Summer Flex Days - 5th Grade

Fifth grade math teachers met on July 15th & 16th.  It was a great two days!  They selected their Professional Learning Teams for the year.  They participated in training on how to facilitate a 4-2-1 free write after Math Congress, in order to deepen student understanding.  They condensed their Problem Solving Unit down to five days, and revised the curriculum guide.  They created a rigorous assessment and located appropriate homework.  They also created an assessment for the Place Value/Powers of Ten Unit and made necessary revisions.  Their division and algebra unit assessments are almost complete, and their division PowerPoint was revised.

Thank you to our wonderful 5th grade math teachers!  It is going to be a great year of learning!

Summer Flex Days - 4th Grade Math

Fourth grade math teachers met July 9th & 10th for professional learning and curriculum design.  We identified important considerations for writing problems that promote critical thinking.  We discussed the characteristics of focused mini-lessons.  We also learned about a writing strategy that can be used following math congress to guide student reflection on the big math ideas.

We worked on the Problem Solving and Number Sense units, beginning with redesigning the common assessments to make them more rigorous.  This was followed by assessing the effectiveness of component parts of the unit, and redesigning portions to increase rigor, engagement, and overall effectiveness.

We had two GREAT days of learning and collaboration!