Dr. Nicki Is on YouTube - What Is Guided Math? Why Do Guided Math?

Dr. Nicki is on YouTube!

What Is Guided Math?

Why Do Guided Math?

A Guide to the 8 Mathematical Practice Standards - Getting Ready for Dr. Nicki's Visit

This is a great visual to help us understand the Mathematical Practice Standards

Dr. Nicki will be referring to the mathematical practice standards during her visit to Nixa on Monday, June 29th.  The mathematical practice standards are a lot to take in.  However, they are woven throughout our math lessons each day.  As we teach the standards, we also teach the mathematical practices. They are the foundation for mathematical thinking and practice in our classrooms. Here is a quick read article on the mathematical practice standards from Scholastic outlining:

• What each mathematical practice means
• How to own the mathematical practice in the classroom
• Useful resources for each mathematical practice

Click on the link below to check out this easy read article from Scholastic:

A Guide to the 8 Mathematical Practice Standards

Another way to look at the Mathematical Practice Standards

JTSD Teachers - You've Got This!

WHAT SHOULD PROBLEM SOLVING LOOK LIKE AT MY GRADE LEVEL?

What should problem solving look like at my grade level?

Check out the
Math Progressions for Problem Solving (K-5)
Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Kindergarten...pages 8-11
First Grade...pages 12-17
Second Grade...pages 18-21
Third Grade...pages 22-28
Fourth Grade...pages 29-31
Fifth Grade...pages 32-35

Math Progressions for Problem Solving (6-8)
Expressions and Equations

Sixth Grade...pages 4-7

HAPPY Last Week of School

Problem Solving Book Study VIDEOCONFERENCE with Dr. Nicki Newton

Chatting MATH with Dr. Nicki Newton was a SUCCESS!  

You are going to LOVE learning from her 

in person on June 29th.

Getting READY for Dr. Nicki - Be Familiar with the Math Progressions

Math Progressions

After videoconferencing with Dr. Nicki (by the way, everyone LOVED her!), something we discussed in our problem solving book study this week was the Math Progressions.  You will want to be familiar with the Math Progressions before Dr. Nicki visits because she refers to them a lot.  

The Common Core State Standards in mathematics were built on Progressions: narrative documents describing the Progression of a topic across a number of grade levels, informed both by research on children’s cognitive development and by the logical structure of mathematics.  Progressions describe how a particular domain plays out across grade levels, describing the structure of the mathematics and preserving the idea of building across grade levels.  The Progressions allow teachers an opportunity to clearly see how the standards they teach in their classroom are related to those taught in other grade levels.  The Progressions help us to know exactly what is expected to be taught at our grade level. 

Here is the link for the Progressions:

http://achievethecore.org/page/254/progressions-documents-for-the-common-core-state-standards-for-mathematics-detail-pg

• When the page opens, click DOWNLOAD ALL
• Then, click on the documents that correlate with your grade level
• Click on DOWNLOAD SELECTED

happy reading!

The Progressions are also linked to 

each Grade Level Math Resource Page on the website.

THANKS for Touching So Many Lives

THANKS for all you do!

THANK YOU 

Nixa teachers for going above and beyond every day.

You are what makes this district AWESOME!

Nixa Teachers - EXCELLENCE IN ACTION

It takes a special person to light that fire,

to raise our children's expectations of themselves and never give up on them,

no matter how challenging it might be.

THANK YOU 

to every Nixa teacher who inspires our children on a daily basis.  

Thank you for continuing the legacy.

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