MCTM’s Mission Statement
Earlier this year, when I began my role as President of MCTM, I decided it was important that I really read and try to understand our organization’s mission statement.
Continue readingA monthly publication of articles put out by the Minnesota Council of Teachers of Mathematics, MCTM.org
K-5 Math Certificate Cohort at Hamline
Our enrollment numbers for the second cohort of the K-5 Math Certificate here at Hamline is slowly gaining ground. If you know of any teachers who would like to:
Continue readingMath Tweeter of the Month
As an ongoing feature, Math Bits would like to highlight some of Minnesota’s fabulous teachers that are growing professionally through social media.
Continue readingWeek of Inspirational Math
I utilized Jo Boaler’s “Week Of Inspirational Math” during the second week of school to continue our discussion on growth mindset.
Continue readingCONNECT in November
MCTM CONNECT (Committee to Orient and Network New/Novice Educators into a Community of (Math) Teaching) is an MCTM initiative that aims to provide support for pre-service mathematics teachers and those in their first few years in the profession. For the rest 2015–2016, we plan to have a monthly feature in MathBits with a CONNECT theme—stay tuned!
Continue readingFact Fluency: What does it mean? How do I know students have it?
Recently, I have been working with teachers to challenge conventional wisdom and classroom practices regarding fact fluency.
Continue readingPass this on to new teachers in your building!
If there are mathematics teachers in your building who are in their first few years of teaching, make sure that
Continue readingApplying the Mathematical Practices – Repeated Reasoning
Contributed by Ryota Matsuura
The practice of looking for and expressing regularity in repeated reasoning… examples for use in the classroom
Looking to the future
Contributed by Amy Wix
This summer, I along with Region 7 Director Becky Rud, attended the NCTM Affiliates Leaders Conference in Phoenix. We found a common challenge is that change isn’t easy and we spent time with the ideas presented in the book “Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard” (Chip Heath & Dan Heath, 2010).
MDE Assessment Information – updated teacher guides and resource links
Prepared by Ann Page and Rosemary Heinitz
If you are thinking of having your students take the math item samplers, look for an updated version coming soon.