Marvelous Math with Mrs. Rose

I hope that everyone enjoyed a wonderful April vacation—and I can’t wait to hear some of your exciting stories!

Spring is surely in bloom now, as the vibrant forsythia shows its fluorescent yellow just about everywhere!

We’re looking forward to welcoming our students back today after the February break.  Hope you had an exciting–or relaxing–week with your families and friends.  Can’t wait to hear the stories of adventures from our students!

Teachers were in school on Monday, February 23, involved in a variety of Professional Development Activities.  Fellow Math Specialist, Stacey Daly, and I had the pleasure of presenting the third in a series of “First Steps in Mathematics” Workshops for our K-2 teachers.  We concentrated on helping our students develop problem-solving strategies and repertoires for operations and calculations, in a developmentally-appropriate fashion. 

We have such a dedicated group of professional teachers, who all have the same goal in mind—improving students learning.  Happy first day back with students!

I’m so happy to welcome back old friends and new friends to a new school beginning!  It was great seeing so many smiling faces as students and their families visited at both Island Avenue School and Ryerson School last week, then again as we started our first official day with students on August 28th!

Please know that I would LOVE to hear how you practiced Math over the summer!  Remember the MATH SUMMER FUN PACKET that I told you about and that is uploaded to our school and district websites?

Click here to see what I’m talking about:

summer-math-fun-updated-2008

You can still complete the sheet of “How I Practiced Math Over the Summer” ~ it’s not too late!  Please return it to me at school by September 30 for a little something special.  I’m SO PROUD of all who practiced Math with your family over the summer, whether it was by playing a game while traveling; checking out some of my favorite Math websites; or playing the card games of “More” or “Pig” with a friend!

PLEASE RETURN THE LAST PAGE ONLY (COMPLETED, OF COURSE!) OF THAT PACKET TO ME BY SEPTEMBER 30TH!