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September 18th 2017

September Parent Newsletter


Enhancing Your Childs
Conceptual Understanding
of Mathematics Through
Technology
Issue 1: Secondary Mathematics

This Issue:
Welcome Back!
Dear Parents/Guardians,

Welcome Page 1 Welcome back to school. With a full year ahead of us, I would like
Letter to introduce myself. I am Ms. Teeters, your childs Mathematics teacher.
Khan Page 2 I urge you to be as proactive as you can with your childs education
Academy
and I will help by sending monthly newsletters on the content we are doing
in class and other materials and suggestions to help your child outside of
Desmos Page 2
class. In this issue we are introducing technology as a key component to
your childs education. In order to understand how we are teaching material
Geometers Page 2 in class, I am introducing three of the most commonly used technology-
Sketchpad
based programs used in the math classroom today. Using these software
programs and online resources, it will help enhance your childs ability to
conceptually and procedurally understand concepts taught in class.
If you have any questions or would like to contact me with any
concerns my email is teeters@bc.edu. I am excited for this school year
and cant wait to grow with your students.
Sincerely,
Ms. Teeters

Math Quote of the Month!


Math is like love; a simple idea, but it can get
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Khan Academy Geometers Sketchpad


Khan Academy is a website resource for more Geometers Sketchpad is a program used in
practice watching tutorial videos on various many secondary mathematics classrooms
lessons and doing practice problems on topics today. It is a program that allows your student
learned in class. This resource is free and to visualize lessons through drawings. It is
allows students to save progress on the tutorial especially helpful in visualizing proofs relating
videos through the watch tab and do to geometry and algebra.
practice problems through the practice tab.
It will also provide step-by-step hints to help Geometers Sketchpad has been installed on all
solve these practice problems. computers in the school and weekly trips to the
computer lab or library will allow students to
Students will become more familiar with the use the program as the lesson is being taught.
website by taking class trips to the library or In addition the software is installed on the
computer lab. Once familiarity is established SmartBoards in our classrooms and can be
assignments and videos will be assigned for used subsequently with each daily lesson as
homework to reiterate the concepts learned in needed.
class that day. To access Khan Academy:
https://www.khanacademy.org Assignments with Geometers Sketchpad will
include: drawing shapes, parallel lines,
Assignments with Khan Academy will include perpendicular lines, angles and their bisectors,
watching tutorial, practicing formulas and angle sums and much more.
review of concepts done in class.
Desmos
Desmos is a new and less frequently used system used in
secondary mathematics classrooms. Similar to Geometers
Sketchpad it allows you to visualize graphs, sequences and
shapes. But unlike the Geometers Sketchpad, Desmos is free and
can be accessed from any Internet source.
We will be using Desmos in the classroom as well as for
homework so you can your child can learn the software together.
To access Desmos: https://www.desmos.com
Assignments will start with learning how to use Desmos properly
and will get harder incorporating concepts like graphing, plotting,
evaluating equations, exploring transformations and much more!

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