What do mathematicians do?
Agenda
1. Connected Math
2. Math Anxiety
3. Math Literacy
4. Buying a Car
5. Curriculum Review
So Why Connected
Mathematics?
• Aligns with high school resource, Core-Plus
• Supported by NCTM and NSF
• Has been awarded numerous awards, including from the
US Dept of ED for “exemplary curriculum”
• Follows an investigative approach to mathematics to
build conceptual understanding of math topics that leads
to a rich and connected understanding of math
• Students are reading, writing, thinking, and talking in
every class, every day – CIF is built in throughout
Analyzing Graphs
• 6th Grade – Variables and Patterns
• Problem 1.2 - C
• Problem 1.3
• ACE #10, 11, 12, 21
www.graphingstories.com
Graphing Points
Thinking With Mathematical
Models
• Problem 2.3
Say It With Symbols
• Problem 3.1
It’s In the System
• Problem 1.2
Math Anxiety
• Read the article
• Text Rendering Protocol: Highlight a paragraph,
sentence, and a word that sticks with you from this
article – we will be sharing these out
Literacy
• How can we help students read math word problems
when they can’t even read basic word problems?
• Key words are not the answer
• So what in the world is the answer?
Some Solutions
• Have explicit lessons on reading math word problems,
could be whole lesson, warm-up, etc., not just at the end
of the year
• Team teaching with English teacher
• Must teach them how to illustrate what is happening;
how the vocabulary plays together and how we can
represent that
• Organizers with vocab, mathematical definition, everyday
language definition, and visual
• Partner rephrasing
More Solutions
• Practice rewording questions
• Read problems a few times before beginning to solve
• Highlight (determine goal) and rewording – they can
use highlighter on EOG if they have been practicing
using it in class
• Menu of Mathematical Strategies
• Others?
Math Activities
• Buying A Car
Last Minute Notes
• K-8 Standards Review
• Calculator Use
• SchoolNet
Curriculum Guide Review
• YAAG
• Unit Overview
• In Depth Curriculum Guide