REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL LAB ~ APPALACHIA

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REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL LAB APPALACHIA

• The Effects of Kentucky Virtual High Schools
  Hybrid Course in Algebra I on
• Teaching Practices, Classroom Quality,
• and Adolescent Learning
• ACT 8 RADICALS
• On-Line Professional Development
• JULY 23, 2008

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AGENDA

• Welcome and Introductions
• Equipment check-in
• Updates
• Discussion of ACT 8
• Connections to KVHS ALG I and KET Encyclomedia
• Lesson Planning
• Technical Assistance for KVHS, ALG I
  Navigating the Blackboard Platform
• Assignment for ACT 9 Discussion
• Wednesday, July 30 (9-11 2-4 Sessions)

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Discussion of ACT 8 RADICALS

Highlights regarding content, instructional
strategies, and/or reflections from ACT 8
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ACT 8 SCENE 1- 3 How Do I Teach This?

• Modeling ( Pictures, Arcs..)
• Manipulatives (Base Ten Tiles, Geoboard)
• Looking for Patterns
• Mnemonics Memory Devices - FOIL
• Graphing
• Problem Solving Real World
• Using a Formula

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KVHS ALGEBRA I COURSE

• CONNECTIONS
• SPOTLIGHT ON ALGEBRA toKENTUCKY VIRTUAL HIGH
  SCHOOL ALGEBRA I COURSE
• Semester 2
• Unit 7, Lessons 34 -36
• RADICAL EXPRESSIONS
• EQUATIONS,FINDING
• SQUARE ROOTS

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VOCABULARY for RADICALS
Quotient Property of Square Roots
Rational Number
RIght Triangle
Radicand
Hypotenuse
Perfect Square
Square Root
Pythagorean Theorum
Leg
Conjugate
Irrational Number
Principal Roots
Radical Expression
Radical
Product Property of Square Roots
Hypotenuse
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KET - ENCYCLOMEDIA

• ALGEBRA SUPPORT FOR
• Providing an authentic purpose
• Connecting to the world
• Engaging students to learn the concept
• Visualizing
• Promoting student thinking/discussion

http//www.ket.org/education/encyclomedia.htm
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PLANNING LESSONS USING KVHS ALGEBRA I SKILL SET
FROM SPOTLIGHT ON ALGEBRA
v How will you bundle your Units for
08-09? v What are the structures you will put
in place to support instructional strategies
that motivate students to engage in learning Alg
I? Refer to Strategies listed behind TAB
14 v For each structure, plan what formal
feedback you will provide to move students into
their zone of promixal development. See
Linking Formative Assessment to
Scaffolding, pp 1
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Planning Instruction Using KVHS Alg. I

• What do you want the students to know and be able
  to do?
• How will you know that they know and can do?
• Formative
• Summative
• How will you use KVHS ALG I what lesson and in
  what context? Will Spotlight on Algebra help?
  How?
• How will you access prior knowledge?
• What is the new learning? How will students keep
  track and/or organize this learning?
• What form of student/teacher reflection will you
  use?
• See Research Standards behind TAB 2

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EXPECTATIONS for NEXT STEPS

• Work through all of ACT 9 Respond to the
  Discussion question displayed on the first
  screen.
• Continue with investigating KET Encyclomedia for
  segments that provide an access point for
  critical ALG I concepts.
• ACT 9 PD Wednesday, July 30, 2008 (9-11 2-4).
• Have graphing calculators, notes from ACT 9, and
  research binders nearby.
• Have open Spotlight on Algebra and the KVHS
  Algebra I Course.
• Make sure that ACT 5 - 8 Pedagogy Quiz responses
  have been posted.
• Make-up On-Line PDs will be Monday August 4 TBA.

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KDE
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE KDE Kari Welch
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• Thanks for sharing your thinking you will make
  a difference with your students!
• The Hybrid Algebra I Study captures the art
  science of instructional best practices.
• Continue to plan for blended instruction see
  you Wednesday, July 30, 2008!