Wrapping Up and Looking Ahead
BCS Elementary Math
Wrapping Up and Looking Ahead.....
We will be taking your feedback and ideas and revising curriculum maps and tasks to be ready for our 2015-2016 school year.
Thank you for all you have done this year to encourage students' love of mathematics and for supporting strong mathematical thinkers.
APLUS Grant: Phase 2
Elementary District Math Team
What is an EdCamp?
NCCTM
Apply for a mini-grant or scholarships to pursue an elementary mathematics specialist degree!
DMI Sessions
Fluency: Starting the year off...
We can get a jump start on building fluency with our students by using this year's fluency progress data. Work at your school to share the fluency progress for individual students with the grade level above you. Here is the link to the required fluencies by grade level. https://www.engageny.org/sites/default/files/resource/attachments/ccssfluencies.pdf
Encourage students to maintain their progress by sending home games or websites that will allow students to keep working toward fluency over the summer.
Here is an article by Jo Boaler which includes some games/ tasks for building fluency.
BCS Math Teacher of the Year: Charlene Martin
Charlene will be honored next fall at the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference.
Charlene is an experienced teacher who shares her expertise and love of math in many roles. She is a DMI facilitator, APLUS teacher leader and has contributed to task writing at the state level.
Here is an excerpt from Charlene's writing: "As the teacher it is my role to plan problems and instruction that will encourage and motivate students to achieve the goals set for them. Students are given authentic, meaningful problems and situations that challenge their thinking. Students apply what they know, make conjectures about what they think they should do, and test their ideas by solving problems in a manner that makes sense to them. Students communicate their thinking individually, in pairs, in small groups, or in whole group conversations."
Parent Math Website : Coming Soon!
Elementary Mathematics Coaches
Email: marta.garcia@bcsemail.org
Website: http://www.buncombe.k12.nc.us/
Location: 175 Bingham Road, Asheville, NC 28806
Phone: (828)