Pittsburg IMPACT
Contacts:
Project Manager: Toni Torres Coach: Cecilla Valdez
Co-Principal Investigator: Monica Pruitt
Stoneman Elementary, Room 148
(925) 473 - 2430, ext. 8148
Partners:
California State University, East Bay ~ Dr. Julia Olkin, Dr. Phil Duren, Dr. Emily Brizendine
Los Medanos College ~ Dr. Mara Landers
Contra Costa County Department of Education ~ Hilary Dito
Gibson and Associates (Outside Evaluator) ~ Meg Hudson
What is Pittsburg IMPACT?
IMPACT (Improving Mathematics through Pittsburg's Active Collaboration of Teachers) is a teacher professional development grant for mathematics, grades 3-8. It will be funded through June 2014 by the CA Department of Education, CaMSP grant, which was awarded to PUSD in January 2011. The goal of the grant is to increase mathematic content knowledge by giving teachers a greater understanding of Algebra by highlighting its connection to Number Sense and articulating Algebra concepts from K-Algebra 1 standards. Also, teachers will learn more effective delivery of curriculum through stronger pedagogical strategies, lesson planning, observation, and coaching of the three phase model of instruction with the connection to Algebra.
Our 54 participating teachers attend a 60 hour intensive summer course during the summer, which is taught by our partnering professors from CSU East Bay and Los Medanos College. The strategies they learn during the institute will follow them into the classroom. Teachers will also be coached during the year to assist them with the implementation of the strategies. (See our Partnership Profile for more information.)
We are very excited about IMPACT and how it will not only assist the teachers in building their understanding of math and provide them with more pedagogical strategies, but how it will directly impact the students of PUSD to become better math students.
LESSONS
CLEARBOARD TEMPLATES AND RESOURCES
WEB RESOURCES
| SITE | DESCRIPTION |
| BrainDen | Math reasoning and logic puzzles |
| California Department of Education | Main page for CDE |
| California Mathematics - Grade 3 | Online resources for district adopted grade 3 mathematics text (Macmillan/McGraw-Hill) |
| California Mathematics - Grade 4 | Online resources for district adopted grade 4 mathematics text (Macmillan/McGraw-Hill) |
| California Mathematics - Grade 5 | Online resources for district adopted grade 5 mathematics text (Macmillan/McGraw-Hill) |
| California State University, East Bay | State University and Higher Level Education Partner |
| Common Core State Standards for CA | Common Core Resources from CA Department of Education |
| Content Standards for CA Mathematics | Content Standards from CA Department of Education (1997) |
| Contra Costa County Office of Education | Main page for CCCOE |
| Cool Math | Fun math lessons, practice, and games |
| CST Release Questions | CST Release Questions for all subjects |
| Discovery Education Puzzle Maker | Create a variety of puzzles or use their pre-made ones |
| Freerice.com | Multiplication and basic Pre-algebra practice. For each problem correct, 10 grains of rice is donated through World Food Programme to help fight world hunger. (other subjects also) |
| Inside Mathematics - P.O.M. | Mathematic problems of the month; modeling with mathematics practice |
| Internet4Classrooms | Mathematics practice and resources for K-12 students, parents, and teachers |
| IXL | Interactive math practice (including games) that is is aligned with the CA Common Core Standards |
| Khan Academy | Tutoring video lessons and practice for many math concepts (and other subjects) |
| KutaSoftware | Free supplemental worksheets - middle to high school |
| Los Medanos College | Community College and Higher Level Education Partner |
| Manipulatives - Glencoe | Virtual manipulatives from Glencoe |
| Math-Aids.com | Math worksheets and templates for kindergarten through Geometry. |
| Math is Fun | Math practice, games, worksheets for students and teachers |
| Math Worksheet Site | Create math practice worksheets, including numberlines and coordinate planes to graph. |
| Mathwire | Writing in Mathematics ideas |
| Multiplication.com | Multiplication practice - Games and Resources |
| National Board for Teaching Standards | Information on how to obtain a National Board Certification |
| National Library of Virtual Manipulatives | Web visual tool for classroom manipulatives |
| starsamplequestions.org | CST math and ELA practice problems, included performance levels and answer breakdown |
| SuperTeacher Worksheets | Free supplemental worksheets and templates you can use for Clearboards - elementary to middle school. |
| Wisc-online | Identifying key words in math. Practice with solving word problems. |
| Wolfram-Alpha | Math equation calculator and math information search engine |