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=Thank you Danielle for all your helps. I am sorry I am not 100%. I am busy with my Concept Presentation for my other course. THANK YOU!!! Ann.= =Hi Ann, looks fantastic, I made one small change (typo) = =I will post this by midnight tonight if no one else responds. - Danielle=

= = =Dear all, here is the final draft. Have a look and provide me with feedback:) Thank you,Ann= = = =Hi Danielle, thank you for the message. I will work on it now:) Ann= =Here is the template filled in, I hope this clarifys things.= = = = Expert Panel Reports: Planning (Danielle, Maureen, Rod, Lei, Ann) = = = = Hey Ann, please see my post on the board. You are using the wrong template. Also Maureen will repost a new implication for the department, and her 3rd comment is not for our reading, it is for the next groups. =

[|Expert Panel Reports_Group 2.doc]Part 1: **4 or 5 Important Common Messages from the 3 Expert Panel Reports** ** I made 3 key points from my reading, maybe we can consolidate and find the 4-5 COMMON overall messages? **

Ok so for some reason I can not save the changes Maureen and I did right into the wiki, so I hope this link works! Lei and Rod you can post your answers here. Or if someone can get our text on this page without having to retype it, that would be fantastic. I am quite new to wikis. - Danielle <== I copied and pasted the document below (Rod) page 45-47 ** i) ** Make explicit links to literacy ** students need to write it down -to sort, clarify, refine ideas i.e. organizers, highlight key words, read aloud, math vocab learning strategy, etc.
 * Leading Math Success (Maureen)

ii) ** Make effective lessons on Important math concepts ** effective lessons with clear purpose for teacher & student - connect prior knowledge & capture interest - anticipate student response & build in checkpoints for understanding and to adjust instruction i.e. introduce by problem solving, build lessons around important math, etc.

iii) powerful & enabling technologies should be used seamlessly in teaching, learning, and assessment - enables at-risk students to participate & understand beyond the scope their handicap (big idea achieved) i.e. calculators available, readymade sketches from software, use dynamic software w/ relevant data

page 15-19 ** -promotes student sharing to explore and challenge others ideas while being facilitated by the teacher
 * Early Math Strategy (Danielle)
 * i) Teachers need to plan for social interaction between students as they learn most by doing and talking **

- students gain knowledge by struggling through and experiencing the process of problem solving (teacher introduction, student discovery, teacher- student reflection) -strategies to solve are not taught rather solutions are shared to gain insights from other students multiple approaches
 * ii) Teachers must develop regularly explored open ended problem (Using the Big Ideas of the course) that allows for problem solving to occur **

- encourage conversation between child and parent - parents need to be invested in the growth and development of their child - teachers must have constant communication with parents
 * Teachers must develop a partnership between school and home life to achieve a positive disposition in mathematics **

Teaching and Learning Mathematics page 18-25 (Rod and Lei)

(Rod, welcome to add and modify. - Lei)

i) **// Teachers should be aware of students’ strategies, and build on what they know. - Lei //**
 * // ii) The teachers could extend students’ knowledge by scaffold old methods to more efficient methods. - Lei //**
 * // iii)Well designed math game (for example, cooperative puzzle in Geometry) provide a rich context for practicing mathematics concepts. - Lei //**

This is a summary of LMS reading:

· A strong plan must: centre around “big ideas”; promote strategic progression in students; proactively anticipate student misconceptions; and build on previous knowledge - (Rod) (*This could go under Part 1 or Part 2)

Part 2: **Three Important Implications for Classroom Teachers (k-12)** i) Course teams can co-plan lessons that address important math concepts (first must agree on what is important) - Maureen ii) Focus on creating lessons that center on the key ideas in the curriculum that will allow for problem solving based questions to be asked (Danielle) // iii) When teachers plan for a lesson, choose a starting point that students are more comfortable with, and anticipate their students’ possible misconceptions. - Lei //

Part 3: **Three Important Implications Department Heads & Elementary Leaders** i) Technology push! Find the appropriate technology for your department/grade & buy them - Maureen ii) (co-planning can go here too) - unified strategy within the department to develop desired strategic progression (Rod) iii) Creat department time that allows for collaboration within course teams so that teachers can discuss the big ideas in the course and create lessons, activities and/or questions. (Danielle)

Part 4: **Three Important Implications for School Boards** i) Release time for teachers to co-plan effective lessons - Maureen ii) Provide facilitation for teachers to discuss continuum and misconceptions that arise in each level (Rod) iii) Have more board PD sessions related to problem solving and open ended questioning techniques. Allows teachers from different school to collaborate rather than internally in the department.