Skip to main content

Common Core, Student Engagement and Collaboration - Oh My!


Common core math standards, student engagement and collaboration - oh my!

During a recent visit to a 4th grade classroom, students were demonstrating their knowledge of the common core math standard “solving multiple step word problems” (OA.A.3) by working in small groups and explaining their thinking as they worked. Each student in the group received a short word problem that required multiple steps to solve it. As each student read their word problem out loud, the other members of their group listened closely, asked for clarification when needed, and worked on solving the story on a whiteboard - while working out loud. The group came to agreement about the solving of the story. If students had differing answers, they discussed them and ultimately decided on the correct answer. When one word problem was solved, the group then proceeded to work on the next word problem.

Students were engaged with the content and with each other. Students were talking with each other, asking each other questions and listening to each other. Students were learning from each other!

How are your students engaging with content and with each other? If you would love to work through a lesson using strategies like the ones described above, please complete a PLS and we will be in touch.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Writing to Learn - from Edutopia

Edutopia published a wonderful blog post: Low-Stakes Writing: Writing to Learn, Not Learning to Write This blog post gives practical ideas for incorporating writing across the day at any grade level and in any content area. The goal for writing is to get kids writing as much as possible - so much, that it is near impossible to keep up with them!  The more they write and publish to an authentic audience, the more authentic feedback they can receive. All of the ideas in the blog post align to and can be combined with our district's writing supplemental resource: The Common Core Writing Book (K-5) The Common Core Writing Book (6-8) If you do not have a copy of the book for your grade level, please contact the Teaching, Learning and Innovation Department to get a copy. Want to start implementing, but not sure where to start?  Check with your building's instructional coach!  Your instructional coach is there to assist you and provide support as you look to incoropor...
Post a Comment
Read more

PebbleGo on the iPad

PebbleGo!   There are so many topics our students research - and with PBL coming up, the topics will grow! Some of those topics are available in PebbleGo . PebbleGo is not an app. It is a website that is accessible through Safari on the iPad. Your students can access PebbleGo using the QR code below. If you are not sure what PebbleGo is, or if you are unsure of your building username and password for PebbleGo, check in with your LLC Director. Before your students log into PebbleGo, spend some time exploring and discovering what is available to them. When you get to PebbleGo and have logged in, choose a category - right now the options are Animals, Science, Biographies and Social Studies. In each category there are a number of topics. Choose the one you want to further explore. PebbleGo offers options for text to be read aloud, some videos, as well as other activities that can be imported into and completed in Explain Everything if you choose. PebbleGo is also a great p...
Post a Comment
Read more