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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><a href="http://www.insidemathematics.org/"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="202" height="82" id="Picture_x0020_0" src="cid:image001.png@01CE2577.6C7AB4C0" alt="im-logo.png"></span></a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">
Dear Bob Klein, </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">
The Noyce Foundation has added new <b>Problem of the Month</b> videos featuring the Anna Yates school (Emeryville, CA) to the
<a href="http://www.insidemathematics.org/">Inside Mathematics</a> website. We invite you to see how the Anna Yates school jumpstarted their schoolwide conversations about mathematics teaching and learning using the
<a href="http://www.insidemathematics.org/index.php/tools-for-teachers/problems-of-the-month">
Problems of the Month</a>. You’ll watch classroom footage from several different grades as students work on different levels of the problem, as well as conversations with the principal, teachers and coach. In the final gallery walk, students from multiple
classrooms leave comments and questions for other students about the solutions and describe what they enjoyed about doing the Problem of the Month.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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Problems of the Month are designed to be used schoolwide to promote a problem-solving theme at your school. Each problem is divided into five levels, Level A through Level E, to allow access and scaffolding for the students into different aspects of the problem
and to stretch students to go deeper into mathematical complexity. Check out the Problems of the Month with new Common Core alignment information
<a href="http://www.insidemathematics.org/index.php/tools-for-teachers/problems-of-the-month">
here</a>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b>Why problem solving?</b> Problem solving is the cornerstone of doing mathematics. A problem that you can’t solve in less than a day is usually a problem that is similar to one that you have solved before. But in real life, a problem is a situation that
confronts you and you don’t have an idea of where to even start. If we want our students to be problem solvers and mathematically powerful, we must model perseverance and challenge students with non-routine problems.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; "><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; ">Inside Mathematics is</span></strong> a professional resource for educators passionate about improving students' mathematics learning and performance. This site features
<a href="http://www.insidemathematics.org/index.php/classroom-video-visits">classroom examples</a> of innovative teaching methods and insights into student learning,
<a href="http://www.insidemathematics.org/index.php/tools-for-teachers">tools for mathematics instruction</a> that teachers can use immediately, and
<a href="http://www.insidemathematics.org/index.php/common-core-standards">video examples</a> of the Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice and other Common Core math resources.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:black">We hope these new resources will help support teachers’ understanding of the Common Core Math Standards. Visit the site at
</span><a href="http://www.insidemathematics.org/">www.insidemathematics.org</a><span style="color:black"> to e</span>xplore free materials and tasks that teachers can use immediately with students.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal">
Regards,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">Ron</p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Ron Ottinger<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Noyce Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">2500 El Camino Real, Suite 110<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Palo Alto, CA 94306-1723<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">(P) 650-856-2600 ext. 116<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">(F) 650-856-2601<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText"><a href="http://www.noycefdn.org/"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">www.noycefdn.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></span></body></html>