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Welcome back to school! I hope you had a relaxing and fun summer and are feeling recharged and ready for the school year ahead. As you begin your year, know I am here to help answer any math-related questions and share upcoming professional development opportunities. Feel free to share exciting work from your classroom or upcoming workshops open to the state’s math teachers.
Sending positive teacher vibes for a smooth start to your year.
Marisa Graybill
Big Idea #1 - YouCubed Week of Inspirational Math
Start your year with engaging problem solving activities and mindset videos for grades Kindergarten through Community College age! Check out these excellent week long lesson plans to build math problem solvers. In previous Weeks of Inspiration Math(WIM), 98% of teachers said their students were engaged when working on the lessons and 96% of the students surveyed said they now believe they should keep going even when work is hard and they make mistakes. This year’s week of inspirational math, created by YouCubed creator Jo Boaler, will be released on August 29th. Check out the past four years of WIM to begin building positive math identities in your classroom from day one!
Big Idea #2 - Montana Elementary Math Community
Join the Montana Elementary Math Community (MEMC) IN OUR second year! Subscribe to our monthly emails and join our monthly virtual gatherings on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 4 pm. We discuss hot topics and resources for K-5 educators, debrief discussions held in our online community, talk through problems of practice, and end with time for questions to our community leaders, Tom Redmon and Dan Ries! Earn renewal units and leave with ideas you can use in your classroom the next day! All levels of math confidence welcome! Our first gathering is on Wednesday, September 18th @ 4pm!
Big Idea #3 - Fall Math Professional Development
In-Person: EdCamp Big Sky: Looking for some great FREE PD for the 2019-20 school year? The 4th annual Edcamp Big Sky will be held on Saturday, October 5th! Join in this dynamic day of participant-driven learning––and be entered to win some great raffle prizes! Worth 6 CEUs. Learn more and register on EdCamp’s website.
Online: The 2019-2020 calendar is set for STREAM math courses on the Teacher Learning Hub. We are thrilled to offer 21 three-week online math courses throughout the school year. These excellent, 15 renewal unit, facilitated courses were created by professors at MSU, UM and teacher leaders across the state through the STREAM project. See our calendar of courses and sign up for reminders to enroll today. Our next round of courses start on October 6th:
Personalize Learning in Practice Webinar: Join New Classroom Innovation Partners in a discussion of how personalized and competency-based instruction looks in the math classroom. You will learn more about the Teach to One: Math model and leave with ideas on what makes for effective personalized instructions. Join September 18th at 1 pm.
Marisa Graybill
Mathematics Instructional Coordinator, Montana Office of Public Instruction
The OPI is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation, require an alternate format, or have questions concerning accessibility, contact the OPI ADA Coordinator, 406-444-3161, opiada@mt.gov, TTY 406-444-0235.
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