ECST Mathematics Department
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Recently, members of the math department asked about the placement of the final exam grade. If you had not noticed, X2 appears in the Power School gradebook, but not in Schoology. So, for this year, you will place the final exam grade in the X2 location in the Power School gradebook, which means it will not be seen in Schoology. This will be fixed for the next school year. In the meantime, please communicate this information with your students so they know/understand that the grade in PowerSchool is what will appear on their report cards.
August 9th & 10th - Save the dates!
There will be a certified Illustrative Mathematics professional learning training on August 9-10, 2021 (Monday & Tuesday). You will be approved and compensated for your attendance. This is the same training that was supposed to take place in the spring of 2020, but due to all the Covid-19 restrictions we had to postpone it.
I have items that I would like the facilitator to emphasize, but if there is something in particular that you would like to be addressed during the training, please email or call me.
Many of the Algebra 1 teachers have recently or are now teaching how to solve quadratics by factoring. On the "IM Desmos Resources & More" spreadsheet, I shared a few - but I know you have more.
Do you have resources to share?
What methods do you teach?
Desmos, videos, practice, assessments?
Please, share them here: https://essextech.schoology.com/group/2771242490/discussion/view/4988422754