Math

== The goal of the K-5 Mathematics Program is to develop students as mathematicians with a strong knowledge about numbers and operations and the ability to apply them in real life situations. The curriculum follows a constructivist model of instruction that builds on a child’s knowledge base to create new conceptual understanding. **Investigations in Number, Data, and Space and The Contexts for Learning Mathematics** are the main resources used to deliver the Darien Math Curriculum and to implement the Common Core State Standards for Math. ==

· ** Geometry ** with a focus on reasoning with shapes and their attributes.
__** Darien Workshop Series Presentation-- **__ __** Standards of Mathematical Practice 11/20/13 and 12/11/13 **__



__** Holmes PTO Presentaion 11/6/13 **__

**Article on Developing Computational Fluency**
= **Students can Access Dreambox for Math Practice** -- See your teacher for access directions =

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 * Additional Math Websites for Math Practice **
 * Fall 4 Math Website**

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=Children’s Books to Enhance Mathematics= =In the article, //The Reading Teacher//, Allison Hintz and Anthony Smith (University of Washington/Bothell) suggest ways to use children’s literature to explain mathematics and make it vivid for students. The key steps, they say, are (a) choosing a good text, (b) exploring the text in a read-aloud and discussion with students, and (c) extending the text by getting students to explore ideas after the read-aloud is finished. Here are some books they suggest, along with the math links and suggested age-ranges:= __Text-dependent:__ //Double Those Wheels// by Nancy Raines Day – Doubling, counting by groups – Grades K-2 //Equal Shmequal// by Virginia Kroll – Equal and fair – Grades 3-5 //Mummy Math: An Adventure in Geometry// by Cindy Neuschwander – Geometry – Grades 2-4 //Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons// by James Dean and Eric Litwin – Number recognition, counting back – Grades K-1 //Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger// by Ann Whitehead Nagda and Cindy Bickel – Data and statistics – Grades 3-5 __Idea-enhancing:__ //Actual Size// by Steve Jenkins – Estimation, measurement – Grades 1-3 //The Doorbell Rang// by Pat Hutchins – Adding on, counting up – Grades 2-4 //Move Over Rover// by Karen Beaumont – Adding on, counting back – Grades K-2 //The Phantom Tollbooth// by Norton Juster – Number sense, geometry – Grades 4-6 //Ten Flashing Fireflies// by Philemon Sturges – Fact fluency, combinations of ten – Grades K-2 __Illustration-exploring:__ //Ancient Greece// by Anne Pearson – Geometry, estimation, counting – Grades 3-5 //Anno’s Counting Book// by Mitsumasa Anno – Counting on by ones, groups – Grades K-2 //I Spy a Dinosaur’s Eye// by Jean Marzollo – Counting and cardinality – Grade K-2 //Lonely Planet Not for Parents Extreme Planet// by Lonely Planet – Representing and interpreting data – Grades 4-6 //Shintauro’s Umbrellas// by Marjorie Jackson – K-1 //There Is a Bird on Your Head// by Mo Willems – Addition and grouping – Grades K-2

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