TECH DAYS FOR TAKS SEMINAR

5E+ Model for Instruction

Elements

Actions

 

I.         Engagement:  Warm-up/activity to:

§      Focus student’s attention

§      Stimulate thinking

§      Reveal prior conceptions

 

Ø       Demonstrating content

Ø       Questioning and answering

Ø       Discussing based on prior experiences

 

TECH DAYS FOR TAKS—REGISTRATION FORM

 

Seminar Fee:  Refundable $20 per person

 

Please print.  Form may be duplicated. 

 

Name:  _______________________________________________________________

 

Position/Grade Level:  __________________________________________________________ 

 

School District:  _______________________________________________________________

 

Mailing Address:  ______________________________________________________________

 

City:  _________________________________  State ______________ 

 

Zip Code

 

Telephone Number:  ___________________________________________________________

 

E-mail:  _______________________________________________________________

 

 

Please mail or fax registration forms to Cathy Mariotti Ezrailson at 979-845-9663.

 

*******Registrations must be received by May 18, 2006

               

Send payments to:              Cathy Mariotti Ezrailson, PhD

                                                4232 TAMU

                                                College

Station, TX 77843

 

Who should attend:

*        Elementary Mathematics Teachers Grades 3-5

*        Middle School Mathematics Teachers Grades 6-8

*        High School Algebra 1 Teachers

 

If you have any questions about the seminar, please contact:

 

Cathy Mariotti Ezrailson at 979-458-1544, Email:  cmariotti@tamu.edu

 

or Margie Donahue at 979-458-0643, Email:  mdonahue@tamu.edu

II.        Exploration:  Students:

§      Explore

§      Plan

§      Investigate

§      Organize information

 

 

Ø       Answering set of four questions

Ø       Discussion with group

Ø       Constructing a solution model

Ø       Presenting the steps

III.      Explanation:  Students:

§      Reflect

§      Analyze

§      Clarify

§      Revise their model

 

Ø       Sharing and explaining

Ø       Supporting ideas with evidence

Ø       Sharing data and discussion

 

IV.     Extension:  Students:

§      Expand and solidify their understanding of the concept

§      Apply the concept to a real world situation

 

 

Ø       Thinking-Skills Activities

Ø       Classifying

Ø       Abstracting

Ø       Decision-making based on error analysis

 

V.       Evaluation

 

Ø       Evaluation and revision based on performance

 

VI.     Articulation

 

Ø       TAKS-consistent:

o      Notation

o      Presentation

o      Terminology

o      Methodology

 

Alignment

Ø           Vertically aligned concepts with TEKS/TAKS that bridge concepts grade to grade and from concrete to abstract

June 1, 2006

 

 

8:30-9:00

Registration, Breakfast, & Introduction Sharon Sledge, San Jacinto College

9:00-12:00

Workshop I:  Building WebPages

     Martie Barnes

     Room #301

12:00-1:30

Lunch on Your Own

1:30-4:30

Workshop II:   PowerPoint Nuts & Bolts

     Martie Barnes  Room #301/ Dessert included

 

 

June 2, 2006

8:30-11:30

Workshop III:  Calculators in the  Elementary Classroom

     Pat Wilson & Jennifer Smith

     Room #301/Breakfast Snacks included

 

Workshop IV:  Graphing Calculators in Middle School & Algebra 1

     Margie Donahue

     Room #413/Breakfast Snacks included

11:30-1:00

Lunch on Your Own

1:00-4:00

Workshop V:  PowerPoint TAKS Review Games

     Margie Donahue,  Pat Wilson & Jennifer Smith

     Room #301/ Dessert included

4:00-4:30

Wrap Up – Sharon Sledge, San Jacinto College