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**Cancelled** Math Performance Tasks

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Registration Closed.
Last Date to Register: 12/4/2014 12:01 AM
Last Date to Cancel: 12/1/2014 12:01 AM
Agency: CESA 5
Agency Contact: Cathy Hunt
Agency Assistant: Melissa Sumwalt 608-745-5478
Location: CESA 5
626 E. Slifer St
Portage, WI 53901
Facility: Main Conference Room
Date/Time:
12/11/2014 08:30 AM - 03:30 PM

Math Performance Tasks
What are math performance tasks and why should we be using them when teaching mathematics in our classrooms? What should a performance task look like? How do we make sure we are following the “rules of rigor” that the Common Core State Standards and the SMARTER Balanced assessment are insisting on with performance tasks? Do we all need to create performance tasks for our students or are there sites and resources available where we can find tasks already created?

All students should learn and be able to use basic skills, apply understanding and solve problems. All three areas are emphasized equally in the instruction of mathematics. Skills without conceptual understanding are meaningless; conceptual understanding without skills is inefficient. Without problem solving, basic skills and conceptual understanding have no purpose.

Every grade level from Kindergarten through High School has math standards that require students to show conceptual understanding and knowledge of basic skills by solving word problems. The Mathematical Practice Standards center around solving real world problems – making sense of the problem, modeling with mathematics, reasoning abstractly and quantitatively, communicating, looking for familiar structures, looking for repeated reasoning, using appropriate tools and attending to precision. They require our students to link classroom mathematics to everyday life, work, and decision making.

In this session, we will look at rigorous, standards based performance tasks at each grade level. We will look at the different levels of rigor and depth of knowledge that we need to be conscious of when choosing performance tasks for our students. We will also explore different websites and resources that provide quality performance tasks at each grade level.

Bring your laptops!

Audience: Grades 3-8 Teachers, Title I Teachers

COST:
Free to CESA 5 Student Achievement Consortium Members
$75 All Others

Teacher Standards
WES1The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the disciplines he or she teaches and can create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for pupils.
WES2The teacher understands how children with broad ranges of ability learn and provides instruction that supports their intellectual, social, and personal development.
WES3The teacher understands how pupils differ in their approaches to learning and the barriers that impede learning and can adapt instruction to meet the diverse needs of pupils, including those with disabilities and exceptionalities.
WES7The teacher organizes and plans systematic instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, pupils, the community, and curriculum goals.
WES8The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the pupil.
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