ECST Mathematics Department
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September 20-24, 2021
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Hispanic Heritage Month
Hispanic Heritage Month
New resources and resources from previous years can be found HERE. Please indicate which activity or project you will be completing with your students on the threaded discussion on the Schoology Math Department group page.
WORTH THE REPEAT
WORTH THE REPEAT
Please bookmark this ECST Math Department website. All of the math department links can be found on the website.
Testing Strategies
Testing Strategies
If you have not already done so, please view the Testing strategy "Backsolve" video on Edpuzzle. After you view the video yourself, you may either assign the video to your students or view it with them as a class. THIS VIDEO MUST BE VIEWED BY ALL STUDENTS IN GRADES 9-12 BEFORE THE PSATs!
This video was created by our very own teammates, Zack Arenstein and Joseph Dedalonis. They did an excellent job in creating an instructional video for you to show to your students. There will be more testing strategy videos that will follow. Thank you, Zack & Joe!
PSAT is October 26 for Gr 10 & 11
PSAT is October 26 for Gr 10 & 11
Take a look at the RESOURCES to use with your students.
Which of these bushfire relief donors was the most generous? What’s your ranking? What information matters here? What would your students say?
Depth Not Speed
Depth Not Speed
Many people incorrectly believe that being good at mathematics means being fast at mathematics. It doesn’t and we need to dissociate mathematics from speed. When we value fast computation (as many classrooms do) we encourage a subset of learners who compute quickly and discourage many others, including deep slow thinkers who are very important to mathematics. We no longer need students to compute fast (we have computers for this) we need them to think deeply, connect methods, reason, and justify. READ MORE
Block Schedule Pacing Guides
Block Schedule Pacing Guides
The block scheduling pacing guides from the IM Community Hub are not only good for semester block classes but also the classes you teach in the A/B alternating day schedule. I have inserted the suggested modifications from the adaptation guides and section level planning guides into one document (link is below).
Solving Literal Equations - Flowchart Method
Solving Literal Equations - Flowchart Method
I came across the FLOWCHART METHOD for solving literal equations and thought it worth sharing. If you teach this method to your students, I would appreciate the feedback from you
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