TIGER TD NEWS

Math Olympiad

Problem of the Month

Mr. Jackson was born on Janu-

ary 1, 1970. His daughter Lea

was born on January 1, 1992.

In what year was Mr. Jackson

exactly three times as old as

Lea?

Find the answer at the “Problem

of the Month” page on Mrs.

Tedone’s wiki!

In This Issue

• Important Dates

• Duke TIP

• Problem of the Month

• iPad Updates

• Math Olympiad

• Grade Level Updates

• Volunteering

• Wish List

Scan the QR Code at the top of the page to access our DES TD Wiki!

DUKE TIP PROGRAM The Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) offers

recognition of a student’s outstanding academic abilities. It

provides motivational and informational resources through

online enrichment opportunities and publications.

Your 4th or 5th Grader may be eligible! Find out more at

http://www.tip.duke.edu/node/41 (Students who have previ-

ously enrolled do not need to reenroll.)

Talent Development Program—Davidson Elementary School January 2013

http://destd.cmswiki.wikispaces.net

IMPORTANT DATES

• Jan. 22nd: Duke TIP enrollment deadline

• Jan. 28th: Math Fair projects due at school

• Jan. 29th: Math Fair Judging takes place

• Jan. 29th, 5-6 pm: Math Fair parent viewing (winners an-

nounced at 6:30 pm)

• Feb. 1-28th: 2nd Grade Portfolio assessments

• Feb. 1-28th: CogAT testing for “new to CMS” 2nd Graders

We are having a great year

in Talent Development!

iPad Updates! iPads have arrived! We are using our set of ten iPads as

much as possible to enhance instruction. Some of the apps

we have been loving are...

• Dragonbox+ (learn algebra concepts conceptually and at your own

pace)

• MathDoodles (math puzzles where students can play and experiment

with math concepts, while developing and strengthening strategy and

problem solving skills)

• Popplet (graphic organizer tool that allows user to record thoughts and

sort them visually)

• Hands-On Equations (supports our traditional Hands-On Equation ma-

terials, which use manipulatives to simplify complex algebra concepts)

• Sushi Monster (practice and extend math fact fluency)

• Motion Math Zoom (explore place value concepts)

• iMovie (movie making app— 5th graders are currently working on Math

Olympiad movie trailers!)

• Nearpod (interactive synchronized multimedia presentations)

• Pages (user-friendly word processing)

• iBooks (3rd Graders are completing a novel study with eBooks!)

THANK YOU SO MUCH to parents who have contributed iTunes gift cards!

Your generosity is benefitting students every day!

MATH OLYMPIAD Math Olympiad is underway! Math

Olympiad is a challenging problem-

solving competition for 4th-6th Grad-

ers. We had great success with our

first challenge—11 students achieved

perfect scores, a feat accomplished by

only 7% of 5th Graders and 3% of 4th

Graders worldwide! Congrats go out

to 5th Graders Albert Bright, Haley

Frye, Marshall Graham, Grant Mayes,

and Ariana Conway, and 4th Graders

Warner Allred, Alexander Green, An-

drew Feira, Graham Kirby, Nikolaus

Heiser, and Peter Stenger.

In December’s contest, we had 5 more

perfect scores— 5th Graders Ryan

Lampe, Mitch Porter, Julia Leeman and

Erin Readling, as well as 4th Grader

Peter Stenger (with his second perfect

score of the year.) Only 5% of 4-6th

graders reached this goal. Incredible!

Learn more about Math Olympiad on

our wiki, or at moems.org!

First Graders solve for an unknown on an iPad algebra app.

5th Grade Math:

• Advanced multistep problem solving prac-

tice

• Math Olympiad competition

• Creating iMovie trailers about Math Olym-

piad

4th Grade Math:

• Advanced multistep problem solving prac-

tice

• Math Olympiad competition

• Hands-On Equations algebra

• Algebra practice: MathDoodles app

3rd Grade Math:

• Hands-On Equations algebra introduc-

tions

• Marcy Cook algebra tile activities

• Algebra practice: MathDoodles app

• Logix logical thinking game

2nd Grade:

• “Into the Unknown” algebra unit

• Primary Education Thinking Skills activi-

ties

• Critical and creative thinking tasks

5th Grade Literacy:

• Analysis of short stories and nonfiction

• Creative writing literature responses

• Novel study: Becoming Naomi Léon

4th Grade Literacy:

• Novel study: A Long Way from Chicago

• Building background: 1930s research

• New technologies : Animoto, Glogster EDU

3rd Grade Literacy:

• Novel study: The Green Book (visualizing,

inferring, paragraph writing, digging deeper

into text)

1st Grade:

• Primary Education Thinking Skills activities

• Literature study

• Critical and creative thinking tasks

• Logix logical thinking game

• Algebra practice: MathDoodles app

WHAT HAVE WE BEEN UP TO?

...AND MORE!

Contact Me

If you have any questions or

concerns, please don’t hesitate to

contact me!

Mrs. Kathleen (Katie) Tedone

Talent Development Teacher

(980)343-3900

kathleenk.tedone@cms.k12.nc.us

http://destd.cmswiki.wikispaces.net

TD CLASSROOM WISH LIST What a great learning space we have —Room 404, at the end

of the 400 wing (opposite the cafeteria). We welcome any

supplies to help us learn!

Some areas of need are:

• White and/or colored copy paper

• Pillows, cushions, or beanbags chairs

• Zip ties / Cable ties

• iTunes gift cards (to purchase paid apps for our

iPads!)

• Bookcases or standing shelves

• Pencils

• Pencil top erasers

• Colored sticky notes

• DREAM ITEM...wireless printer/scanner, for students to

print effortlessly from our iPads!

Was Your Child

Recently Identified As a TD Student?

The 2nd Grade parent

meeting was held on Janu-

ary 8th.

Parents of newly-

identified 3rd-5th Grade

students will soon be in-

vited to a parent meeting

to discuss the program.

Information shared at

both meetings can be

found on my wiki under

the “Meetings” tab.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Thank you so much to those who have volunteered their time

so far this year! Mrs. Tedone would love help with…

• CLERICAL TASKS (copying, laminating)

• SOAP CARVING (if there are any parents with expertise

in this area, and would be willing to demonstrate for

students, please email me!)

• MATH GEOTAGGING FIELD TRIP (looking for parent

volunteers to help coordinate and chaperone a walking

tour of Davidson field trip created by Davidson College

students—email me for more details!)

• NOVEL STUDY (work with small groups to discuss novels

on days I’m not scheduled to meet with that class)