Upcoming & Notable

• Scholastic Book Fair - December 5 - December 9 (Picture Day - December 8)
• Gingerbread House Event - December 7
• LP4 Ends - December 16
• Winter Break - December 26 - January 6

• School Resumes - Monday, January 9
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School - Monday, January 16
• Fall Semester Ends - Wednesday, January 25
• Teacher Work Days - No School - Thursday, January 26 and Friday, January 27
• Spring Semester Begins - Monday, January 30

Math!

At our recent CT small group meeting, math, and how to help teach math was the main topic. The presentation sparked a super involved discussion with people offering up some great ideas. Below are some resources that were shared with us.

The Mind Institute...Why Is Math So Important?  A great article with no specific reference to Common Core...more of a focus on learning and thinking!

http://blog.mindresearch.org/blog/bid/366158/Why-is-Math-So-Important

US News Opinion Article - training Parents to think about math in new and different ways (speaking to common core standards)

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/knowledge-bank/2015/11/04/everyone-benefits-when-parents-understand-common-core-math-programming

Washington Post: Pros/Cons of Common Core Math

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/common-core-math-can-be-a-mystery-and-parents-are-going-to-school-to-understand-it/2014/11/01/af57efa0-604f-11e4-9f3a-7e28799e0549_story.html?utm_term=.f510388ef82e#comments

The following articles are all taken from youcubed.org.  It’s Jo Boaler’s website/organization.  She is a math professor at Stanford University and much of Friday’s presentation was based on her research and strategies.

Multidimensional Math (including a link to a TedTalk that is really interesting, and longish)

https://www.youcubed.org/multidimensional-mathematics/

Mindset and Math - Again from Jo Boaler (youcubed.org)

https://edsource.org/2016/stanford-professor-urges-teachers-to-rethink-math-instruction/93376

Parents and Math

https://www.youcubed.org/think-it-up/parents-beliefs-math-change-childrens-achievement/

NY Times Opinion Piece by a UC Berkeley Professor:  Psych-based...talks about mindset among other things.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/opinion/nudges-that-help-struggling-students-succeed.html?_r=1

This Week's Meeting Schedule

Monday 12/5
Office Day

Tuesday
Ione
Joshua - 10:30 (Informal Observation)
Alexis & Tyler - 12:05
Rancho Murietta (Burger King)
Gage - 2:30 ish

Wednesday
Grace Church - Gingerbread House Event 9 - 12
Wyatt - During Gingerbread House Event
Isabeau & McKenna - 12:00
Emily - 1:00

Thursday
Ione (Clark's)
Jezreel - 12:00
Jaye - 1:00
Leila - 2:00
Plymouth
David - 3:30

Friday

Office Day