Math Message
October edition
Fall is in the air
Our online math textbook
Here are some hints from Susan Hill, one of our instructional technology coaches, for keeping your district and school information logged in on the ipad. (Once you log in, and save bookmark to the ipad and click "remember my school.")
If you are using Safari:
Open Settings > Scroll down/select Safari > Select Passwords & Autofill > Turn on Names and Passwords
When student opens ThinkCentral, select Autofill for Username/Password to populate
If you are using Chrome:
- Bookmark ThinkCentral - Click the star icon in the address bar. (To access bookmark, open Chrome > Select the Vertical 3 dots in the upper right corner > Select Bookmarks > Select ThinkCentral)
- If they are having issues with students typing in their Username and Password: (To hold the password, select the 3 Vertical dots in upper right corner > Select settings > Turn on Autofill Forms and Save Passwords
Blogspot
Many of you are in the middle of or just beginning addition and subtraction. Here is a great post from Donna Boucher from Math Coaches' Corner using concrete models.
http://www.mathcoachscorner.com/2015/05/12/modeling-addition-and-subtraction-structures/
Mrs. Lemons is another great resource for ideas. Here she shared her addition strategies and games:
Check out the grade level collaboration folders on Google drive that we started last year. I try to update them with resources I find... (I included games from Mrs. Lemons in the 2nd grade folder) and teachers are encouraged to as well. If you need access, please let me know.
"Mathematicians At Work"
Thinking flexibly about numbers in Mrs. Davis' 2nd grade class @ OCT
Rally-coach bar graph practice in Mrs. Cox's 3rd grade class at GES
Solving mystery number lines in Mr. Boykin's ASPIRE math class @GHES
Counting and recognizing numbers in Ms. Corona's Kindergarten class @TES
Learning how to work effectively with partners in math tubs in first grade Ms. Digg's class @ HES
The Big Reveal
Locating Unit Assessments
New supporting documents for 3rd, 4th, 5th and 8th grade TEKS
New TEKS supporting documents have been added to Project Share. Most of the information has already been included in the curriculum maps in the column "from TEA side-by-side," but one of the things they've added is telling how these TEKS relate to future grade levels. For example TEKS 5.4A about identifying prime and composite numbers says, "The concept of prime factorization appears in grade 6 and then reappears in the Algebra I TEKS A(10)(E)." This should provide clarity especially when you are questioning how far you are expected to teach in your particular grade level. Here is the link to the document!
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Math CIE Refinement Workshop 3rd - 5th
Thursday, October 22, 3:30 - 5:30
Mustang Corral
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Math CIE Refinement Workshop 3rd - 5th
Thursday, February 25, 3:30 - 5:30
Mustang Corral
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