ECST Mathematics Department
Newsletter
September 26-30, 2022
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ACTIONABLE ITEMs
Email mlandis@essextech.org if you still need MathXL student codes
Lesson Plan PLC Teams & Leads
Lesson Plan PLC Teams & Leads
At the department meeting a link to a spreadsheet was shared to indicate the LESSON PLAN PLC TEAMS and LEADS. Please meet with the members of your school math team to discuss and finalize the information requested by Thursday, September 29th at 3PM. The link to the spreadsheet is HERE.
PD - Quizizz Upgrade & Schoology Integration
PD - Quizizz Upgrade & Schoology Integration
An email was sent to all members of the MATH TEAM about creating your upgraded Quizizz account. Please search your inbox and junk box for the email from Quizizz. The members of the MATH TEAM are at various stages of understanding Quizizz, so I am sharing an interest questionnaire about PD. If you are interested in attending or facilitating PD on Quizizz, click HERE.
REMINDERS & IMPORTANT NOTES
Diagnostic Assessments
Diagnostic Assessments
The Grade 12 and Honors Grade 11 students will take their diagnostic assessments the week of September 26-30. An email was sent on FRI, 9/23/2022 12:56PM with the details. In the email you were asked to click the thumbs up to indicate you have read the email. Not everyone has done so. A reminder that it is your professional responsibility to check emails on a regular basis.
Start Strong Scores
Look for an email with the Start Strong scores that will be sent this week. These scores can be used for your SGO data.
PSAT SLIDE PRESENTATION
PSAT SLIDE PRESENTATION
As discussed in the math department meeting, the 10th & 11th grade math teachers should plan to share the PSAT Test Organization presentation with their students the week of October 3-7.
Problem of the Day
An interesting bit of data - the highest math section score on the PSAT 2021 was by Andres Jaquez-Cruz with a 740. He achieved that mark as a 10th grade student. Congratulations Andres!!!
eMath Instruction and Math Medic Assessment Platform are on their way!
PROFESSIONAL/INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES WORTH SHARING
Lathisms.org Hispanic Heritage Month posters of mathematicians
Geometry teachers will be interested in the Geogebra activities aligned to IM found HERE. There are a few Algebra 1 & 2 as well.
Online manipulatives - some old, some new
Mathsbot.com - https://mathsbot.com/manipulativeMenu
PhET Interactives - https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/filter?subjects=math&type=html
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (Oldie but goodie) - http://nlvm.usu.edu/
APPALACHIAN TRAIL UPDATE
My cousin made it to mile 2000 on the Appalachian Trail! Good thing there are only 188 more miles to go - it is getting cold on top of the mountains. Now I understand why he likes the beard. 😎😁
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