BI-MONTHLY
MATHEMATICS
NEWSLETTER
Mathematics
TECHNOLOGY
In this Issue…
PBS TeacherLine P.1
Calendar
October 1, 2009
What’s New P.1
Grades 3-5 webinar
Grades 6-8 webinar
Eye on Assessment P.2
October 13, 2009
Mathematics II /Support II
webinar
Grades K-2 webinar
October 20, 2009
Amanda Grant & Sherry Akin
4th Grade
Eagle Springs Elementary School
Houston County Schools
Featured GPS Classroom P.2
1
Elementary Collaborative
Teaching webinar
Mathematics I/Support I
webinar
PBS TeacherLine is an online tool that offers low-cost, high-quality professional
development classes to teachers so they can improve their abilities and earn the
Professional Learning Units -- or PLUs -- they need to maintain their certification.
October 21, 2009
"The Georgia Department of Education has reviewed PBS TeacherLine's English
language arts and mathematics classes and given them our stamp of approval,"
Superintendent Cox said. "These classes are well-aligned with our state standards and
the high expectations we have for teachers in Georgia."
Marilyn Stansbury, director of education for Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB), said
this is just the beginning of this partnership.
Collaborative Mathematics
I/II Support Teaching
webinar
Registration
September 14 -30, 2009
Classes Start
October 1, 2009
Classes End
December 31, 2009
"We will continue to work together to find ways we can provide high-quality, low-cost
professional development opportunities for Georgia teachers," Ms. Stansbury said.
"We are excited to launch this new partnership with the Georgia Department of
Education and the state's educators."
Superintendent Cox said school systems can use federal Title 1 or stimulus funds to
pay for educators to take TeacherLine classes. More information will be sent
to schools this week.
 Choose course from Georgia course list—available through Learning Village at www.georgiastandards.org
 Go to http://www.teacherlinesoutheast.org/offerings.htm
 Click on the Course Offering link on the left side under Courses
Cost: $199
 Click on Math under Select a Subject Category at the bottom of the page
 Find the desired course with a start date of October 1, 2009
Payable by credit card or
 Click on the selected Course Name
system purchase order
 Click on the Enroll box on the right hand side of the Course Section Information page
 Late registration is open until October 8, 2009
While on the Course Selection Information page, you can access the course syllabus and graduate credit information.
Free Orientation Course
A free two hour PBS TeacherLine course designed to prepare teachers for online learning can be found at
http://www.pbs.org/teacherline/free-orientation-course/
…
Click here to access Elluminate.
Large scale printable version of the standards are now available for teachers. Each standard is easily printable on 11 X 17
paper for posting standards in classrooms. Please check out this link to use these in your classrooms.
https://www.georgiastandards.org/standards/Pages/BrowseStandards/GPS_by_Grade_Level_K-8.aspx
Mathematics TEAM
Janet Davis
Mathematics
Program Manager
(404) 463-1736
[email protected]
Sandi Woodall
Secondary Mathematics
Program Specialist
(404) 463-6924
[email protected]
Sharon Hooper
Elementary Mathematics
Program Specialist
(404) 651-7272
[email protected]
Sharquinta Tuggle
Secondary Mathematics
Teacher on Assignment
(404) 463-0634
[email protected]
Jessica Jetton
Elementary Mathematics
Teacher on Assignment
(404) 463-0734
[email protected]
Eye on Assessment
For more information on DOK levels, please refer to the September 15, 2009, newsletter.
DOK 1 Sample Item
Miguel constructed a three-dimensional shape that has five faces. The shape he constructed is shown below.
Which of the following could be the three-dimensional shape Miguel constructed?
A.
B.
C.
D.
rectangular pyramid
triangular pyramid
rectangular prism
triangular prism
DOK 2 Sample Item
Miguel constructed a three-dimensional shape that has five faces. The five faces he used are shown below.
Which of the following could be the three-dimensional shape Miguel constructed?
A.
B.
C.
D.
rectangular pyramid
triangular pyramid
rectangular prism
triangular prism
DOK 3 Sample Item
Miguel constructed two three-dimensional shapes. The shapes he constructed are shown below.
In Upcoming Issues…
Instructional
Strategies
Special Education
Collaboration
ELL Collaboration
Which diagram correctly sorts the attributes of Miguel’s
constructed figures?
A.
12 edges
6 faces
GPS Classroom Video
2 parallel
bases
B.
9 edges
5 faces
12 edges
6 faces
rectangular
faces
triangular
faces
9 edges
5 faces
In this issue...
 Quadrilateral
Challenge
 4th grade
View over 300 Georgia
classroom videos and teacher
interviews demonstrating
standards-based mathematics
classroom environments.
View videos
D.
C.
8 vertices
6 faces
triangular
faces
6 vertices
6 faces
8 vertices
6 faces
2 parallel
bases
rectangular
faces
6 vertices
6 faces
GaDOE Source TV on YouTube
“The Development of Georgia’s Standardized Tests”