The Art of Our Craft

Session Goals• Develop a strategy to create open

tasks related to proportional reasoning in order to differentiate instruction.

• Develop strategies to create appropriate scaffolding questions.

Before/Part 1/Minds On• In your journal, individually, write down

one statement about open questions.

Before/Part 1/Minds On• When you hear the word “go”, move

around the room sharing your ideas and listening to the ideas of others.  The challenge is to rely only on auditory memory.

• When you have talked to five people who are not at your table, sit down and write down as many of their ideas as you can remember.

Before/Part 1/Minds On• With your group, compare your lists and

add to your own list.

During/Part 2/Action• Individually, use the planner provided and

Marion’s fail-safe strategies to create one open question about proportional reasoning that you can use this year, and some scaffolding questions to support student learning.

• Remember to select a big idea and a learning goal for your question.

During/Part 2/Action• Post your question on large stickies.• Do a gallery walk, and jot down any

questions that you feel you can use in your classroom this year.

After/Part 3/Consolidation• Arts and Crafts Time!• In your glyph group, create

an artistic representation of proportional reasoning (a three-dimensional representation, a skit, a song, a tableau).

• Be prepared for a showcase of your work!

K-12 Carousel• You will be assigned a number. This is

your GROUP #.• Tomorrow morning you will report to your

first breakout room at 8:30am. Schedule is on the following slide.

Schedule for Break Out VisitsTime Bayview,

Classroom 1Bayview,

Classroom 2Bayview,

Classroom 3

CMTC (Main Bldg), Room

A/B

CMTC (Main Bldg), Room

C

CMTC (Main Bldg), Room

D

8:40 – 8:47Group #1,7,13 Group #2,8,14 Group #3,9,15 Group

#4,10,16Group

#5,11,17Group

#6,12,18

8:49 – 8:56Group #2,8,14 Group #3,9,15 Group #1,7,13 Group

#5,11,17Group

#6,12,18Group

#4,10,16

9:01 – 9:08Group #3,9,15 Group #1,7,13 Group #2,8,14 Group

#6,12,18Group

#4,10,16Group

#5,11,17

9:10 – 9:17 Group #4,10,16

Group #5,11,17

Group #6,12,18 Group #1,7,13 Group #2,8,14 Group #3,9,15

9:19 – 9:26 Group #5,11,17

Group #6,12,18

Group #4,10,16 Group #2,8,14 Group #3,9,15 Group #1,7,13

9:28 – 9:35 Group #6,12,18

Group #4,10,16

Group #5,11,17 Group #3,9,15 Group #1,7,13 Group #2,8,14

K-12 Carousel• Your group will carousel to each breakout

group to examine the artifacts and/or visual representations of learning.

• Each breakout group representative will be assigned the role of “tour guide” for their focused breakout room visit. This is your opportunity to highlight key learning.

K-12 Carousel• You are encouraged to share your

observations as a collective throughout the carousel.

• At the end of the carousel, each person will be asked to record 1-5 words that describe the connections made during the carousel on the graffiti paper posted outside of Central Hall.