Ms' Lissa Levin

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Ms. Lissa Levin

• I can be reached by e-mail _at_ llevin_at_lps.k12.co.us

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8th Grade Curriculum Essential Learnings
(available on LSP website)

• Number sense/Relationships
• Algebraic Methods
  (Patterns
  Relationships Functions)
• Geometric Concepts
• Measurement
• Data collection and Analysis, Statistics and
  Probability
• Computational Techniques

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8th Grade Assessment Components

• 40 Content Knowledge
• Check-ups
• Quizzes
• Unit Test/Project
• 30 Classroom Problem Solving
• Applications connections Extensions
• Warm-ups and Homework
• Journals
• Class Discussions
• Launch Explore - Summarize

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8th Grade Assessment Components

• 20 Communicating Math Ideas
• Mathematical Reflections
• Warm-ups
• Participation/Discussion
• Classroom group partner
• 10 Responsibility
• Non-academic component
• Meet deadlines
• Materials in class (including homework)

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Guiding Principles

• Mathematical Investigations
• The curriculum is organized around big ideas in
  mathematics clusters of important, related
  mathematical concepts, processes, ways of
  thinking, skills, and problem solving strategies.

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Guiding Principles

• Reasoning
• Students grow in their ability to reason
  effectively with information represented in
  pictorial, graphic, numeric, symbolic and verbal
  forms and move flexibly among these
  representations.

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A Problem-Oriented Teaching ModelLaunch
Explore - Summarize

• LaunchingEngaging the Students
• Teacher
• Introduces new concepts
• Reviews old concepts
• Helps students understand the context
• Issues the mathematical challenge
• Exploring the Situation
• Students
• Gather data Share ideas Look for patterns
• Make conjectures
• Develop strategies
• Create arguments to support their reasoning and
  solution
• Teacher
• Asks questions
• Observes individual differences
• Encourages, Redirects

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A Problem-Oriented Teaching ModelLaunch
Explore - Summarize

• Summarizing the Results
• Teacher and Students
• Discuss strategies Refine strategies
• Develop rules or generalizations
• Verify generalizations
• Apply skills and understandings
• Observe differences and similarities
• Collect, organize, analyze data