My Little Corner of the World

Things happening today:
- sent out a letter to the teachers to identify who should be part of our math tutoring program
- walking around the school, you see the good teaching going on at Cooper Creek, Mrs. Walker should be very proud.

- spent time in several third grade classrooms observing Accelerated Math; the students get additonal practice until they can prove they have mastered a concept, two weeks later they get review problems of the mastered concepts; the students are tutored on every problem they have incorrect; the program is alligned with the state standards; did not see as many difficult word problems but that might be because I was just observing third grade; the students were ALL engaged in all four classes and they were all working on something different; the teachers were very busy; the program allows you to exceed the standards and teach above grade level; the low 3rd grade students seem to have more math skills than the low 5th grade students, don't know why; no behavior problems were noticed; the students were very businesslike, going about their work, scanning, stapeling, filing, getting more work :):):); Coronado has mastered their objectives by February and they work on getting ready for AIMS testing; the program requires a very good printer and A LOT of paper and ink per day; it could be benificial to have a math club before school starts; teachers bought electric staplers; 3rd does math for 60 minutes per day, 4th does math 75 minutes per day, and fifth does math 60 minutes per day; and mini lessons are done from the Harcourt book which is why 3rd thinks leveling is benificial. It was very encouraging to observe.