Write+a+Central+Focus

=Overview= The central focus is a brief description of the long-term goal that unites learning targets (student outcomes). It is derived from the standards and communicates a concept or goal. On this wikipage, you will learn how to compose a central focus for the //**Plotting Fractions on a Number Line**// lessons.

Tasks
> 1. Examine my thinking > 2. Review the student outcomes for the 6 fraction lessons > 3. Use deductive reasoning to write a central focus for the 6 lessons

Task 1, Determining a Central Focus for Rational Numbers and the Coordinate Plane: **A Think Aloud**
> 1. I visited the EngageNY common core curriculum web site - @http://www.engageny.org/common-core-curriculum and clicked on 6th grade >> a. I scrolled down to Module 3, Topic C: **Rational Numbers and the Coordinate Plane** >> b. I clicked on lessons 16, 17 & 18, located the under the pictures on each web page and copy/pasted them into this wikipage (see example - Figure 1) >>> (i.) Lesson 16: Student Outcomes >>>> A. Students understand that two numbers are said to differ only by signs if they are opposite of each other. >>>> B. Students recognize that when two ordered pairs differ only by sign of one or both of the coordinates, then the locations of the points are related by reflections across one or both axes. >>> (i.) Lesson 17: Student Outcomes >>>> A. Students draw a coordinate plane on graph paper in two steps: (1) Draw and order the horizontal and vertical axes; (2) Mark the number scale on each axis. >>>> B. Given some points as ordered pairs, students make reasonable choices for scales on both axes, and locate and label the points on graph paper. >>> (i.) Lesson 18: Student Outcomes >>>> A. Students compute the length of horizontal and vertical line segments with integer coordinates for endpoints in the coordinate plane by counting the number of units between end points and using absolute value.

> 2. I re-read the student outcomes

> 3. I identified concepts that all 5 student outcomes had in common: **//coordinates, coordinate plane & solve problems using a coordinate plane//**

> 4. I then examined the common core math standards associated with these student outcomes: @http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/6/NS/ >> a. I chose a standard that I believe describes the lessons: >>> CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.C.8: Solve real-world and mathematical problems by graphing points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane. Include use of coordinates and absolute value to find distances between points with the same first coordinate or the same second coordinate

> 5. I wrote my central focus >> a. **Students use a constructed or pre-built coordinate plane to graph points and solve mathematical problems.**

Task 2, Write Your Own Central Focus
> 1. Write your central focus on the **learning-segment-overview** google document under the **Central Focus** section.