For our fourth round of our Standards Task Writing Contest, we are going to do something a little different. Our theme focuses on the development of geometric measurement and it’s applications K-12, and rather than asking for tasks related to individual standards, we are putting up clusters. As such, tasks may be submitted for a specific standard within one of the clusters listed below, or for the overall cluster. Check out illustration for 8.EE Equations of Lines that illustrates the eighth grade cluster Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations as an example of the latter.
Month: January 2012
Workshop on professional development in Tucson, Feb 17–19
The Institute for Mathematics & Education is holding a 2 1/2 day workshop for leaders implementing professional development on CCSS. I will be helping to run the workshop. I know this is short notice, but we have had a lot of demand for this and decided we should put something together. For more details, go to the Institute for Mathematics & Education.
Task Writing Contest 3 for Illustrative Mathematics
We would like to announce the third round of our Standards Task Writing Contest beginning Tuesday, January 17th, 2012. We’ve decided that one week is not enough time, so the deadline is in two weeks. Our theme this week focuses on the elementary progression of Measurement and Data and the following elementary standards:
- 2.MD.9
- 3.MD.4
- 4.MD.4
- 5.MD.2
Task Writing Contest 2 for Illustrative Mathematics
Thanks to everyone who took time to submit tasks to our last contest! We would like to announce the second round of our Standards Task Writing Contest beginning Monday, January 2nd, 2012. We have two themes this week; the first stems from our first contest’s theme of Functions. We had several strong tasks submitted for some of the 7-8 function standards (we’ll announce the winners when their tasks are published) and would like to continue the theme with the following high school standards:
- F.IF.4
- F.IF.5
- F.IF.6