Welcome! 6th Grade Casino Night
Foote Middle School Math Department
● John Hay - Math Chair
● Lauren Martini
● Timothy Norman
● Özler Kayaarasi
Math Department Philosophy Overview
● Mistakes are essential to learning and need to be embraced
● Depth is far more important than speed
● Differentiation is key!
● Diversity is central to our decision making: We know our students - Neurodiversity, Mirrors + Windows, Social Justice
● It is essential to cultivate comfortable + confident risk takers
Examples of Differentiation
Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3
Middle School Math Course Offerings: Grades 7-9
Making the Leap to High School
● Willingness to be okay if they are wrong - they are resilient
● Students enter willing to work hard and are diligent with homework
● Students are coming in at good places…and this allows them to get to Calculus or Stats in their senior year
● Students are willing to look at problems from multiple perspectives
● Students have excellent study habits
● Students are willing to ask for help when needed
● Students understand the problems instead of memorizing strategies
