1. to Learning:
Adapting to the Learner
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Adjusting the Curriculum
Adjusting the Curriculum
Adjusting the Curriculum
Adjusting the Curriculum
Adjusting the Curriculum
Adjusting the Curriculum
Presented by:
Beth Diaz, Susan Droke,
Cathy Kyle, Windy May, & Melissa Smith

2. Thinking Routine
Think, Puzzle, Explore

3. OUR JOURNEY TO
CUSTOMIZE LEARNING
AT PDS

4. Teachers as Designers
"The challenge is to find a way to marry structure and the
freedom to create something new altogether."
A New Culture of Learning
by Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown

5. Customizing Learning
1.Whole Group Instruction
2.Small Group Instruction
3.Small Group Collaboration
4.Virtual Instruction
• Adaptive Software
• Virtual Tutor
1.Independent Practice

6. Customized learning starts with
knowing your students well and
ends with knowing them even
better.

7. School of One
Dr. Sun Yat Sen Middle School
Chinatown, NY

8. High Tech High Schools
Including Explorer Elementary
San Diego, CA

9. Springer Elementary
Paulo Alto, CA

10. Rocketship Discover Prep
San Jose, Ca

11. 2nd Grade
Classroom Teacher:
Beth Diaz
Beth Diaz
Beth Diaz

12. Customizing Math
for Self-Contained 2nd Grade:
Plan for Success
Plan for Success
Plan for Success

13. Or ... "Folding the Tents
on My Math 3-Ring Circus...”
on My Math 3-Ring Circus...”

14. ... and Switching on Math Learning Circuits
in One Short Year?"
in One Short Year?"

15. 8 Day Math Quest:
Plan for Success
Plan for Success
• Integrate Math in Focus ( Singapore Math) units with
selected Everyday Math units to create our own math
curriculum.
• Set sequence of units from beginning to end. Designate
review skill for each unit.
• Create and share Google calendar to build and schedule
all parts of learning circuits.

16. First 3 Days:
Whole Group Instruction
Day 1:
•10 Question Pretest
•Introduction of Unit Skills
•Complete Lesson 1 (of 3 or 4 lessons)

17. Day 2:
•Review Lesson 1
•Begin to or Complete Work on
Lesson 2 Skills
•Begin Lesson 3
FIRST 3 DAYS:WHOLE GROUP
INSTRUCTION

18. Day 3
•Complete Lesson 4
or Review Lesson 3
•Formative Assessment
FIRST 3 DAYS:WHOLE GROUP
INSTRUCTION

19. DAYS 4, 5 & 6
LEARNING CIRCUITS

20. ✴video tutorials on Smartboard
✴ixl work on laptops
✴recording problems on ipads
with Screenchomp
✴exit slips
Small Group Instruction with Homeroom Teacher:
DAYS 4, 5 & 6
LEARNING CIRCUITS
✴ slate work
✴group problem solving
✴practice problems
✴ipad apps

21. Chalkmath Clockmaster Coin Math Screenchomp
Technology Components for Small Group Instruction
Apps for iPads
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22. Problem of the Lesson- Math in Focus
Google Forms
Math Facts in a Flash
Renaissance Learning
Video tutorials and Quiz Questions
Math in Focus(Think Central)
DAYS 4, 5 & 6
LEARNING CIRCUITS

23. 2nd Grade Math Links for Laptops hosted on
DAYS 4, 5 & 6
LEARNING CIRCUITS

24. Virtual Instruction
in the
Learning Studio:
Working with the Learning Coach
DAYS 4, 5 & 6
LEARNING CIRCUITS

25. DreamBox - Adaptive Math Software
DAYS 4, 5 & 6
LEARNING CIRCUITS

26. IXL math practice on specific unit skills
designated by the teacher
DAYS 4, 5 & 6
LEARNING CIRCUITS

27. Small Group Collaboration
Working with the Learning Specialist:
brainstorming
group problem solving
real life math application practice
DAYS 4, 5 & 6
LEARNING CIRCUITS

28. Whole Group Review and Unit
Assessment
15 minutes review blocks for small groups
20 minutes for written assessment
DAY 7
REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT

29. • Review Day
in homeroom for students who scored
94% or less on unit assessment from
Day 7
• Guided Challenge Day
with Learning Specialist for students
who scored 95% or better on unit
assessment Day 7
DAY 7
REVIEW DAY OR GUIDED CHALLENGE

30. 10 Things We Learned about
Customizing 2nd Grade Math
1. Collaboration between homeroom teacher, learning coach,
learning specialist is essential!
2. More 1 to 1 teacher/student interaction
3. More student collaboration
4. Better student engagement
5. Addresses all learning styles

31. 6. Planning for smooth flow of scope and sequence is essential!
7. More opportunities for challenge and reteaching
8. Better problem solving
9. More opportunities to engage in real life math
10 Things We Learned about
Customizing 2nd Grade Math

32. 10. I used to think I knew my students, but
now I really know my students!
10 Things We Learned about
Customizing 2nd Grade Math

33. 5th Grade
Math Teacher:
Windy May
Windy May
Windy May

34. Taking one step at a
time.
• Take things slow
• Have an open mind
• Change as you go
• Be willing to be the learner
• Students will become the
teacher
• Know your students more
than you ever thought you
could “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish
by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole
life believing that it is stupid.” Albert―
Einstein

35. Importance of Teacher
Collaboration
• Knowing where the students are and what they need.
• Going from teacher to teacher with a smooth
transition.

36. Meetings
Texting
METHODS USED FOR COMMUNICATION:
TEACHER - COACH - TUTOR

37. Google Forms
METHODS USED FOR COMMUNICATION:
TEACHER - COACH - TUTOR
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38. Spreadsheets created from the Google form can be used
to track data.
METHODS USED FOR COMMUNICATION:
TEACHER - COACH - TUTOR
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39. Pre Step For Day 1, 2, 3:
Homework - Flipped Lesson
Day 1, 2, 3:
Step 1: 4 or 5 Question Pre-Assessment
Step 2: Reflect on Student's Notes and
Teacher's Lessons
FIRST 3 DAYS:WHOLE GROUP
INSTRUCTION

40. Step 3:
CHOICE:
a. Peer Teaching Peer
b. Conference / Meet with Teacher *
*All students must have a conference with the teacher before the end of the day.
Conference helps identify where the student is and discusses strategies. The
teacher and the student will decide together what he will be working on next.
FIRST 3 DAYS:WHOLE GROUP
INSTRUCTION

41. "Flipping the Classroom" -- refers to swapping the
traditional lecture and homework method of
teaching.
• The flipped classroom allows me to work individually with each student more
effectively than the "traditional" classroom would allow.
• The students who catch on quickly are able to move more rapidly through the
material.
• The students who struggle are able to move at a slower pace and take their time.
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42. "Flipping the Classroom" Tools
You can use the following to record your lessons:
1.ScreenFlow --- $99
2.ShowMe app
3.QuickTime --- You can use this with apple computers.
4.Screencast-O-Matic -- This is free or you can upgrade for $15 year.
I also use PowerPoint and Google Docs to add extra notes and practice problems
that I feel the students need to have for each unit.

43. "Flipping the Classroom"
Student Reactions
Student Reactions
"My favorite thing about math is the online videos telling you about a new concept because
you can individually see the teacher work out the problems on a blank board. I also like how
you can choose what you want to do and when you want to do it. It gives you
a lot of freedom."
"My favorite thing about math is that you get to work at
your own pace."
"My favorite thing about math is that I know what I am
going to do every day when I walk into class."

44. Students decide what circuit they will do that
day.
DAYS 4, 5 & 6
LEARNING CIRCUITS

45. Program created for 6th grade
math placement of students
on days 4, 5, and 6. Results
are ranked from data
collected from an online
assessment given in Haiku.
An email is then sent to the
teacher specifying the “circuit”
the student should go to. Of
course, the teacher can
override this placement.

46. Students are given opportunity to take
the mastery assessment test.
The student must earn a 90 or above
to move to the Guided Challenge
portion of the Math Quest.
DAY 4
MASTERY ASSESSMENT
OR
GUIDED CHALLENGE

47. • Independent Work
• Virtual Instruction
• IXL
• MangaHigh
• AAAmath
• Math Is Fun
• Ten Marks
• Khan Academy
• Small Group Instruction with the
Learning Coach or with teacher
DAY 4, 5, & 6
LEARNING
CIRCUITS

48. Small Group Collaboration
1.Google Docs
2.Google Presentations
Collaboration on Word Problems
1.Making "How To" Videos
2.Games
Challenge Problem (Optional when finished working)
1. Math Perplexors
2. Online Challenge Problems
Virtual Tutor -- (Selected for more one on one help.)
DAY 4, 5, & 6
LEARNING
CIRCUITS

49. Small Group Collaboration: Google Doc

50. Small Group Collaboration: Making “How
To” Videos

51. Example Video:
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52. Online Challenge Problems:

53. Option 1: Small Group with Classmates
Option 2: Small group with Teacher
Option 3: Complete a “Checking In” for a Review
DAY 7
REVIEW
DAY

54. Day 4 Unit Test
New Day 4 Unit Test for those who tried to go for the
Guided Challenge Quest path.
Test on the Guided Challenge Unit (Test depends on the
skill the child chose to study.)
DAY 8
TEST
DAY

55. Managing it all through
Haiku
(Learning Management System)
(Learning Management System)
(Learning Management System)

56. Benefits
Engaged
Excited about math
Learning from mistakes
Increased confidence
Touches all learning styles
Knowing your students

57. Benefits
Receiving more 1 on 1 teacher assistance
Learning how to take meaningful notes
Increase in responsibility and ownership of learning
Self reflection
Going deeper

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59. Thinking Routine
Compass Points
Compass Points
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