The discussion on our reading in P to A on professionalism did not go far.  I am not sure everyone had a chance to read it – it has some very good information on how we can work toward collaboration, increasing our knowledge of mathematics and other things that were emphasized this week.  We tackled the last two standards (7 and 8) and watched videos of them being demonstrated in different classrooms.  Larry made a good point that the standard of structure could also relate to the structure of the classroom environment that he witnessed in the 5/6th grade room.

When the discussion was opened up as a wrap up there was talk of the benefits of hearing from teachers from different grade levels and being able to interact and discuss how math fits across the grades, it was mentioned that productive struggle came alive this week, we felt we could relate better to our students in terms of the rigors of the struggle and having long days of learning,   There was a recommendation that an opportunity for application would be valued in terms of time to spend creating a lesson using feedback from participants.  We are leaving with buckets full of new ideas, but it would be helpful to apply this to at least one lesson before leaving would cement things and allow for collaboration.

We took the post test and after lunch began our Bungee Barbie capstone activity.   We did our evaluations and then headed across campus for the Barbie drop.

Please make sure you use this space to communicate with us or each other as you process all you have learned these two weeks.  We are happy to be in community with you all.  Have a great rest of the summer.