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Course Schedule:

W4:35 PM – 7:05 PM

WEEK 1: Introduction to the class

DUE BY TUESDAY, AUGUST 24 BY 11:59 pm:   
Read the syllabus. 
Read Chapter 3: Teaching Mathematics through Problem Solving (pp. 30 - 42)
Read Chapter 4: Three-Phase Lesson Format (pp. 55 - 62)
Bring in mathematical artifact. 

DURING CLASS WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25:
1. Artifact activity 
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4. Talk about next class.

WEEK 2: Get to know each other as a mathematical community.

DUE BY TUESDAY, AUGUST 31st @ 11:59 PM:
1. COMPLETE TASK ONE
2. READ Next Generation Math Standards (to page 88)
3. READ LESSON PLANNING 
Chapter 4: Process for Preparing a Lesson (pp. 62 - 66) 
4. READ CONTENT
Chapter 7: Developing Early Number Concepts and Number Sense (pp. 125-151) 
Chapter 10: Developing Whole-Number Place-Value Concepts (pp. 211-237)


DURING CLASS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1st:
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WEEK 3: Unlearn unproductive ideas surrounding mathematics.

DUE BY TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th @ 11:59 PM:
COMPLETE TASK TWO
READ The Rights of Learners
READ LESSON PLANNING: 
CHAPTER 6: Teaching Mathematics Equitably to All Students (pp. 103-124) 
READ CONTENT: 
CHAPTER 8: Developing Meanings for the Operations (pp. 153-182) 
CHAPTER 9: Developing Basic Fact Fluency (pp. 183-210) 

DURING CLASS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th:
1. 
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3. Review Asynchronous Sessions

SEPTEMBER 15th: NO CLASS


WEEK 4: SEPTEMBER 22nd: ASYNCHRONOUS DAY

COMPLETE: TASK THREE
WATCH: Todos: Talk Less and Listen More (start at 9 min.)
READ: 5 Practices 
READ CONTENT: 
CHAPTER 19: Developing Geometric Thinking and Geometric Concepts (pp. 500 - 542) (Can skip Transformations)
SUBMIT: Week 4 Asynchronous Assignments

WEEK 5: SEPTEMBER 29th: ASYNCHRONOUS DAY

COMPLETE: TASK FOUR
LISTEN: Todos Math podcast - parent communication
READ LESSON PLANNING: 
CHAPTER FOUR: Planning for Family Engagement (pp. 74-81) 
READ CONTENT: CHAPTER 18: Developing Measurement Concepts (460-499) 
SUBMIT: Week 5 Asynchronous Assignments

WEEK 6: OCTOBER 6th: ASYNCHRONOUS DAY

COMPLETE: TASK FIVE 
READ LESSON PLANNING:
Using Multicultural Children’s Literature to Teach Mathematics
READ CONTENT: 
CHAPTER 13: Algebraic Thinking, Equations, and Functions (pp. 299 - 335)
SUBMIT: Week 6 Asynchronous Assignment

WEEK 7: How to encourage students to think mathematically throughout the day.

DUE BY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12th @ 11:59 PM:
1. COMPLETE: TASK SIX
2. READ PLANNING:  
CHAPTER 4: High-Leverage Routines (pp. 62 - 69)
3. READ CONTENT: 
CHAPTER 12: Developing Strategies for Multiplication and Division Computation 

DURING CLASS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13th:
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WEEK 8:  How we become teacher-researchers?

DUE BY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19th @ 11:59 PM:
COMPLETE: TASK SEVEN
READ LESSON PLANNING: Todos Mathematics on Assessment
CHAPTER 6: Creating Assessments for Learning (pp. 83 - 102) 
READ CONTENT:
CHAPTER 20: Developing Concepts of Data and Statistics 
(pp. 543- 564 & 568 - 578) 

DURING CLASS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20th:
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WEEK 9: How to subvert the curriculum for our students.

DUE BY TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26th @ 11:59 PM:
COMPLETE: TASK EIGHT
LISTEN: Cult of Pedagogy: Subversion
READ CONTENT: 
CHAPTER 14: Developing Fraction Concepts (pp. 337 - 372)
CHAPTER 16: Developing Decimal Concepts (pp. 405 - 420) 

DURING CLASS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27th:


WEEK 10: How to feel prepared for the unknown.

DUE BY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd @ 11:59 PM:
COMPLETE: TASK NINE
READ LESSON PLANNING: 
CHAPTER 2: Evaluating and Adapting Tasks (pp. 42 - 45)
READ CONTENT: 
CHAPTER 15: Developing Fraction Operations (p. 373 - 404) 
CHAPTER 16: Developing Decimal Operations (p. 421 - 434)

DURING CLASS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd @ 11:59 PM:

WEEK 11: NOVEMBER 9th: ASYNCHRONOUS DAY: MEETINGS


WEEK 12: How can Ethnomathematics and interdisciplinary planning help us reach more students?

DUE BY TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16th @ 11:59 PM:
SUBMIT: Lesson Plan with slides or FlipGrid introduction 
COMPLETE: TASK TEN
READ LESSON PLANNING: 
What is Ethnomathematics? 
READ CONTENT: 
CHAPTER 17: Percents (pp. 428 - 434)

DURING CLASS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17th: 

NOVEMBER 25th: NO CLASS


WEEK 13: DECEMBER 1st: MEETING

WEEK 14: LAST DAY
DUE DECEMBER 7th @ 11:59 PM:
SUBMIT: Learning Sequence or Full Day of Embedded Instruction Due 

DURING CLASS DECEMBER 8th: 
1. Virtual gallery walk

WEEK 15: NO CLASS

SUBMIT: Participatory Action Research Mini-Project