Math

Kirsten Silverman ksilverman@arlington.k12.ma.us

Extra Help:

  • Ms Silverman is available during MTSS every day for quick questions.

  • For additional help, the Arlington High School Honor Society offers free tutoring by Honor Society members. For info click here.


Curriculum

We are using an adapted version of the Illustrative Mathematics curriculum, an open source curriculum, developed in a partnership between Illustrative Mathematics (author) and Open Up Resources (developer). The curriculum is "a problem-based core curriculum rooted in content and practice standards to foster learning and achievement for all. Students learn by doing math, solving problems in mathematical and real-world contexts, and constructing arguments using precise language."

The 6th grade curriculum covers the following topic areas:

  • Area and Surface Area

  • Introducing Ratios

  • Unit Rates and Percentages

  • Dividing Fractions

  • Arithmetic in Base Ten

  • Expressions and Equations

  • Rational Numbers

  • Data Sets and Distributions

More information for families: https://curriculum.illustrativemathematics.org/MS/teachers/family_info.html

DreamBox

Dreambox is a website that uses adaptive skills practice. We will be using dreambox to practice old skills and keep new ones current. Many students also used dreambox in elementary school. The program saves all data from year to year so students can continue to progress through the standards. The Gibbs link to dreambox is here.

I am starting my sixteenth year working in Arlington. I worked at the Ottoson for eleven years with a one year hiatus to try out math coaching at the Bishop and the Hardy. I have two sons and two cats. In my free time I like to cook, read, and do puzzles.