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Shamrocks in Ireland are actually be 3-leafed white clover, trifolium repens. If you are lucky , you can sometimes find a four-leafed clover. How rare is finding a 4-leafed clover? How hard do you have to look? What size area of clover must you examine to find one?

Class Opener

We know the saying "Spring forward, fall back".

What does this expression mean?
Early Sunday morning, March 14th at 2 am, we will change our clocks to read 3 am and start Daylight Savings Time.

Will you wake up and go to sleep earlier or later on Sunday?

What kind of chart or picture could you draw to help you compare before and after Daylight Savings Time has begun?

Will your Sunday seem longer or shorter?

How do you expect that you will feel?

8 Activities for π day !

Celebrate π in your school and in your math class with activities that demonstrate how π was derived; visually show why π makes sense; show a surprising place where π is used; increase students ability to measure and long divide; applauds the talent of people who can memorize large strings of numbers; and lets students just have fun.

PiDay-ClassOpener - Puzzle to ponder with a surprising outcome.

For members: PiDayClassOpenerSolution.pdf

What is Pi?.pdf - The logic of finding the perimeters of inscribed and circumscribed polygons as the number of sides to the polygons increase.

For members: What is Pi-solution.pdf

HatSize.pdf -Hat size is a measure of the diameter of your head ... but how do you measure that ... through your ears?
Clicking on the above image will take you to Brian's movie of making Hot chocolate.
Act I - Watch the movie. Making hot chocolate movie or by clicking on the picture above. What do you notice and wonder?

Act II - What information would be helpful to figure out how many 1/4 teaspoons you need? How many 1/4 teaspoons are equivalent to a whole teaspoon? How can you visualize this? What math models this problem? If helpful check out this online fraction bar tool.

This "Last Great Race on Earth" will start on Sunday, March 7th at 2pm near Willow, Alaska.

The race route has been changed to be safer for all those involved. Each checkpoint will be visited twice to reduce the number of volunteers and staff needed to serve the dogs and mushers.

If you were a musher, how would you rethink your plans?

The activity: Iditarod2021.pdf

Last year, Dunkin Donuts offered a great deal for getting two breakfast sandwiches at a pretty low cost.

Check out their poster for the sandwich costs and pictures.

Can you figure out the cost of each sandwich's components?

The activity: Dunkin'sGo2s.pdf

CCSS: 6.EE, 7.EE, 8.EE, HSA

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Ensuring Every Student Succeeds - PARCC Resource Center

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Since 2010, the PARCC states have been leaders in developing assessments that measure students' readiness to succeed in college and career.

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Institute for Mathematics & Education

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The University of Arizona - Institute for Mathematics & Education

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To build capacity for collaboration, store institutional knowledge about collaboration, and coordinate the expertise of different professional cultures to address a critical concern of our time - the mathematical education of future scientists, engineers, workers, citizens, and leaders.

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New York State Math Curriculum | EngageNY

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Resources to Guide Common Core Implementation

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inside mathematics - a professional resource for educators /

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The Mathematics Assessment Project is part of the Math Design Collaborative initiated by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The project set out to design and develop well-engineered tools for formative and summative assessment that expose students' mathematical knowledge and reasoning, helping teachers guide them towards improvement and monitor progress. The tools are relevant to any curriculum that seeks to deepen students' understanding of mathematical concepts and develop their ability to apply that knowledge to non-routine problems.

More about the Math Assessment Project

100 lessons for formative assessment, some focused on developing math concepts, others on solving non-routine problems. A Brief Guide for teachers and administrators (PDF) is recommended reading before using these lessons for the first time.

A set of 94 exemplar summative assessment tasks to illustrate the range of performance goals required by CCSSM. The tasks come with scoring rubrics and examples of scored student work.

Complete summative test forms and rubrics designed to help teachers and students monitor their progress using a range of task types similar to the 'Tasks' section.

5 Prototype modules that encourage groups of teachers to explore the practical and pedagogical concepts behind the materials, such as formative assessment, collaborative learning and the use of unstructured problems.

The Teaching for Robust Understanding of Mathematics (TRU Math) suite is a set of tools with applications in Professional Development and research based around a framework for characterizing powerful learning environments.

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We understand that it's challenging for teachers to find resources to support students in building an enduring understanding of mathematics. Only the IM Certified Experience helps teachers catalyze mathematical proficiency with an engaging and inclusive approach that lifts students up to the skills, understandings, and practices that will stay with them for a lifetime.