Goals for the Week of 3/15/10

• Attend, participate, and learn from the model ELL lessons being taught at Stewart on Thursday. 
• Continue to work with you on your goals by observing, co-teaching, and planning.

 

Reading Strategies for Parents

Here is an article on reading strategies that parents can use at home.  It is a very detailed article, but user friendly.  The last page has a shortened list of ideas also. 

http://www.paec.org/david/reading/parents.pdf

HCESC Math Matters Newsletter

***Message below copied from Christina Sherman's e-mail on 3/12/10.***

Happy Pi Day!  The latest edition of the HCESC Math Matters Newsletter is now posted. You can access it by following this link. or go to http://www.hcesc.org/ and click on "What's New" in the left-hand column. Then scroll down under the picture and click on "Current Math Newsletter".

We hope you enjoy this HCESC Math Matters Newsletter which includes:

• Pi Day resources
• Mental Number Line (Brain-Based Research)
• Local Homework Help opportunity
• Common Core Standards - Draft released & upcoming meetings
• Lesson Links for Pi
• Handy formula for successful learning in the 21st century
• Teacher, Test Yourself! (Motivation)
• Reflective questions
• Movie Clips in the Mathematics Classroom
• Professional Development opportunities

Do you know of other professional development opportunities that we could share? Please send us an email. We would love to hear your suggestions and/or comments!

We hope you all have a wonderful Pi Day and a wonderful Spring! Best of luck to you and your students with the upcoming tests!

Gale Jorgensen, Dana Mossor & Christina Sherman
Mathematic Consultants
Hamilton County Educational Service Center Center for Instructional Services

Pi Day is Sunday, 3.14

Pi Day is coming up on Sunday in case you want to celebrate this mathematical day in your class!  The links below have resources that you might like to have a look at.  One suggestion is to read the book Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi.  The most fun part, of course, is that you can celebrate by eating "pie."

• http://www.nctm.org/resources/content.aspx?id=2147483830
• The NCTM site has games, web sites, and activities for all ages.

"Pi Unrolled" image from www.ictm.org.  

Happy Pi Day!

Common Core Standards Released

The draft of the Common Core Standards has finally been released.  Here's a link for the draft...

http://www.corestandards.org/

Once you get to the site, click on "View K-12 Standards" in the left-hand column.  Then, you will be able to view the draft of both the literacy and math standards. 

They are accepting public comments until April 2nd. Enjoy!  :)

Goals for the Week of 3/9/10

• Learn more about child study at Glendale by attending some child study meetings on Thursday.
• Continue to work with you on your goals by observing, co-teaching, and planning.