Overview

This blog is to communicate information about our Math Curriculum to archive DCPS initiatives, Phelps High School Math Department initiatives, course materials, to publish the courses curricula, syllabi, lessons, homework assignments, scoring guides, and power point presentations. This blog contains varied Mathematical information for students, teachers, and parents to increase proficiency in Math. This is another way for me to collaborate with other Math teachers.
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Monday, February 23, 2009

DCPS Initiatives

As we prepare for the DCCAS, the DCPS System has launched two initiatives for middle school which are Brief Contructed Response Practice everyday and Calculator Activities. I would like to talk about these two iniatives which I find very important to focus on.
The BCR Initiative states that all teachers in all areas should give a BCR item to their students in their subject area. For example, a Music teacher should give a BCR practice on Music. All teachers should also follow the district wide scoring guide.

The Calculator Activities initiative prepares the students for the use of a calculator during the DCCAS and to prepare them also for high school and college.