Oct 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
Conceptual understanding is a crucial stage in a child’s mathematical development. The Learning Principle from the NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (2000) states as one of the six principles put forward, “Students must learn mathematics with...
Oct 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
On Curriculum night, I was asked how parents can support their child’s development of mathematics. Well, simply put: Talk to your child about math as he/she and you encounter numbers and shapes in your everyday lives. Math is all around us. I believe that students...
Oct 3, 2017 | News, Uncategorized
Our goal in creating the Math Specialist position was to provide additional instructional support for students and teachers as we further enhance our mathematics program at Summit. We’ve asked Ms. Molly Danforth, our Kindergarten-5th Grade Math Specialist, to share...
Oct 11, 2016 | News, Uncategorized
Author: Erin Vosseller, Kindergarten teacher, Summit School Published in the Ahwatukee Foothills News, October 2016 Picture by Summit staff, Micki McIntyre Most of us grew up memorizing math facts and definitions of terms. This short term memory trick may work for...
Sep 7, 2016 | News, Uncategorized
This week the faculty had opportunity to dig more deeply into our goal of equipping our students with both the content knowledge and the 21st century skills they will need for the future. What are 21st century skills? They start from a foundation of robust content...