MATH ROCKS!

2nd Friday of each Month

September 8, October 13, November 10, December 8, January 12, February 9, March 8, & April 12

7:30-8:30 am, Location TBA

This years tournament will be Monday May 6th in the ASB Auditorium, exact times TBA.

It's time to begin thinking about who will be the Math Club Coach, when you will hold meetings and how to invite students!

The schools and students who participated last year had a great experience and we would love to have more participate this year. More information to follow.

Greetings!

We will be hosting a webinar on September 6th, 3pm MST to give a general overview of Shmoop's ACT prep available to all Utah high school students. To join us, register here. Please consider sharing this link with your schools and community to spread awareness of the access.

Not sure if you can make it? Register anyway, we will send you the recording!

If you have any questions, please feel free to reply to this email. We are excited for another year of working with you.

Your team at Shmoop

September 6th Webinar Registration

2023 Shmoop Magic Word Flyer

Tools and Resources for You, Your School, and Your Community.

As a new year school begins, NCTM is embracing the theme guiding our upcoming Annual Meeting—Creating Spaces for Change Through Community: It Starts with You—to support your mission of providing high-quality teaching and learning for every student. Use the tools and resources below to help inspire you to bring change in your classroom, your school, and to build deeper connections in your community.

Find a resource that was helpful? Have a technique that's working in your classroom? Share it on social media using the hashtag #NCTMBacktoSchool and help spread the word!

https://www.nctm.org/backtoschool/

Using Stronger Connections With Students to Boost Learning in Math

For one teacher, an effort to build strong relationships with his students resulted in higher test scores and lower math anxiety.

Read more here

Are Students Getting All the Math They Need to Succeed?

Read more here

Back to School Webinars

Derivita 101

Introduction to Derivita: How to Start Using Derivita with your Students Tomorrow (60 Minutes)

Dates/Times:

9/5 - 2:00MT/4:00ET

9/5 - 3:30MT/5:30ET

Derivita 102

Deeper Dive: How to Create Derivita Questions and Configure Assignments to Fit Your Needs (60 Minutes)

Dates/Times:

9/12 - 2:00MT/4:00ET

9/12 - 3:30MT/5:30ET

Derivita 201

The Nitty-Gritty: Teacher Workspace, Grades, Retakes, Resets, and Sharing Assignments (60 Minutes)

Dates/Times:

9/19 - 2:00MT/4:00ET

9/19 - 3:30MT/5:30ET

9/21 - 2:00MT/4:00ET

9/21 - 3:30MT/5:30ET

What’s New in Derivita

New! Teacher Workspace and Grader, Collect Quiz/Exam, Metadata and More! (60 Minutes)

Dates/Times:

9/7 - 2:00MT/4:00ET

9/7 - 3:30MT/5:30ET

9/14 - 2:00MT/4:00ET

9/14 - 3:30MT/5:30ET

Getting Started

Derivita Knowledge Base

Blog

Utah Data Science Pilot Cohort #2

This is a 2-year cohort for teachers who want to teach Data Science as a 4th year mathematics course or as an opt-out for Secondary Mathematics 3. Year 1: tying standards to the 4 major curriculums that are available, choosing a curriculum, getting the course on your school's registration card and getting information out to students. Summer: attend training (costs covered by USBE) based on the curriculum you choose to teach the standards with. Year 2: Teach the course!

More information can be found here (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xClrcviItc4zafyuau6P4XV1iYzZ8Aw7Pa6IQ7g-Yv4/edit?usp=sharing)

Registration can be found here (https://forms.gle/R5qeyCTsdE4K5XUCA)

This is a wonderful opportunity to offer an alternative course to Secondary Mathematics III that can potentially lead to Math 1040 opportunities (with approval from your partner Institution of Higher Education). This is currently the only alternative course to Secondary Mathematics III that allows for this pathway.

Did you know that there is a task-based computer mathematics program that centers discovery and play while also providing a rich and rigorous mathematics experience? Struggly (https://www.struggly.com/) features all of your favorite YouCubed (https://www.youcubed.org/) tasks, like an interactive Pascal's Triangle! Experience the magic of Struggly firsthand in this Utah-specific webinar hosted by Dr. Jo Boaler (Struggly co-founder) and Dr. Tanya LaMar (Struggly CEO).

September 13
4PM - 5PM
Virtual (a Zoom link will be sent to you via a calendar invite after you register)

Help me get the word out using the information below:

Sharable Flyer
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yoHMftI7VmcjXo6Bej8_2qaX9XTNbjWp/view?usp=sharing

Registration
https://forms.gle/MuUn4AzmSRMM4pg78

Questions: Lindsey.Henderson@schools.utah.gov

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