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January 14th, 2021

1/14/2021

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The Elementary Element
 ​Your one stop Grab-n-Go resource shop!

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We have heard loud and clear that teachers are looking for clearer communication.  AND timely resources to help support their daily instruction.

So we bring you The Elementary Element!  

Tired of multiple Schoology posts from various contents?  We hear you!  Our goal is to streamline the postings you see from content areas into one per week in this newsletter form.  Ed Tech will still provide just in time information through Schoology.

Check out The Elementary Element to find newly created or discovered resources from your C&I content teams, AMP, Ed Tech partners, READ team specialists, and Early Learning colleagues.  We’re looking to provide timely materials that will support your instruction and planning today - sample lesson and unit plans, proficiency scale resources, links to great resources from the field, and MORE!

Bookmark the link to the document, and then look for updates made weekly.  As always you can reach C&I and Ed Tech during office hours (M-F, 7:00 - 4:00).  Please stop by with any questions you might have about the use of the resources, or anything else!
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December 01st, 2020

12/1/2020

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How Do You Make Student Thinking the Currency in Your Classroom?

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By C&I Math TEAM

Maybe you remember when Graham Fletcher was in Jeffco last year?  Or, perhaps you saw Dan Meyer when he was here in January of 2019.  Graham Fletcher quoted James Hiebert in Making Sense: Teaching and Learning Mathematics with Understanding, saying “Student thinking is the currency in the classroom.”  How do we make the learning in the classroom center around students’ ideas?
Jo Boaler says, “By putting problems first, we give students opportunities to make sense, rather than follow prescribed rules.”
When students are making sense of problems, they have valuable ideas to share with their peers.  These ideas, and the conclusions thereof, provide the necessary depth and complexity for students to evaluate, synthesize, adjust, and adapt when problem solving.  These shared ideas are gold we want to mine.  They are the currency of the classroom!
Where do we find problems worthy of our students’ time and attention?  Jo Boaler’s website youcubed.com has lots of math resources.  The staff there has even collected some into “A Week of Inspirational Math.”  These playlists are designed to help students begin to take ownership of their own meaning making.  
Math 3-Act Tasks also provide opportunities for students’ thinking to become central to the classroom conversation.  Graham Fletcher has many ready made tasks for the elementary grades.  Check out Dan Meyer’s 3-Act Math for secondary.
Making student thinking the currency in the classroom isn’t specific to just the math classroom.  The Wonder of Science is a great resource to find rich, inquiry-based problems that encourage students to share their ideas.  EverFi offers engaging digital curriculum from Personal Financial Literacy to Social Emotional Learning and also STEM and Career Readiness.  Actively Learn is a powerful tool for finding texts and videos that support multiple content areas.  Jeffco has a premier membership for teachers and students 5th through 12th grade.  Here is a recorded webinar from EdTech to get started! 
Across the day, students need to share their ideas and make their own meaning.  So, what problems are you going to give your students to grapple with?

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May 08th, 2020

5/8/2020

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Curriculum Changes Overview PK-12 

If you are looking for a quick overview of the curriculum changes to come in all content areas for the 2020-2021 school year consider checking out this video. 
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April 07th, 2020

4/7/2020

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Elementary Math ​Curriculum Update

Good News teachers, Colorado Academic Standards (CAS) in elementary Math haven’t changed. However, the packaging might look a little different . As the standards themselves have not changed the coding of those standards have changed. We have also added Proficiency Scales to all our units and the Math Practices are more clearly laid out. We would like to share those changes of how the coding is addressed in this short video.  ​
The Elementary Math Team is here to support you.
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