Hi everyone - just an update re: Money Math (no response needed)
Wednesday, our meeting included the 1-year MBA students and Tom Fujimura, Executive Director of Instruction at the South Bend Community School Corporation.
Tom provided some very important insight about the math instruction needs in classrooms today, particularly about engaging kids in multiple ways. He discussed the importance of balanced, inquiry-based instruction which places less emphasis on the teacher teaching and more emphasis on creating a more project-based teaching environment that leverages the kids' natural curiosity.
The 1-years are now having a look at some potential activities that they can potentially undertake as a summer project in preparation for the Fall pilots, including:
+inventory each lesson: what resources are needed
+develop lesson cards for each lesson (e.g., script for the student teachers)
+create business plan template for Lesson 6
+possibly pilot testing the lessons
Cindy, Sher, Mary, Aditi, Mark, Nick: next meeting is next week - I can't meet Wed. - can we go Tuesday June 22 at noon instead of Wed. ?
thanks
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Money Math - Basic Task List
Just using this space as a means to keep some relevant info accessible.
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MONEY MATH TO DO'S:
1. CURRICULUM
+get curriculum field-tested, observe & work with Bill, write / translate lessons for MBAs as needed
+create a lesson "work book" for volunteers with prep ideas, lessons, support material, other activities, all in a consistent style
+branding ? (name, symbols)
+develop laminated, ring-bound lesson pages for the full program
+identify metrics for program evaluation and design method/plan for assessment
2. MATERIALS
+plan/identify all materials needed for each lesson
+determine the inventory of materials Bill already has
+obtain materials
+raise funds for materials (as needed?)
+Identify storage space and design storage/sharing system
3. VOLUNTEER DEVELOPMENT
+Helping identify volunteers
+Recruiting.
+Helping with train the trainer program.
+Ensuring volunteers are informed and supported.
+Communications with and between volunteers.
4. SCHOOL RELATIONSHIPS
+work with Carol to identify schools, meet with principals, get commitment on classrooms
+pass to volunteer development leaders for assignments and introductions to teachers
5. TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM
+Developing, scheduling, delivering the training program
6. COMMUNICATIONS / Web site..
+GOAL: build an on-line community for news, discussion, and program information.
+Steps: (1) benchmark existing ND frameworks and cool sites that reflect the goal
(2) identify potential platforms, evaluate and select
(3) identify information needs
(4) brainstorming and design
(5) web site/community development, build an organizational structure to maintain
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MONEY MATH TO DO'S:
1. CURRICULUM
+get curriculum field-tested, observe & work with Bill, write / translate lessons for MBAs as needed
+create a lesson "work book" for volunteers with prep ideas, lessons, support material, other activities, all in a consistent style
+branding ? (name, symbols)
+develop laminated, ring-bound lesson pages for the full program
+identify metrics for program evaluation and design method/plan for assessment
2. MATERIALS
+plan/identify all materials needed for each lesson
+determine the inventory of materials Bill already has
+obtain materials
+raise funds for materials (as needed?)
+Identify storage space and design storage/sharing system
3. VOLUNTEER DEVELOPMENT
+Helping identify volunteers
+Recruiting.
+Helping with train the trainer program.
+Ensuring volunteers are informed and supported.
+Communications with and between volunteers.
4. SCHOOL RELATIONSHIPS
+work with Carol to identify schools, meet with principals, get commitment on classrooms
+pass to volunteer development leaders for assignments and introductions to teachers
5. TRAIN-THE-TRAINER PROGRAM
+Developing, scheduling, delivering the training program
6. COMMUNICATIONS / Web site..
+GOAL: build an on-line community for news, discussion, and program information.
+Steps: (1) benchmark existing ND frameworks and cool sites that reflect the goal
(2) identify potential platforms, evaluate and select
(3) identify information needs
(4) brainstorming and design
(5) web site/community development, build an organizational structure to maintain
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Urbany / Strunk Meeting June 15, 2009
Folks -
Bill and I met today -we are both pumped to get the design going for our new program.
Note the goals in the e-mail below. We need to develop 6-7 lessons, lay out all the concepts and the pedagogy
we used for MS and can now build up, exercises, manipulatives, etc. We then need
a series of teaching plans that:
(1) effectively convey a basic set of financial concepts
(2) build language-based problems into the program
(3) hit specific standards and link to skill-building for the ISTEPs (particulary written problems)
Time line:
June 15 - Aug 15: develop program, reproduce materials
Aug 20 or so - begin recruiting volunteers for the program, including training and 1 hr credit
Sept 1 begin training
Oct 1 get volunteers in classrooms, first just observing, then delivering an introductory lesson
before Mod 1 exams
Oct 26 Mod 2 starts ... 6 sessions, 1/week, weekly meetings
For June, Bill has afternoons on T, Th, Fri he could work on this with us. We also could see
if we can get a 1-year MBA team involved in the design, starting in July.
Brady, any chance of having just 1 lesson drafted by this Friday for us all to discuss?
thanks and talk to you soon
Bill and I met today -we are both pumped to get the design going for our new program.
Note the goals in the e-mail below. We need to develop 6-7 lessons, lay out all the concepts and the pedagogy
we used for MS and can now build up, exercises, manipulatives, etc. We then need
a series of teaching plans that:
(1) effectively convey a basic set of financial concepts
(2) build language-based problems into the program
(3) hit specific standards and link to skill-building for the ISTEPs (particulary written problems)
Time line:
June 15 - Aug 15: develop program, reproduce materials
Aug 20 or so - begin recruiting volunteers for the program, including training and 1 hr credit
Sept 1 begin training
Oct 1 get volunteers in classrooms, first just observing, then delivering an introductory lesson
before Mod 1 exams
Oct 26 Mod 2 starts ... 6 sessions, 1/week, weekly meetings
For June, Bill has afternoons on T, Th, Fri he could work on this with us. We also could see
if we can get a 1-year MBA team involved in the design, starting in July.
Brady, any chance of having just 1 lesson drafted by this Friday for us all to discuss?
thanks and talk to you soon
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Summary of April 6 Meeting
Good meeting on Monday - quick summary of my notes ...
1. wrap-up for Money Savvy at Muessel went well, Jeopardy game is a creative, fun
way to test knowledge. (thanks for sending the questions)
2. Brady / Kwabe have had some good responses in recruiting volunteers.
Need to determine how to keep in touch with them and keep them informed
about next year's work... (brilliant idea to share the kids' thank you notes)
3. Need to figure out design and updating of web site to make it an
actionable tool for volunteers.
4. For april 17 meeting - potential agenda -
(a) 45 minutes - introduction re: School, Inc. mission and "practice"
post-it exercise -- (e.g., positives and negatives of volunteering)
(b) 1 hour - two teams - La Familia and Money Savvy split out
and do separate post-it exercises, in preparation for filling out
planning templates.
(c) 1 hour - report outs on key conclusions and subsequent action steps.
5. To do's for April 17 planning:
(a) schedule a room - I've scheduled room 133 in the Executive MBA wing -
this is the first room after the lunch room - (Urbany)
(b) Draft the "planning templates" for each group -- (Kwabe, Brady)
(c) Invite participants (please start inviting now - I'll send a general note) -
Let's call it "School, Inc. 2009-10 Planning Session " (Kwabe, Brady)
(I will definitely send something to Heather and Carmen )
(d) Get whatever supplies we need - post-its, flip charts, copies of
templates (Urbany)
6. Our next meeting: Monday April 13, 5:00 p.m.
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April 9 update:
+Room 133 in the Exec wing is scheduled for our April 17 meeting 1-4; we should be
able to use the break out rooms across the hall, too.
+I've heard from the following folks who will plan to be at the meeting Apr 17:
LA FAMILIA TEAM: Dave, Trea, Maureen, Karen.
Heather will be in NYC and can't come; haven't heard from Carmen
MONEY SAVVY TEAM: Brady, Kwabe, John, Cait (pending interviews)
Geoff will be in Chicago with the AIM class.
+Probably need to shorten proposed agenda above; that's easy to do
1. wrap-up for Money Savvy at Muessel went well, Jeopardy game is a creative, fun
way to test knowledge. (thanks for sending the questions)
2. Brady / Kwabe have had some good responses in recruiting volunteers.
Need to determine how to keep in touch with them and keep them informed
about next year's work... (brilliant idea to share the kids' thank you notes)
3. Need to figure out design and updating of web site to make it an
actionable tool for volunteers.
4. For april 17 meeting - potential agenda -
(a) 45 minutes - introduction re: School, Inc. mission and "practice"
post-it exercise -- (e.g., positives and negatives of volunteering)
(b) 1 hour - two teams - La Familia and Money Savvy split out
and do separate post-it exercises, in preparation for filling out
planning templates.
(c) 1 hour - report outs on key conclusions and subsequent action steps.
5. To do's for April 17 planning:
(a) schedule a room - I've scheduled room 133 in the Executive MBA wing -
this is the first room after the lunch room - (Urbany)
(b) Draft the "planning templates" for each group -- (Kwabe, Brady)
(c) Invite participants (please start inviting now - I'll send a general note) -
Let's call it "School, Inc. 2009-10 Planning Session " (Kwabe, Brady)
(I will definitely send something to Heather and Carmen )
(d) Get whatever supplies we need - post-its, flip charts, copies of
templates (Urbany)
6. Our next meeting: Monday April 13, 5:00 p.m.
------------------------------------------------------------
April 9 update:
+Room 133 in the Exec wing is scheduled for our April 17 meeting 1-4; we should be
able to use the break out rooms across the hall, too.
+I've heard from the following folks who will plan to be at the meeting Apr 17:
LA FAMILIA TEAM: Dave, Trea, Maureen, Karen.
Heather will be in NYC and can't come; haven't heard from Carmen
MONEY SAVVY TEAM: Brady, Kwabe, John, Cait (pending interviews)
Geoff will be in Chicago with the AIM class.
+Probably need to shorten proposed agenda above; that's easy to do
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Lesson 1 Redux
From Urbany re: Lesson 1
I just started up in Mrs. Haun's class today and a few observations.
1. very helpful to have been with Brady and Kwabe in their first lesson
2. 8:45 a.m. is our starting time - I like this - at least on this day, the kids were alert and focused -
3. this lesson can be streamlined into 4 basic components, following a brief introduction:
(45 minutes max)
3.1 what is money ? (3-4 minutes)
+slide 1.1: ask about Abe Lincoln and why the pig ? note the 4 slots
+slide 1.2: what do you spend money on? (just get 2-3 examples)
3.2 Barter (25-30 min)
+OK, let's pretend there is no money - i.e., money has not yet been invented. You need pencils for school. I am the pencil merchant. I need 3 volunteers. (have them come up and stand in line ... talk to each of them one at a time) - what would you give me for these 3 pencils you need? After student 1 gives you an offer, ask them to step aside and have student 2 give an offer, etc. so it is essentially competitive bidding. Today I got offered a cow and some wood, a pig, and a cabin for my 3 pencils. Have the class vote on which is the best offer.
+introduce the word Barter (have them write it down)
+then discuss slides 1.5 -1.6 - when finished, ask "what are problems with trading animals and food? get some discussion going
+then show slide 1.8-1.9 and discuss the problems of fraud, spoilage, disease, and worth
+how about metal? 1.10 Ask about the problems here (say, the ticket price for the local theatre production is 3 giant pots ... too bulky, still don't know value)
+now do worksheet #2 - give them 4 minutes - make sure they focus
+pick 2 kids by name to present and talk about their picture and the value
3.3 Money (10 min)
+slide 1.12 - the king of Lydia has a solution
+quiz question 1 T/F - the smallest coins ever were smaller than apple seeds
+then show 1.13
+question 2 - mile of pennies (get votes for each option)
+question 3 - largest bill... get votes for each option... tell them to close their eyes and put up the overhead of the $100k bill
+ask what are the coins we have in the U.S. (dollar, half-dollar, quarter, dime, nickel, penny)
+do the math problem here --> add up the value of all our coins (ans = $1.91)
+put overhead 1.2 back up and explain that if all you had were coins, everybody would get weighed down... so paper money was invented to have larger value and to be lighter.
3.4. Summary (5 min)
+what did we learn? (write down: Barter, Money, Coins, Currency)
+so we talked about the history of money - we know why we have money and where it came from...
+Next week, -- Where do we get money ? (those ATMs do not MAKE money; and money doesn't grow on trees ! )
I just started up in Mrs. Haun's class today and a few observations.
1. very helpful to have been with Brady and Kwabe in their first lesson
2. 8:45 a.m. is our starting time - I like this - at least on this day, the kids were alert and focused -
3. this lesson can be streamlined into 4 basic components, following a brief introduction:
(45 minutes max)
3.1 what is money ? (3-4 minutes)
+slide 1.1: ask about Abe Lincoln and why the pig ? note the 4 slots
+slide 1.2: what do you spend money on? (just get 2-3 examples)
3.2 Barter (25-30 min)
+OK, let's pretend there is no money - i.e., money has not yet been invented. You need pencils for school. I am the pencil merchant. I need 3 volunteers. (have them come up and stand in line ... talk to each of them one at a time) - what would you give me for these 3 pencils you need? After student 1 gives you an offer, ask them to step aside and have student 2 give an offer, etc. so it is essentially competitive bidding. Today I got offered a cow and some wood, a pig, and a cabin for my 3 pencils. Have the class vote on which is the best offer.
+introduce the word Barter (have them write it down)
+then discuss slides 1.5 -1.6 - when finished, ask "what are problems with trading animals and food? get some discussion going
+then show slide 1.8-1.9 and discuss the problems of fraud, spoilage, disease, and worth
+how about metal? 1.10 Ask about the problems here (say, the ticket price for the local theatre production is 3 giant pots ... too bulky, still don't know value)
+now do worksheet #2 - give them 4 minutes - make sure they focus
+pick 2 kids by name to present and talk about their picture and the value
3.3 Money (10 min)
+slide 1.12 - the king of Lydia has a solution
+quiz question 1 T/F - the smallest coins ever were smaller than apple seeds
+then show 1.13
+question 2 - mile of pennies (get votes for each option)
+question 3 - largest bill... get votes for each option... tell them to close their eyes and put up the overhead of the $100k bill
+ask what are the coins we have in the U.S. (dollar, half-dollar, quarter, dime, nickel, penny)
+do the math problem here --> add up the value of all our coins (ans = $1.91)
+put overhead 1.2 back up and explain that if all you had were coins, everybody would get weighed down... so paper money was invented to have larger value and to be lighter.
3.4. Summary (5 min)
+what did we learn? (write down: Barter, Money, Coins, Currency)
+so we talked about the history of money - we know why we have money and where it came from...
+Next week, -- Where do we get money ? (those ATMs do not MAKE money; and money doesn't grow on trees ! )
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Planning for Money Savvy
Brady, Kwabe, Geoff and Urbany met to discuss current experience with the Money Savvy lessons at Muessel and Perley, anything we need to fix, etc.
The general thrust is that the lessons are going well, always seeking to find ways to engage the kids and encourage participation from all of them.
MATH. Mr. Strunk has offered some ideas to Geoff and John, particularly on the math problems that we can incorporate to help reinforce math instruction to standards. We need to build a portfolio of math problems around each lesson to give our volunteers choices and to accomodate differences across classrooms. We can use the blog for collecting those problems.
FUND-RAISING. Tom Harvey, Director of the Mendoza Masters of Non-Profit dropped in and we discussed fund-raising for next year. Tom had many ideas of folks we need to connect with including Rose Meisner of the Community Foundation, Chris Nanni, Nancy Ikeler of Asante, Mike Vogel (an Irish Angel) and Frank Belatti, an entrepreneur in residence here at Mendoza. One point Tom made was that there may be some organizations who can provide $5 - $7,000 without an arduous review process. We need to develop a plan and then get out there canvassing quickly in preparation for next year.
LEADERSHIP. Kwabe is the overall chair of School, Inc. in 2009-2010. Brady has agreed to be Director of the Money Savvy program. Kwabe and Brady will bring an outline of the business plan for Money Savvy for 2009-10 to lead the discussion at our next meeting, which is Friday, March 27 at 4:00 in Mendoza Room 121.
Thanks !
The general thrust is that the lessons are going well, always seeking to find ways to engage the kids and encourage participation from all of them.
MATH. Mr. Strunk has offered some ideas to Geoff and John, particularly on the math problems that we can incorporate to help reinforce math instruction to standards. We need to build a portfolio of math problems around each lesson to give our volunteers choices and to accomodate differences across classrooms. We can use the blog for collecting those problems.
FUND-RAISING. Tom Harvey, Director of the Mendoza Masters of Non-Profit dropped in and we discussed fund-raising for next year. Tom had many ideas of folks we need to connect with including Rose Meisner of the Community Foundation, Chris Nanni, Nancy Ikeler of Asante, Mike Vogel (an Irish Angel) and Frank Belatti, an entrepreneur in residence here at Mendoza. One point Tom made was that there may be some organizations who can provide $5 - $7,000 without an arduous review process. We need to develop a plan and then get out there canvassing quickly in preparation for next year.
LEADERSHIP. Kwabe is the overall chair of School, Inc. in 2009-2010. Brady has agreed to be Director of the Money Savvy program. Kwabe and Brady will bring an outline of the business plan for Money Savvy for 2009-10 to lead the discussion at our next meeting, which is Friday, March 27 at 4:00 in Mendoza Room 121.
Thanks !
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Lesson 4
Here is the lesson 4 plan Kwabe and I used at Muessel. Worked pretty well the only caution I have is to allow for more time than we did when handing out the pigs. Things kindof got off track after that.
Also here is the story problem we did in class along with the kids. We made handouts so each kid could follow along at their desks, seemed to work pretty well but it might help to review how you want to present the math before you start presenting it. For instance when I was writing it out I accidentally used a sq root sign instead of the long division sign. :-)
Lesson 4 –
Muessel Title slide – Review what we did last week
Take 5 minutes for kids to fill out WS #2 for lesson 4, then discuss Slide 1 – Explain slide, its very straightforward
Slide 2 – Discussion about saving. Does anyone here ever save money? Where are some ways that you guys save money? When you earn money do you save all of it or just a portion? Do you have way to figure out how much money to spend vs. save?
Slide 5 – Some kids use Banks to keep their money in, like adults.
Slide 6 – Savings accounts Two types of accounts Savings & Checking Checking is money you use to buy everyday things Savings is money you keep in the account for awhile – earns interest And so what is interest – any ideas?
Slide 7 – Explain what interest is. Follow slide
Slide 8 – Just used as a transition slide, read it and move on to the goals slide.
Slide 9 – Have the kids explain short vs. long term goals.
Slide 10 – Have the kids draw their savings goals in the workbook. Allow 7 minutes.
Slide 11 – Pig Explain the different slots and follow the slide. Make sure the kids are still paying attention b/c they will be distracted by the pig.
Slide 12 – Savings is the first slot on the pig. Have the kids pick out a savings sticker and put it on the pig. Give math problem regarding savings from handout. Take at least 5 minutes on it.
Slide – 16 Recap what we learned Talk about next week, spending!!
Also here is the story problem we did in class along with the kids. We made handouts so each kid could follow along at their desks, seemed to work pretty well but it might help to review how you want to present the math before you start presenting it. For instance when I was writing it out I accidentally used a sq root sign instead of the long division sign. :-)
Lesson 4 –
Muessel Title slide – Review what we did last week
Take 5 minutes for kids to fill out WS #2 for lesson 4, then discuss Slide 1 – Explain slide, its very straightforward
Slide 2 – Discussion about saving. Does anyone here ever save money? Where are some ways that you guys save money? When you earn money do you save all of it or just a portion? Do you have way to figure out how much money to spend vs. save?
Slide 5 – Some kids use Banks to keep their money in, like adults.
Slide 6 – Savings accounts Two types of accounts Savings & Checking Checking is money you use to buy everyday things Savings is money you keep in the account for awhile – earns interest And so what is interest – any ideas?
Slide 7 – Explain what interest is. Follow slide
Slide 8 – Just used as a transition slide, read it and move on to the goals slide.
Slide 9 – Have the kids explain short vs. long term goals.
Slide 10 – Have the kids draw their savings goals in the workbook. Allow 7 minutes.
Slide 11 – Pig Explain the different slots and follow the slide. Make sure the kids are still paying attention b/c they will be distracted by the pig.
Slide 12 – Savings is the first slot on the pig. Have the kids pick out a savings sticker and put it on the pig. Give math problem regarding savings from handout. Take at least 5 minutes on it.
Slide – 16 Recap what we learned Talk about next week, spending!!
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