Some Notes From Day 1

Instructional Design & Lesson Structure
• Mental Math
• Warm Up
Cognitive Processing & Mental Organization
• Mental Math
• Non-verbal (iconic) Representation
• Compare & Contrast
• “Say Something” 1
Engagement & Participation
• Mental Math
• Jigsaw
• Scavenger hunt
• Stations


“Say Something” (active reading strategy)
• read chunk of text silently
• turn to partner & say something
o main idea
o summary statement
o question
o connection to concept
• no conversation

Warm-Up Options
5-minute Check
• transparencies
• CD
Activate Prior Knowledge
Hot-Q or Writing in math from previous lesson
Problem of the Day
Introduce Vocab