Math Committee Professional Development
Jill Gough (@jgough), Becky Holden (@bholden86), Marsha Harris (@marshamac74)

March 30, 2017 Morning Session: 
1/2 Kindergarten, 1/2 1st Grade, 1/2 2nd Grade, 1/2 3rd Grade

March 31, 2017 Morning Session:
1/2 Kindergarten, 1/2 1st Grade, 1/2 2nd Grade, 1/2 3rd Grade

Goals:

• I can facilitate intentional tasks to improve numeracy and flexibility for all learners.
• I can mathematize children’s literature to foster several of the Standards of Mathematical Practice.
  • I can make sense of tasks and persevere in solving them.

Learning Plan:

8:00	15 min	Welcome and Intentions
8:15	60 min	Numeracy through Literature – Notice and Note How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? (Mr. Tiffin’s Classroom Series) by Margaret McNamara
9:15	60 min	Designing for Learning (in vertical pairs) Read and discuss Brainstorm important concepts Anticipate how learners will think and share Connect to essential learnings or skills Select presenter and get ready to monitor “students”
10:15	60 min	Practice – Facilitate planned read aloud with others in your base-team teachers serving as the learners.
11:15	10 min	Next steps and challenge
11:30		Session ends with feedback, please

Resources:

Kindergarten and 1st Grade choices	2nd Grade and 3rd Grade choices
The Cookie Fiasco Bunny Bus Goodnight Baseball Deep in the Swamp Dinner at Panda Palace	Hottest Coldest Highest Deepest Dinner at Panda Palace The Lion’s Share The Cookie Fiasco Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed