Keeping in Mind the "Big" Test (Posted 2/2/07)
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Experts: Judy Koenig, Jennie Leutze, Connie Dewey
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- What have you done when a student, without prior experience with CMP, transfers into your district?
Audio - Leah talks about the desire to grade assessments similar to the way students will be graded on the ISAT, Illinois' state assessment. In what other ways have you prepared students for your state standardized test?
Audio - After pre-testing, Leah recognized that some students have knowledge of concepts found in Comparing & Scaling prior to any instruction. In what ways have you differentiated for these types of learners in your CMP2 classroom?
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Have My Students “Aced” Their ACE Questions? (Posted 2/15/07) Read Blog Entry Listen to Podcast of Blog Entry
Experts: Kelly Crisp, Jennie Leutze, Jenny Blanchat
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- Share one tip for how you efficiently, yet effectively, check homework in your CMP2 classroom.
Audio - One of the core features of CMP2 is the instructional model of launch, explore, summary. While this provides a consistent way for students to explore math concepts, we know that middle school students need variety. How have you provided a variety of instruction while still staying true to the inquiry-based approach of launch, explore summarize in your classroom?
Audio - Leah had questions about how to structure the summarize portion of her lesson. What approaches have you found effective in ensuring that students are exposed to and analyze the different strategies that can be used to solve a problem?
Audio - How do you document generalizations that the students make during the summarize portion of your lesson?
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They Know Everything…What Do I Do? (Posted 2/22/07) Read Blog Entry Listen to Podcast of Blog Entry
Experts: Kelly Crisp, Jennie Leutze, Jenny Blanchat
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