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2015-2017 Middle School Math Textbook Selection Advisory Committee
AGENDA
May 4, 2016; 2:15 pm—3:15 pm; JLS, Room 540
Participants
DESCRIPTION
NAME
PRESENT
INSTRUCTIONAL
SUPERVISOR
Elizabeth Fee (JLS), [email protected]
yes
Abby Garrison (Jordan), [email protected]
no
Becky Rea (Terman), [email protected]
no
Stanley Chow (JLS), [email protected]
Yes
Sameer Gupta (Jordan), [email protected]
Yes
Marlo Kitch (Terman), [email protected]
No
Steven Shirley (JLS), [email protected]
Yes
Josh Spira (Jordan), [email protected]
Yes
Lori Lester (Terman), [email protected]
No
Sharon Ofek (JLS Principal), [email protected]
No
Mimi Kwon (Jordan Asst. Principal), [email protected]
Yes
JLS: Loup Gourvenec, [email protected] , [email protected]
JLS: Connor Missett, [email protected], [email protected]
Jordan: TBD
Yes
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T: Shana Ebrahimnajad, [email protected], [email protected]
Yes
Amanda Gantley (Nixon Elementary) [email protected]
Yes
Dave Deggeller (Gunn) [email protected]
No
Ambika Nangia (Paly) [email protected]
No
Maureen Duffy (Terman) [email protected]
No
Erin Harrigan (JLS) [email protected]
Yes
Katherine Baker, CAO Secondary, (DO) [email protected]
Yes
Suz Antink (DO) [email protected]
Yes
PARENT
REPRESENTATIVE
MS MATH
TEACHER (S)
(LEVEL)
ADMINISTRATOR(S)
STUDENT
REPRESENTATIVE
ELEMENTARY
TEACHER OR
ELEMENTARY
TOSA
HIGH SCHOOL
TEACHERS
SPECIAL
EDUCATION
REPRESENTATIVE
ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
REPRESENTATIVE
CHIEF ACADEMIC
OFFICER,
SECONDARY
EDUCATION
(FACILITATOR)
SEC MATH TOSA
(ASSISTANT)
ADDITIONAL
TEACHERS
1ST HOUR
Bryan Nabas
Paul Jorgens
Marissa Ferrante
James Sperry
Agenda Item
1. Welcome!
2. McGraw-Hill Presentation
Matt Vickers
url:
connected.mcgraw-hill.com
User name: mhecamath
Password: mheca2014
ALEKS.com free trial
Look for districts that use it at the
bottom of the page (build at UC Irvine)
Notes
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Teachers in Attendance:
o Paul Jorgens, Terman
o Bryan Nabas, Terman
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Introductions
Algebra 1 (30 minutes)
o Can purchase ALEKS along with the book at a reduce
price
o All of the reference materials are online
o Great math videos—we looked at Transformational
Geometry
 “together we are smarter” comes up first
 Teachers have asked for this—the students
are talking through the problem-solving—
students “see” the 8 mathematical practices
in action.
o Teacher center—home landing page—ebook on the
right hand side—looks like the TE
o Can zoom in on the lesson in the text (“Then, Now,
Why”)
o Key concepts; standards
o At the top of the page—grad cap lets you toggle
between the student edition and the teacher
edition
o At the bottom of the page…
o Virtual tutor and manipulatives—sets of tools
o Can pull up the tools while they’re online…
o Can drag the example over..
o Makes the classroom dynamic
o McGraw-Hill owns Geometer’s Sketchpad
(corresponding lesson…)
o Shows example of “Mellow Yellow”
o No hills—flooding in Texas
o Can extend your mathematics in the classroom….
o Sketchpad is used regularly in your classroom…
o Go to Menu---under McGraw Hill Education
o Go to resources—can look at the chapter lesson by
lesson—Systems of equations
o Carousel of resources on the left hand side—ALEKS,
Check, esolutions, IWB, More, Tools, Tutor, Vocab,
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Watch, Worksheets (18)—in both word and PDF—in
Word they can be edited (This lesson doesn’t have a
Sketchpad application)
Can assign HW online—are the answers available to
them?
Teacher discretion—where there’s a big green dot,
there’s step-by-step solution for the students
ESS system—students could do problems online
every night, they can see their score for the
assignment…
eSolutions Manual—has he solutions to every
problem in the book—could print them off as a
PDF—so students have the solutions. Teachers drive
this—gives reasons for each step
See the online types of practice problems--?
Great—I’ll go back to my homescreen…
Plan and present—pacing guide
Move to assessment—McGraw Hill eAssessment
system—can create a new test… Banks of
questions—lots of technology enhanced
questions—can create your own test from the bank
of questions…
Each chapter has 6 to 8 different assessments, and
practice—from the practice, you can assign the test
to your students—
Demos what the student sees—shows how it fills
in—can do the problems in any order—can go back
to problems
Can look at these by learning objectives and
standards…
Works on Chromebooks and iPads (and phones)
Sketchpad has a free app--It works beautifully—read-aloud IEPs work fine on
the iPad.
What kind of resources are McGraw Hill provide to
teachers online? –We have training—
How long does it take? –prior to being in the
classroom—
You have to learn the tools every day—a Day
training—take them through the program and the
technology tools—depends on what the teachers
want—print, maybe not so long—maybe more on
the technology—then selecting the right resource
within the digital platform…
All of the tools are available at any time—and the
some of the tools are linked to the lesson…
The tools give us your personality in the
classroom—lots of different options. (Find one and
get good at it—then adopt another)
Implementation course right here on line—most
lessons are about 3 minutes—help button up to the
3. Chat with Teachers for a moment…
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4. Debrief
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right with great videos—for all of the different
resources
o For 8th grade—in response to ensuring that those
mathematical standards are embedded
o Interactive student guide
o Take a look at those particular problems—we up the
rigor—marry it to as many practices as possible—
dual coding…
o Students can write in the book and teachers have
the option to grade what’s written electronically.
o Can look at it online—under Program Resources
(your second ebook)
o We have offers of adaptive technology at its
best:ALEKS
o (We also have a retention tool: Learn Smart)
o ALEKS.com free trial –can take a tour
o Power of ALEKS is the fact that you can go in—AI; in
Alg 1—500 topics… We’ll take 5 topics and explore…
o We’ll go in to ALEKS—and it will start the students
with an initial assessment—between 20 and 30
questions—which will take them on their own
pathways… Because it’s not multiple guess—ALEKS
will also have lots of tools
o Live teacher reports—We can see what time we
took…
o About the book—not CA standards—beyond—can
be customized—for CA—we believed that it was
better to let teachers customize.
What did we hear?
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What did we like?
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Impressions
o Very similar to the Holt—repackaged it
o So many tools—not a problem
o I feel like I’m being sold a bill of goods—look at our
bells and whistles—beyond the package
o How is the curriculum doing a better job in covering
the standards.
o The tests are new—
o Last week Big Ideas talked about the lesson
organization—
o It seems like it’s common for the publishers to say
that the standards are here, you choose.
o I suggested that we hear them—in terms of the
curriculum—it may be a good transition from Holt—
they did a good job of labeling—real-life problems—
very well laid out.
o This book looks at concepts in two different ways.
o They mentioned that they would customize the
book for us.
o Looks repackaged…
5. Envision Math
Elizabeth: it includes 3-act Tasks
http://blog.mrmeyer.com/2011/thethree-acts-of-a-mathematical-story/
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We liked the 6th grade text—that was part of the K-6 set;
They have completed the 6-8 set—we have the examination
copies.
To access the new Envision Grades 6-8th grade:
PearsonRealize.com
user name: envisiongrades678
password: password1
Not now—let the teachers take a look…
Next Scheduled Meeting:
5/11/16, Wednesday, 8 am – 12 pm; JLS—Room 730; Breakfast and Snacks provided
Agenda Items for the next scheduled meeting:
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Review our task(s)
Finalize Pilot Texts
Finalize Pilot Plans
Talk about supplementary materials—especially on-line materials that could be used district-wide, such as
Discovery Techbook, http://www.discoveryeducation.com/what-we-offer/partner-successstories/explore/by-implementation/discovery-education-techbook-digital-textbook.cfm
Recommendation to PAUSD Math Steering: Piloting which texts and Piloting method