COUNT ON "SUM" FUN
AT KING MATH
CURRICULUM NIGHT 2016... BE THERE OR BE
"SQUARED"!
Anne Marie Nicoll-Turner
District Middle School Math Coordinator
[email protected]
QUICK INTRODUCTIONS
v Turn to your shoulder partner and discuss
this question – you have 60 seconds
What does it mean to be a good math
learner?
HOW MATH HAS CHANGEDOUR NEW STANDARDS
Greater focus on fewer topics
v  In grades K–2: Concepts, skills, and problem solving related to
addition and subtraction
v  In grades 3–5: Concepts, skills, and problem solving related to
multiplication and division of whole numbers and fractions
v  Coherence: Linking topics and thinking across grade levels
CHANGES,
C O N T.
v  Rigor: Pursue conceptual understanding, procedural skills and
fluency, and application with equal intensity (Rigor refers to deep,
authentic command of mathematical concepts, not making math
harder or introducing topics at earlier grades.)
GRADE 3, LESSON 8-4
Here is the problem: How many chairs did Ms. Soto set up?
Here are the clues:
Clue A: When there are 2 chairs in each row, there is 1 leftover chair.
Clue B: Where there are 3 chairs in each row, there is 1 leftover chair.
Clue C: When there are 4 chairs in each row, there is still 1 leftover chair.
Clue D: When there are 5 chairs in each row, there are no leftover chairs.
LESSON 8-4,
CONTINUED
How many chairs do you think Ms. Soto set up? Make 2 conjectures.
Remember, the room holds no more than 35 chairs.
First conjecture: Ms. Soto set up _____ chairs.
Second conjecture: Ms. Soto set up _____ chairs.
1. Use the clues to make a mathematical argument for or against your
first conjecture of _____ chairs. Show your reasoning.
THE MATH PRACTICES
1. 
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
2.  Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
3.  Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
4.  Model with mathematics.
5.  Use appropriate tools strategically.
6.  Attend to precision.
7.  Look for and make use of structure.
8. 
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
EVERYDAY MATH 4
v  The new version is better aligned to the new State of Michigan
Standards.
v  The new version has more electronic components, including online
game practice for students to improve fact fluency. The math
homework pages are online, as well, in case they do not make it home.
v  Now you can see previous lessons, and future math content.
PROMOTE MATH AT HOME
v  Make cooking a family event, have students help measure
ingredients and adjust recipes.
v  Talk about ways you use math at home. Be positive. Talk about
math in home projects and on your job.
v  Help students pay for items with cash and make change at stores
and restaurants.
ONLINE RESOURCES
v  Connect Ed – with Everyday Mathematics
http://connected.mcgraw-hill.com/connected/login.do
v  Everyday Math parents web page
http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/parents/
v  NCTM’s Calculation Nation http://calculationnation.nctm.org/
v  Figure This http://figurethis.nctm.org/index.html
v  Cool Math for kids (including lots of strategy and comptuation games)
http://www.coolmath4kids.com/