High Altitude Stuff
The best way to reach Mike when necessary.
What is "his IC email account"?
The number of required texts for this course?
What is "1"?
The percentage of your final grade that "Attendance & Participation" account for.
What is "20%"?
How many journal entries will you submit for comment this semester?
What is 6?
The mode you should have your phone set to before entering class.
What is "silent" or "off".
All too often, this is the focus of elementary math education.
What is "helping students develop mastery of paper & pencil algorithms"?
The name of the required text that we will begin reading before our next class?
What is "Mathematical Mindsets...."?
This is the only other assignment that is worth 20% of your total grade.
What is "Journal"?
The last day this course will meet in person.
What is December 13th?
What your main goal is for each of your two classroom placements this year?
Earn a letter of recommendation from your host teachers.
The name of the learning standards that we will explore as part of this course.
What are the "Common Core Learning Standards"?
The date that you will have had to read an excerpt from the Collaborative Math Classroom.
What is "September 25th"?
The number of parts to the "Math Autobiography" assignment.
What is "2"?
This assignment is due on Wednesday October 4th by 4pm.
What is "Student Interview"?
What you should do if you know you can't make a class, meet an assignment due date, or if you need to be checking your phone periodically because your expecting an emergency communication.
What is "email Mike ahead of time"?
When Mike is available for office hours.
What is "they can be scheduled with him at any mutually convenient time"?
The name of another book that we will read an excerpt from.
What is "The first six weeks of school" or "Building thinking classrooms in mathematics" or "Children's mathematics: cognitively guided instruction"?
This assignment will include a formative assessment aligned with the objective(s) of the lesson you will be teaching.
What is "Whole Group Lesson with Assessment"?
The date we will have an in-class activity/discussion focused on equity.
What is October 18th?
An opportunity that you can take advantage of that is scheduled for next Thursday (8/31) from 1-2pm.
What is "ICSD Elementary Open House"
As essential part of a student's math education in today's world.
What is helping them develop their "math reasoning skills"?
The name of Angela Duckworth's TED talk.
What is "Grit: the power of passion and perseverance"?
The preferred grade of the student you will need to interview as part of the "Student Interview" assignment.
What is first grade?
The date that "Whole Group Lesson with Assessment" is due.
What is November 29th?
An online course management system that Mike's brain does not find to be intuitive.
What is "Canvas"?