WELCOMEMath Navigator and

Focus Math

Your Guide:

Paula Jones

Today’s Focus

Understand the philosophy, components and lesson design for:

•Math Navigator

•Focus Math

WELCOME!Your Guide: Paula Jones

What do you already know about

Math Navigator?

Math Navigator

• Deepens students’ knowledge of critical mathematics concepts

• Closes the gaps in students’ understanding

• Repairs students’ misconceptions

• Develops essential mathematical practices.

The Math Navigator Common Core Philosophy

Scaffolding Instruction

Scaffolding is breaking up the learning into chunks and then providing a tool, or structure, with each chunk.

—Alber (2011)

Components

• 26 Modules– Teacher Edition– Show Me Cards– Student Edition– Study Cards

• 30-45 minutes / lesson

• 20 days / module

Math Navigator

• Does NOT repeat initial teaching

• Is NOT remedial in nature

Instead the program focuses on….

• Revising misconceptions

• Helping students reconstruct their conceptual framework

Math Navigator

– uses students’ prior knowledge and focuses on and fixes misconceptions that students have developed

– targets specific mathematical concepts—in particular those that cause students the most difficulty

– takes an algebraic approach to reviewing arithmetic– creates a language-rich environment– does not just fill content gaps, but also teaches

students to be better learners of mathematics

The Research

Six Principles of Effective Intervention

Targeted Concepts

The Algebraic Structure of Arithmetic

Prior Knowledge

The Language-Rich Environment

Better Learners of Mathematics

Instructional Support

(America’s Choice n.d., 2–10)

Preview Materials

Navigating a Lesson

The Lesson Cycle

The Teacher’s Role

The Lesson Cycle

Show Me

The Show Me sectioncan be at the beginning or end of a lesson

uses Show Me Cards and questions

can be used as an informal assessment

5 minutes

Note: you may not get through all the Show Me Cards

Show Me

(Pearson Education, Inc. 2012f, 38)

(Pearson Education, Inc. 2012c)

Setting the Direction

(Pearson Education, Inc. 2012g, 10)

Work Time

Presenting the Task

(Pearson Education, Inc. 2012e, 60)

Solo and Partner Work

(Pearson Education, Inc. 2012e, 60)

Identifying Student Misconceptions

Identifying Student Misconceptions

Probing for Understanding

Probing for Understanding

• How do students currently present their work?

• What do you ask students to present?

• What are the benefits?

• What can you do to probe deeper into students’ thinking?

Probing for Understanding

QUESTION

Questions to Probe for Understanding

• Does that make sense mathematically?

• Why does that make sense mathematically?

• Why do you want to make ten?

• Why can you change the order?

Reflecting on the Lesson

College and Career Readiness, the Practices, and Math Navigator Common Core

#30

How does Math Navigator Common Core help students become college and career ready and meet the expectations of the CCSSM?

Big Question

Math Navigator Common Core and the Standards for Mathematical Practice

(McCallum 2011)

Assessment

Assessing Student Progress

(Pearson Education, Inc. 2012d 1, 70)

Using Data from Assessment and Reporting Online System (ARO) Reports

ARO

Sample Student Report

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Thank you!