Pt1420 Unit 1 Assignment

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Based on the language of the indicator 1B.1: Plans meaningful tasks that require student ownership in the rating “Exemplary”, my next steps in this area will be to creative math tasks and materials that can be personalized for each student, and design choice or open selection for students in a way that meaningfully enhances student mastery. I will continue to plan and implement engaging math tasks and materials that are aligned to the content-language objective.The math tasks still will be structured to require students to spend the majority of the time applying challenging content and skills through the appropriately high levels of DOK where students are required to justify/explain their thinking. I will also ensure that students are able to connect with the tasks so that they are engaged and able to access the content, skills, and criteria for mastery. …show more content…
The way I chose to do that was by focusing on the planning and design framework so that I would develop tasks as apart of my lessons that were meaningful for all students, and incorporating equitable instruction. I collected baseline data which identified two struggling students; Aracely and Jessica. After planning and implementing meaningful math tasks I was able to see how it positively impacted student learning. Both of the identified struggling students, according to the common core rubric, met the level 4 score for proficiency as each student correctly answers the problem and supports their answer with substantial evidence of solid reasoning or application of mathematics to solve the problem. This meaningful math task was equitable for all students and was able to support Aracely’s and Jessica’s growth as they were able to access the 8th Grade Common Core Math Standard 8.EE.C.7.B and demonstrate meaningful engagement through their work, collaboration, and communication