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Chapter 6 - Planning for Instruction

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Read pp. 135-152
Respond to How Would You React on p. 141
Questions 3, 6 on p. 166

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Chapter 7 - Tools and Strategies

Lesson plan due

Read pp. 153-165
Questions 1, 7, 10 on p. 166

Please Send Professor Harms your summary of Every Minute Counts as an e-mail Word attachment

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Chapter 7 - Tools and Strategies

Unit Plan Example (This example does not have accommodations that is to be included for three different students that you are to include)
Links to MN Math Standards, strategies for working with ADHD students, SIOP, Effective Teachers of the Gifted

Read pp. 167-180
Respond to How Would You React on p. 175
Question 3 on p. 203

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MTLE, Survival, and The Math Curse

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Questions 5 & 10 on p. 203
Read pp. 205-216
Respond to How Would You React on p. 215

Chapter 8 -Teaching Algebra

Sharing of Math Conference Worshop Session Material

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Part I of Unit Plan Due

Chapter 8 - Using the Motion probe to connect the symbols in to the algebra to movement.

Illuminations -great site for creating graph paper

Read pp. 216-226
Answer #3(Link to proability misconceptions Quiz) Link to MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT PROBABILITY pdf & 6(See link to MN Math Standards on our course homepage) on p. 255
Finish Raph's Linear Programing Handout (Explain your solution in a sentence)

Read pp. 226-238
Answer # 7 on pp. 255
Finish Math and Motion handout

Chapter 8 - Geometry Constructions

Unit Plan Part II Due with assessments

Read pp. 259-268

Respond to How you react on p. 268 & #1 & 5 on p. 293 (use one of your quizzes or test from your unit and develop a performance task such as a project and discuss benefits and drawbacks or each assessment methods)

Teaching Handbook Due

1) Summary of Guidelines for the Tutor of Mathematics
2) First day of School Handout
3) Summary an article from Mathematics Teacher
4) Summary of Every Minute Counts
5) Write the procedure portion of a lesson that differentiates a lesson to accommodate students at three levels students: socially inappropriately, ELL, and functioning above grade level
Clearly identify in a lesson from your unit plan how it will accommodate a student with
different abilities one of which has ADD/Asperger Syndrome, along with students with limited English
proficiency, and a group of above average math achieving students.