Dear Fellow Teachers:

Are you looking for fresh ideas for math tutorial sessions, student math activities, summer school, or  for “Back To School Night”? Why not share a game or describe an activity from one of the Adventures with Mathematics activity books? This is a series of 13 “grade level” books (K-8 and Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Probability and Statistics) being written, tested and published with teams of teachers, students and other mathematics educators across Michigan.

One of these six currently available is likely just what you can use!  You may order on-line at our Store or download an order form that you may mail here.

Adventures with Mathematics: Climbing from Grade 1 to Grade 2
-View Table of Contents, Standards Alignment, and Sample Activities
Adventures with Mathematics: Climbing from Grade 4 to Grade 5
-View Table of Contents, Standards Alignment, and Sample Activities
Adventures with Mathematics: Climbing from Grade 5 to Grade 6
-View Table of Contents, Standards Alignment, and Sample Activities
Adventures with Mathematics: Climbing from Grade 6 to Grade 7
-View Table of Contents, Standards Alignment, and Sample Activities
Adventures with Mathematics: Climbing from Grade 7 to Grade 8
-View Table of Contents, Standards Alignment, and Sample Activities
Adventures with Mathematics: Climbing from Algebra 1 to Geometry
-View Table of Contents, Standards Alignment, and Sample Activities
Adventures with Mathematics: Climbing from Geometry to Algebra 2
-View Table of Contents, Standards Alignment, and Sample Activities

When parents ask for ways to help their students, recommend that they purchase and use one of these books. If a student is weak in a given area, you can use the alignment chart to suggest specific activities. If a student would benefit from skill practice or experiences to develop concepts, activities and problems are there.

A flier that describes the books and availability is listed below. Please print off copies and distribute to your parents.  You can also use the following order form, Adventures with Mathematics Order Form, or order online at www.mictm.org/index.php/shop.

For additional information you may also contact

Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Christopher Berry, Executive Director
4767 Stadler Road
Monroe, MI 48162-9424
(734) 477-0421
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Proceeds from the sale of these books go to the MCTM Scholarship Endowment Fund that provides financial assistance for future mathematics educators.

Have a mathematically phenomenal school year 2010-2011!!

Jean Williams
Chair MCTM Scholarship Endowment Fund Committee

Attachments:

File	Description	File size
Back_to_school-night_AwM.pdf		1562 Kb
Adventures with Mathematics: Climbing from Grade 7 to Grade 8		950 Kb

The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) recently released the Content Specifications for Mathematics and is seeking comments on this important component in the development of the next generation of assessment aligned to the Common Core State Standards. This document provides the basis for the development of the new assessments that will be used in Michigan and about 30 other states. It is important that Michigan educators take time to review and provide feedback through the survey provided.

Website links to a press release, the SBAC Content Specifications for Mathematics, the survey, and a webinar which provides further information about the documents is available at: http://www.k12.wa.us/SMARTER/Resources.aspx.

Here is a link to a video by the authors of the Mathematics Common Core State Standards where they talk about the key characteristics of the standards.