Transcript Foundations Parent Math Seminar April 7, 2015 Sarah Vogel

FOUNDATIONS PARENT MATH SEMINAR
APRIL 7, 2015
Sarah Vogel
[email protected]
Math Curriculum Specialist
• Taught 1st, and 3rd – 9 years
• NHA Math Specialist
Molly Mosketti
[email protected]
Math Curriculum Specialist
• Taught 7th, 8th, and HS
Math – 10 years
• NHA Math Specialist – 2
years
Pop Quiz!
Please take out
your cell phone.
If you don’t have
one, work with a
partner near you.
What is Math Expressions?
What is Math Expressions?
Student Activity Book
Homework and
Remembering
Manipulative Kits
• Custom Manipulative Kit
– Includes materials and
manipulatives specific to
Math Expressions lessons
• Teacher Modeling Kit
– Includes teaching posters
and larger custom
manipulatives for teacher
modeling Daily Routines,
etc.
Math Boards
• Grades 1-5
• Write-on, wipe-off
dry erase boards
• Supports Math Talk
through Math
Drawings
Kindergarten
1-20 Mat
Counting Mat
Keisha bought a package of pencils. She can
place the pencils into equal groups of 2, 3, or
4. How many pencils could be in the
package? Explain.
Possible answer: 12; Two groups of 6 equal 12, 3
groups of 4 equal 12, and 4 groups of 3 equal 12.
Grade 3
Unit 2 Lesson 14
Student Leaders
$10,000 Pyramid
Round 1 – Use verbal cues
numerator
quadrilateral
product
cube
angle
$10,000 Pyramid
Round 2 – Math Drawings are now
allowed along with verbal cues
cone
denominator
sum
edge
perpendicular
What is Math Expressions?
Numbers and Operations
in Base Ten
Numbers and Operations
in Base Ten
Two thousand, five hundred, sixty two
2 thousands, 5 hundreds, 6 tens 2 ones
Numbers and Operations
in Base Ten
Why Number Sense?
• Research indicates that early
number sense predicts school
success more than other measures
of cognition like verbal, spatial, or
memory skills or reading ability.
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Assessments
• Performance Tasks
Online Components
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Access: Launch Pad
iTools
Soar To Success
Mega Math
Destination Math
Workbook
www.eduplace.com/math/mthexp13/
What Can Parents Do To Help?
• K-2: Be flexible in your
thinking of numbers
• 3-5: Help build
conceptual thinking
• Creating a study
friendly homework
environment at home.
What is Big Ideas Math?
• Big Ideas Math is a 6th – 8th curriculum
– Extended to Algebra, Geometry, and Algebra 2
courses
• Purchased by NHA to use in all schools
after extensive program review
• Aligned to current standards and state tests
• Based on a self exploration, Activity Day
and direct instruction, Lesson Day
Activity & Lesson
Rigor and Balance
Conceptual
Understanding
Procedural
Fluency
Real Life Application
Activity: Exploration
Lesson: Direct Instruction
Problem Types
Performance Tasks
• Based in Contextual
Situations
• Application of
Concepts
• Open Ended –
Promote Problem
Solving
• For Learning or For
Assessing
K – 8 Assessments
• Designed to mimic
state assessments
• Chapter Tests and
Interims
– Current Material and
Spiral Review
• Minimal use of a
calculator
• Large amounts of data
available to teachers
2. Find x.
1. Name the complement
to BDC.