1. Smokey Road Middle School March 5, 2013
Middle School Math
Smokey Road Middle School
March 5, 2013

2. Agenda Textbook adoption update ASSISTments Course recommendations
Math in May
Professional learning opportunities
Concerns/suggestions/needs

3. Textbook adoption update
Textbooks are needed resources …
For continuity across district within courses
For better vertical alignment
To support students with limited digital access
To support new teachers
To meet parental expectations
To provide additional resources for everyone

4. For further consideration
McGraw-Hill: Glencoe Math Connected and Georgia Math
Kendall Hunt: Math Innovations
Holt McDougal: Georgia Mathematics
Pearson: Digits and Math Navigator

5. Prospective timeline Presentations by publishers
3/25
Presentations by publishers
4/9
Recommendations to BOE
4/10
Order (if BOE approves)

6. ASSISTments

7. Videos ASSISTments Showcase Building Problem Sets ASSISTments Press
Teacher explaining how she uses ASSISTments in her classroom.
ASSISTments Showcase
Building Problem Sets
ASSISTments Press

8. Example of Report Sent to Teacher

9. Student Feedback

10. Student Feedback

11. Student Feedback

12. Student Feedback

13. Parent Letter Home-School Connection

14. Course recommendations
Students with an IEP, especially those with specific mathematical disabilities, should be enrolled in the year-long Coordinate Algebra unless other evidence STRONGLY indicates that support is unnecessary.
For all students, it is important to err by recommending the year-long course and then having to subsequently change the student’s schedule to the one-term class if that change is needed.

15. Math in May Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Operations with Integers
Transformations, Congruence, and Similarity
Grade 8
7.SP.7
7.SP.8
Equations
Exponents
Graphs

16. CCGPS Math Workshop Two-day workshop Purpose April 24 May 8
Tweak instructional sequence
Create planning documents

17. Summer Math Academies Sponsored by GCTM and GaDOE
Separate sessions for each grade level or course
$50 for GCTM members; $60 otherwise
Registration opens April 1
See flyer for academy dates and locations as well as closing dates for registration

18. Concerns, suggestions, needs