Sample Professional Development Materials
MEASUREMENT/BASE TEN ACTIVITY
Measure Me
1. Mark 1 meter in length on measuring tape by marking off decimeters with base ten rods and numbering marks.
2. Fill in 3 decimeters with centimeter marks using centimeters as measures and number marks.
3.Estimate circumference of head and wrist. Record estimated measures as
_________ dm and ______ cm = _______ cm
4. Use commercial measuring tape to measure circumferences.
Record the measures as
_________ dm and ______ cm = _______ cm
5. Subtract the difference between your actual and estimated measures. How close were you for each measure.
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Complete this equation to find the diameter of head and wrist:
Head circumference (C) = diameter ( D) x 3.14
Wrist circumference (C) = diameter ( D) x 3.14
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COMMON CORE STANDARDS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS:
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
Differentiated Instruction for Mathematics Success
Central Principles
Vary Task
Vary Procedures
Vary Context
Specific Strategies
- Develop successful dispositions quickly with easier problems that build to more challenges
- Select problems that lend themselves to varied approaches (easier/harder numerals, fewer/more steps, easier/harder language, etc)
- Increase language support of students whose native language is not English
- Post key vocabulary around room
- Offer more group/paired work for early support and/or when needed to spark new ideas
- Use major strategies (manipulatives, pictures, symbols) for those students who need these steps for a longer period of time
GENERAL TECHNIQUES FOR DEALING WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN THE MATHEMATICS CLASSROOM
- Use Visuals and Manipulatives To Illustrate Important Ideas
- Use Visual Cuing: Boxes, Circles, and Lines
- Assign Fewer Problems and Minimize or Eliminate Coping from the Textbook or Board
- Use Visual Cuing: Color Code
- Alter, Adjust, or Reinforce the Standard Text Presentation When This Meets a Special Need
- Allow Children To Finger Trace or Use Other Tactile Cues
- Capitalize on Patterns and Other Associations To Promote Understanding or Retention
- Use Auditory Cuing
- Make Samples for Students Who Need Them
- Carefully Sequence Instruction in Small Steps, with Adequate Provision for Practice and Review
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