More Math

I think I have mentioned in earlier posts that one of our math consultants is from The Vermont Institutes. Deb Armitage will be in Narragansett next Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. She will work with teachers as they align problem solving tasks from Exemplars (check it out at www.exemplars.com) into Investigations. The Vermont Institute has done a great deal with Investigations, Exemplars, the RI GLE's, and the NECAP assessment. The whole idea here is that all math activities in the school should align with one another in each classroom. The work next week will focus on the curriculum alignment, as well as modeled lessons at each grade level. As an additional treat, Deb will provide an evening demonstration lesson with some of our own second graders! I am very excited about this and think it will be an opportunity for parents to see NES problem solving in action. Please join us in the school Library next Tuesday night at 6:30.

Warmly (in February!),
Susan Naysnerski