Donna Fischer from New Jersey: Hi Everyone - Finally a Nice, Warm Day in NJ
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donna fischer from New Jersey: hi everyone - finally a nice, warm day in NJ
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EMILY R KLUG from United States: Good afternoon! I am excited to be in on this great learning experience today!
Dr. Jennifer Jones from Rutgers University: Good afternoon everyone :) Hello PEMA Teacher Fellows :)
christine camarda from nj: hello!
Carlie Cummings from NJ: Hi Jennifer and everyone!
Lindsey Simons from PEMA: Helloooooo PEMA
Lynn Scott with edWeb.net: Anyone doing anything special at their school this week for National Maths Day (tomorrow) or Pi Day (Friday) ???
Carlie Cummings from NJ: Hello Lindsey from PEMA
Dr. Jennifer Jones from Rutgers University: Hello! This is a good edWeb community to join.
Sara Delano Moore from Kent, OH: Hi everyone! Nice to see such a big crowd today. I'm not familiar with PEMA
The edWeb Team: Hi Sara!
Stephanie Nute: yep
Dr. Jennifer Jones from Rutgers University: [Central NJ] MSP Partnership to Enhance Mathematics Achievement - partnership b/t Rutgers math & math ed faculty and teachers from Franklin and North Brunswick public schools.
donna fischer from New Jersey: New Brunswick used to be part of that
Dr. Jennifer Jones from Rutgers University: Thnx :) PEMA teacher fellows are representing :)
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Mary Ellen McFaul from United States: Hello
Betzi Beck: Hi PEMA friends:)
Vicki Petilli from Victor, NY: Sara came and went -- is this part of the technical issue?
EMILY KLUG from Menomonie, WI: it is looking good
Cecilia Arias from Rutgers/NJ: Hello, hello! Happy Tuesday :)
Marilyn Young from Acton: Hello! Getting ready for more snow here in Maine.
EMILY KLUG from Menomonie, WI: oops gone again!
Alexandra Thomas from New Jersey: Hi Celia and Jennifer
EMILY KLUG from Menomonie, WI: Wisconsin is suppose to have more snow tomorrow as well...our temos got up into the 50s yesterday and today!
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EMILY KLUG from Menomonie, WI: there it is!
Marilyn Young from Acton: Our temps reached 50 today also. We need spring!
Vicki Petilli from Victor, NY: Anyone from the Rochester, NY area?
EMILY KLUG from Menomonie, WI: I think it has been so long since we have had real winters, that we are not accoustom to them anymore.
EMILY KLUG from Menomonie, WI: Yes,Bringing on Spring would be nice!
Lise Scheuermann from Tipton IA: The Math folks in my department host a Pi Day event where everyone brings a treat related to Pi (or pie, as some would say)!
EMILY KLUG from Menomonie, WI: I have relatives in Victor!
Ann Kingsley from NJ: Hi Cecilia and all Rutgers PEMA students!
Liz KOENIG from Marina, Ca: Northern California is in the 70's
Vicki Petilli from Victor, NY: It's a great place
Betzi Beck: Hi Ann
The edWeb Team: Hi everyone, we'll be starting in a few - just working out some tech issues.
Lynn Scott with edWeb.net: Anyone doing anything special at their school this week for National Maths Day (tomorrow) or Pi Day (Friday) ???
Cecilia Arias from Rutgers/NJ: hey there! hope you all are enjoying the sunshine :)
Lindsey Simons from PEMA: Hi cecelia
Carlie Cummings from NJ: Hi Cecilia!
Ann Kingsley from NJ: Yes. Lovely weather!
Betzi Beck: beautiful weather today:))))
Cecilia Arias from Rutgers/NJ: I am curious whether any of you have an Pi Day activities also
Liz KOENIG from Marina, Ca: We are doing the vector dance in geometry
Linda Hardy from Winslow, AZ: Hello All.
Jackie Lukjanczuk: Hi Cecilia and PEMA friends :)
EMILY KLUG from Menomonie, WI: I am having my students figure the circumference of a dessert plate and then serving up pie!
yingying reiter from wi: Hi
Anglea Spencer: Hello! I am brand new! :)
Dana Nistor from Romania: Hi
Cecilia Arias from Rutgers/NJ: pie and dancing... sounds good to me!
Wayne Watson from Guam: Pi Day Writing Idea: Can I meow? I tried Wednesday by eating fried cat - 3 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3 (# of letters in each word)
Cecilia Arias from Rutgers/NJ: Nina D--no apostrophe allowed again?
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EMILY KLUG from Menomonie, WI: oh, Wayne!!!!!
Wayne Watson from Guam: How I love a great blueberry pi is another one
Lynn Scott with edWeb.net: Love these ideas - great to be able to share them here. And I must say the pie one sounds good at this point in the day to me!
EMILY KLUG from Menomonie, WI: and what is that?
Jane ODonnell from Wallkill NY: Hello Everyone
Brad Bumber from Woodridge: Hello
donna fischer from New Jersey: we make paper chains/bead necklaces/coloring beads on a worksheet, in pattern of pi. Trouble is getting 10 colors of construction paper or beads. Younger kids love this (grades 4-8) Amazingly, 8th graders like this.
Wayne Watson from Guam: so is "Sam, I need a large scientist to juggle until the choir finishes rehearsal"
Cecilia Arias from Rutgers/NJ: Donna, love that idea... because I love jewelry!
Lynn Scott with edWeb.net: A special welcome to Anglea S and any others who are brand new to our program!
Lise Scheuermann from Tipton IA: one of my favorite lessons when I was a teacher was to have students measure around and across several "round" objects and divide around by across. When they all came up with something close to 3, I'd ask them to be more precise... 3.1? ...more precise... 3.14? Hey we all got 3.14 even though we measured different objects, how could that be? Then we did an Internet search for 3.14 and learned all about it. But it was WAY better than me just telling them 3.14 is some special number.
julie krueger from slcsd: Hi, Julie from UT here
donna fischer from New Jersey: they can also do a frequency table for the first 50 digits of pi and then make bar graphs, pi charts, .... for how often the digit appears.
PatrickGreco from Carteret: Patrick Greco here thanks
donna fischer from New Jersey: also -
Wayne Watson from Guam: Screen share difficulties: well it IS a problem solving workshop :-)
Peggy George from Phoenix AZ: Hi everyone!
Cecilia Arias from Rutgers/NJ: thanks Donna!
The edWeb Team: Hi, Peggy!
Vicki Petilli from Victor, NY: To err is human, to really foul things up requires a computer...
Fonda Dortch-Taylor from Somerset: Hello Cecilia!
christine camarda from nj: Lise, that is awesome and definitely WAY better than just "telling" them!
Susan Mascioli from Boston: Signing in!
Monica from Easton: Well said Vicki
Jane ODonnell from Wallkill NY: Pie r squared bring in square pies to square
Lynn Scott with edWeb.net: So true Vicki - glad you understand :)
Jane ODonnell from Wallkill NY: to share
Anglea Spencer: Today mathematically was 3+11=14!
Cecilia Arias from Rutgers/NJ: Fonda!!! Long time no see :)
EMILY KLUG from Menomonie, WI: Don't worry Sara! I am patient! In school technology never works when we are depending on it!
Fonda Dortch-Taylor from Somerset: I'm with you on that one Jane!
Wayne Watson from Guam: angela 3+11=14 factorial???
EMILY KLUG from Menomonie, WI: Very good Anglea!
Betzi Beck: Nice Angela, I like that:)
Lynn Scott with edWeb.net: Anyone going to NSTA in Boston in a few weeks?
donna fischer from New Jersey: oh, try 'am I in PI?' at to see if your birthday appears in Pi and where (joy of pi has a string finder, also).
Wayne Watson from Guam: Boston is like 10 time zones away so no
Barbara Haase from Seaford: Hi from Seaford, Long Island, New York!
Lynn Scott with edWeb.net: Love all of these ideas! What a clever group with us today!
Fonda Dortch-Taylor from Somerset: Hello Jennifer!
Vicki Petilli from Victor, NY: Hi Barbara -- I'm orginally from Bohemia
donna fischer from New Jersey: i am planning to wear my PI-rate shirt - it is a T shirt w/ a big PI dressed with a bandanna, parrot, cutlass and pistol in a belt.
PatrickGreco from Carteret: This is my first time in a webinar hope its good
donna fischer from New Jersey: oh, and a peg leg
Kathleen Diffatte from Saint Paul, MN: Hello from MN. Anyone not have audio or video? Am I the only one?
Wayne Watson from Guam: yep we're clever . . . that's why we get the big money, right?
Marie Immohr from Region#12: I just joined and am finding nothing on my screen....
The edWeb Team: Hi all! If you're just joining us, we're just sorting out some technical issues - thanks for your patience!
Cecilia Arias from Rutgers/NJ: cool, my birthday appears in the 49713rd spot of pi!!!
Peggy George from Phoenix AZ: so glad the time was correct on my Google calendar today. AZ doesn't use Daylight Saving Time and I always have to double check the week following the time change.
Vicki Petilli from Victor, NY: You're in for a treat, Patrick
donna fischer from New Jersey: right now the only thing is the main screen showing
Dawn Dibley from Rosemount, MN: Hello!
Dr. Jennifer Jones from Rutgers University: Hello to Lindsey, Christine, Carlie, Briana, Betzi, Fonda, Jackie and Nina! Did I miss anyone?
PatrickGreco from Carteret: thanks when its over can we print
Anne Marie Norgren from Milford, CT: Hello, my name is Anne Marie from Mathnasium in Milford, CT
Cecilia Arias from Rutgers/NJ: Ann K., Alex
Vicki Petilli from Victor, NY: The certificate will be e-mailed tomorrow
Wayne Watson from Guam: what is mathnasium?
Cecilia Arias from Rutgers/NJ: yup :)
Betzi Beck: yes
Dawn Dibley from Rosemount, MN: yes
Maureen Tumenas from Massachusetts: yes
Anglea Spencer: sure can
Jane ODonnell from Wallkill NY: yes
yingying reiter from wi: yes
Vicki Petilli from Victor, NY: yes
Anne Marie Norgren from Milford, CT: yes
christine camarda from nj: Every ed-web I've been on I'm told I'll receive a certificate and I've never received ONE
Dr. Jennifer Jones from Rutgers University: Thnx, Cecilia :)
Jo from U.S.A.: yes
EMILY KLUG from Menomonie, WI: Yes and I can see you in the corner of my computer!
donna fischer from New Jersey: a tutoring service (mathnasium) my daughter worked for them
Maria Teresa Melendez Mantilla from Peru: Hi from Peru
Wayne Watson from Guam: hola
Jane ODonnell from Wallkill NY: Technology is a beautiful thing!
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Cynthia Meza from Tx: I have the same issue as Christine Camarda :-/
Jane ODonnell from Wallkill NY: pie day
donna fischer from New Jersey: pi day is also Einstein's birthday
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christine camarda from nj: The edWeb Team I never receive certificates
Vicki Petilli from Victor, NY: USS Enterprise number!
Nina D: Hi PEMA friends
Dr. Jennifer Jones from Rutgers University: Christine, could it have something to do w/franklinboe.org email?
Cecilia Arias from Rutgers/NJ: Christine are you logging in through your phone? maybe it doesn't recognize that?
christine camarda from nj: it shouldn't. I check my spam filter daily :/
christine camarda from nj: Nope, on my macbook
christine camarda from nj: I get all of the confirmation emails and reminders
Nina D: Just had wierd tech issues, okay now
The edWeb Team: Christine, if you could send an email to our accound we can address it there
christine camarda from nj: Great, thank you
Vicki Petilli from Victor, NY: remind me where to find the common core document
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Joanna Graziani: Kevin Campana is here too, he was having trouble logging in.
Cecilia Arias from Rutgers/NJ: thanks Joanna!
Nina D: Think we all did
Cecilia Arias from Rutgers/NJ: yes, even the presenter had tech issues
Kevin Campana from Judd: I'm now here :)
Cecilia Arias from Rutgers/NJ: welcome!
Lise Scheuermann from Tipton IA: CCSS standards for Math:
Vicki Petilli from Victor, NY: thanks
donna fischer from New Jersey: any chance we could get the powerpoints in advance - to have in front of us to take notes? I am always trying to 'combine' my notes into your powerpoint
Betzi Beck: That situation actually happened in my class today while solving word problems.
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Nina D: that is funny because it came up on word problems with my 4th graders today too
donna fischer from New Jersey: i know - i print them off for my files, but it would be easier to take notes directly on them
Linda McCulloch from Canada: Coming from Canada - it is wonderful to hear you using metres in the example!
donna fischer from New Jersey: some webinars do this
Betzi Beck: rather than writing the number model as 42/6=? like all of the others did this student did 6 X ? = 42
The edWeb Team: Donna, we post them within 24 hours of the webinar's conclusion and are unable to provide them prior
donna fischer from New Jersey: okay, thanks anyway
Lise Scheuermann from Tipton IA: I take screenshots and copy paste into a Word doc to take notes on.
Cecilia Arias from Rutgers/NJ: I used to interchange rows and columns when I was younger... had to get it straight when it came to matrices!
Dawn Dibley from Rosemount, MN: Assignment - bring in pictures of arrays.
christine camarda from nj: I still have issues with rows and columns!
Larry Copes from Minnesota, USA: or columns on houses or other buildings
donna fischer from New Jersey: thanks, Lisa
Joanna Graziani: Many of my students do as well; I even find myself confusing them at itmes too
Wayne Watson from Guam: Roamn columns
Cecilia Arias from Rutgers/NJ: and people sitting in rows in an auditorium/theater
Joanna Graziani: Oh those are good comparisons
Wayne Watson from Guam: Roman columns
Rocio Aguilar from Costa Rica: Remainders can then be connected to fractions
Rocio Aguilar from Costa Rica: mixed numbers
Dr. Jennifer Jones from Rutgers University: some think of "discarding" it
Rocio Aguilar from Costa Rica: Yes
Ann Kingsley from NJ: We do a lot of work with interpreting remainders.
christine camarda from nj: It's just like telling my left from my right - I will forever need to make the "L" with my hands to see which one is my left and which is right. My brain just doesn't remember this without me pulling the information from a connection
Rocio Aguilar from Costa Rica: you did great!
Rocio Aguilar from Costa Rica: ..with my name
Rocio Aguilar from Costa Rica: lol
Lise Scheuermann from Tipton IA: call it "the remaining cookie" instead of "extra" or "left over" and they'll get the vocabulary?
Rocio Aguilar from Costa Rica: Yes, Lisa
Rocio Aguilar from Costa Rica: Lise
Rocio Aguilar from Costa Rica: then they think about extra meaning throw it away lol
Kevin Campana from Judd: We do a lot of that in 4th grade. Check outside my room, you'll see some work groups did on certain problems that involved that. It takes a lot of practice and seeing examples
Wayne Watson from Guam: rounding error :-)
Jane ODonnell from Wallkill NY: unless it is an extra person
Vicki Petilli from Victor, NY: Like the bus example from last session
PatrickGreco from Carteret: im teaching special ed 5th grade and remainders are hard concept . I try to relate to what they do at lunch when they share their sandwhich or cookie