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December/January
Teaching, Learning and Leading Mathematics; Grace Kelemanik & Amy Lucenta
When: January 22
Where: Tukwila Community Center
Register here
Moving Beyond Answer-Getting in Mathematics; Mike Flynn
When: March 20 or 21
Where: Vancouver, WA
Register for:
Friday here
Saturday here
2020 NCSM Annual Conference
When: March 30-April 1, 2020
Where: Chicago, IL
More Information
2020 NCTM Annual Meeting & Exposition
When: April 1-4, 2020
Where: Chicago, IL
More Information
59th Northwest Mathematics Conference
When: October 8-10, 2020
Where: Red Lion On the River~ Portland, OR
More Information
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Fraction Progression Document
We are continuing our series of OSPI-created progression documents for use by educators in all subject areas. This month we are focusing on the progression of fractions.
Prior progressions:
Math Teachers: Use this document to further your understanding of the coherence of the measurement strand across the grade levels.
Other Content Areas: Use this document as a resource when planning your lessons. Increase your understanding of what math skills you can expect students to be able to access and what you can reinforce as part of your lesson to strengthen cross-content integration.
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Exploring Math Through Stories
Great stories are a wonderful way to get young people of all ages excited and interested in mathematics. The annual book prize, Mathical: Books for Kids from Tots to Teens, recognizes the most inspiring math-related fiction and nonfiction books that bring to life the wonder of math in our lives.
Which One Doesn’t Belong? A Shapes Book
Written by Christopher Danielson
All ages
Every colorful page of Christopher Danielson’s children’s picture book, Which One Doesn’t Belong?, contains a thoughtfully designed set of four shapes. Each of the shapes can be a correct answer to the question “Which one doesn’t belong?” Because all their answers are right answers, students naturally shift their focus to justifications based on the shapes’ properties and attributes. They construct arguments supporting their choices, and strive to understand their classmates’ reasoning. They learn to look deeply at shapes and experience how creativity, beauty, argumentation, and conversation are all integral to mathematics. From kindergarten through calculus, students and their teachers gather around Which One Doesn’t Belong? to have rich, open-ended discussions about
Key Math Concepts
- Construct viable arguments
- Attributes of shapes
- Using precise language to make quantitative observations
Using Which One Doesn’t Belong?
There are a number of resources to support the use the Which Ones Doesn’t Belong?:
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The Learning Space, a web-page dedicated to learning more about and implementing WODB in your classroom. There is also a Process and Resource sheet that outlines the routine with step-by-step instructions.
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Which One Doesn’t Belong website, a website dedicated to providing thought-provoking puzzles for math teachers and students alike. See some examples from the site below.
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Which One Doesn’t Belong?, Teacher’s Guide, The companion teacher’s guide to Which One Doesn’t Belong? A Shapes book
Copyright © 2019 All Rights Reserved. Mathematical Sciences Research Institute.
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Which One Doesn't Belong? Ideas
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Pre-K →3rd: Shapes & their attributes
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4th →6th: Comparing fractions
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6th →7th: Comparing ratios
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F-IF.7.a: Graph Linear and quadratic functions and show intercepts, maxima and minima
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These ideas and many more can be found on the Which One Doesn't Belong site.
Feast & Figure: A Community Math Night
Changing mindsets and focusing on thinking are shaping learning in math classrooms across Washington. And students are benefiting from it! To encourage this development even further, students need to hear positive reinforcement of these ideas at home. Designed to foster all of this, Feast & Figure: A Community Math Night, is in its pilot stage across the state. In November, Grandview Middle School was the first host of Feast & Figure welcoming about 150 K-8 students and family members from their community for an evening meal, fun math activities and a parent session to help adults understand and support student engaged learning through development of conceptual understanding. Thanks to Vicky Ramirez, James Heinle and the whole GMS team for coming out to provide a wonderful evening for your stakeholders.
Interested in piloting Feast & Figure: A Community Math Night? We are looking for one or two more districts to continue the development of this program before offering it widely in Washington. As a pilot school, you’ll receive direct support from OSPI to host an event this spring.
Find out more Here.
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Modeling Our World With Mathematics
Are you interested in offering MOWWM for the 2020-21 school year?
Course Overview:
- MOWWM contains career-connected thematic units where students use high school mathematics to analyze everyday life and work.
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Course Flyer to learn more
New Materials for 2020-21:
- Environmental Science Module
- New topic in Health & Fitness
Training:
- Free training is available this summer
- Click here for the Training Flyer
Starting a course at the new term? Sign up for the MOWWM 2019-20 Virtual training.
To learn more about this course, visit the MOWWM website or contact OSPI K-12 Mathematics Specialist, Jennifer Cronquist at jennifer.cronquist@k12.wa.us or 360-725-6429.
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Modeling Our World With Mathematics
2020-21 Summer Institute
The Modeling Our World With Mathematics (MOWWM) Summer Institute is a free training designed to provide teachers with the familiarity and support to implement the full course and its accompanying assessments in the 2020-21 school year. New modules and updated MOWWM materials will be released at the Summer Institute.
Details:
- The Summer Institute will be held on the east side and the west side of the state,
to make attendance easier for all interested teachers
- Teachers who are new to MOWWM attend both days of the training
- Teachers who have previously taught MOWWM attend only the second day
- Meals will not be provided. Please plan accordingly
Who: Any teacher who will be an instructor for the Modeling Our World With Mathematics course
When: East Side (Pasco) August 5-6, 2020
West Side (Olympia) August 13-14, 2020
Register: Click here for the Flyer and to register through pdEnroller
For more information contact OSPI K-12 Mathematics Specialist, Jennifer Cronquist at jennifer.cronquist@k12.wa.us or 360-725-6429.
Shining a Light
As the 2019-2020 school year is approaching the half-way mark, what has been your greatest success this year? Share a particularly good lesson, strategy or experience you’ve been a part of. We’re always looking to shine a light on the best things happening in Washington mathematics classrooms.
Want to share? Send an email to Shine a Light!
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