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A Reading a Math Story (Liz) I have been placed into a very intricate classroom which is a 7/8 split and has several special needs students with very detailed IEP's and require various accommodations. Three new students arrived on the first day; no knowledge of past school records however they have already experienced many hardships (foster homes). Luckily my AT is a very passionate, and an experienced teacher who has spent the last two days, focusing on social behaviours, and school rules. On the beginning of day one, the AT read a book to the class called "Little Girl Who Did What ....!!?!" this really set the stage to begin talking about narrow-mindedness. And have you ever experienced this, or have you been the narrow-minded person? All the students received an exercise book and began writing their first entry. This was my AT's way to allow the students to become humble, work on personal respect and understand that everyone has a right to learn and at times one student may need a little more help to receive the same outcome. To see how the children reacted, this motivated me and I found a book called the Math Curse. It too is a great story and if you are working in a core homeroom, you may be required to work on literacy as I am, so you can get the bang for your buck with 2 potential lesson plans.
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 * Reading a Story and Diversity (Liz)**

Reading a Math Story (Liz) Today, I read the Math Curse to the class and as I was reading I could see that each student got a different experience from the book. Some were only able to follow the story. Others... began to focus on the math on the various pages. However, the most positive result... there were a few chuckles... just too prove how COOL math can actually be ;) And after the roars were over (okay, maybe not roars), we hit them with the Prime and Operations math equivalency test. Reading the book about math, took the students mind off their fears about math and allowed students to focus on the task at hand. This for my AT, was fantastic as this test really sets the stage to find out which level each students math ability is currently at. To know our starting point, the AT is then able to prepare strategies to get out class up to the same speed and to achieve our final goal of completing the entire curriculum for both Grade 7 and 8.
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Attached below are the links to the above books, if you are interested. [] []

Jon Scieszka also has a great book for Science, called the Science Verse. 

**Post on First Practicum Wiki - Questions ** **Proper Protocol for Child's Safety, General Question for Classroom Management (Liz)** Having little to no prior knowledge of a student and you are in the process of developing an IEP and past experiences have noted there will be behavioural issues. How does one protect the safety of this student and the surrounding students? With OTF policies of hands off, what is one to do to protect the class until the certified constraint analyst enters your classroom? And having experienced this during my placement, how does one maintain open-mindedness amongst the students to not have fears and continue on in our classroom as a team? 



**Post on Second Practicum Wiki - Lesson Plan ** Geometry and Spatial Sense Pythagorean Theorem - Word Problems (Liz W)  [|Lesson Plan_Pythagorean Theorem_Double Period.docx]  [|Pythagorean Theorem Review.notebook] (Liz W)  
 * First Started (Minds On) with Clicker Questions (see notebook)
 * Major Activity had students in Groups of 2 (Think Pair Share)
 * Each student by end of class was responsible creating own right angle triangle word problem solving for a leg
 * Students enjoyed activity
 * That night I published students work for entire class, and gave to them as a booklet for review for Unit Test


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Language
//Reading, Writing (Asking Questions) - Liz//
 * Referring back to the Secondary School viewpoint/feedback to feeder school's for number one problems they are experiencing;
 * Students **Do Not Understand** what they are Reading
 * Students **Do Not Know how** to effectively read text
 * Students Do Not Know how to write effectively
 * Students are **unable to Reflect** with a Critical Question
 * ** Critical Questioning the single most essential strategy to aid a student to understand senior maths **

Acknowledging the above concerns, I focused my lesson plans towards language literacy on this!
 * How to effectively ask questions before, during and after what you read
 * Using Literal, Inferential and Evaluative Questions
 * Literal - Who What Where When Why and How
 * Inferential - Who Might, Who Will etc.. (Kagan Matrix from Core Methods Class)
 * Evaluative - Perspective, Logical Flow ( Students Opportunity to Reflect)
 * The class I was working in, were also working on Fluids in Science
 * Minds On - Video about Cooling System and how it works in an Engine
 * Using My Technical Background in Fluids, with Cooling System Technologies in Automobiles
 * I provided the students with Text which was of a very Technical Nature
 * Interesting as the article was about a Porsche Engine
 * Each article printed, students were provided with post-it notes
 * Every time, they had a question, they had to write it down
 * At the end of the article, they flipped it over and pulled post-it notes to see that they hit the 3 main categories
 * If not, they had to focus on these forms of questions for their post reflections
 * Lesson Conclusion (Consolidation)
 * Students worked in a Think Pair Share
 * Create a Concept Map about a Problem Based Learning Activity
 * Gallery Walk - to review other students ideas/opinions
 * Personal Reflection
 * Allow students to read a challenging article
 * generates questions
 * interested as it is a real-life problem
 * Gives them idea of what engineers due
 * demonstrates how technical writing can be fluent
 * short, long sentences
 * statements, questions and exclamations
 * most importantly, if you are a math and science person... YOU NEED STRONG READING/WRITING SKILLS!!!

BrainPOP (Liz) This is a fantastic site for quick Minds On videos about Curriculum Based Mathematics! Subject matter goes from K-12 and also touches upon other curriculum materials! Students loved the geeky robot, and enjoyed trying out the quizzes during computer lab time! Also, there is a special page for educators, where you can search for topics based on your Curriculum! [|BrainPOP Website]
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** MAP4C Grade 12 - College/University (Foundations for College Mathematics) **
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 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Authors: ** Andrew, Jess, Alex, Liz

// Curriculum Expectations are on Page 135 // [|www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/**curriculum**/secondary/**math**1112currb.pdf]
 * Ministry Guidelines **

__Strand A: Mathematical Models__ p.137 __Strand B: Personal Finance__ p.140 __Strand C: Geometry and Trigonometry__ p.142 __Strand D: Data Management__ p.144

[] [|www.ottawacatholicschools.ca/ash/media.php?mid=33416] mhs-math.wikispaces.com/file/view/MAP4C+course+outline(fall08).pdf [] [] [|http://chatt.hdsb.ca/~braunc/?OpenItemURL=S09F538D1-09F538D1]
 * Sample Course Outlines **

Trigonometry Geometry Exponentials Annuities and Mortgages Budget Graphical Models Data Analysis Statistics
 * Key Topics **


 * Content Videos **

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[] Trigonometry -- [] Geometry -- [] Geometry -- [] Exponentials -- [] Annuities and Mortgages -- [] Budget -- []
 * Resources **

[] [] http://ped4187.wikispaces.com/MAP4C [] Another Wiki with info
 * Teacher Webpages **

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 * Lesson Ideas **

[|MCR3U Grade 11 Lesson Plan.doc] [|Clicker Questions for MCR3U.notebook]
 * Post on Ontario Curriculum Wiki - MCR3U Lesson Plan **
 * <span style="color: #800000; list-style-type: none; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px 6px; padding: 0px; text-indent: -6px;">Characteristics of Function (Strand) - Quadratic Equations, Max,Min (Liz & Rubina)**