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Keep Moving ForwardMiddle School Math UpdateMarch 13, 2017
Presented by Kimberly Beck, Assistant SuperintendentSara Dalton and Rebecca Dorn, Grade 6 Mathematics TeachersAttending: Myra Gercak and MaryAnn Goldstein, Middle School Math Department Leaders
This journey began in the spring of 2013
WHY DID WE CHANGE?Continuing the Conversation
“In the 21st century, mastery of the basic skills of reading, writing, and math is no longer enough.
We face an exponential increase of readily available information, new technologies that are constantly changing, and more complex societal challenges.
What matters today, however, is not how much our students know, but what they can do with what they know.”
Tony Wagner, Harvard UniversityAuthor of The Global Achievement Gap and Creating Innovators
Slide content from: BOE presentation February 2013Community Math Forums November 2013BOE presentation March 2014
“The Common Core State Standards for Mathematics require an increase in rigor and scope, and a change in the focus of mathematics instruction, in American classrooms.”
Cathy J. Lassiter
Navigating the Mathematics CCSSSlide content from:Community Presentations 2013 - 2015BOE presentation March 2014
2 Kinds of Math Standards
Content Represent expected learning by grade level - the “what” of teaching and learning
Reduced # of standards, increased depth of understanding
PracticeRepresent “how” we must teach all students (K-12) to think and behave like mathematicians
These practices rest on important processes and proficiencies with longstanding importance in mathematics education
2 Kinds of Math Standards
New Content Standards =
Drivers of change in curriculum, middle school
courses, and anchor resources
Practice Standards =
Drivers of professional learning and changes in
instructional practice
In the development of the middle school course sequences, we started at the high school asking the question:
What middle school coursework will give ALL students access to advanced level math courses at RHS?
Slide content shared previously within MS math course proposals 2013 - 2015
Middle School Math CoursesCommon Core 6
same course taught in levels
Pre - Algebra Linear Algebra AdvancedLinear Algebra
Foundations of Algebra Functional Algebra AdvancedFunctional Algebra
6th
7th
8th
6th
7th
8th
The 7th and 8th grade courses are 3 different courses with varying content standards being taught.
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6th Grade Math Course: Taught in 2 levels - Different Instructional Sequence
Sharing Success
Sara Dalton
Rebecca Dorn
Keep Moving Forward: Planning for 2017-2018
Placement 6th to 7th
Placement 5th to 6th
Pre-Algebra Linear Algebra Advanced Linear Algebra
Common Core 6 Common Core 6 C (Accelerated)
Grade 5 - Departmentalized
Common Core 6 Common Core 6 C (Accelerated)
Grade 5 to 6 Parent Meetings
Branchville March 9th √
Individual School Meetings are taking place
during the school day with K-5 Math Dept. Chair,
Principal, Math Specialist and the Grade 5 Math Teacher
Barlow Mountain March 13th √
Veterans ParK March 16th (hopefully) @ 9:30
Farmingville March 22nd @ 2:30
Scotland March 21st @ 9:00
Ridgebury March 21st @ 10:30
District-wide Meeting @ VPES on March 29th at 7:00
And the Math Needed for College?
“While advanced math may be needed for admission to college, it is not the math
required for students to succeed in college. A 2013 study by the National Center on
Education and the Economy found that the mathematics that most enables students
to be successful in college courses is not high school mathematics, but middle
school mathematics, especially arithmetic, ratio, proportion, expressions and simple
equations.”
From Most Likely to Succeed: Preparing Our Kids for the Innovation Era
By Tony Wagner & Ted Dintersmith
“It is not enough to have a good mind;
the main thing is to use it well.”Rene Descartes
French Mathematician (1595-1650)
Pathways for MOST Students