Preparing for the Grade 3 and Grade 4
Mathematics MCAS
Workshop Series –Series 2
Sponsored by
The Salem State Collaborative
Description: This workshop series is designed for new and veteran classroom and special education teachers who are interested in expanding their repertoire of lessons in order to help students prepare for the 2007 Mathematics MCAS. The program consists of four 2.5-hour sessions, each dedicated to one of the major strands in mathematics. Participants will look at past questions on the Grade 3 and 4 Mathematics MCAS exam to analyze the mathematics behind the assessment. Appropriate manipulatives and hands-on activities to address these patterns will be investigated. Participants will leave each session with copies of handout materials as well as copies of former MCAS questions for that strand to use in preparation for the 2007 MCAS. Participants will be encouraged and time will be provided to share lesson plans appropriate to these units of study.
Location: Lynnfield High School, Mathematics Wing, 275 Essex Street, Lynnfield MA 01940
Time: 3:30 PM – 6 PM
Presenter: Robert Simmons, Elementary Mathematics/Science Coordinator for the Salem State Collaborative
Cost: $10 per session or $35 for full series for Collaborative Members
$45 per session or $150 for full series for Non-Collaborative Members
PDP’s: 2.5 PDP’s per
session/10 PDP’s for full program
Session Date
(Tuesdays)
Session 1: Number
Sense and Operations 23
January 2007
Session 2: Patterns,
Relations and Algebra 30
January 2007
Session 3: Data
Analysis, Statistics and
Probability 6 February 2007
Session 4:
Measurement and Geometry 13
February 2007
Please register at our website www.salemcollaborative.org (preferred) or email the following information to Jim Kearns at registration@salemcollaborative.org. If you have registration questions, please call Jim at 781-771-4860.
Make checks payable to CPMSIE.
DEADLINE to sign
up for the MCAS Series course is January 15th.