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Schedule for Visits

Schedule for Monthly Mentoring

October (10/21/09) Cartesian Graph activity with Christine

For this class, we turned the classroom floor into a coordinate grid and had the students plot points and lines with different colored yarn. My role was to visit with each group and help them with their construction, as well as ask them questions about their interpretation of what they were doing. We then had a discussion about slope, using the grid and a ski slope metaphor to help introduce students to the material.

November (11/18/09) Bridge Experiment with Christine

Students did an experiment out of their book where they constructed bridges of varying thickness out of sheets of paper and tested how many pennies they could hold. They then recorded their data, graphed it and interpreted it. My role was to visit with the groups and help them with their experiment, ask them questions about how they interpreted their data, etc. Afterward I led a class talk about interpreting the results. Talked extensively about the scientific method, variance, and experiments, all while connecting it with my work at WPI.

December (12/14/09) Essay Critiquing with Christine

We had students critique each other's open responses to a linear equation word problem using the new Essay Critiquing feature of ASSISTment. I then led a discussion of their critiques. See exemplary teaching report for more information

January (1/26/10) Essay Critiquing with Courtney

Students did Arsenio's problem, which deals with perimeter, area, and the Pythagorean Theorem. I led the discussion of their critiques.

February (2/16/10) Careers Presentation with Courtney

Gave a presentation on careers in computer science (see video)

Schedule for Exemplary Teaching Practice

Content: (12/14/09) Essay Critiquing with Christine
Career: (2/26/10) Careers Presentation with Courtney

Notes from teachers

From Courtney Mulcahey

Description of Fellow's Teaching Routine

North High School (currently Matt D. and I are both working with North)
- Mastery Learning homework assignments covering pre-algebra areas students are weak on
- In class work on these same Mastery Learning assignments
- One-on-one instruction with students while they work on class assignments, both in ASSISTment and with paper and pencil
Oak Middle School
- CMP homework assignments on ASSISTment, reviewing data before class to identify weaknesses
- Essay Critiquing: Having students grade each other's essays on ASSISTment and discuss what makes a good open response
- Stations: Have one station with teacher, on with ASSISTment, and one with fellow teacher a particular concept to a small group
- Calculators: Teach various topics, such as scatterplots and BASIC programming