Depending upon your current certification status and needs, OTIMMS can benefit you as a professional in a variety of ways:

WHAT IS OTIMMS?

A state-sponsored mathematics improvement program designed to improve student mastery of the Priority Academic Student Skills by enhancing teachers’ mastery of the subject matter content and process skills.

The primary focus for attendees who have not yet passed the Middle Level Mathematics test is to help them prepare for and successfully complete the Middle Level Intermediate mathematics Oklahoma Subject Area OSAT.

The primary focus for attendees who have already obtained their Middle Level Intermediate Mathematics certification is to participate in a small learning community/leadership track.

WHEN/WHERE IS IT OFFERED?

June 4, 5, 6, 9, 10: Metro Technology Center, Springlake Campus Oklahoma City
June 11, 12, 13, 16, 17: Tomlinson Middle School, Lawton
June 11, 12, 13, 16, 17: Cherokee Strip Conference Center, Enid
August  - December: Online course for those OTIMMS participants who choose to follow-up their onsite workshops with graduate credit through OU

HOW DO I APPLY?

For more information, call Jennifer Smith at 800.522.8091

2008 Oklahoma Teachers Improving Math in MIddle School
Teacher preassessment

Please complete and fax to
405.524.0350
or mail to
Jennifer Smith
P.O. Box 18485
Oklahoma City, OK  73154

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7th Grade Lesson
Jumping Rope…On the Road to Linear Equations

Algebra I Lesson
Seven Year Itch – Exponential Decay

Enid

6th Grade Lesson
Ice Cream Cones Lesson

7th Grade Lesson
Why Will It Not Fit?

8th Grade Lesson
Which Player Is Better?

Algebra I Lesson
Watch Out For The Stairs!

Lawton

7th Grade Lesson
Jump For Joy

8th Grade Lesson
Catch Me If You Can

McAlester

6th Grade Lesson
Finger, Wrist, Elbow, Shoulder

Algebra I Lesson
Help!  I’m Broke and I Need A Phone!

Moore-Norman

6th Grade
Bubble Gum Lab

Oklahoma City

6th Grade Lesson
Park Parts!

6th Grade Lesson
CP3 Challenge

7th Grade Lesson
Again and Again and Again . . .

7th Grade Lesson
House Hunters

8th Grade Lesson
Number Jumps

8th Grade Lesson
The Mobile Challenge

Algebra I Lesson
Get A Job

Weatherford

8th Grade Lesson
Honey, I Blew Up The Candy Bar!

Algebra I Lesson
Texting Talent

Pre-Test Answer Key

OTIMMS Follow-Up Worksheet

Connected Math Lesson Reflection Form

(Student Warm-up + Summary)
(1 - 5 hours)

There are 5 class warm-up pages + instructions for completing each page for you to select from:

1. Fraction Sequences

2. Percent Benchmarks

3. Fraction/Decimal/ Percent 2 Ways

4. What's The Rule

5. Algebra 2 Ways.

Permission has been received by the authors to provide these problem sets for OTIMMS participants to use as part of their follow-up requirements. These problem sets and many others appear in Developing Mathematical Fluency: Activities for Grades 5-8 by Grayson Wheatley and George Abshire (http://www.mathematicslearning.org/ )

Select some or all the problems on a page for your students to do as a class opening exercise. (If you choose more than 2 problems in a lesson you may want to do the additional problems on subsequent days.) Before you teach the lesson create 3 open-ended questions you will ask your students when you teach the lesson. Teach the lesson then submit the following:

• Name of the Class Opener Lesson (e.g., Fraction Sequences)

• Your name,

• Date (s) you taught the warm-up lesson,

• Summary of your mini lesson (1 - 2 paragraphs),

• Grade level,

• Class size,

• 3 open-ended questions you asked your students,

• 3 of the student responses to the open-ended questions posed,

• 3 things that went well in the lesson,

• 3 things that didn't go well, and

• 3 things you would change

You may select up to 5 of the lessons to teach for a maximum of 5 hours of follow-up credit, however, you must submit separate reflections for each lesson.

Instructions for Completing the Mini Lessons:

1. Fraction Sequences
   Students use the numberline provided to fill in the missing blanks and then write a short statement about the pattern of change. Provide students with plenty of time to explain their reasoning to the class and see how many different ways the class can solve the problem.

2. Percent Benchmarks
   Benchmarks are familiar computations (e.g., 1/2 or 50%). By taking a benchmark approach to computation, students can develop meaningful ways of computing and mental arithmetic strategies. On the Percent Benchmark page students are asked to determine the percent of the target number in the box at the top of the page before filling in the blanks below. They then combine these benchmarks to determine the percentages in the problems below the box. Provide students with plenty of time to explain their reasoning to the class and see how many different ways the class can solve the problem.

3. Fraction/Decimal/ Percent Two Ways
   In Two Ways, multiply numbers in the left and middle boxes in each row to determine the number in the right box. Multiply numbers in the top and middle boxes of each column to determine the number at the bottom. Then the two numbers at the right must multiply to determine the number in the bottom right corner and the numbers along the bottom must also multiply to the equal the same number. (Disregard diagonals.) Provide students with plenty of time to explain their reasoning to the class and see how many different ways the class can solve the problem.

4. What's My Rule
   This page helps students conceptualize the important mathematical ideas of, ordered pairs, inverse reasoning, and functions. Have students determine the missing numbers and the relationship or rule being used to generate the numbers in the table. Provide students with plenty of time to explain their reasoning to the class and see how many different ways the class can solve the problem.

5. Algebra Two Ways
   See instructions for Fraction/Decimal/ Percent Two Ways Above

Download Lesson Reflection Instructions
Mini Warm-up Lessons
Warm-Up Lesson Reflection Form