Workshop Resources � Each Week ◦ Computer Usage and/or Interactive Game ◦ Song ◦ Activity ◦ Clicker Activity and/or ◦ Power Point Demo
Classroom Structure - Sample Lesson Plan Algebra 1 - A – 1 st & 3 rd Period Aug 23 rd Workday Turning Point = Warm-ups Mon Tues Workday Wed Thurs Fri UT 1 – Graph Introduction 1) Welcome, Guidelines – Web Page Demo, Books = Check Agenda, Worksheet Packet, & Student Info Sheet 2) Clicker = Warm up = Identify Shape 3) Ws Calculator Scavenger Hunt HW – Calculator Scavenger Hunt UT 1 – Data on Calculators 1) HW, Take up Student Info Sheet 2) Warm – up # 2 3) WS Data on Calculators # 1, 2, (3, 4, 5), 6 4) Song “Hokey Pokey” HW – WS Olympic Gold UT 1 – Pre - Test 1) HW 2) Compliment Day 3) White Boards = Website – Patterns 4) WS Population Trends 5) Pre - Test HW – Population Trends Library – Check – out Yellow Graphing Calculators WS Calculator Scavenger Hunt WS Guided Notes WS Data on Calculators WS Olympic Gold http: //www. shod or. org/interactiv ate/activities/Pat tern. Generator/ Pre - Test WS Population Trends White Boards
Classroom Structure – HW Stamp Page � http: //sites. google. com/site/blackwellsbutter flyworld Algebra 1 – A HW Stamp Page
Classroom Structure Name Quiz 1 Quiz 2 Unit Test 3 Sara 40 75 60 75 Bill 90 80 75 June 100 60 95 100 Monarch 60 80 70 80 Quiz “The 55 Club” = Any Quiz > 55 may be replaced with a higher Unit Test grade within the same unit. (Except on a QUEST. ) Butterfly sticker points will be added to One Quiz grade at the end of each quarter. Occasionally, there will be extra credit opportunities from Internet Research/ class work.
Safari - Brainstorming What are the 7 classifications of the numbers in the number system? � Real � Irrational � Rational � Whole � Integers � Natural � Complex
Questioning Techniques � Website with approximately 30 different strategies, ideas, and techniques for questioning students in the classroom. � Some of the activities are whole group and some of them are individual based. � http: //www. calstatela. edu/dept/chem 2 /Active � Example – Wait Time – Safari Brainstorming
Pass the Popcorn � Distribute Problems (Look at the # on your card) Draw out a number � Teach the class or a small group � Make 2 stacks – Right & Wrong � Wrong = Re-teaching opportunity Individualized Instruction!!! � Next Level Students create a similar problem and exchange it in the classroom – The student has to be prepared to agree or disagree with his/her classmate’s results. � � Website – 6 Cooperative Learning Strategies – http: //www. udel. edu/dssep/teaching_strategies/tgt_coop. htm
1. Identify the shape of the graph. A. B. C. D. E. F. Line Parabola Absolute Value Exponential Polynomial (degree greater than 2) Not Conclusive
1. 1 Is the graph … A. B. C. D. E. increasing Decreasing Increasing then decreasing Decreasing then increasing Not Conclusive
Activity - Songs Mary’s Tune (Mary Had a Little Lamb – Tune) When you graph an inequality, Draw the line, Solid or Dashed, Pick a point, and Shade what’s true, That is all you dooo.
Classroom Structure -Thinker # 1 �What goes up and down stairs without moving? Carpet Disappearing Act
Student Performance – Online Websites Success Series (Power Point Tutorials): http: //www. wcpss. net/success-series/hs-algebra 1/ Online Study Tools (Sample Quizzes & Tests): http: //www. glencoe. com/sec/math/studytools Study Island - http: //www. studyisland. com/ USA Today Test Prep – www. usatestprep. com Purple Math (Algebraic Concepts & Topics): CMAPP http: //www. purplemath. com/modules/index. htm National Math Library: http: //nlvm. usu. edu/en/nav/vlibrary. html Shodor Interactives – http: //www. shodor. com/interactivate/activities/ Math Warehouse – http: //www. mathwarehouse. com/
Summary Humorous Algebra: Learn And Use Gardner’s Intelligences with Humor Laugh
Activity - Songs � LAugh Do Homework, Not just for the grade. Math is the way for stuff not to fade. Do Homework, Do Homework and be of good cheer. For the task is at hand for a brighter new year. (To Market –Tune) � So Long Farewell, we have to go back home. I hope you learned a thing or 2 that’s useful. The time for us is slowly slipping by, We’ve had some fun New friends that we have won. Good bye, For now, Have Fun with Math.
LAUgh Although not all of us will learn everything, we can all learn something! Using a variety of methods and strategies to learn, we ensure that learning will occur!
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Thank You for Your Time! Humorous Algebra – Learn And Use Gardner’s Intelligences with Humor Ms. June L. Blackwell, nbct Sanderson High School Raleigh, NC
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