On Friday, November 9 the Edmonds School District held a district-wide inservice presentation at Edmonds-Woodway HS. The focus of the presentation was math education. Dr. Brossoit, district superintendent spoke about the concerns the district has regarding math instruction and the strategies the district will use for the upcoming elementary math adoption (photo above). After his presentation, the Teaching and Learning Dept. outlined the adoption process and shared some sample lessons for grades K-5. I saw many of the district's elementary librarians in attendance. I know many of us are thinking "how do libraries support math education?" I thought of the following ideas that might enhance my library media program (in no particular order):
+ Share books with math concepts or topics in the background (i.e. "The King's Chessboard," MathStarts series)
+ Host Family Math Nights in the Library.
+ Find quality web sites for math practice, teacher assistance, reference (and link them to the Library web page or share links w/ teachers).
+ Make sure to emphasize the decimal aspect of Dewey.
+ Help students in the creation of charts and graphs. Use charts & graphs in library lessons.
+ Post a long number line in the library. Have students tag important numbers (i.e. number of students in the school, number of staff, year since WA statehood)
+ Be an instructional leader in math. Explore the Math EaLRs.
+ Have an estimation jar in the library (filled with fun things), have students estimate (possibly talk about an estimation strategy each week/month).
+ Have math related things on exhibit in the library. Invite teachers to display colorful math work in the library (charts, graphs, projects)
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