Math PLC: Session 4

Talk A Mile A Minute• Find a partner

• Designate a “talker”

• Non- talker turns back to screen

• Talker quickly describes the word by giving clues, but may not use any form of the word in that description

• Move to the next term once the non-talker guesses correctly

• Proceed until all terms have been guessed, or time is called

Talk A Mile A Minute

• Argue

• Precision

• Reason

• Model

• Persevere

What is a Rich Task?

What is a Rich Task?• Promotes thinking, reasoning, and problem

solving

• Builds on students’ previous knowledge, life experiences, and culture.

• Allows for multiple methods to solution

• Encourages exploration

• Allows for multiple entry points

Teacher Actions Affecting Cognitive Demand

• Task set-up

• Supporting students’ exploration of the task

• Orchestrating debriefing discussion

“The formulation of a problem is often more essential than the solution, which may be

merely a matter of mathematical or experimental

skill.”

-Albert Einstein

There is a 3 kilometer back-up on Route 100 between Long gate and the Route 108 exit.

How many vehicles are caught in this traffic jam?

Student Video

Remember Dan Meyer?

• Use multimedia.

• Encourage student intuition.

• Ask the shortest question you can.

• Let students build the problem.

• Be less helpful.