Grandparents’ Day Breakfast 2012

Mathematics

Today’s students are expected to solve tomorrow’s problems.

Our goal: To teach St. Francis students to be 21st century problem solvers which includes mastering:

*Technological skills*Critical thinking skills*Collaborative problem

solving skills

Primary School

• Concept of numbers• Counting• Discovering patterns• Reproducing

patterns

Primary School

• Recognizing and naming shapes

Primary School

• Developing vocabulary to describe numbers and shapes

• Developing vocabulary to designate order (before, after, etc.)

Primary School

• Comparing sizes• Completing puzzles

(matching, orientation)

First Grade:Our goal is to help students realize that math is part of daily life while they:• Learn critical problem-

solving skills;• Focus on rapid recognition

of addition and subtraction facts;

Lower School

First Grade (con’t):• Identify, extend and

create various types of patterns;

• Develop a strong sense of number relationships;

• Apply skills in place value, geometry, measurement, time, money.

Lower School

Second Grade• Addition and subtraction facts

to 18;• Single and multi-step word

problems; • Problem solving strategies;• Place value to 1,000,

regrouping;• Identifying geometrical

shapes;• Solving problems involving

measurement;

Lower School

Second Grade (con’t)• Telling time;• Recording different

money amounts; and • Introduction to

multiplication and division.

Lower School

Third Grade• Problem solving• Creating and reading

data on graphs• Fractions!• Geometry• Multiplication facts• Division facts

Lower School

Fourth Grade• Fractions and Decimals

(comparing, ordering, rounding, operations)

• Multiplying 4-digit numbers • Long division• Geometry (angles, 3-D

solids, transformations)• Measurement• Probability and Statistics

Lower School

Fifth Grade• Advanced work with

Fractions and Decimals (comparing, ordering, rounding, operations)

• Multiplying 4-digit numbers • Scientific Notation• Patterns, relations, functions• Introduce Algebraic

Expressions• “Pi Day” Celebration

Middle School

6th gradePre-Algebra • Utilizing iPads to enhance

instruction• Working collaboratively to

solve problems• Proportionality• Plane Geometry• Probability and

statistics/graphs

Middle School

7th gradeIntroductory Algebra I • Making leap from concrete

to abstract• Linear equations• 3 dimensional geometry• Basic Stock Market

understanding• Project Based Learning:

“What will $100,000,000 do to help the relief effort in Haiti?”

Middle School

8th gradeIntermediate Algebra I• Advanced problem solving;• TI-Nspire technology to

enhance instruction;• Project Based Learning:

“Personal Finance: Budgeting”

• Preparation for high school placement exams

Middle School

Woolrich Grant:TI Technology

In depth program at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire.

Learned the in’s and out’s of the new TI-Nspire hardware and software.

Workshops on Problem Solving methodology.

TI-Nspire Navigator System

• Technology is in the students’ hands

• Instant Polling• Immediate

feedback for the student and the teacher

• Lessons are self- paced

TI-Nspire Navigator System