Marvelous Math with Mrs. Rose

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!

While students were out of school on Election Day, teachers were in school–busy working on various forms of professional development.  Technology was the focus of PD for elementary school teachers and I had the privilege of sharing my enthusiasm for blogging (as a way of providing up-to-date information for students, parents, families, and our educational community) with my colleagues.

Mike Ginsburg, fourth grade teacher at Island Avenue School, and I ran two workshops on the elements of blogging.  We were delighted that we had highly-motivated teachers who joined us who are also interested in adding blogs to their current school websites.  Be on the lookout for more blogging teachers joining the ranks soon!