Mathematics
Director of Mathematics: Mary Alice Murdoch
Telephone: 781-314-5513
Mathematics Department Goals
1. Offer high quality math instruction to all students leading to mathematical proficiency. (Mathematical proficiency refers to conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, competence in application, the ability to connect knowledge, and a productive disposition.)
2. Establish a student-centered mathematics learning environment with a focus on student understanding. (A student-centered learning environment is one with active learners that includes the use of written and oral communication, real-world connections, cooperative learning strategies, differentiated instruction, multiple forms of feedback, and effective questioning.)
3. Use data to improve learning for all students. (Using data refers to the process of developing professional learning communities that look at a variety of different kinds of data including formative and summative assessments, identify the causes of problems seen in the data, and implement research-based instructional improvements.)
Mathematics Department Happenings
Mathematics Curriculum ATLAS
Math in Focus Professional Learning Network
Laying the Foundation Math Teacher Forum
Mathematics School Committee Presentation 2013 
Curriculum Letter to Parents
Math in Focus is our new Elementary Mathematics Program
Teachers need to apply for an ActivInspire Personal Edition License and then forward the response from Promethean to the Help Desk along with the Red Tag number on their computer, as well as their school. Note: remove the FW: from the subject line when forwarding the e-mail to the Help Desk. In the application, under "Flipchart title/s the consent is being sought for", state Houghton Mifflin's Math in Focus. Register at Promethean Planet
Elementary Math Report Card Letter English 2011-2012
Elementary Math Report Card Letter Spanish 2010-11
National Mathematics Information
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Resources for the New 2011 Mathematics Standards
MA 2011 Mathematics Standards PK-12 (Standards Document)
MA 2011 Mathematics Standards PK-12 (How to read the standards, grade level emphasis, and what is new to each grade level.)
Other Massachusetts Common Core Standards Documents can be found at this site.
Software to Support Instruction
ActivInspire Personal Edition License (K-5) Teachers need to apply for an ActivInspire Personal Edition License and then forward the response from Promethean to the Help Desk along with the Red Tag number on their computer, as well as their school name. Note: remove the FW: from the subject line when forwarding the e-mail to the Help Desk. In the application, under "Flipchart title/s the consent is being sought for", state Houghton Mifflin's Math in Focus.
Geogebra is a free and multi-platform dynamic mathematics software for learning and teaching. It has received several educational software awards in Europe and the USA.See also Geo wiki where teachers can share and learn together.
Geometer's SketchPad 4 is available for middle school and high school students and teachers(from a computer on the school network):
Select Start - Run and then type the path: \\wanserver08\applications$\SketchPad4.bat and then select OK.
SketchPad Exchange - a learning community
Geometer's SketchPad Online Tutorials
Green Globs and Graphing Equations is available for middle and high school students and teachers from a computer on the school network)
Select Start - Run and type the path: \\wanserver08\applications$\gg&ge.bat and then select OK.
Scratch http://scratch.mit.edu/< Contact Help Desk< (5485) for installation.
Software to Support Student Learning in Math
@yourlibrary - math websites
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