Mathematics Updates
August 2017
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Welcome to the 2017-2018 School Year!
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Learning that Starts when the Door Opens ...
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Curriculum Website Offers Wealth of Resources
The math pages are updated on a regular basis, but occasionally you may find a broken link. If you do, please contact Lynn Skinner with information about the location and name of the link.
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Join Math Google Classrooms, Access Learning Resources
Coweta teachers are encouraged to join math Google classrooms for their grade band or course(s). Participants receive an email notification every time anything new is posted in the classroom. Posts will include announcements regarding new resources and where they are located. In addition, professional learning sessions are archived in these classrooms, and resources used for the sessions are linked. To join a math Google classroom, contact Lynn Skinner to get the code.
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2017-2018 Math Graduation Guidance
Mathematics at the high school level has been undergoing a transition in course sequences. As a result, the Mathematics Program team at the Georgia Department of Education provides an annual update on graduation guidance. Administrators, guidance counselors, and teachers will want to keep a copy of the Mathematics Graduation Requirement Guidance 2017-2018 document on hand for reference throughout the school year.
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Grades K-5
Kindergarten
First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
Fourth Grade
Fifth Grade
Grades 6-8
Sixth Grade
Seventh Grade
Eighth Grade
Grades 9-12
An additional series of eight videos focus on the standards high school math teachers across the state identified as being challenging to teach. For all videos, links to resources referenced in the videos are provided. Access the video series you want to view at the appropriate links below.
Algebra Content
Geometry Content
HS Standards
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Activities, Lessons, and an Article Based on Research
PreK-Grade 2
This lesson encourages students to explore another model of subtraction, the balance. This model leads naturally to recording with equations. Students use actual and virtual pan balances in their explorations and record the modeled subtraction facts and the related addition facts in equation form.
PreK-Grade 2
In this lesson, the relationship of addition to subtraction is explored using books and connecting cubes. Students search for related addition and subtraction facts for a given number using a virtual or actual calculator to find differences. They also investigate fact families when one addend is 0 as well as when the addends are
the same.
Grades 3-5
In this activity, students examine the United States Census Bureau website to investigate projections of the total population of states from 1995 to 2025. Using the provided data, students will analyze statistics from five states of their choice, develop specific research questions using the data, and create three graphs to compare and contrast the information.
Grades 6-8
Students identify and classify polygons according to various attributes. They then sort the polygons in Venn diagrams, according to these attributes. Extensions to fundamental ideas about probability and statistics are also included. This lesson was adapted from an article written by Carol G. Williams, which appeared in the March-April 1998 edition of Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School.
Grades 9-12
This lesson plan presents a classic game-show scenario. A student picks one of three doors in the hopes of winning the prize. The host, who knows the door behind which the prize is hidden, opens one of the two remaining doors. When no prize is revealed, the host asks if the student wishes to "stick or switch." The approach in this activity runs from guesses to experiments to computer simulations to theoretical models.
All Grades
Nearly 1,700 high school juniors and seniors competing in an online math competition to use modeling to solve real-world problems were surveyed to determine common habits. Approximately 65 percent cites understanding the concepts behind the math formulas as what best helps them learn math. Read this article for additional findings from the research.
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Upcoming Professional Learning for Mathematics
AUGUST SESSIONS
Aug. 15, 2017 - K-2 Webinar - 2:50pm - 3:30pm
K-2: Number Talks and Other Resources
Designed for teachers and administrators at the K-2 level, this session will focus on resources available to enhance instruction. Register by 4 p.m. on Aug. 14, 2017, at https://goo.gl/forms/FxX3tO8EbH34qcCg1 to receive a link to join session.
Aug. 17, 2017 - Grades 3-5 Webinar - 2:50pm - 3:30pm
Grades 3-5: Number Talks and Other Resources
Designed for teachers and administrators of grades 3-5l, this session will focus on resources available to enhance instruction. Register by 4 p.m. on Aug. 14, 2017, at https://goo.gl/forms/kCItcBeAvqVvjFs93 to receive a link to join session.
Aug. 28, 2017 - Arnall Middle - 4pm - 5pm
Middle School Math Collaboration
Grade level teams will have the opportunity to discuss progress on the pacing guide and share resources and instructional strategies at the first district-wide middle school math meeting at Arnall Middle School. Participants are asked to bring their Chromebooks to the session.
SCHEDULE OF SESSIONS FOR 2017-2018
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Research Base
Georgia Department of Education. (2017). Mathematics graduation requirement guidance, 2017-2018. Atlanta, GA: Author. Retrieved from http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Curriculum-and-Instruction/Pages/Mathematics.aspx
Georgia Department of Education. (n.d.). Mathematics Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE). [Website]. Retrieved from https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Pages/Math.aspx
Loewus, L. (2017, April 14). Survey: Habits of talented math students. [Curriculum Matters blog post]. Education Week. Retrieved from http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2017/04/habits_of_talented_math_students_moodys_survey.html
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics [NCTM]. (n.d.) NCTM Illuminations. Reston, VA: Author.