Mathematics Update
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Revised Resource – Supporting Information Documents for Grades 2-12
Supporting Information documents for the grades 2-12 mathematics courses have been revised and are located on the Texas Gateway at http://www.texasgateway.org/resource/mathematics-teks-supporting-information. The revised documents are identified by “September 2017” in the footer. Additionally, a document has been provided at the bottom of the webpage that lists every student expectation where the supporting information was amended during this revision along with a reason for the amendment. You can access these lists directly at https://jukebox.esc13.net/PSgateway/RevMathTEKS_supporting_info/docs/UpdatesSeptember2017.pdf.
Changes for the Student Assessment Division
In case you haven’t heard, there have been several changes for the Student Assessment Division. First, there is a new Executive Director of the division. Deborah Sauberer has joined the team and comes to the division from Tennessee with 20 years of assessment experience. Second, the assessment division, as well as other divisions in the Office of Academics, have been reorganized. Many of the content staff have moved to the Curriculum Division, and some of the reporting staff have moved to the Performance Reporting Division. You can see some of these changes in our new contact information at http://tea.texas.gov/student.assessment/contacts/.
Interim and Formative Assessments
TEA has been working to develop its new interim assessment system. The first phase will be released in spring 2018. The system will feature online multi-stage adaptive tests for mathematics and reading in grades 3–8. The optional interim assessments will be fully aligned to the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®) and available to districts at no cost. Interim assessments will be delivered through the STAAR Online Testing Platform. More information and details will be made available in the coming months. TEA will also be providing a presentation on interim assessments during the Texas Assessment Conference in November.
The new formative assessment system will be released in fall 2018. It will be delivered through the Texas Gateway. More information and details will be made available in the future.
New FREE Online PD from Pam Harris!
Now open! A short online course for secondary math teachers written by Pam Harris. The course is FREE*.
Why take this course? Ever heard Pam talk about teaching and learning? Want to see that kind of teaching and learning happening live? Want to experience that kind of teaching and learning yourself? In this course you will:
- watch real students really learning algebra
- see students learn math through sequenced rich tasks
- earn CPE credit (or take the free version)
- do it on your own time, at your own pace.
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NCTM Author Talk: High-Yield Routines for Grades K-8
Author Talk: High-Yield Routines for Grades K-8
Wednesday, November 29, 2017 6:00:00 PM CST - 7:00:00 PM CST
Our classrooms are full or routines - procedures for lining up, processes for collecting papers, and methods for taking attendance. Routines provide a sense of stability and comfort in the classroom. Although routines are usually associated with organization, they can also be used to enhance instruction. High Yield Routines presents seven easily implemented classroom routines that provide teachers with opportunities to enhance the content knowledge and mathematical practices of their students. These routines may be used effectively at a variety of grade levels to address many different math concepts. During the webinar, the authors will provide an overview of each of the routines. A glimpse of how that routine might look across the grade levels will be shared through student work examples. For each routine, the authors will discuss implementing the routine, the mathematical content and practices addressed, assessing student thinking, and how the routine might be adapted. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on how the routine might be used in their own classrooms. Finally, some engaging ways to bring math into non-mathematical classroom routines will be shared.
Solve for Tomorrow Teacher Contest
Samsung is accepting applications for the 2017-2018 Solve for Tomorrow contest through November 9, 2017. Applications are open to teachers for grades 6-12 in public schools, including charter schools that are 50% or more publicly funded. Teachers can submit ideas on how their students can use science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) to address a real-world problem in their community. Teachers can apply at http://www.samsung.com/us/solvefortomorrow/apply.html. Additional contest information is available at http://www.samsung.com/us/solvefortomorrow/.
17-18 FREE TRC MATHEMATICS SESSIONS
TRC Math: Understanding Students' Thinking About Measurement
January 9, 2018 & February 15, 2018
TRC Math Developing Strategies and Concepts for Proportional Reasoning
Gr 5-7 The Sequel (2 day training)
January 30, 2018 & March 1, 2018
Did you miss the ESC 11 Math and Science Leaders Meeting?
Have you tried Desmos yet?
Desmos wants to help every student learn math and love learning math. But “every student” is a lot of students so we create digital math tools and let the Internet take them to anyone who wants them.
We built the best-in-class HTML5 Desmos graphing calculator, which millions of students around the world use for free. That calculator catches stellar reviews in app stores and from happy users on Twitter. We also create activities on top of that calculator, helping students use a powerful tool to experience all the curiosity, beauty, and sense that math has to offer. Those activities were used so often by so many teachers around the world that we decided to create an Activity Builder, helping every teacher create digital math activities that equal and exceed the activities we create ourselves.
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NCTM Illuminations
Pre-K Grade 2
Students describe order by using vocabulary such as before, after, and between. They also review and use both cardinal and ordinal numbers.
Grades 3–5
Students explore growing patterns. They analyze, describe, and justify their rules for naming patterns. Since students are likely to see growing patterns differently, this is an opportunity to engage them in communicating about mathematics.
Grades 6–8
Students complete a chart by multiplying or dividing a given value, compare two categories in a line graph, and identify number patterns.
Grades 9–12
Students examine real-life data that illustrate a negative slope. Students interpret the meaning of the negative slope and y-intercept of the graph of the real-life data. By examining the graphical representation of the data, students relate the slope and y-intercept of the least squares regression line to the real-life data. They also interpret the correlation coefficient of the least squares regression line.
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