Week+3+-+Interactions+and+Activities

> > Be sure that by the end of this discussion, contribute your own thinking about how your system’s curriculum can be improved.
 * 1) This week's team facilitator should create a new thread titled, **Week 3: Keys to Math Success**
 * 2) Discuss the following information with your team members in your team discussion forum:
 * The process your school system uses to develop curriculum
 * Recommended changes to the math content and the curriculum development process in order to implement the recommendations outlined in the Keys to Math Success report.
 * 1) Individually assess how your middle school curriculum aligns with recommendations from the Maryland Mathematics Commission in Keys to Math Success. Of the 24 recommendations, focus on the **16 recommendatio**ns for which local school systems have responsibility. Use the **Math Curriculum Alignment Template** to record your information.
 * 2) Share your alignment with your team by Saturday by posting your completed template (renamed appropriately) to your team's discussion forum.
 * 3) Review the postings of your team members and discuss for the remainder of the week the prompts below:
 * **Reaction to team member alignment:** Where are there commonalities in the alignments? Which curriculum is most closely aligned? Where are there obvious differences in the curricula?
 * **Recommendations for improvement:** What changes do you recommend to the school systems’ curricula based on //**Keys to Math Success?**//
 * **Overall curriculum development process:** Compare and contrast the curriculum development processes used across school systems.

KAMAC's Math Alignment Template

This is our recorded conversation about the Math Alignment assignment