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April/May 2013
Welcome to our final edition of the math newsletter for the 2012-2013 school year! We are
wrapping up the year with highlighted professional development articles, free online instructional
materials, and videos from some of our favorite resources. If there is something you would like
to see in our newsletters next year, please send us some feedback We take requests!
Have a fantastic summer!
Have you visited NCTM’s
Illuminations page lately?
Check out
Illuminations by
clicking on any
of the pictures
here!
Math is Everywhere…
How can we make it evident to students?
Here is an infographic and a picture to promote mathematical student
discourse in your classroom. What will your students notice and wonder?
What Do You Notice?
Infographic from:
http://boingboing.net/2013/05/14/highest-paid-stateemployees.html
What Do You Wonder?
Professional Learning Library
Articles to spur reflection and inspire life-long learners…
When math makes sense - Teachers
combine math with construction, cooking
classes
Elementary students get a lesson in
deposits, withdrawals and saving
The Main Course, Not Dessert
How Are Students Reaching 21st Century
Goals?
With 21st Century Project Based Learning
Pittsburgh region educators rely more on
technology, less on lectures
Top Five iPad Apps for Teaching Across
All Content Areas
Some N.J. students benefit from 'flipped
classrooms'
AFT social media site joins growing list of
free curriculum aids
In Utah’s digital shift, students turning the
page on traditional textbooks
Free Online Resources Engage
Elementary Kids (Tech2Learn Series)
Curriculum Corner
Are you signed up for summer professional development?
Are you teaching C2.0 Algebra 1 next year?
Sign up for one of the two day sessions designed to explore and
understand the new Curriculum 2.0 standards and instructional
materials that will be available via the Instruction Center. You will
have the opportunity to discuss best practices in implementing
instruction and assessment for the delivery of the new Algebra 1
curriculum.
Are you teaching Grade 4 or Grade 5 next year?
Sign up to:
• Analyze how Curriculum 2.0/Common Core State Standards indicators are different from
previous math indicators even though the topics may be the same.
• Articulate an understanding of the necessity of ongoing collaborative study of Curriculum
2.0/Common Core State Standards to gain deeper understanding of mathematics and how
instructional practices will change.
• Examine how Curriculum 2.0 is designed using learning progressions to provide depth of
instruction for all students.
• Identify expectations for collaborative planning and for whole and small group instruction.
Summer Opportunities
Looking for something to do this summer?
STEM & NSA: A Long Term
Partnership
Summer Institute For
Mathematics Teaching (SIMT)
Grade 2-5 teachers are invited to apply for the 2013
National Security Agency
Elementary School Summer Institute for
Mathematics Teaching (ES/SIMTs).
Program dates:
Summer Institute: July 15-19, 2013
Two follow up sessions: December 6, 2013 and
April 4, 2014
Summer Location:
Cromwell Valley Magnet Elementary
825 Providence Road
Towson, MD 21286
This program, hosted by Baltimore County, is open
to all elementary school teachers in grades 2-5.
Applicant must be a US citizen or permanent
resident, currently teaching in a US school. Travel
and lodging expenses are not included.
Participants will:
 Learn and apply instructional techniques for
mathematics classrooms
 Receive a $650 stipend and three MSDE inservice credits
 Receive free manipulatives and other
valuable educational supplies
 Develop rich mathematical tasks which will
be published on the internet
 Work hard and have fun in a professional,
energetic, fast-paced environment.
Click here to learn more and apply!
Flipping the Classroom
The AAAS/SSE STEM Volunteers
invite you to a discussion on flipping
the classroom.
Hear area teachers Cheri Faley, chemistry teacher at
Heritage HS, Leesburg, Maggie Wiseman, chemistry
teacher at H-B Woodlawn HS, Arlington, and
Kristin Koch, mathematics teacher at Kenmore MS,
Arlington, tell you why they believe that flipping:
 Teaches students to take responsibility for
their own learning
 Creates a way to easily personalize and
differentiate the classroom
 Provides multiple chances for demonstrating
understanding
 Teaches students the value of learning
instead of “playing school”
 Increases face-to-face time with the teacher
 Ensures that all students are involved.
They will also describe the requirements and
challenges in implementing a flipped classroom.
Please join us on May 30, in the auditorium at
AAAS, 1200 New York Ave., NW, Washington,
DC. The flipped classroom agenda item is scheduled
for 5:00-6:00. It will be preceded by a volunteers’
discussion, 4:00 to 4:45, of the 2012-13 program.
Light refreshments will be provided.
AAAS is readily accessible by Metro, located only
one block from the 12th and G Street exit of the
Metro Center station.
Please RSVP to [email protected] or 202-326-6629.
2013 Interactive Institutes
Engage in deep learning with our Interactive
Institutes
You need the best strategies to prepare your students for success.
NCTM's Interactive Institutes offer activities and tactics to
transform your classroom into an environment where your students
will better learn to examine, interpret, and think critically about math
concepts.
At each Institute, you'll participate in face-to-face activities and
network with peers from across the country, and take home
strategies that will help you provide your students with the tools they
need to apply math in meaningful ways. You’ll pick a strand for the
grade or content area that you’d like to focus on for an experience
tailored to your needs. You can also reinforce, expand, and apply
what you learn by participating in optional extended online
professional development during the school year.
TI has
workshops
this summer
in MD!
An NCTM
Institute in
DC!
T³ Getting Started Workshops
Educators who are new to or just beginning to use TI technology in their
classrooms will gain valuable hands-on experience, learn how to use easy-toaccess online resources, create original activities and enhance formative
assessment. Learn more here.
T³ Intermediate / Advanced Workshops
Participants will learn how to optimize TI technology for maximum
effectiveness in the classroom. These workshops show educators how to use
this powerful teaching system to develop students’ reasoning, sense-making
and understanding skills. Learn more here.
T³ Special Interests Workshops
Educators will explore instructional strategies for identifying, implementing,
and mutually reinforcing STEM and math practices using TI educational
technology with a focus on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) or
Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Learn more here.
C2.0
Making a Difference for our Students
A Little Perspective…
This article reinforces the rationale
on the focus of number sense in
C2.0 CCSS math at the elementary
level.
Early exposure to basic math
concepts is vital to avoid
innumeracy later on, Missouri
study says
“The long-term study followed 177
children from kindergarten through
seventh grade. It found that children who
don’t grasp the meaning and function of
numerals before they enter first grade fall
behind their peers in math achievement,
and most of them don't catch up. Those
who start first grade behind their peers in
math achievement remain at heightened
risk for low scores on math problems
through seventh grade.
Want to See Another Great Lesson in
Action?
It's the first study to link starting points of
math knowledge to outcomes that will
affect kids later in life, said psychologist
David Geary, an author of the study.”
Check out this
article in Bethesda
Magazine!
Graphing Linear Equations Full Body Style
Which Standards for Mathematical Practice do
you see in this lesson?
Curriculum 2.0 math lessons on the right track
Now there’s a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health that shows that MCPS is on the right track.
In the study, researchers found that kids who failed to master number-system knowledge in first grade “scored far
behind their peers by seventh grade on a test of the mathematical abilities needed to function in adult life,”
according to an NIH press release.
We Want to Hear from You!
Thinking about next year…
As we start to think about the 2013-2014 school year, we are reflecting on what was
done well this year and what could use a little improvement! Please email us about
what you would like to see in the newsletter in the coming school year.
This month’s newsletter brought to you by your friends at the
DCI-Math Team
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Ed Nolan
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Brian Crane
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