USA TODAY - Curriculet. M^3 (Making Math Meaningful): A Summary of Spiraling through the Curriculum with Activities. At TMC14, Alex Overwijk and I shared our experience spiraling through the curriculum using activity-based teaching.
I'm going to attempt to summarize what that entails. The PowerPoint is on the wiki.Let me start by giving credit where it is due. Alex and Bruce McLaurin (@BDMcLaurin) started spiraling at their school 5 years ago. They are the experts on it now and are sharing the experience with teachers far and wide. I got involved this past school year when I spiraled my grade 10 applied math class, second semester. Everyday Mathematics. Why Everyday Mathematics Distributes Learning What is a spiral curriculum?
In a spiral curriculum, learning is spread out over time rather than being concentrated in shorter periods. In a spiral curriculum, material is revisited repeatedly over months and across grades. Different terms are used to describe such an approach, including “distributed” and “spaced.”
Spiraling Instruction. Advisory time. Common core. Assessment. Math. Pearltrees videos. Getting started.