Twitter chat for Chapter Two #notabookstudy Storify is here. It’s worth your time to read through our responses about creating the conditions for learning and developing mathematical thinking in our classrooms.
The recording from the April 18 session with Dr. Cathy Fosnot is available here. You can download it to your device and listen when it is convenient for you.
Learning opportunities for Week 2 are based on Cathy Fosnot’s book “Young Mathematicians at Work: Constructing Multiplication and Division” – Chapter 2. We will work through one chapter per week for nine weeks.
If you have ordered the book but it hasn’t arrived yet, Heinemann Publishers have generously allowed us to post digital copies of the Preface, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 so that you can continue to participate while waiting for your hard copy. Details here.
Feel free to experiment, interact and learn on any of the many platforms available.
If you have not registered yet, start here.
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10 Ways to Share Your Learning This Week
1. Tweet what are you learning in < 140! (#notabookstudy)
2. Blog on the collaborative blog.
3. Write a reflection on your own blog.
4. Discuss your thinking on Voxer.
5. Share on Google+
6. Record a podcast conversation (volunteer here).
7. Participate on the Facebook page.
8. Tweet questions during the Radio Show.
9. Join the post-radio show “show”! (Details soon!)
10. Comment on the blogs others are writing.
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- Cathy Fosnot leads the Week 2 learning, Tuesday April 18 at 8 p.m. on VoicED Radio. Join us!
The backchannel for questions is Twitter, using the #notabookstudy hashtag.
Watch for opportunities to have a conversation about the learning after the show at 9 p.m.
Cathy’s Questions for Week 1 (You can answer these on the Collaborative Blog, on your own blog, on our Facebook Group page or on Google+)
Read Chapter 1. Watch the Video on the website.
- In the scenario of the two girls, and the 3rd grade in action, as you think about the situation (how many boxes for the candy), it has been crafted on purpose.
How is the context crafted to generate the mathematics? What math ideas will likely be generated? What strategies will come out of this situation?
What big ideas, strategies and models for the topic of multiplication would be important for us to really craft context to make sure we generate progressive development around them?
2. Think of your own environment, the culture, the neighbourhood, the town, the school. What problems could you construct from your children’s lives? What would a nice context be that we could use?
2. Twitter: Who is participating in #NotaBookStudy, and where are they from? Start here to build our collaborative map of participants.
New to Twitter? Find 10 minute Twitter lessons here
3. Newsletter: Please share these widely with colleagues by email.
Week 2 special update goes out on Monday, April 17
Week 1 Wrap Up and Week 2 Update goes out on Tuesday, April 18.
Didn’t receive the newsletter? Please Contact Us for a copy
4. Collaborative blogging. Contribute your thinking here by commenting on a blog, or sharing your text through the contact page or by emailing it to notabookstudy@gmail.com
5. Thursday, April 20
Twitter chat 8 p.m. EDT – Based on our learning with Cathy Fosnot on Tuesday, we will co-construct 6 questions to spark conversation (one question every 10 minutes). The hashtag is #notabookstudy.
6. All week long:
We are creating podcasts! Listen to Asima and Mark here. We want you to chat with us too! Use the Contact Page to sign up to talk about math teaching on the podcast!
Join us on Facebook!
Contribute to our Collaborative Blog as you reflect on your learning.
Read and comment on math blogs.
Share your blog on this site.
Learn to blog here, then share your posts with the group (see above).
Join our #NotABookStudy Voxer Group! Get the Voxer app, use this link and you will be invited to join. Use the contact us page if you need help with this.
Share on Google+ using the #notabookstudy hashtag.
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