Celebrate Juneteenth with Books and Lessons

Juvenile Books on Juneteenth

Branch, Muriel Miller Juneteenth: freedom day 

Juv. 394.263 .B816J

Cooper, Floyd Juneteenth for Maisie 

Juv.C7768j

Johnson, Angela All Different Now: Juneteenth the first day of freedom

 Juv.J662a

(Simple, evocative book about the first Juneteenth. Important: Read Author’s and Illustrator’s notes for classroom applications for research. Also contains website urls. https://d28hgpri8am2if.cloudfront.net/tagged_assets/14605/all%20different%20now_cg.pdf)

Jordan, Denise Juneteenth 

Juv.394.26.J28j

Murray, Julie Juneteenth 

Juv.394.26.M982j

Nelson, Vaunda M. and Nelson, Drew Juneteenth

 Juv.394.26.N424j

Weatherford, Carole B. Juneeteenth Jamboree 

Juv. W2625j

(Teacher's Guide- https://www.leeandlow.com/books/juneteenth-jamboree/teachers_guide)

Curriculum Resources on  Juneteenth and African American History

Juneteenth- Tucson Unified District

http://www.tusd1.org/Departments/African-American-Student-Services/AASS-Web-Resources/Juneteenth

Juneteenth Freedom Day- Utah Education Network

https://www.uen.org/juneteenth/

New Jersey Amistad Curriculum

http://www.njamistadcurriculum.net/

Math Teacher ties math to students interests!

"For Ronald Duncan, being an effective high school teacher is all about making things relatable for the students. 

Duncan has been teaching math at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City for the past eight years, and in that time he's developed a methodology that focuses on a student's individual strengths, to make the sometimes daunting subject more easily accessible for his ninth to twelfth grade students."

"If he's teaching a football player for example, Duncan might use audibles and formations to help the student understand what a proper equation or formula looks like and then challenge him to see the relationship between them."

Source: http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2016/05/jersey_city_teacher_to_be_recognized_and_honored_b.html

A few books* already highlight student interests and their connection to math:

Adamson, Thomas K.    Basketball : the math of the game

Juv.796.32 .A221b

  

Frederick, Shane            Football: The Math of the game                                                                Juv.796.33.F852f           (geometry, percentages, mean median mode ,positive and negative numbers.)

Martin, Hope              The math of sports

CMC. QA109 .M376 2000

Murray, Stuart             Score with basketball math

Juv.796.32 .M984s                                                                    

Murray, Stuart             Score with race car math

Juv.796.72 .M984s  

Murray, Stuart             Score with soccer math

Juv.796.33 .M984s

Perritano, John               Start the game : geometry in sports

Juv.516.15 .P458s
* in the Congressman Frank J. Guarini Library

New Common Care Resource for NJ educators!

New Resource on Common Core to be Introduced from the NJ Department of Education.

The NJDOE, in partnership with the Common Core Learning Engine, has released the New Jersey Educator Resource Exchange, a website that provides instructional materials aligned to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards (NJCCCS).

Currently over 2,000 resources are "tagged" to particular standards and the NJ model curriculum student learning objectives (SLOs). This is a free resource to New Jersey educators, which will allow them both to download instructional resources to use in the classroom, and to upload resources for other educators to use in their own classrooms.

The Educator Resource Exchange website will allow educators, parents and community members to navigate the standards, search for and download instructional resources, create a library of resources for later use, and establish a "resource feed" that will notify them when new resources are added to the site.

Among others, these resources include lesson plans, videos, and assessment items. Access to the website is free for all users and requires only a quick registration.  Educator Resource Exchange
Website:  http://njcore.org/