Florida Initiative
RigorRelevance Reading
for Mathematics
Florida and the Islands Comprehensive Center at ETS International Center for Leadership in Education
Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics Florida Department of Education
AGENDA Networking / Sharing Best Practices
Quadrant D Lessons CORR
Reading Comprehension Strategies Rigor and Relevance Framework
Instructional Strategies Assessments Florida Math Sunshine State Standards
It’s All About Math!
Welcome to the Middle School Mathematics Initiative!
Institute Theme:
Strategic Reading in the Content Areas –
Focus on the Mathematics Classroom
It’s All About Math!
Sponsored by:
Florida Department of Education
Florida and the Islands Comprehensive Center at ETS (FLICC)
In Partnership with:
The International Center for Leadership in Education
ESCORT
Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics
NEFEC
It’s All About Math!
Goals:
•Increase the rigor and relevance of middle school mathematics instruction with a focus on sixth grade
•Increase the use of research-based literacy strategies for use in middle school mathematics classrooms
•Increase the use of data to inform instruction
•Build a statewide support network focused on the improvement of middle school mathematics curriculum and instruction
•Increase awareness of new Florida mathematics standards and legislation impacting middle school mathematics classrooms
It’s All About Math!
Recap:
Where have we been?
•Learned how to use the Rigor/Relevance Framework for Planning and Instruction
•Investigated the first few modules of Collaborating Online for Rigor and Relevance (CORR-M)
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Recap:
What have we accomplished?
•Developed two Quadrant D Lesson plans based on the new mathematics standards
Emailed to Linda Lucey [email protected]
•Implemented one Quadrant D Lesson
•Started working through CORR-M
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Recap:
What have we accomplished?
•Developed an Action Plan – available at http://escmail.org/node/6 Emailed to Bob Thomas [email protected]
•Completed Meeting Logs – available at http://escmail.org/node/7 May have submitted online or Emailed to Bob Thomas
•Met with or scheduled a meeting with your liaison
It’s All About Math!
Next:
Where are we going?
May Institute
•Understanding how to incorporate reading strategies in the mathematics classroom
•Reviewing CORR-M
Summer Institute - Orlando
August 1st beginning at 11:00 – August 3rd ending at 11:30
•Exploring the new Mathematics Standards
•Developing Content Modules around the new Mathematics Standards
It’s All About Math!
Activities:
Quadrant D Lesson Plan Sharing Activity
CORR-M Reflection Activity
Linda [email protected]
What are you preparing students for?
Work?
College?
Life?
Successful Curriculum Reform
Why
Do we need
to change
schools?
What
How
Challenges Changing Workplace Globalization Demographics Values / Beliefs Technology
Successful Curriculum Reform
Why
Do we need
to change
schools?
What
Needs to
be done?
How
ICLE Philosophy
RigorRelevanceRelationshipsAll Students
RigorRigor
RelevanceRelevance
My only skill is
taking tests
All StudentsAll Students
R&R Framework ...A Useful Tool to evaluate
CurriculumInstructionAssessmentActivities
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RELEVANCE
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DDCC
Rigor/Relevance FrameworkRigor/Relevance Framework
Teacher Teacher WorksWorks
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Successful Curriculum Reform
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Strategies for Increasing Reading Comprehension in
Mathematics
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Reading Instruction
K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 . . .
Learn to Read
Read to Learn
Reading in the Content Area
College vs. Workplace Entry-level vs. Management-level High-stakes State Tests
NCLB Legislation Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
Academic Rigor Reading Comprehension Strategies
Strategic Reading Skills
Reading Research
Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies
Matching Text to Students Reading Level Assessing Critical Thinking Skills (Rigor) Using Collaborative Activities Using Technology Writing Before and After Reading
READING COMPREHENSION CAN BE INCREASED BY
Process for managing reading comprehension and reader progress
Measures text readability and student reading ability; can match text with student reading level
Determines difficulty of reading by word frequency and sentence length
Most widely used reading measure
Lexile Framework for Reading
Lexile Framework for Reading
Lexile measure reported in increments from 200L to 2000L
Can be used in any curriculum content
Tens of thousands of books, tens of millions of articles, hundreds of publishers, and all major standardized tests have Lexile measures
U.S. Department of Education16 Career Clusters
Agricultural … Architecture and Construction … Arts* … Business …Education … Financial … Health Science* … Hospitality … Human Services … Information Technology*… Legal and Protective Services … Manufacturing* … Public Administration … Retail/Wholesale … Scientific … Transportation*
Agriculture / Natural Resources 1270-1510L Architecture / Construction 1210-1340L Business & Administration 1210-1310L Health Science 1260-1300L Hospitality / Tourism 1230-1260L Human Services 1050-1200LLaw & Public Safety 1420-1740L Retail / Wholesale Sales 1180-1270L Transportation, Distribution 1170-1350L
Entry-Level Occupational Reading Materials
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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1300 - 1340
Inte
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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1230 - 1330
En
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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1210 - 1310
Business and Administration
A
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Lexile Reading Level Range: 890 - 1000
Inte
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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1210 - 1370
En
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Lev
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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1050 - 1200
Health Services
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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1310 - 1370
Inte
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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1180 - 1310
En
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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1210 - 1340
Architecture and Construction
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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1330 – 1500L
Inte
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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1350 – 1620L
En
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Lev
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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1670 – 1800L
Government & Public Administration
Adv
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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1240 – 1280L
Inte
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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1260 – 1290L
Ent
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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1180 – 1270L
Retail / Wholesale Sales and Service
Adv
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Lexile Reading Level Range:
Inte
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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1240 – 1340L
En
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Lexile Reading Level Range: 1290 – 1460L
Information Technology
Lexile Literature1500 - On Ancient Medicine
1400 - The Scarlet Letter
1300 - Brown vs. Board of Ed.
1200 - War and Peace
1100 - Pride and Prejudice
1000 - Black Beauty
900 - Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders
800 - The Adventures of Pinocchio
Lexile Texts
1500 - The Making of Memory: From Molecules to Mind
1400 - Philosophical Essays; Hackett Publishing
1300 - Psychology: An Introduction; Prentice Hall
1200 - Business; Prentice Hall
1100 - America: Pathways to Present; Prentice Hall
1000 - Writing and Grammar Gold Level; Prentice Hall
900 - World Cultures: A Global Mosaic; Prentice Hall
800 - Word 2000; Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
Personal Reading
Aetna Health Care Discount Form 1360LMedical Insurance Benefit Package 1280LApplication for Student Loan 1270LFederal Tax Form W-4 1260L Installing Your Child Safety Seat 1170LMicrosoft Windows User Manual 1150LG.M. Protection Plan 1150LCD DVD Player Instructions 1080L
Newspapers
Reuters 1440LNY Times 1380LWashington Post 1350LWall Street Journal 1320LChicago Tribune 1310LAssociated Press 1310LUSA Today 1200L
Reading Comparison
High School
Students High School
Classroom Materials Personal Use Newspapers
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High School Classroom Materials
Personal Use Newspapers Career Clusters 75th Percentile
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Reading Statistics 11th & 12th Grade Students
950L- 1200L
High School Classroom Materials1100L – 1300L
Entry-level career cluster jobs 1050L- 1740L
Personal Reading Materials / Newspapers 1080L- 1440L
Reading Comprehension Strategies
increase student’s comprehension and retention of information
activate student’s prior knowledge to connect with new information
teach / reinforce skills that all good readers normally use
Teaching key reading comprehension strategies for only 15 minutes a week can significantly increase student achievement.
Increase Reading Comprehension by
Instruction in and support for strategiesEngaging discussion of reading contentSet rigorous level for text, conversation,
questions, and vocabularyUse practices to increase motivation and
engagement with reading Use specific instructional strategies for
learning and retention of content
Reading Comprehension Strategies
Affinity Anticipation Guide Cloze Concept Definition Map Cornell Graphic Organizer DR/TA Fishbone K-W-L-S Learning Logs Minute Paper
Pairs-Read Paraphrasing QAR RAFT Reciprocal Teaching Rock Around the Clock SQ3R Structured Note-taking Summarizing Venn Diagram Vocabulary in Context
Essential ELA Skills
Preview text to anticipate content Identify, collect, select pertinent
information while reading Discriminate important ideas from
unimportant ideas while reading Apply, extend, and expand on
information while reading
Tips for Reading Specific Text
Brochures Classified Advertisements Editorials Electronic Mail Employee Handbooks Forms and Applications Graphs and Charts Instructions New Stories Operational Manuals
Illustrations and Captions Primary Sources Reference Books Research Reports Secondary Sources Tables Textbooks Timelines Web Sites
ANTICIPATION GUIDEReading Comprehension Strategy
__1. Edges on the front of a box look like two lines that meet at a point called the vertex.
__2. Vertices and edges of a box form circles.
__3. A protractor is used to measure length of lines.
__4. An obtuse angle measures between 0° and 90°.
__5. Angles inside a regular pentagon are right anges.
__1. 20 = 2 X 2 X 5
__2. 39 = 3 X 13
__3. 36 = 3 X 12
__4. 14 = 3 + 11
__5. 154 = 2 X 7 X 11
Product of Prime Numbers
__1. There are several kinds of averages for a set of data.
__2. The mode is the middle number in a set of data.
__3. Range tells how far apart numbers are in a set of data.
__4. Outliers are always ignored.
__5. Averages are always ignored.
Math Text: Statistics
AffinityReading Comprehension Strategy
Instructional Strategies Brainstorming Cooperative Learning Demonstration Guided Practice Inquiry Instructional Technology Lecture Note-taking/Graphic
Organizers
MemorizationPresentations/ExhibitionsResearch Problem-based learningProject DesignSimulation/Role-playing Socratic SeminarTeacher Questions Work-based Learning
Selecting Strategies on Rigor/Relevance
Guided PracticeLectureMemorization
Best Strategies for Quadrant A - Acquisition
Selecting Strategies on Rigor/Relevance
Cooperative Learning Demonstration Instructional Technology Problem-based Learning Project Design Simulation/Role Playing Work-based Learning
Best Strategies for Quadrant B - Application
Selecting Strategies on Rigor/Relevance
Brainstorming Inquiry Instructional Technology Research Socratic Seminar Teacher Questions
Best Strategies for Quadrant C - Assimilation
Selecting Strategies on Rigor/Relevance
BrainstormingCooperative Learning Inquiry Instructional TechnologyPresentations/ ExhibitionsProblem-based Learning
Best Strategies for Quadrant D - Adaptation
Project DesignResearchSimulation/Role-
playingSocratic SeminarTeacher QuestionsWork-based
Learning
K-W-L-SReading Comprehension Strategy
K-W-L Chart
K - What We Already
Know
W- What We Want to Learn
L- What We Learned from
Text
S- Still Want to Know
Extra Credit
Concept Definition MapReading Comprehension Strategy
DIRECT READING/ THINKING ACTIVITY Reading Comprehension Strategy
DIRECTED READING / THINKING ACTIVITY (DR/TA)
What I know I know:FOCUSFACTSSURE ABOUT
What I think I know:FACTS AND ASSUMPTIONS I THINK I KNOW REVEALS MISINFORMATION UNCLEAR THINKING
What I think I’ll learn:PREDICTFORECAST AROUSES INTEREST
What I know I learned:FACTS LEARNED FROM: READING DISCUSSION
SQ3RSurvey-Question-Read-Recite-Review
Reading Comprehension Strategy
SQ3R READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGYSurvey (Pre-Reading)
Chapter Title _________________________________________________
What do I already know about this topic or concept?What do I want to Know?What can I learn from the illustrations, graphics, first and last paragraphs?
QuestionLook at each heading, subheading, illustrations, and graphics to formulate your questions.
Heading/ Illustration/ Subheading/ GraphicsQuestion:
Response:
Survey Unfamiliar Words Words Definitions___________________ _____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________
CLOZEReading Comprehension Strategy
The prime is a whole number with exactly two _____ (_____).
_____is the only even prime number.
Every whole number can be written as a _____ of _____.
A factor is a whole number that _____ exactly into a given _____ number.
MINUTE PAPERReading Comprehension Strategy
VENN DIAGRAMReading Comprehension Strategy
Sylvia conducted a survey in her homeroom in order to report which of 3 types of candy were liked by the 24 students. Some students chose more than one type. She made tally marks on a chart to show the candies each student liked.
Which of these Venndiagrams could represent Sylvia’s tally chart?
Singapore Grade 6 Test Question
Lee and Chan drove from Town P to Town Q. They started their journeys at different times. Lee drove at an average speed of 45 km/h and took 40 minutes. Chan drove at an average speed of 72 km/h and reached Town Q at the same time as Lee.
How far was Town P from Town Q?
How many minutes later than Lee did Chan start his journey?
Florida Grade 8 Test Question
A car traveling at a certain speed will travel 87 feet per second. How many yards will the car travel in 90 seconds if it maintains that same speed?
a. 87 yards c. 2, 610 yards
b. 653 yards d. 7,830 yards
Reading Comprehension Strategies
Affinity Anticipation Guide Cloze Concept Definition Map Cornell Graphic Organizer DR/TA Fishbone K-W-L-S Learning Logs Minute Paper
Pairs-Read Paraphrasing QAR RAFT Reciprocal Teaching Rock Around the Clock SQ3R Structured Note-taking Summarizing Venn Diagram Vocabulary in Context
Essential ELA Skills
Preview text to anticipate content Identify, collect, select pertinent
information while reading Discriminate important ideas from
unimportant ideas while reading Apply, extend, and expand on
information while reading
Dart Board Inquiry
Dart Board Inquiry
Sum of odd # is always positive
6 X 9 = 54 (too big)6 X 1 = 6 (too small)
Many ways to get to 28 – how many?
Minute Paper One minute writing summarizing
key points learned from aSpeakerDVD, Video, MovieField TripCurrent Event Article
Sunshine Canoe Company
Sunshine Canoe Company
C1 = Canoe #1
C2 = Canoe #2
C1 (X) + C2 (Y) = 47
Trial and Error9(5) + 2(1) = 478(5) + 7(1) = 47
www.lexile.com
It’s All About Math!
Middle School Mathematics InitiativeAction Plan and
Next Steps
Institute Theme:
Strategic Reading in the Content Areas –
Focus on the Mathematics Classroom
It’s All About Math!
Action Planning:For a journey instead of a race
•Can be found at:http://escmail.org/node/6
Save on your computerEmail completed plan to Bob Thomas: [email protected]
•Review your current plan and make revisions as needed
Look at where you are with implementing R & R and beginning CORR-M
How will you integrate the reading strategies presented at this institute? You may want to think long term.
It’s All About Math!
Next Steps:
•Meet with leadership team today to review and revise action plan
•Add Reading Strategies to the 2 Quadrant D lessons
email to Linda Lucey: [email protected]
•Continue working on CORR-M
•If needed, schedule a site visit with your liaison
•Log all meetings
web site: http://escmail.org/node/7
•Prepare display and handouts for poster session at the Summer Institute
It’s All About Math!
Upcoming Dates
Summer Institute:
Aug. 1st 11:00 – 3:30 Lunch provided
Aug. 2nd 7:45 – 3:30 Breakfast and Lunch provided
Aug. 3rd 7:45 – 11:30 Breakfast provided
Location: Orlando
June - Evaluation:
Edvantia may be calling or sending out an online survey for data collection purposes
It’s All About Math!
Resources
Action Plan
http://escmail.org/node/6
District Team Meeting Log
http://escmail.org/node/7
PowerPoint presentations
http://www.ets.org/flicc
Documents are under the Initiatives tab
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Resources
Mr. Todd Clark
Dr. Alice Lindsay
Mr. Jim Miles
Dr. Linda Lucey
Mr. Bob Thomas
INSANITY is doing what you have always done and expecting different results.
Saturday, June 30 – Tuesday, July 3
2007 Model Schools Conference2007 Model Schools Conference
Washington, D.C.