Creating
Collaborative
Classrooms: CPM Parent Night
It became a great evening when you joined us!
Please sign in and sit to make a
group of FOUR:)
Objective: To have
participants be actively
involved using strategies to
talk about mathematics,
experience learning in
teams, and also use brain
research to see how your
child’s math class is being
enhanced.
Agenda
*Opening Activity
*Effective Study teams
*Discourse
*Math Problems where
strategies will be modeled
*Reflection
*Closure/Questions
DOT Activity
*There are dots at your table.
*Pick up two and put one on each poster at your
current level of knowledge/understanding.
ICEBREAKER - Math Stars
★As a team, brainstorm something that all of you
have in common.
★List your team’s common attribute on the paper in
the center of the four stars.
★Find ways that each person in the team is unique
from the others, and write those things on each
person’s star.
Cup Stacking Challenge
GOAL:
● To work together as a team towards a common
goal
● To improve verbal and nonverbal
communication skills
RULES:
1. All group members must
participate for each challenge
2. Only the rubber band can touch or move
the cups
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Task ManagerFacilitatorResource Manager-
Recorder/Reporter-
Jigsaw
Let’s learn
about the
team roles.
How do we get students to
talk to each other?
• They need something meaningful to talk
about.
• They need someone to talk to without getting
off task.
• They need structures for their discourse.
• They need a safe environment to share ideas.
10 Holes of Golf….
The Rover Staff is having its annual charity
fundraising event. In order to encourage
donors to attend, the Rovers organize a fun
game called “10 Holes of Golf” and gives
away prizes. Each team plays 10 holes of
golf. There is a prize for the team that is
consistently closest to the hole.
10 Holes of Golf
Your teacher has set up a “hole.” Your
team will “swing” 10 pennies toward
the “hole.” You will then represent
your data on a graph and with
numerical statistics, decide which
team was the most consistently
close to the hole.
TEAMMATES
CONSULT
10 Holes of Golf
Your Task: Your teacher will give you ten pennies.
Have one team member stand 200 cm from the “hole.”
That team member will toss all ten pennies, one at a
time. No “do-overs” and no practice shots are
allowed. Then record the distance from the center of
each penny to the “hole” (to the nearest centimeter),
even if the penny rolled far away. Repeat with
different team members until 10 pennies have been
tossed by each member. Do not take turns each
tossing one a penny at a time—each team member
should toss all ten of their pennies in one turn.
Huddle
10 Holes of Golf
*Decide how you want to represent your data on
your poster. Leave room for the task below.
*Decide the 5 most important facts you wish to report
about your team’s golf shots and add them to your
poster.
*Your teacher will direct you on how to compare
your team’s results with the other teams.
*Which team was most consistently close to the hole?
Traveling Salesman
“Mathematics makes more sense and
is easier to remember and to apply
when students connect new
knowledge to existing knowledge in
meaningful ways.”
Principles and Standards for School
Mathematics, 2000
Effective teaching of mathematics:
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facilitates discourse among students to build
shared understanding of mathematical ideas by
analyzing and comparing student approaches
and arguments.
• engages students in making connections among
mathematical representations to deepen
understanding of mathematics concepts and
procedures and as tools for problem-solving.
Principles to Action-NCTM 2014
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Reflection
*What are the roles of the teacher and
the student in a student centered
classroom?
*How are they the same or different
from when you were in a classroom?
The hard work
involved in
teambuilding is
worth it and
pays many
benefits,
including:
• Social support for learning math
• Success for more students
• Opportunities to see and discuss multiple
approaches
• More meaningful learning by discussing and
explaining
• Better mastery of basic skills
• Greater mathematical exploration and
creativity
Note from a teacher...CPM ROCKS!
I have had ________ since Freshman year. He/she
always complained about work and doing things.
Today, however, he/she was so into the lesson
that he/she did not even stop working when the
bell rang!!! He/she said he/she really liked it and
is excited to continue it tomorrow. SUCCESS!!!
CPM: College Preparatory
Mathematics
*Teacher written curriculum with the support of college
professors
*Collaborative, group-based approach to learning
*Problem-based math series
*Focus on multiple representations and an embedded use of
technology. No more than three concepts in a chapter so
students are going deeper into concepts and creating meaning
of those concepts.
CPM: College Preparatory
Mathematics
*http://els.cpm.org (Students)
*Visit their site at http://cpm.org/
*Parent Guide
*Check out the “Parent Tip” section - these are
offered weekly.
DISCUSSION
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What did you learn this evening?
What activities helped you learn?
What activities did you find engaging?
How did it help your group to work more
efficiently if your members did their specific
jobs?
CPM Tips
*Homework: Review and Preview
*Tests: 50% review, 50% material
from this chapter
*Classroom Structure/Teams
Closure/Questions
*Please take the new colored dots on your table
and place them on the two posters once again.