Celebrating math. (Curriculum update: the latest developments in math, science, language arts and social studies).If you've been keeping tabs on nationwide, math-related events, you know that April, both Math Awareness Month and Math Education Month, has garnered most of the attention. To help reinforce the concept of math literacy at the beginning of the school year and to put a greater emphasis on K-3 math education, Watertown, Mass.-based Digi-Block is launching Math Literacy Week. To be celebrated Oct. 7-11 this year, the event features a bus tour and a Web site, which includes free lesson plans for each day of the week, as well as activities and handouts. "There can never be too many events about math literacy," says Bill Rosenthal, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Digi-Block, creators of a math manipulative ma·nip·u·la·tive adj. Serving, tending, or having the power to manipulate. n. Any of various objects designed to be moved or arranged by hand as a means of developing motor skills or understanding abstractions, especially in program. With all of the focus on reading literacy these days, Rosenthal says, "math literacy has sort of gotten the short end of the stick. Having a good, strong foundation in math is critical [in daily life].... It's our goal not to take away from reading but to make sure math gets equal footing." When schools plan events such as Math Party Day, a game-filled family day that is suggested as the culmination of Math Literacy Week, Rosenthal says children get excited about math. "Once you've got the excitement, they'll take care of the learning on their own." The event's tour bus will begin after Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. in Boston, work its way west, continue south and then head up the East Coast, ending in Boston around Thanksgiving Thanksgiving annual U.S. holiday celebrating harvest and yearly blessings; originated with Pilgrims (1621). [Am. Culture: EB, IX: 922] See : America Thanksgiving national holiday with luxurious dinner as chief ritual. [Am. Pop. . The bus will visit about two schools a day, with Digi-Block representatives and education consultants talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to children about math literacy. The plan is to visit between 150 and 250 school districts, Rosenthal says, adding that administrators can still inquire in·quire also en·quire v. in·quired, in·quir·ing, in·quires v.intr. 1. To seek information by asking a question: inquired about prices. 2. about being added to the tour by calling 888-834-4466. www.mathliteracy.com |
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