Date

In Class

Reading

Assignment Due
Aug. 26

NCTM Principles

and Standards

(Sign up for a free 90-day preview at this url:
http://standards.nctm.org/)

Tennessee Mathematics Standards (Scroll to the bottom for 2009-2010 new standards)

NCTM PowerPoint

Read principles and standards summaries using links to the left.

Course Articles are available through the library e-reserves. (For course type MATH 4100, leave the instructor blank)

 
Aug. 28

Pre-Number Concepts

Subitizing

Counting

Click here for the counting interview protocol and here for the write-up form.

Economopolous

Frank

Clements

Show & Tell Chapter 1 & pp 184-195

 
Sept. 5

Talking about numbers.

Cognitively Guided Instruction/

strategies & problem types for addition and subtraction

Individual Interview Transcripts Lauren

Show & Tell: Chapters 2 & 3

Hankes

Sept. 7

 

Lesson Video in class: Monkeys, Single Ten Frame, Dot Flash, Tiles, Finger Patterns, Double Decker Bus, Single Ten Frame 2, Double Ten Frame

Patterning & Partitioning Sequence (Text Description)

 Patterning & Partitioning Sequence (Text Description)

Challenges 1 & 2 Use the links below to view the videos and the following links to read the transcripts.

Jim's Pre-Interview

Jim's Post-Interview

Elizabeth's Pre-Interview

Elizabeth's Post-Interview

Derek's Pre-Interview

Derek's Post-Interview

Individual Interview Transcripts Jim, Elizabeth & Derek

If you have trouble with the links, try right-clicking on the link to download it to desktop.htm  If you do, be sure to drag the file to the trash when you are finished with it.

If you still have trouble, you can navigate to the videos at this website: 

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/lsi/cobb/patterns/index.html

The pre-interviews are under the Challenge 3 tab.  The post-interviews are under the Challenge 4 tab.

Sept. 12

Representing Numbers

Thousand Boxes

Exploration: Candy Boxes

Sense-making and arithmetic

Pick Topics for Final Challenge: Planning Instruction; Classroom Discourse; Spatial Reasoning; Students' Thinking; Role of Manipulatives, Tools, and Symbols; Classroom Norms; and Worthwhile Mathematical Tasks.

Show & Tell: Chapter 4

Whitenack et al.

 Counting Interviews
Sept. 14

Whole Class Lesson

Block 1 Teacher Letter

NCTM Illuminations K-12 Lessons

Field Placement Interview Documents

Geometry Challenges 1 & 2

Click here for the Geometry Day 1 - Day 3 Transcripts

Click Here to go to the http://www.vanderbilt.edu/lsi/cobb/geometry/challenge4/index.html

Sept. 19

Work in groups on Final Challenge.

You can use the Mac Lab on the second floor or the PC Lab on the third floor of Claxton. You will need to bring headphones to hear the video.

 

Click here for the Geometry Day 1 - Day 3 Transcripts

Click Here to go to the http://www.vanderbilt.edu/lsi/cobb/geometry/challenge4/index.html

Sept. 20, 21, 22 Observations at Hazelwood & Glenellen

 

Sept. 26

CGI: strategies & problem types for multiplication and division

Ms. Statz Third Grade CGI Lesson

Hankes

Field Placement Interviews

Sept. 28

Software and Virtual Manipulatives

Manipula Math with JAVA

Arcytech

National Library of Virtual manipulatives

Illuminations

Algebra Tiles

Web Tool reviews. Example for Bobbie Bear on the Illuminations site under activities.

Kerrigan; 

Moyer, Bolyard, and Spikell

 
Oct. 3

Group presentations of Final Challenges

Rubric for presentation

Rubric to evaluate group members

  Individually written Reflective Paper
Oct. 5

Prepare for Hazelwood 2nd/3rd grade Problem-solving Unit

Download Unit in Word Format

Here are the new group assignments for the Hazelwood units.

 

Oct. 10

No Class - Dr. Witherspoon and Dr. Wilson will be out of town for a conference. Prepare for Hazelwood 2nd/3rd grade Problem-solving Unit on your own.

Here are the new group assignments for the Hazelwood units.

  Web Tool Reviews are due on WebCT
Oct. 12 Prepare for Hazelwood 2nd/3rd grade Problem-solving Unit  

Oct. 19 Prepare for Hazelwood 2nd/3rd grade Problem-solving Unit  

Oct. 24 Day 1 Problem-Solving Unit   Day 1 Write-ups due by midnight Oct. 24 on WebCT
Oct. 26 Day 2 Problem-Solving Unit   Day 2 Write-ups due by midnight Oct. 27 on WebCT
Oct. 31 Day 3 Problem-Solving Unit   Day 3 Write-ups due by midnight Oct. 31 on WebCT
Nov. 2 Day 4 Problem-Solving Unit   Day 4 Write-ups due by midnight Nov. 3 on WebCT
Nov. 7 Day 5 Problem-Solving Unit   Day 5 Write-ups due by midnight Nov. 7 on WebCT
Nov. 9 Day 6 Problem-Solving Unit  
 Nov. 13-17  Field Placement at Hazelwood & Glenellen    Day 6 Write-ups are due by Wednesday, Nov. 15. Leave them in the office. Be sure to include children's quizzes, a completed scoring sheet for each student and a paragraph addressing the goals.
Nov. 21

Debrief Field Placement

Pre and Post- test scoring

 Whole-Class Lesson Plan, Evaluation & Reflections
Nov. 28

Invented Algorithms

Geometry

Van Hiele Levels

MindMap of the Van Hiele Levels of Geometric Thought.

Flexer & Rosenberger; Kamii & Dominick

Crowley

 Nov. 30 Fractions

 Empson

Witherspoon

 
Dec. 5

Review for the Final Exam

Wilson (word or pdf)

  Live-Text version of Whole-Class Lesson and Reflections

Mon. Dec. 11

8:00-10:00

Final Exam for Witherspoon Section 06    

Wed. Dec 13

10:30-12:30

Final Exam for Wilson Section 08