Category Archives: Math Resources

Math is often the subject that creates a block for student learning. Listed here are many links to helpful sites that will enable learning and tutoring at school and home for those that need a repeat or different way to look at the taught skills.

MATHCOUNTS!

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Each February, Fresno County Office of Education provides a time and place for MATHCOUNTS Competition.  MATHCOUNTS offers fun and engaging programs that get middle school students excited about math. These programs include the MATHCOUNTS Competition Program, the MATHCOUNTS Club Program, and the MATHCOUNTS Reel Math Challenge.  This year 17 schools competed at The Satellite Student Union at Fresno State.

Winning team, Granite Ridge in Clovis!

Thank you, Jon Dueck for all your work in providing this competition.

Looking for Algebra 1 and Math 1 teachers!

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If you are an Algebra I or Math I teacher, please see below.

WestEd, a not-for-profit educational research agency, has been funded by the U.S. Department of Education to conduct a study during the fall 2017 semester to evaluate the Querium StepWise™ Virtual Tutor for Algebra. StepWise is an online supplemental homework and quiz program that uses artificial intelligence to help students improve their mathematics problem solving. Aligned with Common Core State Standards for Mathematics, the intelligent tutoring system provides real-time, personalized tutoring to Algebra 1 students with the goal of achieving outcomes similar to those found with 1:1 tutoring.

Participating math teachers will receive stipends up to $850 for their involvement in this 8-week study! To participate, teachers must: a) be currently teaching Algebra I, and b) have at least part-time 1:1 student access to a computer, laptop, or tablet.

Please indicate your interest in participating by Friday, May 5th:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QueriumStudy

Please also forward this information to any Algebra 1 teachers who you think might be interested in participating. We look forward to the opportunity to work with you!

Sincerely,
Bryan Matlen, Ph.D.
Research Associate, WestEd, STEM program quierum@wested.org

The Map of Mathematics

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As I was cruising through youtube, I found this incredible video that maps out the beginning of mathematics through how it is applied.  I would love to sit down and speak with this guy, Dominic Walliman.  You will see the connections of science, technology, engineering and more.  What an incredible overview.  Enjoy!  ~Sandy

Teaching At Home/Addition

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Once your student understands counting with manipulatives and identifies where whole numbers fall on a number line, you can add using both of this visuals.  Start with adding 1+1, put out two beans and push the one and one together.  The student should come up with 2.  Have the child count the one and one and then count it again as 2.  Show the numbers with dots on a paper.  One dot plus one dot equals two dots.  Now add 2+1 and move through the same process.

1+1, 2+1. 3+1, 4+1, 5+1, 6+1…

Then add 1+2 and look at 2+1 again to show student that 1+2 and 2+1 gives you the same number of beans or dots.  This is COMMUTATIVE PROPERTY.  Shows that you can add in either direction and get the same thing.

Move to the number line now.  Put your finger or a pencil on the number 1.  Adding one means moving right by one number.  This will also show that 1+1=2.  Show it with beans, dots and number line for several examples.

Go back and ask if 4+5 = 5+4 to revisit commutative property.

Continue to practice single digit addition until student feels confident.

Don’t miss CMC-Central in Stanislaus

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2015 Theme:  Communicating Mathematically
Friday, March 13th, Cathy Carroll, Research Associate with WestEd, will present a session for administrators and lead teachers.
Saturday, March 14th – PI Day!!! – Author Greg Tang (gregtangmath.com) will open and close the day, with grade span teacher-to-teacher break-outs during the day.

Don’t be left out!  Grab your administrator and join us at CSU Stanislaus for an energizing two day symposium around communication. (Go to http://cmc-math.org/conferences/cmc-central/ or see attached flyer for more information.)

We sincerely hope to see you there!
Your Central Section Board and CCSS Symposium Planning Committee

Lori M. Hamada
President, CMC Central 2015-Symposium-flyer.pdf