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March 21, 2014 Meeting

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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

        1. ems&tl's version of Zoom 
        2. How might you use the Standards for Mathematical Practice Commentary and Elaborations for K-5?
        3. 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

      1. Finding (In)appropriate CCSS-M Resources (Lab – Merritt Hall first floor)
      2. What should you look for?
      3. Descriptors for a Project Rating Scale

 

1:45 pm.         BREAK

 

2:00 p.m.        Representations – Issues/Challenges – Skip

      1. What’s important?
      2. When to move?
      3. Access to algorithms
      4. Thoughts?
        1.  Requiring Representations
        2.  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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