MATHEMATICS 6-8 ELEMENTARY

High School

College/Career

PART 1: MATH 6-8 • What does math 6-8 look like?• What does DIGITS do for teachers/students?• How do I get help if DIGITS doesn’t work at

home ?• What does my child see when they are using

DIGITS ? • How do I help my child with their homework ?• How can I tell if the homework is really

finished?• What additional help is available to my child ?

MATH 6 - 8THE MIDDLE,

THE TRANSISTION!arithmetic to algebraic thinking

content standards to COREspiral to linear

• VOCABULARY: precise language• CALCULATIONS and PROCEDURES: accurate

and precise (even less calculator driven)

• PROBLEM-SOLVING: unique, application-level• PERSEVERANCE : enhanced through revision,

improvement, and challenge!

“THE NEW MATH”

43 minutes

7 classes

160 + students

180 days (- 5 for snow and counting)…and a fire drill too !

HOW?

DIGITS within the classroom

• Pre-Made CCSSM-based resources: assists teachers with classroom presentations & lessons (practice link for students)

• Readiness assessments: identifies missing/weak pre-requisite skills for each unit

• “Interventions”

• Customized mini-lesson and practice problems

• Addresses gaps, ensures coherence

• Topic Review: guides topic test study• Practice test: with resulting

customized study guides for topic test study

• Homework/Test banks: • lesson objective – based • skill, procedure and application level• NOT MULTIPLE CHOICE aka.

MULTIPLE GUESS

DIGITS wi thin the c lassroom…part 2

Homework is digital aka

DIGITS

DATA TO GUIDE INSTRUCTION

G OR K LEVEL

IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK

SAVES CLASS MINUTES

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Getting TECH help at home

PRACTICE: THIS IS HOW / WHERE STUDENTS CAN ACCESS “MINI-LESSON”

OF ESSENTIAL CLASS CONTENT TO REVIEW or MAKE- UP FROM ABSENCES !

HMWK 6.1

Overview… what you should be able to do when the lesson is completed

ANSWER KEY

INCLUDED

PART 1,2 ,3… the lesson and practice

MULTIPLE SLIDES PER PART!

KEY CONCEPT

provides the essential notes /

concepts for the lesson

TO DO: ASSIGNMENT LIST / ACCESS TO

ASSIGNMENTS (prior to deadlines)

LEADS THE STUDENT THROUGH THE PROBLEM

WITH INTERACTIVE STEPS, THEN PROVIDES A NEW PROBEM TO SOLVE FOR

SCORING

THIS IS THE “TEXTBOOK” EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW AND

GUIDE.. THE “NOTES” … SPECIFIC TO THE PROBLEM

BEING SOLVED

LIMITED I-NET ACCESS? LIKE TO HAVE A PAPER? • LOG INTO ACCOUNT• PRINT ASSIGNMENT• DO ASSIGNMENT • LOG BACK IN AND ENTER

ANSWERS FOR FEEDBACK AND ASSISTANCE

IS THE HOMEWORK REALLY FINISHED?

WHAT WAS THE GRADE?

START… has never been opened!

TRY AGAIN… Completed, but below 70%

COMPLETED.. Finished, above 70%... Can still be improved! 3

attempts EVERY time assignment is opened prior to the deadline!

Grade

--/--Never opened

CLASS AVG

AVAILABLE HELP• See a teacher during homeroom, study hall, or ask

them when is a convenient time!• MESSAGE the teacher thru DIGITS• HOMEWORK HELP SESSIONS • For grade 6 : MONDAY & WEDNESDAY 2:20-3:20 at

SI• For grades 7 & 8: MONDAY – THURSDAY at SJHS• “DROP-IN” format, NO COST, no sign-up, • TRANSPORTATION HOME IS NEEDED!

QUESTIONS? PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK

QUESTIONS NOW OR TO SUBMIT THEM ON ONE OF THE

INDEX CARDS…

WE WILL EMAIL YOU BACK!

MEET with your grade level teacher(s) GRADE 6 ROOM : GRADE 7 ROOM: GRADE 8 ROOM :

Work at a chromebook to :

- Log into digits - Review a homework assignment - Access the help features - Walk thru the process your child should be using nightly!

PART 2: BREAKOUT