A purposeful and streamlined experience where teachers "work together interdependently in order to impact their classroom practice in ways that will lead to better results for their students, for their team, and for their school." -DuFour

What to expect: OUr Game plan

1. Frame the learning:

We will start by going over our daily outcomes, establishing norms for the group, reviewing the agenda, and choosing one math joke from the jar!

2. Unpack the TEKS:

We will build common understanding by examining the big mathematical ideas of the unit we are focusing and will create a concept map. After discussing the big mathematical ideas, we will review the TEKS, district standards, and concept vocabulary. We will rewrite the standards using “I can” statements.

3. Create Learning Targets:

We will discuss a specific math concept in detail by exploring what math strategies we will use to teach it, what misconceptions the students might have, how we can modify the content, and identify teacher moves/ questions to ask the students.

STOP and REFLECT!

What is one word to describe your thinking about the work we have accomplished so far?

4. Do math tasks:

We will explore the big picture ideas, work together to explore math tasks that are open-ended, engaging and fun, and discuss how these would work best for students.

5. Develop/modify assessments:

We will go through any district created assessments, STAAR released questions, and/or create our own assessment questions for the unit. We will explore each question in the point of view as a student and as a teacher to identify and reflect potential misconcepts that students might have. We will determine which questions best assess students' understanding of the concepts, as we create/modify formative and summative assessments for the unit of study.

6. Plan daily lessons:

We will start planning daily lessons, as we discuss the most appropriate learning experiences for each learning target. We will discuss which tasks would have the most impact on student learning, and how we can modify those tasks to best meet the diverse needs of our students.

STOP and REFLECT!

What was the important thing about our work today?

Examples:

• We are working through ideas that will come up again.
• It is important that we have common vision.
• It is important that all continue to share our ideas.
• The important thing about our work today: We worked together.
• It is important that we had different perspectives.
• It is important that we did math together and talked about it

What worked today, what were our challenges, and what questions do you still have?

Examples:

• Worked: Organization of lesson plans and resources
• Challenges: Common pacing
• Questions: What did other teams do that was successful?