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Washington State Math Olympiad
A Celebration of Mathematics for Grade 5 - 8 Students (2008-2009 School Year)
Dear 5th grade parents,
The Washington State Math Olympiad is a state math competition that covers
mathematical material consistent with the Washington State Essential Learning in
Math and also with standards published by the
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). The competition is open to
fifth through eighth graders in a team-format. Each team consists of 4 students.
The next contest is on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009.
Teams are recognized for having achieved at the levels superior, excellent,
very good or good in each of six components: a long session problem, and five
short session problems in the content areas of Number
Sense, Probability and Statistics, Measurement, Geometric Sense, and Algebraic
Sense. The long session is one hour long. It challenges teams to work on an
applied mathematics problem and document their
solution, modeling how mathematics is done in the world outside of a school
environment. The short sessions are 20 minutes each. These sessions challenge
teams to demonstrate their mathematical knowledge of
the content areas similar to short answer problems in the WASL. For detailed
information, please visit http://www.sound-decisions.org/olympiad/default.htm.
I would like to volunteer as a Math Olympiad coach for our interested 5th
graders at Washington-Hoyt (up to two teams). My goal is to create a fun team
learning experience for our children and to help them gain
problem solving and teamwork skills. If your child is interested in
participating in the training and the contest, or if you have questions, please
contact me at zhuma@plu.edu. I would like to invite you to an informal
meeting regarding this opportunity on Tuesday February 10th, 2009 at 6:30 pm. in
Washington-Hoyt school cafeteria. I plan to work with the team members on
Tuesdays at 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm from February 17th
through the beginning of May.
Sincerely,
Mei Zhu (Yina, Michael and Ann Finch’s Mom)
Mathematics Department, Chair
Pacific Lutheran University
zhuma@plu.edu
A Celebration of Mathematics for Grade 5 - 8 Students (2008-2009 School Year)
Dear 5th grade parents,
The Washington State Math Olympiad is a state math competition that covers
mathematical material consistent with the Washington State Essential Learning in
Math and also with standards published by the
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). The competition is open to
fifth through eighth graders in a team-format. Each team consists of 4 students.
The next contest is on Saturday, May 2nd, 2009.
Teams are recognized for having achieved at the levels superior, excellent,
very good or good in each of six components: a long session problem, and five
short session problems in the content areas of Number
Sense, Probability and Statistics, Measurement, Geometric Sense, and Algebraic
Sense. The long session is one hour long. It challenges teams to work on an
applied mathematics problem and document their
solution, modeling how mathematics is done in the world outside of a school
environment. The short sessions are 20 minutes each. These sessions challenge
teams to demonstrate their mathematical knowledge of
the content areas similar to short answer problems in the WASL. For detailed
information, please visit http://www.sound-decisions.org/olympiad/default.htm.
I would like to volunteer as a Math Olympiad coach for our interested 5th
graders at Washington-Hoyt (up to two teams). My goal is to create a fun team
learning experience for our children and to help them gain
problem solving and teamwork skills. If your child is interested in
participating in the training and the contest, or if you have questions, please
contact me at zhuma@plu.edu. I would like to invite you to an informal
meeting regarding this opportunity on Tuesday February 10th, 2009 at 6:30 pm. in
Washington-Hoyt school cafeteria. I plan to work with the team members on
Tuesdays at 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm from February 17th
through the beginning of May.
Sincerely,
Mei Zhu (Yina, Michael and Ann Finch’s Mom)
Mathematics Department, Chair
Pacific Lutheran University
zhuma@plu.edu