Happy New Year! We hope the break was rejuvenating for you and your students. We are energized for the next half of the year and look forward to working with you.

Read on for information about the Core Curriculum, upcoming professional development, our featured resource, and opportunities for teachers and students. As always, this information (and more!) is also provided on the SFUSD Math website at www.sfusdmath.org, and you can follow us on Twitter: @SFUSDMath. Please share this newsletter with your colleagues.

Thank you for all that you do!

The Math Team

Featured Resource

Math Core Curriculum 101 Online Learning Module

Join the Math Core Curriculum 101 course using Google Classroom to refresh or strengthen your understanding of the SFUSD Math Core Curriculum. The class will support you to create a powerful math learning experience for each of your students. It will guide you to understand the why, the what, and the how of the SFUSD Math Core Curriculum. You will learn about the curriculum's guiding principles; its pedagogy; how it is structured; how to plan instruction with your colleagues; and how the 3 Signature Strategies support English Language Learners. Along the way you will do some fun and interesting math. 

Participants can use 2 hours of Prop A funds for successfully completing the course.

Instructor: Glenn Kenyon
Course Join Code: m63kbvc
Syllabus: Math Core Curriculum 101

Core Curriculum News

Upcoming Math Professional Development

Math and SPED PLC

This PLC is open to all K-8 math educators, including SDC teachers, co-teachers, RSP teachers, general education teachers who support students with IEPs, paraprofessionals, IRFs, ARTIFs, coaches, and administrators. You will learn and work with your colleagues to:

• support students with IEPs to access grade level math learning through essential understandings.

• create a community of math educators who support students with IEPs to learn and share best practices.

• prepare educators to become resources in their schools for providing access to rigorous grade level math for all students.

• Thursday, Mar 15, 2018: Sense-Making with Language-Rich Tasks, Everett Middle School

Prop A hours may be utilized. Ask your principal for pre-approval and bring your passport to be signed. For more information see the Math & SPED PLC Flyer. To register, please complete the google registration form: goo.gl/g3uLrY

Opportunities for Educators

QTEA Professional Development Hours (Prop A)
This is a reminder that certificated, classified, and early education educators in SFUSD have 18 paid QTEA professional development hours available for use this school year! OPLL will award an end-of-year staff pizza party (or alternative meal of your choice) to the school with the highest usage data overall (including both certificated and classified usage).

Your annual hours can be used through June 2018. However, you need pre-approval from your supervisor to use your hours and need to make advance arrangements if you plan to use them in June. For more information, refer to this flyer. Contact Nora Houseman, QTEA Supervisor, for more information.

SFMTA Pi Day Prep
Come and get ready for Pi Day.  We will have various Pi Day activities for you to experience and take with you for Pi Day on March 14, 2018. For more information and to register, refer to this flyer. 

What:  Make & Take Pi Day Activities
When:  February 21, 2018, 4:30 - 6:30 pm
Where:  Lincoln High School, 2162 24th Ave,  Room 305, San Francisco

Recent Activities

The second and third grade teams at Webster Elementary have been focusing on Complex Instruction (CI) strategies to encourage more equitable participation of all their students. CI aims to increase participation and learning for every child. Below is a sample math class norms poster and multiple abilities launch from a recent lesson on multiplication. For more information on multiple abilities launches, please visit SFUSDMath.org. 

Content Specialists continue to support math leadership teams with developing release day structures and a professional development calendar for the year. 

For more information, contact the math liaison assigned to your school.

Thank you for all that you do!