Data & Statistics 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 Data & Statistics.
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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Shining a Light
In our last edition we shared Which One Doesn't Belong: A Shapes Book and talked about the wodb.ca web-page with lots of other great WODB images you could use.Have you been using them for a long time? Did you try it for the first time after reading about them in the newsletter? Hear about it from a colleague?
Whether you are new or a veteran we would love to hear from you about your experiences using WODB. Please take a moment to tell us about how you have used this strategy in your classroom by clicking here.
In each Newsletter edition we will randomly select an entry to receive a free set of classroom posters.
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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.
Max's Math
Written by Kate Banks • Illustrated by Boris Kulikov
Pre-K through 2nd grade
Max and his two brothers hop into a car and go looking for problems they can solve. They cruise down highway number 4 on their way to Shapeville, but they see an abandoned number along the way. Is it a 6? Is it a 9? And what's it doing on the side of the road? Once the trio reach Shapeville, there's another problem: a flood washed away all of the squares. Max and his brothers show the town that putting together two triangles will bring their shapes back together, and then they follow the residents on a trip to Count Town, where they put the missing number back in its place in the countdown to a rocket's blastoff.
Key Math Concepts
- Math problems are all around
- Solving math problems is fun
Reading Guides
Want to enjoy Mathical books with the children around you? Feeling uncertain about guiding them through the math-related parts of the book?
These reading guides are designed for parents, librarians, after-school caregivers, and educators of all stripes. You don’t have to be a math whiz to enjoy exploring math with the kids in your life. Just plunge in, and see where the story takes you!
Each reading guide includes both math-centric and narrative activities to start discussions and activities with one child, a handful of kids, or an entire classroom.
Click here to see the reading guide for Max’s Math.
Copyright © 2019 All Rights Reserved. Mathematical Sciences Research Institute.
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Multiplication Fluency Cards
Mathematical fluency is not just the memorization and quick recall of math facts, but also involves flexibility with numbers and the use of appropriate strategies. When it comes to students learning their multiplication facts, we ant to give students opportunities to work flexibly with numbers rather than rely solely on memorization.
With that idea in mind, we would like to share these Fluency cards as a resource for student to play around with some of those trickier numbers to work with. We have also created five games that can be played using the cards.
Have fun practicing and please reach out to tell us how it works in your classroom.
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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:
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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Collaboratively designed and developed by higher education faculty, high school teachers, and curriculum specialists from multiple colleges and school districts, the Bridge to College courses are grounded in essential career and college readiness expectations as reflected by Washington State’s K–12 Learning Standards for English language arts and mathematics.
Who is Bridge to College Math for?
This course is designed for students who have taken Algebra 2 but are not yet college ready and would like to enroll in college math without remediation or placement testing. Juniors who have completed Algebra 2 and plan to take a College in the High School or other college level class in their senior year will also benefit from taking this course.
*Please note that Bridge to College Math is not remedial in nature and is designed as a post-Algebra II fourth credit course for seniors, not as a third-year course to meet credit requirements.
For more course information read the BtC bulletin
Additional Information about the course can be found at bridgetocollegecourses.org and OSPI
See training opportunity below under Trainings & Events
Every fall, the Washington Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills, or WaKIDS, is administered to incoming kindergartners to better understand the skills and abilities our youngest students are bringing to school. Considered a “kindergarten transition process”, WaKIDS includes a whole-child assessment, Teaching Strategies GOLD®, that helps teachers get to know each students’ developmental progress in six areas of development and learning: social-emotional, physical, cognitive, language, literacy, and math.
Each of the areas assessed includes specific objectives organized as developmental progressions that describe how skills unfold, starting from birth and continuing through third grade. Knowing where along these progressions children are in their development allows teachers to provide targeted instruction, filling in gaps as needed.
Since WaKIDS began in 2012, math has consistently been the lowest area of kindergarten readiness overall and for almost all student groups. This year, of the 80,447 kindergartners assessed, only 68.2% were considered to have the math skills and abilities typically expected at entry to kindergarten. Of the group of students considered not ready in math, 17.8% entered with the skills and abilities more typical of a child age 3 or younger.
Although the data from WaKIDS can be discouraging, it is critical to understand where children are in the development of mathematical concepts and operations. Taking time to assure that children understand how to count, quantify and describe shapes and spatial relationships accurately will provide a strong foundation for later learning.
For more information or questions about Early Learning, contact OSPI Director of Early Learning, Karma Hugo at karma.hugo@k12.wa.us or 360-725-6153.
State Network of Educators (SNE) Participants with Smarter Balanced
Do you use the Digital Library to find resources for your math or ELA classroom? Do you enjoy crafting differentiated lessons that remove barriers for learners? Are you an avid user of formative assessment to guide your instruction? Each year Smarter Balanced hosts State Network of Educators (SNE) writing sessions across the country to create the lessons housed in the Digital Library. These resources have changed over time, gradually improving to the differentiated Connections Playlists that are available today. If you are interested in being a member of SNE and contributing to the Digital Library Connections Playlists please email Serena O'Neill.
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For more information or questions about mathematics assessments, contact OSPI Mathematics Assessment Specialist, Serena O’Neill at serena.oneill@k12.wa.us or 360-725-6437.
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.
2020-21 Summer Institute
The Bridge to College Summer Institute is designed to provide Bridge to College teachers with the curriculum, tools and community connections needed to be prepared to offer the course during the 2019-20 school year.
Who: Any teacher who will be an instructor for the Bridge to College course
Details:
- Teachers who are new to BtC attend both days of the training
- Teachers who have previously taught BtC optional to attend just the second day
When: August 3 & 4, 2020
Where: Wenatchee
Register: Click here to register
For more information contact OSPI Director of Mathematics, Arlene Crum at arlene.crum@k12.wa.us or 360-725-6233.
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