Friday, March 2, 2012

Math Update Recap

A huge thank you to Anne Kornblatt and Polly Wagner for their presentation on the math curriculum on Wednesday morning in Principal Colley's office. Below you will find links to the presentation and information on First in Math, Do the Math and the Investigations curriculum. We were also fortunate to have Dr. Rhonda Cohen, Director of Teaching and Learning, present. Dr. Cohen expressed her interest in having contact with the parent community. Please also see below for contact information for all the presenters if you have questions or concerns you would like to share.
*Click here for information on First in Math

*Here is a link to a video by Robert Sun, developer of First in Math, highlighting the ideas behind the program. He believes in deep practice as a way for students to take ownership in their mathematical learning.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQv2q_D0Ot0
*Home page for the new intervention program, Do The Math: http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/dothemath/
*Home page for Investigations: http://investigations.terc.edu/
*Parent page for Investigations: http://investigations.terc.edu/families/

Anne Kornblatt, FR Math Intervention Teacher: KornblaA@arps.org, 362-1200
Polly Wagner, FR Math Coach: WagnerP@arps.org, 362-1200
Rhonda Cohen, Director of Teaching and Learning: CohenR@arps.org, 362-1828 
To make an appointment with Dr. Cohen, please contact her assistant Wendy Bloomenthal at BloomenthalW@arps.org.