DIS – PCPEP Presentation January 28, 2015 Let’s Talk Math !!

Goals for today: Examine ways to incorporate minor shifts in math instruction to help students be more successful on assessments Look at resources for the Promethean Board Discussion: 13 Rules that Expire Computational fluency

Select more than one right answer

Stress vocabulary!

Incorporate “Least”, “Greatest”, “At Most”, “At Least”, etc. into word problems

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DISCUSSION - 13 Rules that Expire 1. Add a zero when you multiply by ten. 2. Use keywords to solve problems. 3. You cannot take a bigger number from a smaller number 4. Adding and multiplying make numbers bigger. 5. Subtracting and dividing make numbers smaller. 6. You always divide the larger number by the smaller one. 7. Two negatives make a positive.

8. Multiply everything inside the parentheses by the number outside the parentheses. 9. Improper fractions should always be written as a mixed number. 10. The number you say first in counting is always less than the number than comes next. 11. The longer the number, the larger the number. 12. Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally. 13. The equal sign means Find the answer or Write the answer.

Computational Fluency Return to testing for fluency in the classroom. Assign students to study math facts 3x/week. Method for assessment is at the discretion of the teacher. Suggestion is at least four times/trimester. 10% of final math grade