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Math Success for All: Effective Co-Teaching with Inclusion. Presented by the Math Department of Taft Middle School Oklahoma City Public Schools. Welcome!. Meet our team! A Little about Taft Middle School. Inclusion at Taft MS. History Obstacles Strategies for Success. History.
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Math Success for All: Effective Co-Teaching with Inclusion Presented by the Math Department of Taft Middle School Oklahoma City Public Schools
Welcome! Meet our team! A Little about Taft Middle School
Inclusion at Taft MS • History • Obstacles • Strategies for Success
History • Until 2008, most SPED students attended math class in labs. • NCLB Special Education Testing Cap • Low expectations lab culture
Obstacles • Varying personalities • Overcoming “invasion” mentality • Counteracting defensiveness • C.A.V.E. teachers • Prevailing “lab” culture
Strategies for Success • Weekly collaborative planning • On-going communication • Common rules & routines • Appropriate modifications • Personality matches
Classroom Examples • Songs, chants, raps • Word wall • Routines • Repetition • Journals • Games • Physical responses • Strategic seating
Order of Operations Cup Chant Paren- theses clap clap Ex- po- nents tap tap tap (the top of the cup) Multi ply, Divide clap grab cup’s bottom, pick up and move cup right Add, Subtract clap grab cup with thumb side down Left to right, Bring open mouth of cup to left hand touch bottom of cup to table Order’s Transfer cup to left hand by grabbing the bottom of the cup on your side! Right hand slaps table Left hand crosses over & puts cup down
Integer Triangle + - -
Physical Responses: Algebra Aerobics Cartesian Simon Says
Lesson Examples • Elevator Math • Mission Impossible • Geo-Sort
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