Improving Student Achievement in Kindergarten Math

Attention kindergarten teachers!

• How can we develop lessons and common assessments to ensure students are actively engaged and developing a deep understanding of mathematical concepts?
• How do we know what is the “right” stuff to teach?
  

Improving Student Achievement in Kindergarten Math is a two-day workshop series will focus on planning effective lessons and assessments using the 5E instructional model to improve student success in elementary mathematics. You will bring your textbooks and curriculum documents and you will leave with at least one lesson (and corresponding assessments) that focus on teaching for understanding. This series provides you with opportunities to carefully analyze corresponding GLCE, to use a model to develop lesson plans that include effective instructional strategies, to develop or select the activities and resources you need to implement your planned lessons, and to select formative and summative assessments to track your students’ progress.

Dates: October 15 and November 8, 2010
Audience: Kindergarten Teachers & Special Ed Teachers
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Place: Kalamazoo RESA
Fee: $55 PD Consortium Members; $68 Non-Consortium Members
SB-CEUs: 1.2 (additional $15.00 fee)

Canceled

Improving Student Achievement in 1st Grade Math

Attention 1st grade teachers!

• How can we develop lessons and common assessments to ensure students are actively engaged and developing a deep understanding of mathematical concepts?
• How do we know what is the “right” stuff to teach?
  

Improving Student Achievement in 1st Grade Math is a two-day workshop series will focus on planning effective lessons and assessments using the 5E instructional model to improve student success in elementary mathematics. You will bring your textbooks and curriculum documents and you will leave with at least one lesson (and corresponding assessments) that focus on teaching for understanding. This series provides you with opportunities to carefully analyze corresponding GLCE, to use a model to develop lesson plans that include effective instructional strategies, to develop or select the activities and resources you need to implement your planned lessons, and to select formative and summative assessments to track your students’ progress.

Dates: October 7 and November 2, 2010
Audience: First Grade Teachers & Special Ed Teachers
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Place: Kalamazoo RESA
Fee: $55 PD Consortium Members; $68 Non-Consortium Members
SB-CEUs: 1.2 (additional $15.00 fee)

Canceled

FREE Michigan Algebra II Moodle Course Available NOW

Traverse Bay Area Intermediate School District is pleased to provide a free online Algebra II course aligned to the Michigan High School Content Expectations. It was created during the 2009-2010 school year with Federal Title II D Enhancing Education through Technology Grant funds in cooperation with the Michigan Department of Education.

The course is designed to provide an online educational experience that utilizes multi-media materials to develop a thorough understanding of Algebra II content. Michigan’s Algebra II students will gain understanding through text, audio, video lessons, interactive activities, and worksheets. Teachers will be able to monitor students’ progress through worksheets and assessments. In addition, they will have access to a multitude of quality resources aligned to the Algebra II High School Content Expectations in one easy to access location. The creators also used the Macomb Intermediate School District’s Algebra II EMATHS trainings as a springboard for content development.

If you want to know more about the course and its creation by Northern Michigan High School Math teachers, check out the Overview of the Michigan Algebra II Moodle Course

For future access to the overview document, you can link to it from the TBAISD website home page within the “Highlights” section: www.tbaisd.k12.mi.us

The course was created in Moodle and once downloaded onto your server, you have full editing permissions. We are currently in the process of completing a Michigan Algebra I Moodle Course to be shared with the state. You will be notified when it is available.

During the first year of implementation, the course may need adjustments. Remember that teachers will have full editing permissions to alter the course. If you have comments or suggestions, please use the embedded feedback option within the course.

[CANCELED] Private Universe: Following Children’s Ideas in Mathematics

DUE TO LOW REGISTRATION, THE FIRST SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELED.
Following Children’s Ideas in Mathematics is an unprecedented long-term study conducted by researchers at Rutgers University followed the development of mathematical thinking in a randomly selected group of students for 12 years – from 1st grade through high school – with surprising results. In an overview of the study, we look at some of the conditions that made their math achievement possible. We will also take part in several of the mathematical tasks that the children were asked to do and analyze them from a math-educator's point of view.

October 5, 2010
4:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Kalamazoo RESA
$10 PD Consortium Members
$12 Non-Consortium Members

This is Session #1 of a 6 Part Workshop Series.
Each Session is a Stand Alone Session.

Instruction in the Era of the Common Core State Standards

from MIEM Online by Brooke Clay

Four locations to choose from:

October 25, 2010 • DeVos Place, Grand Rapids
October 27, 2010 • Boyne Mountain, Boyne Falls
October 29, 2010 • Horizon Conference Center, Saginaw
November 4, 2010 • Cobo Hall, Detroit

Now that Michigan has joined more than 30 other states in adopting the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts, what next?

Please join the Michigan Department of Education as we begin to interpret the "instructional blueprint" to ensure that ALL students have access to effective instruction for meeting the Common Core State Standards. Participate in discussions on systems and instructional strategies necessary to support the learning of all students so they leave high school prepared for college and career.

Register by fax.

Register online.

Open for Questions: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education with Dr. Sally Ride

rom White House Blog: Education by Katelyn Sabochik

Today at 4 PM EDT, the White House is hosting a special live chat with former NASA astronaut and first American woman in space Dr. Sally Ride. Dr. Ride will be taking questions from students across the country on the importance of getting a strong education in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects and discussing how her education helped her in her career.

If you’re a student, be sure to submit your questions for Dr. Ride via our webform and tune in today at 4 PM EDT to watch the discussion on WhiteHouse.gov/live.

Math Templates

Using math templates during instruction keeps each student actively involved and allows the teacher to informally assess each student's proficiency with the skills and concepts addressed in the day's lesson. Check out Mathwire's Math Templates

Teaching Algebra: opportunity and resources

Michigan's Algebra for All Project seeks to help teachers transition to teaching algebra from a functions-based approach to help ensure that ALL students are successful in Algebra.
This year, the project is offering a combination teacher-training and resource-sharing initiative: Algebra for All Online.
What is Algebra for All Online?
An online professional development course preparing middle and high school mathematics teachers for teaching Algebra 1 using the function-based approach.
An opportunity to learn today and use tomorrow.

Dates
Fall 2010: Oct. 4 - Dec. 5
Spring 2011: Feb. 14 - April 17

Features

• Entirely online – learn on your own time
• Eight one-week modules corresponding to the 8 days of the original Algebra for All training
• Activities and strategies for implementing the functions-based approach in Algebra classrooms
• Interactive graphing calculator tutorials
• Original online interactive tools and lessons for use with students
• Video from live Algebra for All training sessions
• Taught by a trained Algebra for All facilitator
• Opportunities for discussion, collaboration and feedback with peers and the instructor
• Access to the Algebra for All Social Network including interaction with 800+ Michigan math teachers, lesson plan repository, and additional resources for students
• Over 25 practical lessons and activities for immediate implementation with students

Registration Information
Cost: $200 per teacher with 50 available scholarships for free registration
Credit: SB-CEU credit granted through Michigan LearnPort®. Graduate credit may be available.
To Enroll/Apply for a Scholarship
Send the following information via email to Dr. Peggy Gaskill, pgaskill@mivu.org before Friday, Sept. 17, 2010: Name, school, city, email address you will use for the course, telephone number (for the facilitator’s use only).

An Enrollment Form / Scholarship Application will be emailed to you.

Preventing math anxiety in middle school students

Register today to attend a free math webinar on the results of research into triggers and best practices for preventing math anxiety in middle level students. You will hear the voices of the students as they relate what works and what doesn't in developing positive dispositions towards mathematics. Bonnstetter will share findings related to teachers' characteristics, instructional strategies, and positive interventions.

Critical Incidents in the Development of
Mathematics Anxiety in Grades 4-8
Wednesday September 15th, 2010
3:30 P.M. EST

Middle School Lesson: Where is Everybody?

What do Michael J. Fox, basketball and Justin Bieber all have in common? They're all from Canada!

In Where is Everybody?, students will not only familiarize themselves with Canada's culture, geography and trivia, but will also learn the Rough Rule of Ten, create box-and-whisker plots and become more comfortable with fractions, decimals and percents.

In this lesson, students will:

• Make estimates about real-life data
• Work flexibly with fractions, decimals and percents to solve problems and make comparisons
• Develop number sense
• Find, use and interpret measures of center and spread
• Discuss and understand the correspondence between data sets and their graphical representations