ECST Mathematics Department

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November 7-9, 2022

ACTIONABLE ITEMs

INSERVICE - NOVEMBER 7, 2022

SCHEDULE WITH ROOM ASSIGNMENTS

IMPORTANT NOTES:

BRING YOUR CHARGED DEVICE TO EACH SESSION.
ALBERTIO PARTICIPANTS SHOULD BRING A CHARGED DEVICE AND A HEADSET.
Please sign the paper sign-in sheet when you get to your assigned sessions.

Please look over this pacing chart for ALG1, GEO, ALG2, & PREC

Any objections? Call or email me.

REMINDERS & IMPORTANT NOTES

MON., NOVEMBER 7 - DEPARTMENT-BASED INSERVICE (1:30-3:30PM)
WED., NOVEMBER 16 - MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT MEETING

Follow Up to Schoology Post

Recently I posted on Schoology about updates to the Epson iProjection software on the desktop computers in many of your classrooms. I deleted the post because new information is being shared. If you have any issues with your Epson projection boards (freezing, not interactive, etc.), you should submit a HELP DESK ticket so the IT department can install the updates to the software program individually. Contact me if you have any questions.

NOTE: I have a few more sets of the dry erase poster boards (22" X 28"). One of your colleagues suggested using them for a placemat activity when students are in groups. And in case you are confusing these with the individual 8" X 10" dry erase boards with coordinate grids, I have two more sets of those. Contact me if you are still interested in either of these dry erase resources.

PROFESSIONAL/INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES WORTH SHARING

The Open Middle Math author, Robert Kaplinsky is an interesting person! I visited his website recently and suggest the following for reading/viewing:
Thank you to Kevin Agnew for sharing this Factors of Polynomials activity from Open Middle on Desmos Activity Builder. He reported that his students were very much engaged in the lesson. If you have the opportunity to share this with your students, I would be interested in your feedback. It will be interesting to include experiences with this activity once we begin the discussion on "Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics".
Some of your bulletin boards are empty since you removed the content to prepare the room for the PSAT. A suggestion - give an assignment to the students that when posted would produce a visually appealing board. Are you going to be observed soon? Need to decorate your classroom? Check out these POSTERS TO ADORN YOUR BOARDS & CABINETS (and never your walls! )

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