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figuring out how to use IM with Envisions

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3rd grade - finding the correlation between the IM lessons and Envisions to be able to pull the thinking routines.

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It's taken me three years, but I can confidently now say that I have figured out how to use the IM curriculum and integrate small groups and centers on a consistent basis.

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teachers are not happy about adding IM to their existing math lessons

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teachers are not happy about adding IM to their existing math lessons

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We are beginning to include IM in our lessons. Students. are starting to do more of the "lifting" in the lessons.

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Teachers are implementing new curriculum and finding/creating additional resources to "make it work".

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How do you weight the state questions when grading the unit assessments?

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I am loving ILC, the videos. It's really great now in our 5th year seeing teachers really use the 5 practices in their syntheses and increase their skill and understanding of the structures -- warm-ups, card sorts, cool downs...

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I am loving ILC, the videos. It's really great now in our 5th year seeing teachers really use the 5 practices in their syntheses and increase their skill and understanding of the structures -- warm-ups, card sorts, cool downs...

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IM lacks problem solving.  What's everyone doing?

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IM lacks problem solving.  What's everyone doing?

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In our school, all G and T classes and K and 1st grade classes have implemented IM fully into their classrooms. We have had support from a Metamorphosis coach and our principal got the center materials. My 5th graders are engaged in the lessons and enjoy the number talks!

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What adaptations are we making (if any) for special ed?

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Implementing some IM units as well as keeping our current math curriculum.

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Implementing some IM units as well as keeping our current math curriculum.

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Our school is using Envisions. We are implementing the shifts and IM Math Routines. We also have to incorporate 2 IM lessons to each Envisions topic.

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Teacher's, specifically, those in the lower grades, are having a hard time keeping up with all the copies that need to be made in order to successfully utilize the program.

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Finding areas to integrate IM into Eureka ^2 program...

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We are using the company Generation Ready to help us infuse the IM lessons into our current Envisions lessons. She has been very helpful.

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Teachers have been implementing IM Routines into their daily math instruction. Some are even embedding other components of IM lessons into their EnVision Math lessons.

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Is there any way that we can match up specific lessons from IM and Envision?

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Can any of the 5th grade lessons be condensed or combined?

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Admin wants to incoporate Math IM tasks into Envision.  Some teachers are having a hard time fitting it in. 

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Admin wants to incoporate Math IM tasks into Envision.  Some teachers are having a hard time fitting it in. 

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Is there a way to access item analyses per class for each unit assessment?

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We have just begun teaching IM math. We are teaching at least once IM lesson per topic. I have taught one 3rd grade IM lesson. It did go well but it was on a very easy topic. Equal groups.

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Our school is trying to weave IM into our curriculum but we are writing our own curriculum.  It is very time consuming.  We are including spiral review, making our own slides, creating lesson worksheets for each day since there is not much in the IM program for independent practice, and including state test questions each day. Does IM offer support for RTI groups?  What resources are there for hw since it does not seem like there is a hw book? 

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Our school is trying to weave IM into our curriculum but we are writing our own curriculum.  It is very time consuming.  We are including spiral review, making our own slides, creating lesson worksheets for each day since there is not much in the IM program for independent practice, and including state test questions each day. Does IM offer support for RTI groups?  What resources are there for hw since it does not seem like there is a hw book? 

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Students are very engaged and are enjoying the lessons. We received the IM center kits which we are very excited about.

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Managing time to pull small groups and creating materials for small groups.

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Managing time to pull small groups and creating materials for small groups.

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Students collaborating in lots of group/partnered activities. 

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Students collaborating in lots of group/partnered activities. 

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I am a little nervous to begin IM next year. Since we are recently departmentalized, I am the only teacher responsible for creating, differentiating, and utilizing IM materials. This seems as if it will be a lot of work of for one teacher.

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Useful for creating additional practice and activities to support lessons.

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We are incorporating the Sense-Making routines at the start of each lesson while still utilizing the enVision curriculum. The students enjoy this aspect of the lesson and it gives them something to think about, right at the start of each lesson.

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Including spiral review and state test questions throughout the year so that students are comfortable with the types of questions they will be asked.  They begin to notice they are very predictable.

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Including spiral review and state test questions throughout the year so that students are comfortable with the types of questions they will be asked.  They begin to notice they are very predictable.

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How are you showcasing student work? No separate tasks like envisions.

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Will all schools be mandated to use the program as it is written including their tests next year?  

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Will all schools be mandated to use the program as it is written including their tests next year?  

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We are implementing IM within our existing curriculum. We have workbooks which make it easier for students to follow along in a lesson.

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Will a new mayor change the IM vision for schools? Will this program be MANDATED?

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Students are doing well working on activities that are discovery based and student-led.

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Teachers are extremely overwhelmed mixing our existing curriculum with IM components and many feel as though they cannot keep afloat from day to day.

Lessons are much lengthier with the use of the different activities, sometimes spilling over into multiple periods/days. This is time we do not have with the bulkiness of the 8th grade standards.

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What parts of IM can I use for students that need extra support?

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Discovery and time management is not going as well due to the amount of allotted time per teaching period. Lessons seem to roll over more.

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Students are working through the "discovery" portion of the activities. It is fostering some more discussions in the classroom.

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IM places a strong emphasis on group work and having students lead the learning from the very start of the lesson. However, at the beginning of the year, many students struggle to guide themselves, collaborate effectively, and stay on task. Since the majority of middle school IM lessons are structured this way, what strategies or adjustments are recommended to support students who aren’t yet ready for this level of independence?

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We are continuing to use IM in our classrooms. We have gotten workbooks this year, which will be great for the students.

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Other teachers in my middle school are not as willing to try out the IM curriculum which makes it difficult to figure out how best to use it. We are also really focusing on Building thinking classrooms this year and the use of vertical whiteboards and random grouping. I have incorporated some of the IM warm-ups into these activities, but I find the IM lessons as a whole can be time consuming and it is difficult to get to everything while also keeping up with our usual routines that we know benefit students.

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IM assumes students are at level and not lacking pre-requisite knowledge. They do have intervention lessons however navigating the site to find it takes even more time.

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Will a change in mayor affect the implementation of IM across NYC schools?

Will IM update it's curriculum as some topics are still missing from the program.

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The routines are helping students stay engaged.

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IM automatically grades some of the work however I still must go back and double check their grading. For example if the answer is 2^5 and the student writes 2^5 = 32, they get a zero. Grading work on IM takes longer than I imagined.

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We do not have physical textbooks and using computers often lead to distractions. I have been printing the main activity on a handout. Also printing the cool downs.

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Students who struggle need more scaffolding which is not found in the curriculum.

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I like the warmups, cooldowns, and activities. It has been challenging to complete more than 1 activity in 1 period.

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Students are NOT coming in on grade level.

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Students are NOT coming in on grade level.

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I noticed that in Grade 6, IM does not include a lesson on multiplying fractions — it only appears in the Grade 5 curriculum. However, many students are entering Grade 6 without this foundational skill. EnVision, on the other hand, includes multiplying fractions as part of the Grade 6 curriculum.

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What does effective differentiation look like when using IM, especially in a class with a wide range of academic levels, significant management needs, and several ENL students all together?

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Planning takes a long time. I am copy/pasting material to make my presentation ( I do not like just using their presentation because the work is not saved), and then I am creating mini worksheets of the problems since they are wordy and printing and cutting and gluing..it is a lot.

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Teachers would like to hear directly from IM experts rather than only what I am able to turnkey

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I like the overall flow of the curriculum and enjoy the activities :)

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Timing/Pacing is always challenging with IM.

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Love the warm-ups and the activities that require the students to analyze a student's work. Many of the activities are things I would spend hours trying to create myself. I appreciate having access to this and only need to supplement with fluency practice.

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Funds for in class support for teachers, funds for teacher planning, online access for all students? workbooks?

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More teachers are opening up to the transition to IM from other curriculums and seeing the quality of the materials. We have workbooks available and are getting used to it as a team.