The Super Ultimate Graphing Challenge!

Graphing Challenge

Great flash game for developing understanding of how graphs work. Can you stay within the blue field???

District Math Email Groups

Your cohort of mathematics teachers is just an email away!

To communicate with everyone at your (or any) grade level, open a new email message and click "To." Then in the search window, type "math." Now choose a group you'd like to share your thoughts or questions with!

Can the Middle Class Be Saved? - The Atlantic

Can the Middle Class Be Saved? - The Atlantic

It’s hard to miss just how unevenly the Great Recession has affected different classes of people in different places. From 2009 to 2010, wages were essentially flat nationwide—but they grew by 11.9 percent in Manhattan and 8.7 percent in Silicon Valley. In the Washington, D.C., and San Jose (Silicon Valley) metro areas—both primary habitats for America’s meritocratic winners—job postings in February of this year were almost as numerous as job candidates. In Miami and Detroit, by contrast, for every job posting, six people were unemployed. In March, the national unemployment rate was 12 percent for people with only a high-school diploma, 4.5 percent for college grads, and 2 percent for those with a professional degree.

Fastt Math: Status Unknown

I'm sure this will be on many a mind out there...

Despite my efforts to contact the tech folks, I have yet to hear anything regarding the status of the Fastt Math server. Stay tuned.

Clarifying Timeframes

Well, Chris has given me my first opportunity to blog! I've never done this before. But as Chris says, I need to practice my mathematical proficiency skill of communication.  I AM a lifelong learner!  I AM a lifelong learner!

We have been getting lots of questions about suggested timeframes on the curriculum guides.  Thanks for the feedback! We have changed the wording from weeks, to number of school days. School days are days in school when students are in math class (and that's every day! Right math lovers???). And please remember- these are suggested timeframes. Your mileage may vary.

We also added a bit of padding to the days in the first unit at every grade level. We know how important it is to set up your learning community and classroom routines. We wanted to give you plenty of time to determine what your students know, what your students need, as well as establish the managerial aspects of your classroom. This will free up your kid's attention from "What do I do when I have to go to the bathroom?" to "How many blocks do I have and how do I know?"