-Singapore+Math+Research

Research the Singapore Math program and share group's results with faculty. || **Group Members:** Cindy Isbell-Recorder Chris Wrenn Kathryn Potter Gwendolyn Chestnut-Facilitator Julie Manuel Emily Green || · Articulate the mission and essential questions related to your topic and post on your wiki page. · Determine the scope of research and responsibility of each member of the group. · Create an estimated timeline for your project. · Report your progress after each meeting on the wiki page.
 * = **Singapore Math Curriculum**
 * ** Focus Group Guidelines **

Suggested Model for proceeding: 1. State the Mission of your Focus Group 2. Develop Essential Questions to guide your research 3. Collect, organize and validate data about your topic. This may take many forms such as notes from other schools, student responses, testing, implementation and application of ideas. 4. Analyze information collected. 5. Reflect on findings and the relationship to the mission of your focus group. 6. Present findings to the full faculty. This may take the form of a proposal or a sharing. //Support and resources are available as requested.// || **Essential Questions:** Observe the Singapore Math program at campuses using this program.

Teach a Singapore Math unit in classroom.

Prepare a cost analysis of materials and teacher training.

Acquire materials for review.

Compare and contrast the current math program with Singapore Math in relation to the support, extension, and rigor for students. || We discussed the challenges of our grade level's schedules to find consistent large windows of time to teach concepts. We talked about having grade level math chairs to meet 2-3 times each year with the grade level above and below to discuss topics covered, not covered, teaching methods and ideas. ||  ||
 * **Oct. 7 Notes:** Members met to create mission statement and essential questions. Gwendolyn Chestnut is the facilitator and Cindy Isbell is the recorder. Julie Manuel will contact Covenant School about a visitation and collect information about a Dallas workshop on Singapore Math. Kathryn Potter will contact Lakehill School about a visitation.[[file:AFT math article.pdf]] ||
 * **December 2nd Notes**: We looked over the Primary Mathematics textbook samples of the program. Emily, Julie and Gwendolyn shared observations from their visit to Covenent School in November. They observed a 5th grade and 1st grade class and spoke with the curriculum coordinator about their adoption of the program. Cindy, Emily and Julie will visit Hockaday Wednesday, Dec. 9th. The reasons for exploring this program were discussed, such as lack of practice problems in Everyday Math, an anecdotal observation of weak fraction, mental math, measurement and number sense skills in our students. We also shared that several other SAIS schools use Everyday Math and Singapore Math as resources, but not as their primary program. We also discussed what would be the best ways to compare the different programs; ERB scores, grade level textbooks changes or another form. The best method is still undetermined. Group members will continue to review the sample materials, gather anecdotal information, test the methods on their classes and observe other schools. ||
 * **January 6 Notes:** Cindy Isbell and Julie Manuel shared their observations from their visit to Hockaday School in December. The school uses Everyday Math, Addison Wesley, Marci Cook and Singapore Math as resources to create their curriculum. There is a lower school, middle school curriculum coordinator and a curriculum supervisor of the entire school. The individual class teachers have the ability to determine which resources they use for each skill or concept taught. Their math class time is an hour or more. The use of math vocabulary was consistent and rich from grade to grade. Classes had a math word wall that grouped the topics together by color.
 * **February 3, Notes:** Cindy Isbell, Julie Manuel, Emily Green and Kathryn Potter met to discuss possibly using Singapore Math as a supplement in Lower School. We also targeted areas in Everyday Math that need additional support (ie. measurement, problem solving, geometry). ||  ||
 * **February 17, Notes:** Cindy Isbell, Julie Manuel, Kathryn Potter, Chris Wrenn and Gwendolyn Chestnut met to discuss our findings and how we want to present to the full faculty. We will create a survey for faculty to share their feelings and experiences with the Everyday Math Program and their interest to new programs and what supplemental materials they are using. We will use this to tailor our presentation of the Singapore math components to faculty. ||  ||
 * **April 7,** **Notes:** The group met to discuss the survey results and outline our presentation. Next time we will create the presentation. ||  ||
 * **April 21, Notes:** the group created the power point presentation for our group. ||  ||