Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Upcoming PLC Dates
Below are the upcoming PLC and early out dates for you to get on your calendar. More information regarding the dates for technology (from Bob) and curriculum (from ICC team) will come at a later time. Enjoy your Thanksgiving break and continue to keep the Redd family in your thoughts and prayers.
11.25 Technology Self-Directed Professional Development – one hour PLC/PD time as teachers have a shortened day prior to the holiday break ----2:30 is the official release time
12.02 Technology Professional Development – as directed and guided by Bob Deter
12.09 Building PLCs
12.16 No early dismissal due to 12.18 holiday dismissal
12.18 2 hour dismissal - Teachers can leave 15 minutes after students are gone
01.06 Curriculum PLCs – Grade span work with MISIC's standards & benchmarks
01.13 Curriculum PLCs – Grade span work continued
01.20 Building PLCs
01.27 Building PLCs
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Thursday, March 5, 2009
K-5 Math Update
Inman & Washington Teachers,
This email is to update the K-5 teachers regarding our math adoption progress. As Mr. Schmidt mentioned during his budget meetings and I mentioned to teachers at the end of our February 16th PD, math will be a two-year adoption process.
This week, our secondary has approved adopting Holt's textbook series and resources for grades 6th, 7th, 8th, Algebra I, Algebra II and Geometry. We will be doing a full adoption at the middle school and phasing in textbooks at the high school level.
What does that mean for K-5? Proposal costs at the secondary level and initial quotes from elementary series indicate we will be able to adopt a series this spring/summer and phase in the resources over two years:
2009-10: DK/Kindergarten - 2nd grade; MS; Alg I, Alg II, Geometry (limited books at HS level)
2010-11: 3rd grade - 5th grade (and additional HS courses & textbooks)
What do we need to do now? Although math curriculum team members (Nielsen, Dunn, Kelly, Davis/Erickson, Haufle, Fehring/Linn) will meet with me in April during PLC time, I do need all classroom teachers to be using the resources in hand and discussing pros and cons of each during team time. I have listed the three series we have narrowed it down to and online links you may access for more information. If you do not have the materials in hand (or a team member), please let me know as soon as possible. I'm still working with the other two reps to get onsite demos as we have had conflicts with prior dates.
Investigation (Scott Foresman) - demo date will be the week after Spring Break - TBA
http://investigations.scottforesman.com/
Saxon - demo already given
http://saxonpublishers.harcourtachieve.com/en-US/sxnm_home
Everyday Math (Wright/McGraw-Hill) - demo date still in the works
http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/
Thank you for your work, flexibility and dedication to the process!! Questions - let me know.
He who laughs, lasts
DB
****************************************
Doug Barry
http://www.redoakschooldistrict.com
712.623.6630
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This email is to update the K-5 teachers regarding our math adoption progress. As Mr. Schmidt mentioned during his budget meetings and I mentioned to teachers at the end of our February 16th PD, math will be a two-year adoption process.
This week, our secondary has approved adopting Holt's textbook series and resources for grades 6th, 7th, 8th, Algebra I, Algebra II and Geometry. We will be doing a full adoption at the middle school and phasing in textbooks at the high school level.
What does that mean for K-5? Proposal costs at the secondary level and initial quotes from elementary series indicate we will be able to adopt a series this spring/summer and phase in the resources over two years:
2009-10: DK/Kindergarten - 2nd grade; MS; Alg I, Alg II, Geometry (limited books at HS level)
2010-11: 3rd grade - 5th grade (and additional HS courses & textbooks)
What do we need to do now? Although math curriculum team members (Nielsen, Dunn, Kelly, Davis/Erickson, Haufle, Fehring/Linn) will meet with me in April during PLC time, I do need all classroom teachers to be using the resources in hand and discussing pros and cons of each during team time. I have listed the three series we have narrowed it down to and online links you may access for more information. If you do not have the materials in hand (or a team member), please let me know as soon as possible. I'm still working with the other two reps to get onsite demos as we have had conflicts with prior dates.
Investigation (Scott Foresman) - demo date will be the week after Spring Break - TBA
http://investigations.scottforesman.com/
Saxon - demo already given
http://saxonpublishers.harcourtachieve.com/en-US/sxnm_home
Everyday Math (Wright/McGraw-Hill) - demo date still in the works
http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/
Thank you for your work, flexibility and dedication to the process!! Questions - let me know.
He who laughs, lasts
DB
****************************************
Doug Barry
http://www.redoakschooldistrict.com
712.623.6630
****************************************
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Math Links
(Message sent to elementary teachers on 09/20/07)
I found a good math site today while looking for some resources/sites on ‘guided math’ and differentiating math within the general classroom. The links are organized by grade and match our curriculum’s standards, benchmarks and indicators very well. Almost every one of the links has printable lesson plans.
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/curric/elem/mathematics.html
Another site that was given to me today by Ruth Avazian is http://illuminations.nctm.org/ If you have a computer in the classroom that has internet access (J), this site may be a good one to allow students to use if they have mastered the material being taught in the class. Setting this up as a possible center for 1-3 students would work well as there are lots of neat manipulatives, games, and activities tied into specific math standards. Also, many lesson plans are available. More e-examples can be found at http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/index.htm
Additional sites (will keep adding)
Math Center Ideas
Specific Centers for 3rd Grade
Differentiating Math Ideas
I found a good math site today while looking for some resources/sites on ‘guided math’ and differentiating math within the general classroom. The links are organized by grade and match our curriculum’s standards, benchmarks and indicators very well. Almost every one of the links has printable lesson plans.
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/curric/elem/mathematics.html
Another site that was given to me today by Ruth Avazian is http://illuminations.nctm.org/ If you have a computer in the classroom that has internet access (J), this site may be a good one to allow students to use if they have mastered the material being taught in the class. Setting this up as a possible center for 1-3 students would work well as there are lots of neat manipulatives, games, and activities tied into specific math standards. Also, many lesson plans are available. More e-examples can be found at http://standards.nctm.org/document/eexamples/index.htm
Additional sites (will keep adding)
Math Center Ideas
Specific Centers for 3rd Grade
Differentiating Math Ideas
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