This week saw two wonderful math-related program events at TBS.
On Monday, Sima Misra, our Differentiated Curriculum Specialist, presented a parent education event on how math is taught K-5 at TBS, to a fantastic turnout of over 25 parents. Sima began with an overview of
the curriculum scope and sequence, and then ran the parents through a series of activities to give a sense of how some of the lessons actually work to build numeracy and fluency.
This included doing quick imagery to investigate how we count and group numbers; using a series of rules that eliminate numbers from a pool to examine the intersection of logic and number sense (ex: among a pool of 1-10, the number is odd, prime, and more than the number of legs on an ant); and modeling multiple ways to execute a multiplication problem including the standard algorithm, the box method, the lattice method, and the array method.
Sima also spent some time looking at how activities can be scaled up or down for enrichment or differentiation for individual students. For more on that concept, check out
this handout with instructions for how to play Close to 20/Close to 100/Close to 1000.
On Wednesday, a veritable river of parents poured onto campus for our annual Math Night festivities. Students in all K-5 classrooms took the lead in teaching their parents about their own math learning, and how math instruction happens in the classrooms. In the Depot, 100s and 1000s projects from the 2nd and 3rd grade students were set up for a gallery walk to be enjoyed by all attendees. Check out the great pictures below!
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| A collaborative 1000 project created by five 3rd grade students |
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