Part III: Documenting my CAASPP view of each IL activity

                                        

Welcome to 'Huddle Time' - the purpose of this time is to provide a short video that offers student centered ideas or teacher actions to consider for your classroom.  Essentially, I am sharing my experiences as I continue my learning journey - with the goal that ALL my students raise their achievement on grade level math standards.

The hope is that this video sparks an idea that you can use in your own classroom.  

Every classroom is different, every teacher is different, and every student is different - an yet, all three have one thing in common:  ALL STUDENTS CAN LEARN GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS.

HUDDLE TIME VIDEO #28

Video

Today's Huddle Time focuses on 

    -  Documenting each lesson's components through the lens of CAASPP alignment

Additional Resources:

    -  Link to Google Sheets - LINK

Please feel free to reach out with any questions, comments or concerns - Kevin.Stott@omsd.net

Remember to believe in yourself, believe that you matter, and believe that you make a difference in students' lives every time that you interact with them.

      Teaching and still loving it,              

Kevin Stott                                       

                                                                                                              De Anza Middle School   

Part I: My initial struggles with IL - until . . .

                                           

Welcome to 'Huddle Time' - the purpose of this time is to provide a short video that offers student centered ideas or teacher actions to consider for your classroom.  Essentially, I am sharing my experiences as I continue my learning journey - with the goal that ALL my students raise their achievement on grade level math standards.

The hope is that this video sparks an idea that you can use in your own classroom.  

Every classroom is different, every teacher is different, and every student is different - an yet, all three have one thing in common:  ALL STUDENTS CAN LEARN GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS.

HUDDLE TIME VIDEO #26

Video

Today's Huddle Time focuses on 

    -  How I got past my initial uncertainties with the curriculum

    -  How the 'Mathematics Teaching Practices' helped me make a connection with the curriculum

    -  How I found 'Mathematical Rigor' in the curriculum

Additional Resources:

    -  Mathematical Teaching Practices Continuum - LINK  

        (Self reflection tool for the 8 teaching practices)

Please feel free to reach out with any questions, comments or concerns - Kevin.Stott@omsd.net

Remember to believe in yourself, believe that you matter, and believe that you make a difference in students' lives every time that you interact with them.

      Teaching and still loving it,              

Kevin Stott                                       

                                                                                                              De Anza Middle School   

Part V: Monitoring Tool to Sequence Student Work (5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematical Discussions)

 

                                           

Welcome to 'Huddle Time' - the purpose of this time is to provide a short video that offers student centered ideas to consider for your classroom.

HUDDLE TIME VIDEO #28

Video

Today's Huddle Time focuses on 

    -  How I got past my initial uncertainties with the curriculum

    -  How the 'Mathematics Teaching Practices' helped me make a connection with the curriculum

    -  How I found 'Mathematical Rigor' in the curriculum

Please feel free to reach out with any questions, comments or concerns - Kevin.Stott@omsd.net

Remember to believe in yourself, believe that you matter, and believe that you make a difference in students' lives every time that you interact with them.

      Teaching and still loving it,              

Kevin Stott                                       

                                                                                                              De Anza Middle School  

Part II: Re-Build Your Proficiency Map

 

                                        

Welcome to 'Huddle Time' - the purpose of this time is to provide a short video that offers student centered ideas or teacher actions to consider for your classroom.  Essentially, I am sharing my experiences as I continue my learning journey - with the goal that ALL my students raise their achievement on grade level math standards.

The hope is that this video sparks an idea that you can use in your own classroom.  

Every classroom is different, every teacher is different, and every student is different - an yet, all three have one thing in common:  ALL STUDENTS CAN LEARN GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS.

HUDDLE TIME VIDEO #27

Video

Today's Huddle Time focuses on 

    -  Proficiency Map aligned to Imagine Learning

Additional Resources:

    -  Link to each grade level Proficiency Map - LINK

    -  Support for selecting Essential Standards document (Select your grade level) - LINK

    -  Coherence Map (All grade levels) - LINK

Please feel free to reach out with any questions, comments or concerns - Kevin.Stott@omsd.net

Remember to believe in yourself, believe that you matter, and believe that you make a difference in students' lives every time that you interact with them.

      Teaching and still loving it,              

Kevin Stott                                       

                                                                                                              De Anza Middle School 

Part IV: The Gradual Release Model is NOT the best instructional strategy for every lesson

 

                                       

Welcome to 'Huddle Time' - the purpose of this time is to provide a short video that offers student centered ideas or teacher actions to consider for your classroom.  Essentially, I am sharing my experiences as I continue my learning journey - with the goal that ALL my students raise their achievement on grade level math standards.

The hope is that this video sparks an idea that you can use in your own classroom.  

Every classroom is different, every teacher is different, and every student is different - an yet, all three have one thing in common:  ALL STUDENTS CAN LEARN GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS.

HUDDLE TIME VIDEO #29

Video

Today's Huddle Time focuses on 

    -  Knowing the lesson focus and choosing the best instructional strategy

Additional Resources:

    -  Dr. Juli Dixon "Layers of Facilitation" Interview - LINK (Time stamp 15:15)

        -  Blog Post by Dr. Dixon on 'Layers of Facilitation' - LINK

    -  Book, "5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions" by Smith & Stein

        (5 Practices:  Anticipating, Monitoring, Selecting, Sequencing, Connecting - Blog LINK)

    -  Book, "Building Thinking Classrooms" by Peter Liljedahl

        -  List of Podcasts LINK

        -  Illustrative Mathematics Blog Post LINK

    -  EFFL, "Experience First, Formalize Later" by Math Medic

Please feel free to reach out with any questions, comments or concerns - Kevin.Stott@omsd.net

Remember to believe in yourself, believe that you matter, and believe that you make a difference in students' lives every time that you interact with them.

      Teaching and still loving it,              

Kevin Stott                                       

                                                                                                              De Anza Middle School  

Imagine Learning Series of Videos - Introduction

 

Welcome to 'Huddle Time' - the purpose of this time is to provide a short video that offers student centered ideas or teacher actions to consider for your classroom.  Essentially, I am sharing my experiences as I continue my learning journey - with the goal that ALL my students raise their achievement on grade level math standards.

The hope is that this video sparks an idea that you can use in your own classroom.  

Every classroom is different, every teacher is different, and every student is different - an yet, all three have one thing in common:  ALL STUDENTS CAN LEARN GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS.

HUDDLE TIME VIDEO #25

Video

Today's Huddle Time focuses on 

    -  Introducing the next series of videos related to my journey with Imagine Learning

Please feel free to reach out with any questions, comments or concerns - Kevin.Stott@omsd.net

Remember to believe in yourself, believe that you matter, and believe that you make a difference in students' lives every time that you interact with them.

Teaching and still loving it,               

Kevin Stott                                        

De Anza Middle School                    

      

Activity - Students creating their own problems (All Grade Levels)

 

Welcome to 'Huddle Time' - the purpose of this time is to provide a short video that offers student centered ideas to consider for your classroom.

HUDDLE TIME VIDEO #24

Video

Today's Huddle Time focuses on 

    -  Students creating their own math problem and then solving other created math problems

    -  High student engagement with grade level material

Classroom video clip #1 - Student work - LINK

Task assignment via Google Slide - LINK

Please feel free to reach out with any questions, comments or concerns - Kevin.Stott@omsd.net

Remember to believe in yourself, believe that you matter, and believe that you make a difference in students' lives every time that you interact with them.

      Teaching and still loving it,              

Kevin Stott                                       

                                                                                                              De Anza Middle School   

Four Corners Activity - To Engage & Move Students

 

Welcome to 'Huddle Time' - the purpose of this time is to provide a short video that offers student centered ideas to consider for your classroom.

HUDDLE TIME VIDEO #23

Video

Today's Huddle Time focuses on 

    -  Students work on an error analysis activity and then share their work with their classmates using the 'Four Corner' protocol

Classroom video clip #1 - Students working independently - LINK

Classroom video clip #2 - Students in their four corner groups - LINK

Classroom video clip #3 - Students in their four corner groups - LINK

Please feel free to reach out with any questions, comments or concerns - Kevin.Stott@omsd.net

Remember to believe in yourself, believe that you matter, and believe that you make a difference in students' lives every time that you interact with them.

      Teaching and still loving it,              

Kevin Stott                                       

                                                                                                              De Anza Middle School    

Students Presenting Their Work in a Math Classroom

 

Welcome to 'Huddle Time' - the purpose of this time is to provide a short video that offers student centered ideas to consider for your classroom.

HUDDLE TIME VIDEO #22

Video

Today's Huddle Time focuses on 

    -  Students presenting their work to the whole class in a safe environment

Presentation Script Resource - LINK

Audience TAG Feedback resource - LINK

Student Video #1 - LINK (slightly blurred on purpose)

Student Video #2 - LINK (slightly blurred on purpose)

Please feel free to reach out with any questions, comments or concerns - Kevin.Stott@omsd.net

Remember to believe in yourself, believe that you matter, and believe that you make a difference in students' lives every time that you interact with them.

      Teaching and still loving it,              

Kevin Stott                                       

                                                                                                              De Anza Middle School    

Gimkit - AI Feature (So Cool!)

Welcome to 'Huddle Time' - the purpose of this time is to provide a short video that offers student centered ideas to consider for your classroom.

HUDDLE TIME VIDEO #21

Video

Today's Huddle Time focuses on 

    -  Using the AI feature with Gimkit

Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns - Kevin.Stott@omsd.net

Remember to believe in yourself, believe that you matter, and believe that you make a difference in students' lives every time that you interact with them.

Teaching and still loving it,                   

  Kevin Stott                                            

                                                                                                        De Anza Middle School    

Idea for Differentiating Two Math Activities

 

Welcome to 'Huddle Time' - the purpose of this time is to provide a short video that offers student centered ideas to consider for your classroom.

HUDDLE TIME VIDEO #20

Video

Today's Huddle Time focuses on 

    -  Differentiating a math activity

Brown Paper Bag Activity:

-  Students solve 6 problems and find the bag that has that answer on it

-  Instruction Resource - Link

Scavenger Hunt Activity:

-  Students solve the problem to the find the answer on another sheet and then solve that problem

-  Instruction Resource - Link 

Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns - Kevin.Stott@omsd.net

Remember to believe in yourself, believe that you matter, and believe that you make a difference in students' lives every time that you interact with them.

Teaching and still loving it,      

  Kevin Stott                            

               De Anza Middle School           

Really (Really, Really) Cool Updates to Pear Assessment

 

Welcome to 'Huddle Time' - the purpose of this time is to provide a short video that offers student centered ideas to consider for your classroom.

HUDDLE TIME VIDEO #19

Video

Today's Huddle Time focuses on 

    -  Two new features in Pear Assessment

Image featuring the Adaptive Assessment:

Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns - Kevin.Stott@omsd.net

Remember to believe in yourself, believe that you matter, and believe that you make a difference in students' lives every time that you interact with them.

Teaching and still loving it,      

  Kevin Stott                            

               De Anza Middle School           

Post CAASPP - Stay the Course And Engage Students (yes, have fun too!)

 

Welcome to 'Huddle Time' - the purpose of this time is to provide a short video that offers student centered ideas to consider for your classroom.

HUDDLE TIME VIDEO #18

Video

Today's Huddle Time focuses on 

    -  Post CAASPP classroom instruction

You have spent over 150 days engaging with students every day this year - you have spent countless hours planning and developing lessons - you have created meaningful and relevant learning experiences for your students - and just as important you have a created a safe environment for your students through clear expectations and routines established in your classroom.

I encourage you to continue with everything you have been doing and finish the race as strong as you started.  The benefit of continuing to set learning targets every day is:

        -  Student accountability 

        -  Classroom management

        -  Continuing to make those student connections

        -  Creating a safe environment for your students

Ideas to consider after CAASPP testing:

        -  Mini projects aligned to grade level standards

                -  My examples:

                        -  Spiral of Pythagoras (Pythagorean Theorem)

                                -  Student love to color and create 

                        -  Geometry Project (Compass)

                                -  Students enjoy using the compass and creating designs from circles

        -  Gamify grade level skills

                -  My example:  Stinky Feet (Solving Equations)

So many more ideas are out there to stay the course - I encourage you to brainstorm new ideas or continue to use tried and tested activities from previous years - with the goal of keeping students engaged till the end of school.

Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns - Kevin.Stott@omsd.net

Remember to believe in yourself, believe that you matter, and believe that you make a difference in students' lives every time that you interact with them.

Teaching and still loving it,      

  Kevin Stott                            

               De Anza Middle School           

The 100 Game Board - Motivating Students

 

Welcome to 'Huddle Time' - the purpose of this time is to provide a short video that offers student centered ideas to consider for your classroom.

HUDDLE TIME VIDEO #17

Video

Today's Huddle Time focuses on 

    -  Motivating students to do multiple problems in a short amount of time

Resource:

    -  Spinner

My takeaways:

    -  Students are hyper-focused during the 10 minute work period

    -  Students complete many more problems when I introduce this activity

    -  I can use this activity best with fluency review skills

        - Remembering that overusing an activity will lose its appeal with students

Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns - Kevin.Stott@omsd.net

Remember to believe in yourself, believe that you matter, and believe that you make a difference in students' lives every time that you interact with them.

Teaching and still loving it,      

  Kevin Stott                            

               De Anza Middle School           

Visible Student Data - My Students Give Me Feedback

Welcome to 'Huddle Time' - the purpose of this time is to provide a short video that offers student centered ideas to consider for your classroom.

HUDDLE TIME VIDEO #16

Video

Today's Huddle Time focuses on 

    -  Sharing my takeaways from the student survey - LINK to the six questions

Results of the survey:

1.  Which data display do you find most useful?

  2.  Does weekly test data encourage you to come back and do the retake?

3.  Does the posting of daily homework encourage you to do your homework?

Please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns - Kevin.Stott@omsd.net

Remember to believe in yourself, believe that you matter, and believe that you make a difference in students' lives every time that you interact with them.

Teaching and still loving it,      

  Kevin Stott                            

               De Anza Middle School