Curriculum Director’s Conference

September 24, 2008

AGENDA

K-5 Precision Review Mathematics Implementation Specialists Assessing Success in Mathematics Mid-term for Mathematics I Parent Letters Elluminates Learning Village

K-5 Mathematics Precision Review

Comments received during 90 days of posting from:

• Teachers• Curriculum Coordinators• Parents• Higher education faculty• CRCT item review teacher teams• About 100 stakeholders

General theme of comments:

• Language clarification• More specificity• Gaps in vertical alignment of content• Decimal fractions

Edit at every grade levels:

• Inserted statement with regards to vocabulary in each terms and symbols box at the end of the standards

• Aligned vocabulary listed in the terms and symbols boxes for each grade level

Edits at K-2 grade levels:•Kindergarten: ▫Added specificity and clarity to language▫Changed no basic content

• First: ▫Added some clarity of language▫Changed place value notation from 1 to 100 into 1 to 99▫ Included height under measurement

•Second: ▫Added some clarity of language▫Added number of seconds in a minute to measurement▫Added pyramids to the list of solid geometric figures

Edits at 3rd and 4th grade levels:

• Third: ▫Added clarity of language▫Extended and clarified difference between common fractions

and decimal fractions▫Aligned title of Data Analysis and Probability

• Fourth: ▫Clarified difference between decimal fractions and decimals▫Added sum of angles of a triangle are 180 degrees to

measurement▫Added use of nets in geometry, added range, mode, and

median to data strand▫Aligned title of Data Analysis and Probability

Edits at 5th grade:

• Added clarification of language• Aligned all work with decimals• Added derivation of formula for the area of a

circle• Included circumference in perimeter standard,

added mean to data strand• Aligned title of Data Analysis and Probability

Mathematics Implementation Specialist

• Four slots were opened by OPB• Two will be for metro region• One already hired to work in Region 3• One already hired to work in Region 1• Still accepting applications and interviewing for

Region 2 and 4

Assessing Success in Mathematics

• One day session for 8th grade teachers• One day session for 9th grade teachers• Address make up of CRCT and EOCT• Address appropriate use of Coach Books• Suggest best practices

Mathematics I Mid-term

Be looking for a memo from Dr. Sue Snow regarding the availability of a mathematics I mid-term. It will be posted through OAS and

have a two-week window of opportunity for your teachers and students.

More information coming soon.

Sending a few practice questions for units 1 and 2.

Parent Letters

• CSI Mathematics• Joint venture with CEISMC at Ga. Tech• One for every unit K-Math I• Can be printed or posted electronically• http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/CSI/homepg.html

PurposeVirtual Learning Community

Group NormsFollow “Elluminate Etiquette”

Be an active participant

Teacher TALKs

Learning Village

• Live on Monday September 8• Must have GSO Portal Log-in• All Mathematics I frameworks • Vocabulary• Mathematics support ideas• Struggling reader ideas

Thank you for being here today!

Please contact us with any questions you have:

Janet Davis (jdavis@doe.k12.ga.us)

Sandi Woodall (swoodall@doe.k12.ga.us)

Sharon Hooper (shooper@doe.k12.ga.us)

Jessica Jetton (jjetton@doe.k12.ga.us)

Sharquinta Tuggle (stuggle@doe.k12.ga.us)