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Evaluation #23 (I guess this is Claudia)<br />

1. What were the benefits of attending this type of institute?<br />

First and foremost taking advantage of Prof. Wu’s knowledge and wisdom. He is very<br />

patient and very clear. Secondly, I find it fascinating and very helpful to listen to peoples<br />

thought process and understanding. Coming to institutes like this not only clears my<br />

brain and puts it work but also makes me want to be a better, clearer, and more precise<br />

communicator of concepts and ideas.<br />

2. What improvements do you suggest? Please be specific.<br />

I don’t know what else better is out there, I’m just discovering the good, so I don’t<br />

fell I could suggest anything valid. For me it’s all great.<br />

<strong>3.</strong> What would you like to see happen during the Saturday sessions? How<br />

would you like them organized? Please be specific. Consider format, topics,<br />

etc.<br />

I know there were some topics we didn’t do, may be we could start with that. Also,<br />

we could ask specific people to make presentations about their programs, books, classes,<br />

what they’ve charged (or not) and then have a discussion and give each other feed back.<br />

We could also use this time to maybe do some math curriculum mapping together.<br />

4. What are you going to implement/change in your classroom because of<br />

what have you learned in this institute?<br />

I teach K-5, so I will continue with my new fraction lessons - I made a supplement<br />

last year for teachers to use in her teaching of fractions -. Additionally, I will work with<br />

my teachers (MORE) in the importance of clear and precise definitions. As I said, we<br />

will focus on geometry re -mapping in 4th and 5th, and add more of it the right way :-)<br />

in primary grades.<br />

5. Are you planning to work with colleagues in your school who have not<br />

attended the institute? What are your specific plans to implement this?<br />

I am working with my 4th and 5th grade math teachers (I have 2 classes per grade<br />

but in 4th and 5th one of classroom teachers does the math and the other one LA). We<br />

started this year (we did 3 mos of fractions) and we’ll start geometry in August. I am<br />

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