WELCOME TO EPP MATH

CURRICULUM NIGHT!
2014-2015 School Year
MRS. TURNER
TEACHING BACKGROUND
Miami University BS
Middle Childhood Education focus in Math and Social
Studies
Student-teaching in Australia
2 years at Gahanna 7
th
grade advanced math
years in !olsom" CA #
th
grade advanced math and
$eadershi%
2 years self-contained gifted
th
grade class in
&esterville Math and 'istory
Ashland University - MA in Gifted and (alented Education
2 years at home )ith my young children
2 years in Grandvie) 'eights - Grades *-7 math Gifted
+ntervention S%ecialist
,* -ears teaching math.
Contact Information
Mrs. Kate Turner
kturner1@worthington.k12.oh.us
Eppmrst.weebly.com
OVERVIEW OF THE EPP MATH PROGRAM
Grades three through si/
Criteria for %lacement

Academic achieeme!"

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(eacher of 0ecord
Meets 1aily during classroom math time
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0easona8leness
Mental Math 3um8er Sense
5ro8lem Solving
0eal &orld Connection
5erseverance
$ove Math
'ome)or9 5olicy:
&ee9ly home)or9 )ill 8e assigned at the
8eginning of the )ee9 and due on !riday2
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Assessment 5olicy:

!ormative Assessment @s2 Summative

Assessment

&ee9ly AuiB =summative? !ridays

=&ill include mental math and num8er
sense?

Unit Assessments -
!irst Unit 3e/t &ednesday =Se%tem8er
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0eta9e 5olicy scheduled after intervention

assignment and instruction
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Grade Big +deas (his -ear.

Understand ho) to evaluate Multi%lication

and 1ivision 5ro8lems )ith a variety of
solution strategies2

Understand the Meaning of !ractions

AnalyBing Area and 5erimeter of rectangles

1escri8e and Classify 21 sha%es 8y attri8utes

AnalyBe the 8ase-ten num8er system and

%lace value and the role of %lace value in
num8er o%erations2
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5erimeter" Area" @olume
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5ro8a8ility
(ransformational Geometry
TERRAPIN LOGO FOR GRADES +,-
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AnalyBe the 8ase-ten num8er system and

%lace value for decimals and fractions2

Understand the role of %lace value in com%le/

num8er o%erations including all four
o%erations )ith decimals2

Understand fraction eDuivalence and ho) to

%erform 8asic fraction o%erations2

Classify 21 sha%es and determine symmetry2

AnalyBe volume
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(essellations

Area and 5erimeter

Geo8oards

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ENCOUNTERS OF THE EPP KIND
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GRADE DIGITS
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0atios and 0ates

0ational 3um8ers =+ntegers"
!ractions" 1ecimals?
@aria8le E/%ressions and
EDuations
Statistical (hin9ing - 1ata
1istri8utions
Area" Surface Area of 21 and *1
Sha%es
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5ro%ortionality
5ercents
6%erations )ith rational num8ers
Circles
Angles
Com%aring t)o data distri8utions
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Mind Storms

5ro8a8ility

!ractals

5ainted Staircase and 5ainted Cu8e classic

alge8ra %ro8lems

Semi-regular %olyhedra
PARENT RESOURCES
&orthington Gifted Services )e8site
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6ther lin9s availa8le on my )e8site:
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Gifted Children
Games and (oy suggestions
DESTINATION
IMAGINATION
INVENTION CONVENTION
SWEPP6 SUPPORTING
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PLACEMENT PROGRAM
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THANK 7OU FOR COMING THIS EVENING.