Comments on: KCOE CaMSP Workshop Links

By: Michael Fenton

Michael Fenton — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 05:49:37 +0000

Fawn, thanks for sharing what goes on in your classroom so other teachers have an opportunity to borrow and imitate what resonates with them. Your two “deconstructing” posts in particular were inspiring and encouraging to me (and I’m loving Five Practices so far).

The teachers in the workshop really enjoyed working with Visual Patterns. If you’re still taking guest posts, I hope to have a few more for you in the coming weeks.

By: Fawn Nguyen

Fawn Nguyen — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 05:27:42 +0000

Thanks so much, Michael, for all the shout-outs here. Elementary teachers are asking me for resources too, so I’m glad you have Moebius Noodles already. (I found it not long ago, great stuff.)

Keep up the great work!!

By: Michael Fenton

Michael Fenton — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 23:03:23 +0000

Chip, thanks for the comment, for a great week in Lemoore, and for the ideas to extend the some of what we did in the workshop. I hope your year gets off to a good start!

By: Chip

Chip — Fri, 02 Aug 2013 22:02:20 +0000

Great week! The running have was the best thing we did this week. It opened my eyes to using I”phones and other measurements to teach the students how to decompose and reconstruct their information.

Every year I take the 8th grade students on a field trip. The have to choose a destination and then we figure out how much the transportation, tickets, and food costs are for each suggestion they come up with on the board. Then they have to figure out how much fundraising they each have to do in order to reach that goal. It was a lot like yours, but higher student interest. I will know be using a visual on a paper to help me illistrate the trip, just like yours witht he zoo, museum, and aquarium. It was very helpful for me.

Thanks again.