{"id":1686,"date":"2022-11-16T13:25:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T21:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/?p=1686"},"modified":"2022-11-16T18:22:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T02:22:45","slug":"desmos-effective-lesson-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theothermath.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/16\/desmos-effective-lesson-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Desmos: Effective lesson planning"},"content":{"rendered":"

A teacher recently asked me to co-plan a lesson with her and then co-teach it. She wanted to teacher scatterplots and found this activity, but she wanted my support in planning and teaching the lesson.:<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/teacher.desmos.com\/activitybuilder\/custom\/5ae8aa5436ae340a1d96ad4c<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

We began by printing the Teacher Guide to see if the activity’s author provided any suggestions for pacing and pausing. Nope\u2026so we looked at the slides to determine where we would pause the activity for a whole-class conversation and also to determine how we would pace the lesson.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Planning ahead of time \u00a0which groups of slides students will have access to and when you will pause to conduct meaningful whole class conversations is essential to getting the most our of your Desmos lesson.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For those new to Desmos, some quick descriptions of the dashboard:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pacing: Press the pacing button to lead students through the activity one section at a time. A section might be a single slide or a group of consecutive slides.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pausing: The pause button prevents students from continuing to work on the activity, which then allows you to lead a class discussion to consolidate learning from the previous slides or to prepare students to upcoming slides. Unpause when the class discussion is finished and you are ready for students to continue working.<\/span><\/p>\n

While the class is paused, be sure to plan what you want to discuss during those whole-class conversations. What do you need students to learn during this conversation such that they will be successful with the next set of slides?<\/span><\/p>\n

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In looking at the slides, we decided the following:<\/span><\/p>\n