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Welcome to Algebra
for All – Year 2
Day 1
Ice Breaker
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Find the table tent with the matching
representation of your function.
Meet your table mates and share with
them the function family to which your
function belongs.
As a group, come up with the remaining
representations (verbal, tabular,
graphical, algebraic and real-world)
Find your function family group and
share your representations.
Be prepared to share one of the
function families with the large group
using the ELMO and the TI-84.
Today’s Goals
 Overview of Year 2 of AFA
 Focus: Math Content - Shapes
of Algebra
 Why Take the Time to use
SOA?
 Begin Team Planning
Year 2 of AFA
 Dan Meyer Video
 Goals of Year 2
Year 2 of AFA
 CONTENT - Teachers deepen
understanding of functions-based
algebra with connections to the
Common Core State Standards and the
High School Content Expectations and
plan beginning of year unit around the
Shapes of Algebra
Year 2 of AFA
 PEDAGOGY - Teachers build pedagogical capacity to
meet the learning needs of all students lessons,
selecting through commitment to participation in a
professional learning community that includes social
networking and attending monthly meetings,
preparing and observing classroom rich
mathematical tasks for their students and
maintaining the cognitive level of the task, and the
use of technology in their teaching and their student
learning
Year 2 of AFA
 ASSESSMENT - Teachers use formative
assessment, such as student work and
verbal responses, to inform instruction
to meet learning needs of diverse
learners
The First Weeks of Class
 At your table, share with each other
what your first week or two of
algebra class looks like.
 What impact to the course will
there be by taking the first week or
two to complete the Shapes of
Algebra activity?
 Discuss ways to make this happen.
MiVU Update
 Watch the MiVU video
Shapes of Algebra
 What parts of the activity will you
use?
 What modifications will you need
to make?
 What families are missing or
should not be included?
 What additional parts would you
add to the activity?
 How will you incorporate
technology and student-center
learning?
Team Planning
 At the end of this 3 day
session, you should have the
first week or two of algebra
class planned out using the
Shapes of Algebra.
 Start your team planning now
with a focus on CONTENT!
Team Sharing
 Prepare and present a
“progress report” outlining
the important issues you are
addressing
Homework
 Read the article Thinking
through a Lesson for our next
meeting
Wrap-up
Complete the evaluation
Thanks for your interest
and participation in the AFA
project!
In the next session we will
focus on Instruction!
Welcome to Algebra
for All – Year 2
Day 2
Today’s Goals
 Review Thinking through a
Lesson
 Focus on instructional
techniques
 Introduce Common Core
 Continue Team Planning
Ah Ha and Oh No!!!
 What issues or insights have
emerged since we last met?
Common Core
What do you need to know?
How does it relate to the
Algebra for All project?
Debrief Thinking
Through a Lesson
 Each member of the group
will be responsible for
learning and sharing one
section of the article. They
will meet with others who
are responsible for the same
section to ensure they
understand the critical ideas.
Then they will share their
information with their group.
Classroom Organization
 How does classroom
organization support
instruction?
 Grouping
Why
When
How
Techniques
MiVU Update
 Watch the MiVU video
 Go to the AFA Social Networking site
(www.a4a.learnport.org) and find The
Shapes of Algebra online lesson
Team Planning
 Continue your team planning
now with a focus on
PROCESS.
Team Sharing
 Prepare and present a
“progress report” outlining
the important issues you are
addressing
Homework
Cup Stacking Activity
 Read through the activity so
you understand it
 Think how you would
implement it in your
classroom
Wrap-up
Complete the evaluation
Thanks for your interest
and participation in the AFA
project!
In the next session we will
focus on Assessment!
Welcome to Algebra
for All – Year 2
Day 3
Today’s Goals
 Compare/contrast/apply
formative and summative
assessment
 Continue Team Planning
 Post work on LearnPort
Ah Ha and Oh No!!!
 What issues or insights have
emerged since we last met?
Complete the cup stacking
activity
Assessing Student Work
 In your group develop a rubric for
the Cup Stacking Activity.
 Create a rubric acceptable to the
whole group
 Working alone apply the rubric to
student work
 Working in your group find a
consensus for each students’ work.
 Debrief in a whole group setting.
Formative and Summative
Assessment
 Discussion comparing and
contrasting formative and
summative assessment.
MiVU Update
 Watch the MiVU video
Team Planning
 Continue your team planning
with a focus on
ASSESSMENT, especially
formative assessments.
Team Sharing
Progress report to the
whole group. What still
needs to happen?
Upload your work to
LearnPort.
Wrap-up
Complete the evaluation
Have a spectacular start to
your school year.
See you in the fall.