The Big Idea
Professional Context
My Imagine-It project will be implemented with middle school students grade 6th-8th using a math contextual base. Instructional periods will be weekly lasting about 60mins each session. Class sizes will vary with approximately 20 to 30 students in each class. The project will begin in September with explorations lasting throughout the school year ending in May.
Ultimate Goal
This Imagine-It project will be used to foster students’ awareness for math around them in everyday life. Students will become aware of how math is everywhere. They will take math concepts explored in the classroom and utilize the concepts outside the classroom making their learning tangible and lasting. My goal is for students to transfer their learning into lifelong experiences. Students will make connections with what they see in their neighborhood, city, and life to what they have learned in the class. The ultimate goal of my project is for students to make sense of the world around them using math.
Content
My Imagine-It project will cover math content including, but not limited to integers, factors and multiples, rational numbers, operations with fractions, operations with decimals, ratios and rates, percents, equations and relationships, area, surface area and volume. My goal is for students to be able to find examples of these concepts outside of textbooks and printed materials. Students will learn how to represent ratios and rates from their city and properly apply them. They will learn how to see multiple math concepts in any city landmark. Students will look at buildings downtown and attempt to apply as many math concepts as they can to that building. By doing this, students will practice math concepts and make connections with them.
Performance of Understanding
To monitor my students understanding and growth with the content, they will complete a variety of task. Pictures, videos, and visual images will primarily be used to introduce, assess, and summarize learning. Task will also include students solving problem-based inquiry stems as well as creating problem-based inquiry stems. Their level of understanding will be generally monitored using technology which will show their progression throughout the year. Assignments, question stems, and reflections will all be posted digitally for immediate feedback, organization, and to make learning public for interaction.
Plan
Students will explore math content in depth both in small groups and independently. Students will be assigned to heterogeneous groups based on their interest, skill sets, and academic readiness. Students will rotate groups throughout the year so they can receive exposure to a variety of interest and levels of expertise. In effort to increase student engagement, I will daily implement Kagan strategies including Timed-Think-Pair Share, All-Write Round Robin, Hand-Up Pair-Up, and other effective cooperative learning strategies. We will repurpose different artifacts to streamline learning and make concepts easily accessible to all students. Technology will be incorporated to differentiate instruction, content exploration, research, and for students to share knowledge.
My Imagine-It project will be implemented with middle school students grade 6th-8th using a math contextual base. Instructional periods will be weekly lasting about 60mins each session. Class sizes will vary with approximately 20 to 30 students in each class. The project will begin in September with explorations lasting throughout the school year ending in May.
Ultimate Goal
This Imagine-It project will be used to foster students’ awareness for math around them in everyday life. Students will become aware of how math is everywhere. They will take math concepts explored in the classroom and utilize the concepts outside the classroom making their learning tangible and lasting. My goal is for students to transfer their learning into lifelong experiences. Students will make connections with what they see in their neighborhood, city, and life to what they have learned in the class. The ultimate goal of my project is for students to make sense of the world around them using math.
Content
My Imagine-It project will cover math content including, but not limited to integers, factors and multiples, rational numbers, operations with fractions, operations with decimals, ratios and rates, percents, equations and relationships, area, surface area and volume. My goal is for students to be able to find examples of these concepts outside of textbooks and printed materials. Students will learn how to represent ratios and rates from their city and properly apply them. They will learn how to see multiple math concepts in any city landmark. Students will look at buildings downtown and attempt to apply as many math concepts as they can to that building. By doing this, students will practice math concepts and make connections with them.
Performance of Understanding
To monitor my students understanding and growth with the content, they will complete a variety of task. Pictures, videos, and visual images will primarily be used to introduce, assess, and summarize learning. Task will also include students solving problem-based inquiry stems as well as creating problem-based inquiry stems. Their level of understanding will be generally monitored using technology which will show their progression throughout the year. Assignments, question stems, and reflections will all be posted digitally for immediate feedback, organization, and to make learning public for interaction.
Plan
Students will explore math content in depth both in small groups and independently. Students will be assigned to heterogeneous groups based on their interest, skill sets, and academic readiness. Students will rotate groups throughout the year so they can receive exposure to a variety of interest and levels of expertise. In effort to increase student engagement, I will daily implement Kagan strategies including Timed-Think-Pair Share, All-Write Round Robin, Hand-Up Pair-Up, and other effective cooperative learning strategies. We will repurpose different artifacts to streamline learning and make concepts easily accessible to all students. Technology will be incorporated to differentiate instruction, content exploration, research, and for students to share knowledge.
