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Northshore K-12 Math Newsletter

March 2022  |  Vol. 9, Issue 5

In This Issue 

 

Pi Day!

Pi symbolMonday is Pi Day! If you are looking for a way to celbrate this day with your students, here are a few ideas.

  • Pi (π) Day Livestream
    Art + Science of Pi
    With John Sims, Kim Shuck, Sylvia Blalock, and Science Band
    12:00–1:30 p.m.
    Bechtel Gallery 3, Wattis Studio
    Free online event—join via Facebook or YouTube
    Visit the Exploratorium for more information

    No matter how you slice it, you don’t want to miss Pi (π) Day. Math artist John Sims will share some of his pi inspired visual art, poetry, and music. Poets Kim Shuck, and Sylvia Blalock will join in performing their own spoken word odes to pi. Jazz combo Science Band will perform John Sims’ latest composition, Pi Notes. Afterward, our expert educators Ron Hipschman and Lori Lamberston will share pi’s mathematical history and activities you can try at the museum and at home.

  • More from the Exploratorium

  • NASA Pi Day Challenge 

    You may already know all about the mathematical constant pi (π) and how it can be used to calculate things like the circumference of a circle or the volume of a sphere. But did you know pi is also used all the time by NASA scientists and engineers to explore other planets?

    In this challenge, you can solve some of the same problems NASA scientists and engineers do using pi!

The Wordle Craze

Wordle is a daily game where the user gets six guesses to come up with the five-letter secret word of the day in as few turns as possible. After each guess, the color of the tiles will change to show how close your guess was to the word. Everyone is given the same word daily, and after 24 hours, the word changes. The web-based game Wordle can be played on a desktop browser or mobile device at www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/. 

In this blog post, Dan Meyer talks about Why Wordle Works, According to Desmos Lesson Developers. Personally, I love the way Wordle gives opportunities for reasoning, problem solving, and productive struggle and be used to frame classroom discourse about these. If you'd like to give this a try, here are a few resources to use with your students.

Free Professional Learning

TODOS Live: Gutiérrez: Subversive Teaching to Rehumanize Mathematics

The combined events of Covid, Black Lives Matter, and climate change have opened the door for many teachers to question what is happening in the world and what is our place in it? This session supports teachers to reflect on what is considered “normal” in mathematics teaching and learning and what it will take to rehumanize mathematics when so many people and institutions are actively protecting the status quo. 

Click the button below to watch the recording.
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On-Demand PD from Amplify

Amplify is offering a free series of on-demand professional development courses focusing on math featuring curriculum experts, product specialists, and educators like you. Pick and choose the course or courses you’d like to complete to earn a certificate of completion (available for each course). 

  • Course 1: Math Storytelling: The Wisdom and Wholeness We Are Gifted (presented by Sunil Singh) 

  • Course 2: Addressing Math Anxiety in the K-5 Classroom for Both Teachers and Parents (presented by Bethany Lockhart Johnson) 

  • Course 3: Fostering Equitable Interactions and Belonging With the Five Practices (presented by Kathleen Sheehy and Sean Nank) 

  • Course 4: From Surviving to Thriving: Making a Case for Taking on Leadership Roles as a Teacher (presented by Fawn Nguyen) 

Click the button below to register for a course.
Amplify course sign-up

Schoology Groups for NSD Staff

Northshore Learns Curriculum Resources

NSD Math Curriculum & Instruction Resources including online login info for teachers and students are available for NSD teachers and staff in the Northshore Learns Curriculum Resources group in Schoology. K-5 curriculum and instruction resources are organized by grade level; 6-12 resources are organized by content area and course. 

Other NSD Math Teacher Groups 

Several other grade level groups are available where teachers can share teacher-created materials and resources. Access codes and directions for joining NSD Schoology Math Teacher Groups can be viewed here.

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Teacher Support
As you or your team plan for the new school year, I invite you to book a virtual meeting with Patty if you'd like to collaborate one-on-one or as part of a school team. Let me know how I can help!
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Patty Stephens


K-12 Mathematics Curriculum Specialist
Northshore School District
Email: pstephens@nsd.org
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