https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz "An educator who spends time to discover a learner’s previous knowledge base and preconceptions will then have information that can be used to deliver optimal teaching and drive better learning. Accurate determination of a student’s previous conceptions can be quite difficult without such a discussion." en-us 2019-04-08 17:58:44 UTC 2019-04-10 21:35:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350559645 For my launch, the wording was a bit "weird" and was open for two different interpretations. As a result, it was a challenge to come to a classroom consensus and then going forth (will attach picture of the table graph).]]> 2019-04-10 21:19:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350559645 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350559880 I was surprised at how many different ideas students were able to produce with the open-ended prompt. On my own, I could think of 4 or 5 ideas; for the class collectively, 20 was easy. ]]> 2019-04-10 21:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350559880 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350559919 Students had different ways of answering the questions.  Some methods were not correct, but many methods worked. One student had a misconception about how percents relate to an increase or decrease of a number]]> 2019-04-10 21:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350559919 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350559995 2019-04-10 21:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350559995 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560145 I used this as a model for students. Having done some thinking for the launch, they could now apply that to their own projects. Students noticed the connection. ]]> 2019-04-10 21:21:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560145 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560290 A lot of students had a conceptual understanding that we could use to write a definition for "circle." Some students knew the circle vocabulary and could define it, while others were not familiar with it. Lots of students are thinking about area (of circles) as a rectangle (a x b)]]> 2019-04-10 21:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560290 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560299 So mine was less about the math thinking and more about generating interest.]]> 2019-04-10 21:22:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560299 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560324 So my launch generated little in terms of math reasoning, but that was on purpose. I actually didn't want to give anything away about what sorts of math reasoning could be used on this task, but I wanted the launch just to serve the purpose of clarifying our understanding about the context of the problem (kids needed to now how tug of war works, what acrobats are) and to generate interest in solving the problem. And honestly just to be fun. Students seemed to think the picture was funny and were debating about who would win and it allowed students who often don't participate when it's immediately about math to share their ideas and get involved in the discussion. 

]]> 2019-04-10 21:22:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560324 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560374 I was able to see what strategies the students were most comfortable with]]> 2019-04-10 21:22:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560374 denise40 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560465 students actually really enjoyed using the Problem Solving template that the Algebra team crafted and revised. It really helped students see the importance of slowing down to make sure they understand the entire problem before attempting to solve.]]> 2019-04-10 21:23:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560465 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560574 2019-04-10 21:23:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560574 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560696 What was a little  bit surprising was that some students used a method of finding 1% of a number, which helped them to find the exact or approximate % of the number. ]]> 2019-04-10 21:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560696 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560743 2019-04-10 21:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560743 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560818 I was expecting to see two main strategies to solve our prompt (unit rate vs least common multiple). One would involve dividing decimals and the other would require multiplying decimals, and I was surprised to see most students chose to divide decimals to find the unit rate. They felt that although the math was more difficult, that strategy was easier to understand]]> 2019-04-10 21:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560818 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560899 2019-04-10 21:25:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350560899 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350561031 Nothing was too surprising! In every single class, someone proposed the wondering "who will win?" which led us into the question we were trying to answer and students also shared that to solve that, they would need to know things like *Who is stronger *Who weighs more]]> 2019-04-10 21:25:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350561031 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350561060 I don't necessarily think anything was necessarily wrong with the prompt, but I do think my students need more practice with this type of open-ended launch. I made it a bit competitive (Period 1 only gave me 5 things. Let's beat them!), so later periods generated more.]]> 2019-04-10 21:25:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350561060 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350561209 2019-04-10 21:26:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350561209 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350561567 I was able to use the idea of approximating percentages to check whether an answer made sense. ]]> 2019-04-10 21:28:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350561567 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350561609 2019-04-10 21:28:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350561609 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350561619 For WODB, I was able to pinpoint how my students thought about triangles. Unfortunately, some did not go very deep, but I think using it earlier would have been useful!]]> 2019-04-10 21:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350561619 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350561774 2019-04-10 21:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350561774 adavis114 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350561847 Mine was more of a formative assessment for what kids already knew about characteristics ]]> 2019-04-10 21:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350561847 ellen_smrekar https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350561965 Students were able to use each other's feedback to make edits to their own work]]> 2019-04-10 21:30:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350561965 adavis114 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350562084 Students found a common number among the vertices and I wasn't expecting that.]]> 2019-04-10 21:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350562084 adavis114 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350562244 Not open-ended enough]]> 2019-04-10 21:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350562244 adavis114 https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350562342 Connect it to the open-ended nature of the open response on the SBAC]]> 2019-04-10 21:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jim58/s5fyn0byslmz/wish/350562342