We hope your year has gotten off to a fantastic start! We were energized by seeing many of you at various district professional days this month. Read on for information about: 

• Core Curriculum News
• Featured Resource
• Upcoming Professional Development
• Opportunities for Educators 
• Recent Activities

This information (and more!) is also provided on the SFUSD Math website at www.sfusdmath.org, and you can follow us on Twitter: @SFUSDMath. Feel free to share this newsletter.

Thank you for all that you do!

The Math Team

Core Curriculum News

All schools received the student and teacher materials for the fall units during the week of August 12th. Please inventory your materials and let us know if anything is missing.

Your feedback makes the curriculum stronger; please post resources, corrections, and suggestions to Google Classroom or to our feedback form: http://tinyurl.com/SFUSDMathFeedback.

The latest versions of the curriculum are always available online.

Featured Resource

Unit Video Podcasts 
For our featured resource this month, we want to highlight the SFUSD Math Video Podcasts for the elementary Math Core Curriculum units. Each video podcast is about 4 minutes long and includes a description of the big idea, the progression of math concepts, some planning tips, and suggestions for collaborative planning. These video podcasts are announced on Google Classroom about one week before the units are scheduled to start according to the academic calendar. They are also available on the SFUSDMath YouTube Channel.

Upcoming Math Professional Development

Join grade level colleagues and members of the Math Department for collaboration and planning days. These planning days are open to all new teachers, teachers new to SFUSD, and Special Education Teachers who did not attend in 2018-19. Subs are provided by the Math Dept. Teachers will experience a lesson from the math curriculum, learn what the signature strategies look like in action, build your toolkit of strategies to develop access and rigor for all students, and make sense of grade level content and plan an upcoming unit with colleagues. Please see the flyer for more information and register using registration form. 

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

Deepening Elementary Math Content and Pedagogy PLC

Join other Math Teacher Leaders (Site teacher leaders, IRFs, and MISTs) to learn together and deepen your math content and pedagogical knowledge. Together we will explore:

• Big ideas in math and how they fit in the K-5 progression
• Beliefs about our students and about mathematics and how they influence classroom practice.
• How we can help shift those beliefs to build classrooms where each and every student can make sense of math and contribute their math brilliance.

All sessions: 4:00 - 6:00 pm at Curriculum and Instruction - 750 25th Avenue (Cabrillo) Multi-purpose room 

• Session #1: September 17
• Session #2: January 14
• Session #3: May 13

The Achievement Assessments Office (AAO) will be hosting district-wide scoring and calibration events for K-5 teachers for the math milestone task district assessments. Please see the flyer for more information and register using the registration form. You will receive 2 hours of extended pay. Bring your student work on the District Assessment Math Milestone Task and calibrate scoring of the Math Milestone Tasks using rubrics and sample work.

Calibration and Scoring

• Thursday Oct. 29, 4:00-6:00PM, Location TBD. Support provided for Spanish scoring.
• Wednesday Oct. 30, 4:00-6:00PM, Location TBD. Support provided for Chinese scoring.

Analysis and Next Steps

Your Math Milestones have been scored; now what? Should you move on? Re-engage with the whole class? Pull small groups? Join teachers from around the district to analyze your students’ work and determine your next instructional moves.

• Wednesday Nov. 5, 4:00-6:00PM, Location TBD.

Math District Assessments Results are due by November 6th.

Contact person: Kathy Bradley

Opportunities for Students and Educators

Free Mathematics Festival at San Francisco State
The San Francisco Math Circle is partnering with the Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival to host a free mathematics festival at San Francisco State on Saturday, August 31st from 2:00-4:00pm! This festival will be open to the public. There will be a variety of games, puzzles, and other activities centered on creative, collaborative mathematical inquiry an exploration. Families can find out more about this festival and RSVP at https://www.sfmathcircle.org/sf-state-math-festival.

San Francisco Math Circle!
Spaces are still available for the San Francisco Math Circle's fall semester (2nd through 5th Grade)! The SF Math Circle is an extracurricular math enrichment program that gives students an opportunity to develop their mathematical thinking skills in a supportive, collaborative, and fun environment. We promote positive attitudes towards math and learning through engaging, hands-on puzzles and games that involve both creativity and critical thinking. For more information and to register visit www.sfmathcircle.org.

Liloliho Yacht Club loves SFUSD!
The SFUSD parent and chef-owners of Liholiho Yacht Club, an innovative and fun Hawaiian and Asian inspired restaurant on Nob Hill, wants to thank you for all you do. Any SFUSD employee can enjoy 50% off all food, for up to 4 guests, at all times (until further notice) at Liloliho and the Gen-Gen Room, a little cocktail bar that also serves food downstairs. Proof of employment is required. To book reservations please see: Liho Reservations or Gen-Gen Reservations. To view their walk-in/waitlist policy: Walk-in / Waitlist.

LWEA (Living Wage for Educators Act)  
Your 18 Paid Professional Development Hours for Educators (known as Prop G or LWEA) are available to all paras and teachers in SFUSD! LWEA PD Hours are meant to differentiate, enhance, or customize learning for each individual (to extend, not replace site PD).How will  you use yours? 

For detailed information, including what qualifies as PD, how to utilize your hours, and a link to the Passport, see 18 Paid PD Hours for Educators.

Teachers 4 Social Justice (T4SJ) Conference
Online registration is now open for the 19th Annual Teaching for Social Justice Conference: Abolition, Reparations & Healing at John O’Connell High School on October 12th. Each year hundreds of educators both locally and nationally gather to network, explore empowering learning environments and develop a professional learning community. Click here to learn more and to register: 2019 T4SJ Conference.

California Math Council North Conference at Asilomar
The CMC North Conference, from Dec. 6 to Dec 8, is an opportunity to learn with teachers from around the region about math content and pedagogy. The conference is at a beautiful location in Pacific Grove; it is a wonderful setting for reflecting and learning with your site colleagues. Visit the conference website at www.cmc-math.org/cmc-north-conference for more information.

Recent Activities

Our vision is that all students will make sense of rigorous mathematics in ways that are creative, interactive, and relevant in heterogeneous classrooms. We are deeply committed to these guiding principles:

• All students can and should develop a belief that mathematics is sensible, worthwhile, and doable.       

• All students are capable of making sense of mathematics in ways that are creative, interactive, and relevant.

• All students can and should engage in rigorous mathematics through rich, challenging tasks.

• Students’ academic success in mathematics must not be predictable on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, language, religion, sexual orientation, cultural affiliation, or special needs.

Thank you for all that you do!