ECST Mathematics Department
Newsletter
March 2025
Building Bright Futures Through Mathematics!
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The goal of the ECST Mathematics Department for the 2024-2025 school year is to enhance student performance in the Modeling and Reasoning conceptual categories, as reflected in standardized assessments. This will be achieved by applying innovative strategies developed and refined through professional development sessions and collaborative efforts in professional learning communities.
ACTIONABLE ITEMs
🙂 March 7th, 2025 Professional Development 😄
Complete the Survey Feedback form before you leave your session Friday.
Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics: https://forms.gle/LUgKEhtrWQRwtsnB9
Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics: https://forms.gle/LUgKEhtrWQRwtsnB9
Using the Graphing Calculator to Enhance Mathematics Instruction: https://forms.gle/TrfxmicPHJGUBvBN7
Using the Graphing Calculator to Enhance Mathematics Instruction: https://forms.gle/TrfxmicPHJGUBvBN7
Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics
Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics
Date/Time: March 7th, 2025: 1:30PM - 3:30PM
Location: Payne Tech - Room 230
Learn strategies to create engaging, student-centered math classrooms that promote critical thinking and problem-solving.
Educator List
Alexandra Antoine
Taishawn Chavis
Maria Moura
Roland Lucas
Daud Malik
Tatiana Koltsova
Craig Zimmerman
Miriam Garber
Shania Langford
Warren Anderson
Maryanne Fam
Christine Lopez-Cassano
Nidia Plaza
Bhavani Sukumar
Miguel Zegarra - Rodriguez
Albert.io
Albert.io
Date/Time: Marth 7th, 2025: 1:30PM - 3:30PM
Location: Payne Tech Innovation Center
Discover how to leverage Albert IO to provide rigorous, standards-aligned practice and assessments for your students.
Educator List
Ayman Azab
Christopher Baldino
Felix Cartagena
Robert King
Giuseppe Tesaurro
Maxine Kaminski
Kaleysa Vodrazka
Using the Graphing Calculator to Enhance Mathematics Instruction
Using the Graphing Calculator to Enhance Mathematics Instruction
Date/Time: March 7th, 2025: 1:30PM - 3:30PM
Location: Payne Tech - Room 229
Explore ways to integrate graphing calculators effectively to deepen students’ understanding of mathematical concepts.
Educator List
Nicole Trucios
Craig Zimmerman
Elisa Tejada
Claudio Bernal
Samson Tewelde
Sokol Ajazi
Zack Arenstein
Kevin Jagniatkowski
Amelia Capalaran
Rana Khezam
Narendra Misir
International Day of Mathematics 2025
International Day of Mathematics 2025
ART AND CREATIVITY
In 2025, the theme is: Mathematics, Art, and Creativity. This poster, based on a Penrose Tiling, comes in two versions: full-color, or black-and-white one which you and your friends can color to add your creative touch and make it unique.
Ideas: Pick One From Here :)
Primary Education Version: The Art Gallery - Primary Version
Please take some photos and upload them into this Google Drive! Please create your own folders and label it with your name. Any questions, please let me know.
Link: CLICK HERE
Benchmark 3 will be administered soon...
Benchmark 3 will be administered soon...
An email with further instructions has been sent out!
An email with further instructions has been sent out!
Common Assessments
9th Grade Teachers,
Monthly common assessments are realased once a month on IXL. The Algebra I and Geometry - February: Common Assessment will be released soon.
Please click the link below to begin administering our common NJSLA assessment to our 9th graders once a week. We will begin with NJSLA_ALGI_1.1 and NJSLA_GEO_1.1.
Algebra I Link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-Cwru9y-BuXsN7qjBxzHVfm7Oyj2lLjIvjXLHoE8Sis/edit?tab=t.0
Geometry Link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bKtCQ6Z8kPHtmeqqjEMnYlvK8JPTZIj4SfPLbS0oAaU/edit?tab=t.0
10th Grade Teachers
Continue administering the common monthly assessments that are labeled in IXL. The Geometry - February: Common Assessment will be released soon.
Please continue to administer the Sophomore NJGPA Readiness Assessments as you find time.
11th Grade Teachers
Students will continue to take our weekly NJGPA readiness assessments. Please make sure you are following the mapping guide that we have created. Link is below.
NJGPA Link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vcW0y8bCps9CS4_tGcqcstgxQsq7nebnnVZxgobo6N4/edit?tab=t.0
Modeling and Reasoning Tasks
Modeling and Reasoning Tasks
Linked below, you will find the Modeling and Reasoning problems to our Google Drive folder. Please continue incorporating a few of these problems each week for your juniors. I’m confident that both our students and we will find them highly effective!
Link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Gh_ic5m3XezsDpqphI4GWLQTlHIQ-hBK?usp=share_link
REMINDERS & IMPORTANT NOTES
March 11 - 14 (Make Ups: 17 - 20) - NJGPA Spring ELA + Mathematics Assessment
March 19 - Math Department Meeting
March 24 - 28 - ECST Quarter 3 Benchmark Assessments (SGO)
April 16 - SAT School Day (College Board)
PROFESSIONAL/INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES WORTH SHARING
Looking for a March 14th Activity?
Looking for a March 14th Activity?
Yes, we will be celebrating International Day of Mathematics at a later date due to the NJGPA testing which occurs from March 14-16. In the meantime, if your students are not testing on these days, you may want to take advantage of some of these activities.
Parent Contacts
Parent Contacts
Progress reports are being released soon and the end of the 3rd marking period is April 4th. If you have a student who is in danger of failing for the year and you have not had a parent conference as of today, CONTACT THE PARENT/GUARDIAN IMMEDIATELY! This contact should also involve a response (email/phone/in-person) from the parent. If there is difficulty in establishing contact, reach out to the guidance counselor for assistance.
SAT Problem of the Day
SAT Problem of the Day
Varsity Tutors SAT Problem of the Day
Number 2 SAT Question of the Day
Also..... College Board Official SAT Student Guide 2025 (Please see guidance if you prefer paper copies of this student guide.)
My Set Of BTC Thin Slicing Curriculum Tasks
My Set Of BTC Thin Slicing Curriculum Tasks
Click on this link and I promise you will LOVE THIS!!!
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