Points Worth: 15 possible in total (NOTE: We may adjust this point total as the term goes on to reflect the percentage of our class content/activities spent on this assignment)
Due Date:
November 20 (start of class): Parts 1 and 2
December 13 (at 12:00pm): Part 3
Project Overview:
For this project you will create a lesson plan and lesson materials for a lesson that you taught or plan to teach this term and describe how your lesson includes the criteria for lesson plans and "worthwhile" math problems provided in our class and reflects our additional course content.
Additional course content for this term:
constructivist and sociocultural learning theories;
student development of conceptual understanding and procedural fluency;
promoting equitable student participation; and
teacher moves to elicit and probe student thinking.
This project contains the following parts:
Part 1 - Learn about Lesson Planning and Task Analysis
For this part of the project, you will learn about lesson planning and characteristics of "worthwhile" math tasks:)
Directions for Part 1:
Create a folder titled “Lesson Planning and Task Analysis Module” in your personal folder
WATCH CMP Lesson Structure - Launch, Explore, Summarize (NOTE: This video shares examples from a specific curriculum - named Connected Mathematics Project - but the idea of having a 3-phase lesson is applicable to any/all math lessons)
READ Van de Walle, Karp, & Bay-Williams (2016) Ch. 3 (PART OF THE CHAPTER)
CREATE a document titled “Module Reading Notes” in your “Lesson Planning and Task Analysis Module” folder AND WRITE a response to the following 4 prompts on your “Module Reading Notes” page (making sure to cite page numbers and include quotes as you see fit):
PROMPT 1: What do the CPM videos/reading mean when they use the terms "Launch", "Explore", and "Summarize" to describe a math lesson structure?
PROMPT 2: What are each of the 5 practices? How do these practices overlap with the "Launch", "Explore" and "Summarize" parts of a lesson (note: the 5 practices video does not describe this so you need to think about this based on the information you read in the CPM descriptions of lesson structure and 5 practices video)?
PROMPT 3: What guidelines/recommendations do the Smith video and Van de Walle, Karp & Bay-Williams article provide for creating and selecting math tasks?
PROMPT 4: What critiques does Bright have of story problems and what suggestions does she provide to address these concerns?
Part 2: Write an Draft of my Lesson Plan AND Analyze the Lesson's Task(s)
For this part of the project, you will write an initial draft of a lesson plan for a lesson that you taught or plan to teach during the fall term AND complete a Task Analysis for the task(s) in the lesson.
Directions for Part 1:
Access your “Lesson Planning and Task Analysis Module” folder
Make a copy of the Math Lesson Plan Template - Fall Term in your “Lesson Planning and Task Analysis Module” folder and fill it out for your lesson.
Make a copy of the Task Analysis document in your “Lesson Planning and Task Analysis Module” folder and fill it out for your lesson.
Put any other instructional materials used during the lesson in your “Lesson Plan Modification Assignment” folder and make sure they are linked in your lesson plan.
Here is an example lesson plan that Torrey made: Algebra Tiles Lesson 3 Lesson Plan
Part 3: Describe your Lesson Plan
For this part of the project, you will do a video response describing how your lesson is relevant to/tailored to your students aND reflects our course content on lesson planning.
Directions for Part 3:
Do a 10-minute video response in GoReact (let Torrey know if you did not receive the invitation for this "activity" titled "Part 3 of Lesson Planning & Task Analysis Module" in your PSU email account) that describes the following:
how your lesson is relevant/tailored to the particular students in the class (in particular the information you learned from the Equitable Math Instruction Project Part 1)
how your lesson incorporates/reflects the criteria for lesson planning provided in our class (be prepared to reference and cite specific course readings and class discussions where and when appropriate to support your explanation)
Lesson Plan Modification Assignment Scoring Criteria
12 points total (allocated as follows):
(2 points) Your completed Module Reading Notes
(3 points) Your completed Task Analysis document
(2 points) Video description of how your lesson is relevant to/tailored to the particular students in the class (in particular the information you learned from the Equitable Math Instruction Project Part 1);
(5 points) Video description of how your lesson incorporates/reflects the criteria for lesson planning provided in our class (be prepared to reference and cite specific course readings and class discussions where and when appropriate to support your explanation);