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Habit 1: Monitor and Repair Understanding

Write the 3 strategies you found most interesting for helping students repair their understanding.

Habit 2: Develop Schema and Activate Background Knowledge

Pick 3 of the ideas listed for your grade level. Write the idea, and explain how you might change it up a little bit to fit the needs of your students.

Habit 3: Identify Similarities and Differences, Recognize Patterns, Organize and Categorize Ideas, Investigation Analogies Metaphors

This is one of Marzano's Biggies! List 3 Literacy activities you currently do and write how you would change them to support Math Numeracy.

Habit 4: Represent Mathematics Non-linguistically

Since we are reading about Non-linguistical representation, we are going to try a graphic.
This will be a stretch-learning experience for some of you...try your best.
Click on  http://www.tagxedo.com/
On top menu click on Create
On left sidebar, click on Load
Where it says "insert text, write down key words from this chapter. Click Submit.
On left sidebar, click on Shape. Select one.
Click on Save/Share/Print and save it on your computer as a 125kp jpg. Save and name so you know where it is.
Then email it to me. I will post it here. So exciting!!

Megan's

Linda's

Lisa H.

Debra's

Laurie Davis

Danielle's

Trish's

Habit 5: Predict, Infer, Recognize Trends, Use Patterns, and Generate and Test Hypotheses

Closure:
In the text, the authors define Predict, Infer, Hypothesis and Pattern.
Write your own definition for those words for your grade level using math as the context.

Habit 6: Question and Understand

Write 3 Questions  in Jeopardy style.  Each one should be able to be answered by
Who is...
What is....
How does... Etc.
Do not put the answers (questions really). We will come back to these.

Habit 7: Summarize, Determine Importance, Synthesize using Note taking and Journaling

Write a summary of this chaper like you see in some books at the end of each chapter.

Habit 8: Develop Vocabulary

On page 110, Marzano's Building Academy Vocabulary steps are listed.
Choose one word from your grade level's Common Core Math that you have not taught previously.
Follow the steps for that word.

Habit 9: Collaborate to Learn

Use "Collaborate" as a acrostic to write key ideas for this chapter.

Component 1: Purpose and Focus

Use a few of the five Ws to create some questions you might ask of yourself to develop purpose and focus.

Component 2: Ignition

Use the letters of your name to come up with synonyms for the concept of ignite in this chapter: C is for challenging questions. H is for the Hook. E is for engagement. R is for not expecting one Right answer. I is for ignite.

Component 3: Bridge of the Learning

I created a concept circle like the one on page 145 using the iPad app Idea Sketch. Look at the terms in each of the sections. Think about your understanding of the terms in relation to this chapter. Write a few sentences discussing the connection between the words and write how they fit together.

Component 4 Gradual Release of Mathematics

This has an A and B part. A. write your own closure activity for this chapter. B. Answer it.

Component 5: Debrief Tying it all together

Conclusion: Our Debrief