Hasta la vista Track A and B! June 17, 2008
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Dear Track A and B colleagues,
It has been such an honor working with you during these past months. I have learned tremendously from you and your passion for teaching and your desire to make a difference in our students’ lives.
Thank you for welcoming me and allowing me to enter into the Gratts Family. I have been truly blessed by my new learning community, and hope that next year we can can continue working together to grow as educators and as learners!
Best wishes for a great time off, or a great beginning!
Veronica McLane 
END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR June 17, 2008
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We made it!
Just 8 more days and we will be on our way to starting another great year at Gratts.
If you administered the Q4 tests…. THANK YOU! We know how full the end of the year is. Leave them in our boxes or bring them by whenever you are done. If you bring them by Fri. 20th, you can have your scores before the school year ends.
On May 23-24 we will be coming to your classrooms to chek-in/out your teaching materials.
Please return by Fri. 20th any manipulatives or books you checked out from the Math Office.
MATH COACH APPLICATIONS May 13, 2008
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If you are interested in becoming a math coach, here is the information you need:
Weekly Problem- 4-30-08 April 30, 2008
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Weekly Problem
As a class, choose a product, such as sneakers, microwave popcorn, or notebooks. Devise a method to determine which brand of that product is the best buy. Use a chart or table to record factors to consider, such as price, style, ingredients, quality, quantity, and comfort.
Welcome to the world of Math at Gratts! April 28, 2008
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We hope that you find this blog helpful. This is a place where we can share ideas, ask questions, and explore together how to become better mathematicians, better teachers of mathematics, and how to make our Math Program at Gratts one that will enable all our students to be learners, thinkers and problem solvers that will be able to compete with anyone in the “Real World.”
Au Revoir Track C. You made it!!! April 28, 2008
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Dear Track C colleagues,
It has been such an honor working with you during these past months. I have learned tremendously from you and your passion for teaching and your desire to make a difference in our students’ lives.
Thank you for welcoming me and allowing me to enter into the Gratts Family. I have been truly blessed by my new learning community, and hope that next year we can can continue working together to grow as educators and as learners!
Best wishes for a great time off,
Veronica McLane 
Welcome Back Track B April 25, 2008
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Welcome back Track B!!
We hope that you had a great time off, even if you were busy as a bee. We missed you and we look forward to working alongside you in these last months of the academic year.
Let us know how we can be of help to you in these first days back.
Veronica and Barbara
Assessments-Quarter 4 Periodic assessment dates March 28, 2008
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LAUSD
Periodic Assessment Dates
Qaurter 4
Track A: June 10-12
Track B: June 10-12
Track C: April 15-17
What is the sum of a triangle interior angles? February 16, 2008
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Wow! What a lesson. Students were challenged to consider prior knowlege, and to really question their understanding of angles.
We planned a great lesson, and realized, as we presented the lesson, that students were confusing ‘interior angle sums’ with area and perimeter.
We realized that students need to be challenged to figure out what the problem is asking and how to get t the answer.
