Florida Initiative
Rigor
Relevance
Reading
for Mathematics
Florida and the Islands Comprehensive Center at ETS
International Center for Leadership in Education
Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Florida Department of Education
AGENDA
 Networking / Sharing Best Practices
 Quadrant D Lessons
 CORR
 Reading Comprehension Strategies
 Rigor and Relevance Framework
 Instructional Strategies
 Assessments
 Florida Math Sunshine State Standards
It’s All About Math!
Welcome to the Middle
School Mathematics
Initiative!
Institute Theme:
Strategic Reading in the Content Areas –
Focus on the Mathematics Classroom
It’s All About Math!
Sponsored by:
Florida Department of Education
Florida and the Islands
Comprehensive Center at ETS (FLICC)
In Partnership with:
The International Center for Leadership in Education
ESCORT
Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics
NEFEC
It’s All About Math!
Goals:
•Increase the rigor and relevance of middle school mathematics
instruction with a focus on sixth grade
•Increase the use of research-based literacy strategies for use in
middle school mathematics classrooms
•Increase the use of data to inform instruction
•Build a statewide support network focused on the improvement
of middle school mathematics curriculum and instruction
•Increase awareness of new Florida mathematics standards and
legislation impacting middle school mathematics classrooms
It’s All About Math!
Recap:
Where have we been?
•Learned how to use the Rigor/Relevance Framework for
Planning and Instruction
•Investigated the first few modules of Collaborating Online for Rigor
and Relevance (CORR-M)
It’s All About Math!
Recap:
What have we accomplished?
•Developed two Quadrant D Lesson plans based on the new mathematics
standards
Emailed to Linda Lucey linda@leadered.com
•Implemented one Quadrant D Lesson
•Started working through CORR-M
It’s All About Math!
Recap:
What have we accomplished?
•Developed an Action Plan – available at http://escmail.org/node/6
Emailed to Bob Thomas bobthomas@escort.org
•Completed Meeting Logs – available at http://escmail.org/node/7
May have submitted online or Emailed to Bob Thomas
bobthomas@escort.org
•Met with or scheduled a meeting with your liaison
It’s All About Math!
Next:
Where are we going?
May Institute
•Understanding how to incorporate reading strategies in the
mathematics classroom
•Reviewing CORR-M
Summer Institute - Orlando
August 1st beginning at 11:00 – August 3rd ending at 11:30
•Exploring the new Mathematics Standards
•Developing Content Modules around the new Mathematics
Standards
It’s All About Math!
Activities:
Quadrant D Lesson Plan Sharing Activity
CORR-M Reflection Activity
Jim Miles
Jim@LeaderEd.com
Linda Lucey
Linda@LeaderEd.com
What are you preparing
students for?
Work?
College?
Life?
Successful Curriculum Reform
Why
Do we need
to change
schools?
What
How
Challenges
 Changing Workplace
 Globalization
 Demographics
 Values / Beliefs
 Technology
Successful Curriculum Reform
Why
What
Do we need
to change
schools?
Needs to
be done?
How
ICLE Philosophy
 Rigor
 Relevance
 Relationships
 All Students
Rigor
Relevance
My only
skill is
taking
tests
All Students
R&R Framework ...
A Useful Tool to evaluate
 Curriculum
 Instruction
 Assessment
 Activities
Rigor/Relevance Framework
C
R
I
G
O
R
High
D
Student
Thinks
B
A
Low
Student Thinks
and Works
Teacher
Works
Low
Student
Works
RELEVANCE
High
Successful Curriculum Reform
Why
What
Do we need
to change
schools?
Needs to
be done?
How
Do we
do it?
Strategies for Increasing Reading
Comprehension in Mathematics
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Reading Instruction
Reading in the Content Area
Learn to Read
Read to Learn
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 . . .
Reading Research
 College vs. Workplace
 Entry-level vs. Management-level
 High-stakes State Tests
 NCLB Legislation
 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
 Academic Rigor
 Reading Comprehension Strategies
 Strategic Reading Skills
READING COMPREHENSION
CAN BE INCREASED BY
 Teaching Reading Comprehension
Strategies
 Matching Text to Students Reading Level
 Assessing Critical Thinking Skills (Rigor)
 Using Collaborative Activities
 Using Technology
 Writing Before and After Reading
Lexile Framework for Reading
 Process for managing reading comprehension
and reader progress
 Measures text readability and student reading
ability; can match text with student reading level
 Determines difficulty of reading by word
frequency and sentence length
 Most widely used reading measure
Lexile Framework for Reading
 Lexile measure reported in increments from
200L to 2000L
 Can be used in any curriculum content
 Tens of thousands of books, tens of millions of
articles, hundreds of publishers, and all major
standardized tests have Lexile measures
U.S. Department of Education
16 Career Clusters
Agricultural … Architecture and Construction …
Arts* … Business …Education … Financial …
Health Science* … Hospitality …
Human Services … Information Technology*
… Legal and Protective Services … Manufacturing*
… Public Administration … Retail/Wholesale …
Scientific … Transportation*
Entry-Level Occupational
Reading Materials
 Agriculture / Natural Resources
 Architecture / Construction
 Business & Administration
 Health Science
 Hospitality / Tourism
 Human Services
Law & Public Safety
 Retail / Wholesale Sales
 Transportation, Distribution
1270-1510L
1210-1340L
1210-1310L
1260-1300L
1230-1260L
1050-1200L
1420-1740L
1180-1270L
1170-1350L
Advanced
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1300 - 1340
Intermediate
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1230 - 1330
Entry Level
Business and Administration
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1210 - 1310
Advanced
Lexile Reading Level Range: 890 - 1000
Intermediate
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1210 - 1370
Entry Level
Health Services
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1050 - 1200
Advanced
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1310 - 1370
Intermediate
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1180 - 1310
Entry Level
Architecture and Construction
Lexile Reading Level Range:
1210 - 1340
Advanced
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1330 – 1500L
Intermediate
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1350 – 1620L
Entry Level
Government & Public Administration
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1670 – 1800L
Advanced
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1240 – 1280L
Intermediate
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1260 – 1290L
Entry Level
Retail / Wholesale
Sales and Service
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1180 – 1270L
Advanced
Lexile Reading Level Range:
Intermediate
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1240 – 1340L
Entry Level
Information Technology
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1290 – 1460L
Lexile Literature
1500 - On Ancient Medicine
1400 - The Scarlet Letter
1300 - Brown vs. Board of Ed.
1200 - War and Peace
1100 - Pride and Prejudice
1000 - Black Beauty
900 - Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders
800 - The Adventures of Pinocchio
Lexile Texts
1500 - The Making of Memory:
From Molecules to Mind
1400 - Philosophical Essays; Hackett Publishing
1300 - Psychology: An Introduction; Prentice Hall
1200 - Business; Prentice Hall
1100 - America: Pathways to Present; Prentice Hall
1000 - Writing and Grammar Gold Level; Prentice Hall
900 - World Cultures: A Global Mosaic; Prentice Hall
800 - Word 2000; Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
Personal Reading
Aetna Health Care Discount Form
Medical Insurance Benefit Package
Application for Student Loan
Federal Tax Form W-4
Installing Your Child Safety Seat
Microsoft Windows User Manual
G.M. Protection Plan
CD DVD Player Instructions
1360L
1280L
1270L
1260L
1170L
1150L
1150L
1080L
Newspapers
Reuters
NY Times
Washington Post
Wall Street Journal
Chicago Tribune
Associated Press
USA Today
1440L
1380L
1350L
1320L
1310L
1310L
1200L
Reading Comparison
High School
Students
High School
Classroom Materials
Personal Use
Newspapers
Career Clusters
75th Percentile
1600
x
1500
x
x
x
1300
x
x
x
1100
1000
900
Grade 11 & 12
1200
Grade 11 & 12
1400
x
x
x
x x x
x
x
x x
x x
x
x
x x
x
x
Reading Comparison
High School
Students
High School
Classroom Materials
Personal Use
Newspapers
Career Clusters
75th Percentile
1600
x
1500
x
x
x
1300
x
x
x
1100
1000
900
Grade 11 & 12
1200
Grade 11 & 12
1400
x
x
x
x x x
x
x
x x
x x
x
x
x x
x
x
Reading Statistics

11th & 12th Grade Students
950L- 1200L
 High School Classroom Materials
1100L – 1300L
 Entry-level career cluster jobs
1050L- 1740L
 Personal Reading Materials / Newspapers
1080L- 1440L
Reading Comprehension
Strategies
 increase student’s comprehension and
retention of information
 activate student’s prior knowledge
to connect with new information
 teach / reinforce skills that all good
readers normally use
Teaching key reading
comprehension
strategies for only 15
minutes a week can
significantly increase
student achievement.
Increase Reading Comprehension by
 Instruction in and support for strategies
 Engaging discussion of reading content
 Set rigorous level for text, conversation,
questions, and vocabulary
 Use practices to increase motivation and
engagement with reading
 Use specific instructional strategies for
learning and retention of content
Reading Comprehension Strategies
 Affinity
 Pairs-Read
 Anticipation Guide
 Paraphrasing
 Cloze
 QAR
 Concept Definition Map
 RAFT
 Cornell Graphic Organizer
 Reciprocal Teaching
 DR/TA
 Rock Around the Clock
 Fishbone
 SQ3R
 K-W-L-S
 Structured Note-taking
 Learning Logs
 Summarizing
 Minute Paper
 Venn Diagram
 Vocabulary in Context
Essential ELA Skills
 Preview text to anticipate content
 Identify, collect, select pertinent
information while reading
 Discriminate important ideas from
unimportant ideas while reading
 Apply, extend, and expand on
information while reading
Tips for Reading Specific Text
 Brochures
 Illustrations and
 Classified Advertisements
 Editorials

 Electronic Mail

 Employee Handbooks

 Forms and Applications

 Graphs and Charts

 Instructions

 New Stories

 Operational Manuals

Captions
Primary Sources
Reference Books
Research Reports
Secondary Sources
Tables
Textbooks
Timelines
Web Sites
ANTICIPATION GUIDE
Reading Comprehension Strategy
__1. Edges on the front of a box look like two lines that
meet at a point called the vertex.
__2. Vertices and edges of a box form circles.
__3. A protractor is used to measure length of lines.
__4. An obtuse angle measures between 0° and 90°.
__5. Angles inside a regular pentagon are right anges.
Product of Prime
Numbers
__1. 20 = 2 X 2 X 5
__2. 39 = 3 X 13
__3. 36 = 3 X 12
__4. 14 = 3 + 11
__5. 154 = 2 X 7 X 11
Math Text: Statistics
__1. There are several kinds of averages
for a set of data.
__2. The mode is the middle number in a
set of data.
__3. Range tells how far apart numbers
are in a set of data.
__4. Outliers are always ignored.
__5. Averages are always ignored.
Affinity
Reading Comprehension Strategy
Instructional Strategies
 Brainstorming
 Memorization
 Cooperative Learning
 Presentations/Exhibitions
 Demonstration
 Research
 Guided Practice
 Problem-based learning
 Inquiry
 Project Design
 Instructional
 Simulation/Role-playing
Technology
 Lecture
 Note-taking/Graphic
Organizers
 Socratic Seminar
 Teacher Questions
 Work-based Learning
Selecting Strategies on Rigor/Relevance
Best Strategies for Quadrant A - Acquisition
 Guided Practice
 Lecture
 Memorization
Selecting Strategies on Rigor/Relevance
Best Strategies for Quadrant B - Application
 Cooperative Learning
 Demonstration
 Instructional Technology
 Problem-based Learning
 Project Design
 Simulation/Role Playing
 Work-based Learning
Selecting Strategies on Rigor/Relevance
Best Strategies for Quadrant C - Assimilation
 Brainstorming
 Inquiry
 Instructional Technology
 Research
 Socratic Seminar
 Teacher Questions
Selecting Strategies on Rigor/Relevance
Best Strategies for Quadrant D - Adaptation
 Brainstorming
 Project Design
 Cooperative Learning
 Research
 Inquiry
 Simulation/Role-
 Instructional Technology
playing
 Socratic Seminar
 Teacher Questions
 Work-based Learning
 Presentations/ Exhibitions
 Problem-based Learning
K-W-L-S
Reading Comprehension Strategy
K-W-L Chart
K - What
We Already
Know
W- What We L- What We
Want to
Learn
Learned from
Text
S- Still
Want to
Know
Extra
Credit
Concept
Definition Map
Reading Comprehension Strategy
DIRECT READING/
THINKING ACTIVITY
Reading Comprehension Strategy
DIRECTED READING / THINKING ACTIVITY (DR/TA)
What I know I know:
FOCUS
FACTS
SURE ABOUT
What I think I know:
FACTS AND ASSUMPTIONS I THINK I KNOW
REVEALS MISINFORMATION
UNCLEAR THINKING
What I think I’ll learn:
PREDICT
FORECAST
AROUSES INTEREST
What I know I learned:
FACTS LEARNED FROM:
READING
DISCUSSION
SQ3R
Survey-Question-Read-Recite-Review
Reading Comprehension Strategy
SQ3R READING COMPREHENSION STRATEGY
Survey (Pre-Reading)
Chapter Title _________________________________________________
What do I already know about this topic or concept?
What do I want to Know?
What can I learn from the illustrations, graphics, first and last paragraphs?
Question
Look at each heading, subheading, illustrations, and graphics to formulate
your questions.
Heading/ Illustration/ Subheading/ Graphics
Question:
Response:
Survey Unfamiliar Words
Words
Definitions
___________________ _________________________________________
____________________ _________________________________________
CLOZE
Reading Comprehension Strategy
 The prime is a whole number with
exactly two _____ (_____).
 _____is the only even prime number.
 Every whole number can be written as
a _____ of _____.
 A factor is a whole number that _____
exactly into a given _____ number.
MINUTE PAPER
Reading Comprehension Strategy
VENN DIAGRAM
Reading Comprehension Strategy
Sylvia conducted a survey in her homeroom
in order to report which of 3 types of candy
were liked by the 24 students. Some students
chose more than one type. She made tally
marks on a chart to show the candies each
student liked.
Which of these Venn
diagrams could represent
Sylvia’s tally chart?
Singapore Grade 6 Test Question
Lee and Chan drove from Town P to Town Q.
They started their journeys at different times.
Lee drove at an average speed of 45 km/h and
took 40 minutes. Chan drove at an average
speed of 72 km/h and reached Town Q at the
same time as Lee.
 How far was Town P from Town Q?
 How many minutes later than Lee did Chan
start his journey?
Florida Grade 8 Test Question
A car traveling at a certain speed will travel 87
feet per second. How many yards will the car
travel in 90 seconds if it maintains that same
speed?
a. 87 yards
c. 2, 610 yards
b. 653 yards
d. 7,830 yards
Reading Comprehension Strategies
 Affinity
 Pairs-Read
 Anticipation Guide
 Paraphrasing
 Cloze
 QAR
 Concept Definition Map
 RAFT
 Cornell Graphic Organizer
 Reciprocal Teaching
 DR/TA
 Rock Around the Clock
 Fishbone
 SQ3R
 K-W-L-S
 Structured Note-taking
 Learning Logs
 Summarizing
 Minute Paper
 Venn Diagram
 Vocabulary in Context
Essential ELA Skills
 Preview text to anticipate content
 Identify, collect, select pertinent
information while reading
 Discriminate important ideas from
unimportant ideas while reading
 Apply, extend, and expand on
information while reading
Dart Board Inquiry
Dart Board Inquiry
Sum of odd # is always positive
6 X 9 = 54 (too big)
6 X 1 = 6 (too small)
Many ways to get to 28 – how many?
Minute Paper

One minute writing summarizing
key points learned from a
 Speaker
 DVD, Video,
Movie
 Field Trip
 Current
Event Article
Sunshine Canoe Company
Sunshine Canoe Company
C1 = Canoe #1
C2 = Canoe #2
C1 (X) + C2 (Y) = 47
Trial and Error
9(5) + 2(1) = 47
8(5) + 7(1) = 47
www.lexile.com
It’s All About Math!
Middle School
Mathematics Initiative
Action Plan and
Next Steps
Institute Theme:
Strategic Reading in the Content Areas –
Focus on the Mathematics Classroom
It’s All About Math!
Action Planning:
For a journey instead of a race
•Can be found at:
http://escmail.org/node/6
Save on your computer
Email completed plan to Bob Thomas: bobthomas@escort.org
•Review your current plan and make revisions as needed
Look at where you are with implementing R & R and beginning CORR-M
How will you integrate the reading strategies presented at this
institute? You may want to think long term.
It’s All About Math!
Next Steps:
•Meet with leadership team today to review and revise action plan
•Add Reading Strategies to the 2 Quadrant D lessons
email to Linda Lucey: linda@leadered.com
•Continue working on CORR-M
•If needed, schedule a site visit with your liaison
•Log all meetings
web site: http://escmail.org/node/7
•Prepare display and handouts for poster session at the Summer Institute
It’s All About Math!
Upcoming Dates
Summer Institute:
Aug. 1st 11:00 – 3:30
Lunch provided
Aug. 2nd 7:45 – 3:30
Breakfast and Lunch provided
Aug. 3rd 7:45 – 11:30
Breakfast provided
Location: Orlando
June - Evaluation:
Edvantia may be calling or sending out an online survey for data
collection purposes
It’s All About Math!
Resources
Action Plan
http://escmail.org/node/6
District Team Meeting Log
http://escmail.org/node/7
PowerPoint presentations
http://www.ets.org/flicc
Documents are under the Initiatives tab
It’s All About Math!
Resources
Mr. Todd Clark
todd.clark@fldoe.org
Dr. Alice Lindsay
alindsay@ets.org
Mr. Jim Miles
jim@leadered.com
Dr. Linda Lucey
linda@leadered.com
Mr. Bob Thomas
bobthomas@escort.org
INSANITY
is
doing what you have
always done and
expecting different
results.
2007 Model Schools Conference
Saturday, June 30 – Tuesday, July 3
Washington, D.C.