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Mrs. Harrison’sMrs. Harrison’sIntro to Math 6Intro to Math 6
Open House Open House PresentationPresentation
August 19, 2009
Please fill out the information next to your child’s name on the sign in sheet.
(6:00pm-6:45pm)
WELCOMEWELCOME
• What is Intro to Math 6 (Replacement/Double Dose)?• Why was your child selected for this class?• What will students learn (MAP and curriculum)?• What strategies will be used?• Parent Involvement • How will students be graded?• What materials do students need?• How much homework will there be?• How to Contact Mrs. Harrison?
Mrs. Kathy Harrison
Originally from St. Charles
Currently I live in St. Ann with my husband of
17 years and our 2 boys (16 and 11 years old).
Teaching Experience/Education
Middle School Math Teacher – 23rd year Orchard Farm MS (6th and 7th gr.) - 15 years Southwest MS (7th gr.) - 2 years Northeast MS (8th gr.) - 3 years Northeast MS (6th gr. Math Intervention) - 3rd year
Education UMSL – Bachelor’s Degree in Middle School Education Lindenwood University – Master’s Degree in Education
MIR Academy – Cathy Fosnot
How is Intro to Math 6 Funded?
Made possible by the Passage of Proposition R in 2006, which allowed Parkway to establish a Mathematics Intervention program for students in elementary school and middle school.
What is Intro to Math 6?
A replacement math class, which replaces a math class on team and meets every day.
OR A double dose math class, which is in addition to a
math class on team, it replaces Cultural Connections class, and meets every other day.
Designed to meet the student where they are and nurture them…….
How Was Your Child Chosen?
MAP scores
Stanford scores
District Common Assessments
5th gr. teacher/specialist recommendation
Mathematicians in Residence
“Work with the developing mathematician, rather than addressing the wrong strategy.”
-C. Fosnot
What will children learn?
We have identified the most essential math knowledge that every 6th grade student in Parkway should learn and I will be working with your child until he/she is ready to exit this Math Intervention course.
Our Goal:
For your child to be resourceful, flexible, and efficient in dealing with new problems in math….to be able to change a problem to make it easier.
Ma & Pa Kettle
How many buses does the army need to transport 1,128 soldiers if each bus holds 36 soldiers?
8th Grade Problem on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), mid-1980s
Nearly 1/3 of 8th graders answered…… “31 remainder 12”
How would you solve it if there were 1,200 soldiers?
From Problem Solving in Context(s), Schoenfeld, ©1988 in Understanding by Design, Wiggins & McTighe, ©2005
From the 1980’s
Mental Math Quiz
1200 divided by 36
3,996 plus 4,246
66 times 15
793 times 9
Dr. Arthur BenjaminHarvey Mudd College
“If we’re doing mental math, computing left to right is best because we are working with the most significant digits right away.
“What is more important – knowing the answer is bigger than 6300 or that the last digit is 7?”
“Secrets of Mental Math” Presentation at T3 in Dallas, 2008
Why don’t we stress traditional algorithms more?
Education is what you have leftwhen you’ve forgotten everythingyou learned in school.
Why I will be refraining from telling and/or showing how to do a particular problem.
“We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by those which have occurred to others.”– Pascal
“Premature introduction of the algorithm for computing …divorced from a meaningful context….may block students from understanding…”
“If I give you the shortcut first, you’ll always use it but never understand it.” – G. Tang
When should students write down their work?(Show their work)
“We must shift our focus from executing algorithms to documenting mathematical work.” – Kutzler
I will be asking the students to show their work in order to keep track of their thinking.
Parent Involvement
Encourage Ask your child about the day’s lesson. Homework When your child asks if the answer is right,
throw a question back at them, ask :“How did you do it”?“Convince me.” What are you sure of?
Homework - Not more than 30 minutes
Ongoing Practice Doubling Addition facts Multiplication facts Vocabulary Words
Various Worksheets Journal Continuation of a problem started in class
Websites
Classzone.comTextbook – McDougal Littell Course 1lots of activities
www.gregtang.com multiplication flash cards
Teacher Website
Grading
EFFORT
Materials Needed Everyday
3-Ring Binder (our textbook) - for handouts
Notebook - for daily work
Binder for all classes– Assignment Book– Hall Pass– Loose Leaf Paper– Pencil– Eraser– Red Pen
Materials (Optional)
Dry Erase Markers (I have a class set, but kids tend to be rough on them.)
Box of Tissue or Personal Tissue Pack (If you don’t want to use your hall pass to
go to the restroom to get toilet paper to blow your nose.)
Continue with 6th Grade Open House
7:00-7:15 Proceed to the Large Gym
7:25-7:45 Elective Teachers
7:55-8:30 Team Teachers
