Math Curriculum Update

 Updated Information from Mrs. Bramlett regarding our Math Curriculum for next year:

I noticed in the blog that there have been questions about math next year so I am sending this email so that you have more information. We will still use our curriculum guides as a main source to our curriculum. However, StemScopes will be integrated throughout as well. I have already mapped out the first trimester for third grade. If you are interested in seeing the 3^rd grade map as an example for what this could look like for your grade, click the link on the email sent out this morning.

 

I am starting back up the process for other grades now that AimsWeb testing is over. My goal is to have the first trimester completed for each grade (1^st – 5^th) by the June PD dates. Here is a little bit more detailed information about the curriculum map you will receive:

How the curriculum map is organized:

• Number talks for each day are listed.
• The outline of the day’s activity are listed. If an item is hyperlinked, you can click it and it will open up the page from the curriculum guide. There is a district calendar that will be utilized within Stemscopes to link the Stemscopes activities for each day.
• You will notice that 3^rd grade Stemscopes activities are linked on the curriculum map. This was done because teachers did not have access to the program at the time that I created this. The Stemscopes activities will be listed on future maps, but not linked. The activities on the site could be updated at any time so if I link them on the spreadsheet, you may miss critical updates that have been made to the curriculum.  
• Handouts- These are linked on the map so any printouts that are needed are easily accessible. I sometimes change the wording on the Stemscopes handouts to make the activity more open rather than based on a specific strategy.
• Mini Lessons- I have created quick videos for most mini lesson topics. In these videos, I show the strategy that should be presented in the mini-lesson. I will also use these videos to create a parent letter that can be sent out so that parents can see the strategies that will be presented in class and that correspond with our standards.

What you need to know-

• You currently have access to the online part of Stemscopes math. Simply log in to your account like you do for science, and you will be able to click math as a topic. There are great videos that show you how to set up the specific activity that you will see listed on the map.
• Not all linked handouts will need to printed and/or copied. Since we will not be using everything within the STEMscopes curriculum and will be relying heavily on investigations from our guides, we will not receive workbooks as there would be several wasted pages. HOWEVER, you will receive a foundations kit and a fluency kit. The foundations kit will have anything you need for the explore activities pre-copied and laminated. The fluency kit will have the fluency games pre-cut and laminated and enough of each game for a class set. So for example, if you see something such as task cards- they will be in the foundations kit. Also, some things can be assigned online so that will also limit copies.
• Please do not share the link to this map with anyone outside of Trussville City Schools.

 

If at anytime you have questions about math curriculum, please contact me. I am just an email, text, or phone call away! (Phone number- 205-960-7239, If you text me, let me know who you are so that I can store your number correctly.)