Please submit all weekly assignments by their due date listed below. For tardy submissions, please refer to the syllabus.
Week 1 Assignments
Due before 9/22/15* (*Student website url is due by the end of class, 9/15/15.)
- Student website: due by the end of class
- Texture Images in OSN: entry reads, “OSN 1: Textures”
- Chapters 1 and 2 Textbook: Chapter 1: stop on page #9, and chapter 2, stop on page #26 (at halfway point, as demonstrated in class)
- VoiceThread Introduction
- Zaption Tour 1
- Complete “Start Here!” folder
Week 2 Assignments
Due before 9/29/15
- Read Start Here!
- Lab Assignment #01 (100 pts)
- OSN Assignment: Chromatography (100 pts)
- Chapter 3 in chapter book
- Post Lesson Plan #01 – Draft (50 pts):
- This assignment should be submitted as follows:
- Choose one or more goals for teaching a lesson about textures (what do you want children to learn at the end of your lesson?)
- List steps that you would take to set up your classroom and teach your lesson – please remember to mention your grade of choice.
- Choose how you would know how your students learned what you wanted to teach, either during the lesson, or at the end.
- Submit your lesson in a new tab on your website.
- This assignment should be submitted as follows:
Week 3 Assignments
Due before 10/13/15
- Follow the sequence that you find in week 3’s menu item, from left to right, starting at “Start Here!”
- Lab Assignment #02 (100 pts)
- OSN: Nothing due this week.
- Chapter 4 in textbook
- Math Problem Assignment: Adding a page to your website called, “math problem solving,” write and submit the following:
- 2 process problems’
- 2 application problems
- 2 puzzle problems
- 2 problems of choice
- You do not need to submit the solution to your problems, but try to offer a range between lower and higher elementary school grades
- Post math problem assignment to your website. These problems will be shared and used during next class when we talk about assessment – please post them before you arrive in class, on 10/13/15.
Week 4 Assignments
Due before 10/20/15
- We will start our class by looking at some of the math problems students wrote on their websites. The problems will be kept anonymous and will be used solely to emphasize different ways of writing different types of story and word problems.
- Reading: follow Start Here! directions.
- Lab Assignment #3 will be written in class. Please come prepared with your readings, notes from previous classes and/or supplementary notes that you take before preparing for class.
- OSN: Post daily pictures of your greenhouse experiment. For more details, click on “OSN” on your Week 4 folder.
- Watch “The Number Talk” video inside the “WWW” resource page.
- Cam L will present at the beginning of class and Lauren and Jaclyn will present after the break and at the end of class each.
Week 5 Assignments
Due before 10/27/15
- We will start our class by listening to one Children’s Literature Share
- Lab Assignment #3 is due before class and we will discuss it in class. Please come prepared to share your entry with the entire group.
- OSN: Post daily pictures of your greenhouse experiment if you haven’t germinated yet. For more details, click on “OSN” on your Week 4 folder.
- Re-watch “The Number Talk” video inside the “WWW” resource page as well as the other videos.
- Post your unit plan proposal (or outline) before next class.
- Look through the Common Core Standards for Elementary Level Math (1 – 6 in Massachusetts);
- Select a standard that you will use to develop a ten-lesson unit plan to be submitted at the end of the course;
- On a list, draft an order of methods that you think would be appropriate to teach your topic/standard. I am well aware that we have not yet covered all methods for topics but I will provide guidance through feedback after you submit your proposal
- Post it to your website, under the following header (a separate page under “Unit Plan”): Unit Plan Proposal, or Unit Plan Outline.
Week 6 Assignments
Due before 11/03/15
- Unit Plan Assignment: click here and find detailed directions and rubrics for the unit plan assignment.
- We will start our class by listening to one Children’s Literature Share
- Lab Assignment #4 is due before class and we will discuss it in class. Please come prepared to share your take-home with the entire group.
- OSN: Visit the OSN page in your week 6 folder.
Week 7 Assignments
Due before 11/10/15
- Unit Plan Assignment: please wait until you receive feedback that will help you focus your attention in the right direction when writing your unit plan.
- We will start class by working in pairs on an exercise to focus on division to naturally transition into fractions methods. Please come prepared by having read chapter 10 in your textbook. List any and every question that comes up during your readings.
- Lab Assignment 5 is due before or two days after next class, depending on when you observe at your site.
- Game Night Proposal: due before, or by next class. Please click here to learn more about it.
- OSN: Nothing due next week.
Week 8 Assignments
Due before 11/17/15
- Unit Plan Assignment: please wait until you receive feedback that will help you focus your attention in the right direction when writing your unit plan. If you have received feedback already, focus on designing your unit and writing your lesson plans. Even though your final unit is not due until the last day of class, I strongly encourage you to submit one or two lessons in case you need a review before moving forward.
- Math Assignment: please write a total of ten math problems as follows and post them to a new menu tab named, “math problems”:
- 5 story problems and 5 word problems, or 10 story problems;
- two (02) addition problems (one single-step and one with multiple steps to solve it);
- two (02) subtraction problems (one single-step and one with multiple steps to solve it);
- two (02) multiplication problems (one single-step and one with multiple steps to solve it);
- two (02) division problems (one single-step and one with multiple steps to solve it);
- two (02) fraction problems (one single-step and one with multiple steps to solve it);
- 5 story problems and 5 word problems, or 10 story problems;
- Lab Assignment 6 is due before or two days after next class, depending on when you observe at your site.
- Game Night: scheduled for Tuesday, 11/23/15, at the beginning of class.
- OSN: visit OSN’s folder and submit your answers on a new menu item in your website.
Week 9 Assignments
Due before 11/24/15
- Unit Plan Assignment: Even though your final unit is not due until the last day of class, I strongly encourage you to submit one or two lessons in case you need a review before moving forward.
- Math Assignment: read and prepare for class before you arrive next week.
- Lab Assignment 7 is due before or two days after next class, depending on when you observe at your site.
- Game Night: scheduled for Tuesday, 11/24/15, at the beginning of class.
- OSN: no entries this week.
Week 10 Assignments
Due before 12/01/15* (*except where noted)
- Unit Plan Assignment: Even though your final unit is not due until the last day of class, I strongly encourage you to submit one or two lessons in case you need a review before moving forward.
- Math Assignment:
- Read and prepare for class before you arrive next week. See chapter pages in Start Here! folder;
- App Technology in the Classroom Exercise:
- Choose five (05) mobile applications that you would use to teach math, and/or science in an elementary classroom. The adjusted deadline is Thursday, 12/3/15! In class, we addressed five important criteria that you need to use as a guide when selecting applications for this exercise. When you are ready, select a panel in VoiceThread where you think your comment belong. There are four panels: iOS Math, iOS Science, Android Math, Android Science. The criteria to be used are:
- Choice: There needs to be an element of choice of many fundamental strategies, or multiple entry points that allow for multiple exit points, instead of ‘peripherals (i.e.: car color, boat speed, etc.)
- Recording: There needs to be one, or several ways to record and submit individual as well as group contributions such as, calculations, solutions, ideas for trial and error.
- Interaction: The app needs to be able to offer 1:X (One to many) ways to reach the answer, or finish level: many ways of learning and therefore practicing, many strategies to reach the goal, many entry points and many exit point.
- Problem Solving: The app has to offer opportunities for children to engage in solving a problem in many different ways.
- Questions: there are some additional questions to ask yourself in addition to the research that you will run to find five apps for this assignment.
- Is the app easy to understand?
- Is it easy to use (i.e.: little to no distractions that are unrelated to the how the app works in the tablet/phone)?
- Does it allow you to adjust the settings to meet individuals needs?
- Does it focus on mastery before fluency (avoid apps that have a primary focus on speed).
- Post: no need to post your list to your website as your answers will be recorded in VoiceThread!
- Choose five (05) mobile applications that you would use to teach math, and/or science in an elementary classroom. The adjusted deadline is Thursday, 12/3/15! In class, we addressed five important criteria that you need to use as a guide when selecting applications for this exercise. When you are ready, select a panel in VoiceThread where you think your comment belong. There are four panels: iOS Math, iOS Science, Android Math, Android Science. The criteria to be used are:
- Lab Assignment 8 is due before or two days after next class, depending on when you observe at your site.
- Game Night: scheduled for Tuesday, 12/1/15, at the beginning of class.
- OSN: no entries this week.
Week 11 Assignments
Due before 12/08/15
- Unit Plan Assignment: Even though your final unit is not due until the last day of class, I strongly encourage you to submit one or two lessons in case you need a review before moving forward.
- Math Assignment:
- Post one comment in VoiceThread in reaction to an app that was recommended here. Would you also recommended it and why? Please find a rationale other than the one posted by the original author.
- Lab Assignment 9 is due before or two days after next class, depending on when you observe at your site.
- OSN: no entries this week.
Week 12 Assignments
Due before 12/08/15
Week 13 Assignments
Due before 12/15/15
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