Core Group Meeting
March 21, 2014
McDaniel College Room 300
8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Greetings
9:15 a.m. NCTM and MCTM Updates - Jon Wray (NCTM), Sue Vohrer (MCTM)
- MCTM Conference - October 17 @ Baltimore Polytechnic Institute in Baltimore City. Submit you speaker proposals NOW!
- NCTM Institutes – February, 2014 – John SanGiovanni
- AMTE Annual Conference – Project Presentation on Pathways…
- NCTM Number Institute – July, 2014 – San Diego, CA – Skip, John SanGiovanni, Angie Waltrup
- MTMS Focus Issue – Fraction Sense article – April 2014
- LearnZillion Webinar – Joan Tellish, Nick Pyzik, Skip
9:30 a.m. CCSS-M Implementation Updates/Issues – by school district
- BCPS - looking for new resources and curr. materials; meeting with publisher's next week
- CCPSS - 2nd year of 2nd/3rd grade - continued revisions, 4th/5th - first year of implementation; 4th grade seems packed; 5th grade - issues with division of decimals; resources are being purchased to support content (e.g., Marilyn Burns area and perimeter 5th and 6th grades used with 3rd and 4th grades replacement unit, Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics books)
- FCPS - primary resource review of materials, looking at Pearson, McGraw-Hill, and HM-Harcourt; have used GoMath! "CCSS edition" for a couple years; vision for BYOD exists
- HCPSS - four CCSS parent nights; parent perceptions vary - many blame CCSS for problems in classrooms, PARCC field test next week, curr. staff will observe next week
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. Zoom: Revisiting the Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMP) - Beth
- ems&tl's version of Zoom
- How might you use the Standards for Mathematical Practice Commentary and Elaborations for K-5?
- How are your teachers explicitly addressing the SMP?
11:15 a.m. EMS Responsibilities and “Things you Might Change” – A discussion and summary - Skip
12:00 p.m. LUNCH
12:45 p.m. Judging Curricular Resources and Publications (CRAP) – Jon
- Finding (In)appropriate CCSS-M Resources (Lab – Merritt Hall first floor)
- What should you look for?
- Descriptors for a Project Rating Scale
1:45 pm. BREAK
2:00 p.m. Representations – Issues/Challenges – Skip
- What’s important?
- When to move?
- Access to algorithms
- Thoughts?
- Requiring Representations
- Grading
3:00 p.m. Fluency and the SMP – How to connect? - Beth and Skip
3:15 p.m. Next Steps…
Important Dates:
- April 7-12, 2014 - NCSM/NCTM Conference, New Orleans, LA
- May 29, 30, 2014 - Summer Institute Days (Principals in the AM – Day 2: What do you want them to hear? (e.g., What to look for in their observations of classroom instruction; LearnZillion piece; MSCAN tool - UVA) Think about this!!! You will be allowed to invite colleagues and principals connected with our work. 100?)
- July 10-12 – NCTM Number Institute, San Diego, CA
- Other dates?
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