3. Postdoctoral Program - MSRI

III - Develop a lesson on similarity (or some topic) together as a team that can be
adapted for various grade levels. Teach it before the next Saturday.
IV - Discuss success/failure of lesson improvements.
V - Responses from other teachers, district responses, practical approaches to furthering
implementation
4. What are you going to implement/change in your classroom because of
what have you learned in this institute?
* Emphasize precision and definition
* Encourage “why?”
* Perpetuate the philosophy that math is hard work, there in lies the fact “learning is not
learning without frustration”.
* Teach fractions with number line and “Wu” methodology
* Sequence Transformations → Dilations → Congruence → Similarity →Slope
5. Are you planning to work with colleagues in your school who have not
attended the institute? What are your specific plans to implement this?
Yes, beginning with middle school staff, those who are interested in the fraction number
line model. From there to the elementary staff for those are interested.
6. Do you have to report to an administrator/district/school personnel
employee with a summary of what you did during the institute? If you, whom
will you report to and how?
Yes, I will make a list of recommendations in regards to curriculum in the district, to
the head of instruction.
7. Additional Comments (use back if necessary):
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