Math workshop for High School

1. Do Nows
1. Complete a quick survey:
 https://tinyurl.com/PPS-10-11-10-S
2. Complete the Four Fours Activity
3. How many gifts would be given altogether?

2. Best Practices in
High School
Mathematics
Betty Napoli
Galloway Township Public Schools
October 11, 2019
www.gtpsmath.weebly.com

3. “
”Lewis Carroll
Start with the end in mind…
“If you don’t know where you
are going, any road will take you
there.”

4. Learning Progressions
 Curricular Frameworks
 Instructional Units
 Coherence Maps
 Sample Pacing Guides
 Graham Fletcher’s Progression Videos
 Sample Priority Standard Continuums

5. Assessments
 Illustrative Math
 Tasks by grade and standard
 Edulastic
 Online assessments
 Depth of Knowledge Matrix
 Elementary & Secondary
 Math Reasoning Inventory
 Reasoning tasks and resources
 NZ Math Assessments
 NJSLA Released
 Listed by standard

6. STOP
Take some notes
How will I use this?
Turn and talk to a partner

7. Warm Ups
 Which one doesn’t belong?*
 Would you rather?
 Estimation 180
 Clothes Line
 Number Talks
 Counting Circles*
 Splat
 Sorts
 Graphing Stories

8. Four Corners: Which one doesn’t belong?
4 25
16 38

9. Clothes Line Math
Clothesline math by grade link
Sample –
Double Clothesline

10. Counting Circles

11. Math Routines
 Grade 5-8 Samples

12. Estimation Clipboard

13. Splat

14. Cube Conversations

15. Open Middle

16. STOP
Take some notes
How will I use this?
Turn and talk to a partner

17. Interactive Activities
 Desmos – interactive activities that build conceptual understanding
 Card sort – What Fraction Am I? – Elementary Examples
 Kahoot.com - Game-based assessments - for iPads, computers, phones
 Quizlet Live - Collaborative online game
 Scoot - Solve problems moving around the room - video instructions
 Nearpod - Design interactive lessons and gain formative assessment data
 Learn Zillion - video lessons and assessments on various topics by grade
 Marilyn Burns - high interest lessons that build conceptual understanding
 Move Along the Continuum – series of cards to work on increasing
difficulty with “magic” self checking answers
 Filling in the Gaps - ideas to help students with decimals, fractions,
division, negatives

18. Linear Equations

19. Desmos
Andrew Stadel Desmos
Activities 3-12
Picture Perfect
Marcellus the Giant
Click Battle
Stacking Cups – Desmos
Geometry

20. 3 Act Math
World Record Balloon Dog
Resources:
 Dan Meyer – Math Needs a Makeover
 Graham Fletcher
 Robert Kaplinsky
 Andrew Stadel

21. You Cubed
Week of Inspirational Math
Math Mindset Algebra

22. Would you rather?

23. Exponential Growth/Decay

24. Graphing Intro - Desmos

25. Time to Reflect
 What was your favorite activity?
 Pick something to try in your class next week
 Review released Items – Which are achievable?
 Consider an upcoming unit of instruction, use the
form to create a plan
 See examples from other districts