Share Your Thoughts by Jessica Morales, Elementary Math TOSA

Queens- Revolution and the Solstice

2024-01-24 17:28:50 UTC

How did that feel? We feel more awake and energized. It was low stakes and not a lot of pressure. It was easy to share ideas.
We noticed that everyone had a different perspective. We helped each other see things we didn't see on our own. Everyone was sharing and engaged.
What happened in your team? We all fell into roles (recording, holding object) but all were still discussing and feeding the recorder ideas to write. We all enjoyed discussing and completing the task. Everyone had a voice.

2024-01-24 17:31:57 UTC

Could grasp the prompts, began to notice more details as we discussed

We notice both geometric patterns but also how the patterns reflected nature. Discussed what would happen if the patterns continued.
There was an evolution of discussion from the prompt to daily life which is probably how it would happen with students.

2024-01-24 17:34:01 UTC

Feel- I felt out of my comfort zone because I am more of a concrete thinker.

I saw many different patterns- overlapping triangles, shark teeth, and prying hands.

Notice- Every one has a different point of view and focus- color, lines, orbs, patterns.

Happened- Needed think time, discussed task, everybody noticed something different.

It helped having the print on the white board.

bfullmer — 2024-01-24 17:35:11 UTC

More challenging than the morning task.
Much more open ended. Easy to get lost in the task. No validation other than peer. No facilitator or teacher validation. This task had more of a narrative quality to it. (Might be more challenging for students that prefer something more concrete.) Group size of 3 made it harder to disengage.
Exchange of ideas. Collective decided what we wanted to write. Everyone chose their role (no roles assigned).

jessicamorales10 — 2024-01-24 19:01:42 UTC

This student will likely... wait for others to do the work.

jessicamorales10 — 2024-01-24 19:02:20 UTC

This student will likely...want to do all the work for the group.

The facilitator could... require the person with the pen to only record ideas from others, not their own.

jessicamorales10 — 2024-01-24 19:04:34 UTC

This student will likely...feel overwhelmed by the open-ended nature of the task.

Other students could... provide encouragement.

jessicamorales10 — 2024-01-24 19:07:04 UTC

This student will likely...want to write small, cover her work or not have the pen at all. But she might benefit from tasks with multiple approaches.

jessicamorales10 — 2024-01-24 19:09:11 UTC

This student will likely... use her number sense to make sense of the problem.

The facilitator could...have a problem solving protocol that she has one part of.

jessicamorales10 — 2024-01-24 19:16:27 UTC

This student will likely...realize that multiple strategies, and modalities are valuable. Perhaps even more than procedures.

The facilitator could... emphasize the importance of the soft skills, executive functioning, group dynamics, many things beyond the right answer.

jessicamorales10 — 2024-01-24 19:21:26 UTC

This student will likely...fit naturally into a thinking classroom and really enjoy it.

The facilitator could...try strategies like slow reveal, 3-act tasks and give him the pen so he is recording the ideas of OTHERS.