The Y4Y Insider - November 2022 |
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New Content on Y4Y
An Online Course and More!
Join Stevie and the Mathbusters League in Math Without Fear and learn how to build students’ interest and confidence in math by busting myths, fears, and stereotypes. The Mathbusters League shows you how it’s done. You’ll also get ready-to-use tools packed with practical mathbusting ideas, how-to’s, and training. Here’s a sneak peek:
To expand your knowledge of math anxiety and mathbusting strategies:
To help you plan and implement mathbusting:
To train your staff, use these Training to Go PowerPoints:
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This issue of the Insider gets back to the real-world basics of literacy, math, and STEM/STEAM. Also, check out the latest Y4Y blog posts:
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LIVE With Y4Y!
Thursday, Dec. 8, at 1 p.m. ET
Learn about whole-child approaches to support literacy for diverse students and families.
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Archived webinars are available on a variety of topics.
Please note: A certificate of participation is available only to those who participate in the live events. Certificates will not be issued to those who view the recordings.
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Gathering STEAM
Powering Your STEM/STEAM Initiatives
Fibonacci Foot Forward
Nov. 23 is Fibonacci Day, which celebrates the discovery of a pattern found in nature that continues to influence music, art, computer programming, and more. Expose your students to this cool math concept by drawing inspiration from Mensa’s Fibonacci activities.
NASA Professional Development Webinars
Can’t Get Enough STEM?
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Family Resources
Do you need freely available resources to refresh your own math skills to help your child? Check out these resources from GCFLearnFree.org or share them with your student!
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Y4Y User Tip
Why do you get a pop-up reminding you to sign in every time you click on a course? Because Y4Y wants to be sure your progress is saved! You don’t have to complete any Y4Y course in a single sitting. You can do a little at a time. Your progress is saved as long as you sign in, which makes it easy to pick up where you left off each time you sign in again. Work at your own pace, and you’ll earn that certificate in no time!
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State Coordinator's Corner
The results are in for students who took part in the spring 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP): Math performance in grades 4 and 8 shows the biggest drop since the testing program began in 1990. Reading performance for students in both grade levels also dropped. One in three students in both grades can’t read at the Basic achievement level. EdWeek put it this way: “The pandemic has smacked American students back to the last century in math and reading achievement,” and the declines span “low-income and wealthier students, boys and girls, and most racial or ethnic groups in both subjects and grades.”
When you get news like this, it may be hard not to hit the panic button. But it’s a time for clear thinking and a steady course. Out-of-school time programs’ continued efforts to connect with students and families, reengage young people, and provide a safe positive learning environment are exactly what’s needed. Social and emotional recovery and support are an essential part of academic recovery.
To support your efforts, Y4Y has prepared ready-made messages you can use to let program leaders in your state know about Y4Y training events and materials relevant to reading and math recovery. You can also request Y4Y technical assistance for your 21st CCLC grantees. Also, the Department has launched an online discussion series on strategies and programs to boost student literacy and math outcomes. In this season of Thanksgiving, please know that your efforts are seen, appreciated, and supported.
Posts of the Month
Feel free to share the following posts on your social media accounts:
Help students with math anxiety banish their Math Monsters by becoming a mathbuster! To learn the Mathbuster MUSTs and get practical tools, check out the new Math Without Fear course on the U.S. Department of Education’s You for Youth portal.
Training of the Month
Here’s a training tool you can share with grantees via email and through your website or newsletter:
Math Treasure Hunt: Get Real and Get Thrilled: Math thrills instead of drills? Yes, please. This Training to Go is a fun way for your staff to discover the hidden magic of math in their everyday lives by doing an activity they can repeat with their students. In teams or pairs, they’ll look for things they’d have to do differently (or do without) if numbers and mathematics weren’t in the equation.
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Vision Care at East High: A Lesson in Career and Technical Education
Logan Newman developed a program that teaches students to manufacture eyeglasses and provides those eyeglasses to students in need in urban Rochester, New York. His story shows the power of providing real-world STEM experiences for students.
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Logan Newman teaches science at East High School in Rochester, New York. He's the 2020 recipient of the Annual Bonnie Strickland Champion for Children's Vision Award from the National Center for Children's Vision and Eye Health (NCCVEH) at Prevent Blindness. |
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Dec. 8 - National Time Traveler Day is the perfect excuse to ask your students to "go back in time" and recount a favorite teacher or instructor. Ask "What made that teacher shine? Why are you happy you were in that teacher's class?" Encourage your students to write a short passage about it. |
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Dec. 15 - In honor of Bill of Rights Day, have your students reflect on a time when they were able to exercise their rights freely. Maybe they stood up for something they believed in or joined a school club.
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“Crystal’s Calculator” is the true story of one student’s success at math, even though she had trouble remembering basic math facts. Watch and listen as her former teacher, Cathy Seeley, tells the tale!
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Topical Tool Kit
STEAM Learning and Engagement
This tool kit gathers Y4Y STEAM resources to help you promote creativity and problem solving - and foster a lasting relationship between STEAM and your students.
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You can use this self-assessment with staff and/or students.
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