Symmetry Labs By Henri Picciotto - This is a unit about symmetry, hopefully suitable for remote instruction of middle school and high school students. Much of it should remain useful even after a return to the classroom. Read more
Puzzle and games by Paulo Ferro – Discover 190 + articles about Mathematics in categories such as Puzzles, Games, Curves, Numbers, Polygons, Polyhedrons, Magic, Surfaces, Mathematicians, Tilings, and Animations. Read More
Fawn Nguyen had made the Mathematics Assessment Project CLASSROOM CHALLENGES
(MARS) lesson into Desmos lessons
Teacher Learning Center: Using CGI in Remote Learning - Part 2: Observing Students as They Solve Problems, by Linda Levi - An essential element of CGI teachers’ math instruction is observing students as they solve problems. With the help of expert CGI teachers and CGI PD leaders, we have developed ideas and tools to help teachers observe students as they solve problems in remote learning situations. Read More (Part 1: Posing Problems)
In the Problem of the Month, we mentioned Episode 2 of the Math Teacher Lounge! This is a wonderful resource hosted by Dan Meyer and Bethany Lockhart Johnson. This episode features a number of guests who discuss what technology can (and can’t) bring to the classroom – I appreciated ideas around giving students opportunities to tinker and making their thinking visible. It is an interesting conversation that you can listen to and then engage in via the Math Teacher Lounge Facebook group.
Carnegie Corporation of New York: How to Accelerate Learning for All Students in the 2020–21 School Year by Stephanie Hirsh - Teachers are dealing with a number of challenges related to what educators are referring to as the COVID-19 slide or unfinished learning. Read more
Embrace the Challenge - Using Videos to Reflect on Practice, Student Identity, and Agency by Jenna. “I hate watching myself on video. I squirm. I flinch. I last, I don’t know, a maximum of 9 seconds…? And now I have to teach in an environment where a video of myself is running on my screen all day, every day. Painful. Exhausting!” Read more
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Grouping Mechanisms in Numerosity Perception by Lorenzo Ciccione and Stanislas Dehaene - Understanding the cognitive basis of numerosity perception is a central topic in the field of numerical cognition. Read More Dyscalculia connection: Dyscalculia - Numberphile
Save the dates: 2020-2021 District Mathematics Leaders meetings District and building mathematics leaders in the region in a collegial environment focus on student sense making. Our network will share instructional strategies and formative practices while we develop a collaborative professional learning community and focus on leading in the current climate. We will learn from each other and keep up-to-date on what’s happening in mathematics in the state. Meetings occur five times throughout the year and will be held via Zoom from 9:00am-12:00pm, all math teacher leaders are welcome. Please contact Leslie to be added to the email list for District Math Leader Meetings
Dates |
9/21/2020 |
11/9/2020 |
1/25/2021 |
3/8/2021 |
5/10/2021 |
Clock hours will be available through PSESD. Registration
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