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BROMWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (214)
2500 East
Fourth Avenue,
80206-4214
(Columbine Street at East Fourth Avenue)

Telephone:
(303) 388-5969
Fax: (720) 424-9355
E-mail: Bromwell@dpsk12.org

Mr. Jonathan Wolfer, Principal

Math Club

I would like to invite you to join my Math Club, which will offer advanced math through additional daily classwork, additional homework, and monthly math projects.  You will still be required to do all the same work as other students, but the additional assignments will be both challenging and fun.  These extra assignments will begin with a weekly homework packet, and then expand to include bigger monthly homework projects.  You will have also additional options in the classroom (such as the “Fast Finishers” pages, and a variety of solo math computer games).  I hope that these challenges, both at home and in class, will provide you with an enriched math education this year.

How will it work?  Every Monday, I will give you a xeroxed packet that will consist of two math reading excerpts.  I will also give you eight to twelve worksheets to complete from Monday through Thursday -- in other words, about two or three math sheets a night beyond our usual once-a-night, one-page Math Support Links.  The amount will vary slightly from day to day and week to week, because I will be using materials from a variety of sources.  For example, sometimes the Math Club worksheets will be one-sided, and other times they will be double-sided.  These worksheets will be a combination of general math and advanced work, including pre-algebra and geometry.

With the worksheets, you should not use a calculator unless one is required by the instructions.  Sometimes you will be encouraged to use tallying cubes or other math tools.  I think you should be able to improvise by using materials at home, so you should not need to buy additional materials for these activities.

You should read the math reading excerpts over the course of the week, highlighting important passages and then saving them at home.  Sometimes the excerpts may be a bit hard to read, as I will be xereoxing from color originals, but hopefully you’ll be able to make them out okay.  The monthly projects will involve information from these  reading assignments.  The first monthly assignment will be given early in January and will be due at the end of the month, much like our other monthly projects.

You will need to complete all the worksheets by Friday morning and turn them in when you turn in other Friday morning stuff (like the weekly Reading Record and the weekly writing assignment).  You should work on them in the order they are given, because generally they will advance in difficulty through the week.  You can do a bunch of the worksheets at once, or do them two a night, however you prefer.   I also won’t mind if you work on them during class time, as long as you are finished with all your other work -- just be careful not to lose papers going back and forth from home to school. 

I will correct your work over the weekend and return it to you the next Monday.  I’ll mark errors which you must fix and then resubmit the following Friday.  So, yes, that could mean even more homework!  If at anytime you are late with your math work or your corrections, you are dropped from the club.  You will be allowed to try again, however, when we start a new unit the next month.

This will be rigorous and challenging, so think about our classroom workload and your other after-school commitments before you make up your mind. 

General Guidelines:
No calculators unless required by instructions.
Use a pencil, not ink or marker.
Write neatly or risk doing it over!
Scrap paper is allowed, and should be stapled to the back of the packet.
Your name must be on every paper in the right-hand corner.
Turning in work early is permitted.

By the way... here are some great math websites!

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives – Math and Geometry
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/index.html

Illuminations
http://illuminations.nctm.org/
The Illuminations website is designed by The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics to bring NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics to life through engaging interactive student applets, comprehensive Internet-based lesson plans, and teacher resources such as "Reflections on Teaching."   Explore and use any of the 68 online activities that help make math come alive in the classroom, peruse the collection of 492 K-12 lesson plans (sortable by standard, grade level, or math topic), or check out their extensive up-to-date links to other math sites.

King's List of On-Line Math Activities – Fractions
http://www.k111.k12.il.us/king/math.htm#Fractions

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