Subject matter index for  September, 2005 through May/June, 2006

Algebra, Patterns and Functions

Lum, Lewis, This & That, y = ax² + bx + c, Sept, 2005, 9

Assessment

Gummer, Edith and Claire Gates, Edible Fractions and an Incredible Opportunity, Jan/Feb, 2006, 21

Specht, Jim, Explorations in Performance Assessment, Assessment Rubric, Sept, 2005, 37

Specht, Jim, Explorations in Performance Assessment, Dangerous Mission, Dec, 2005, 38

Specht, Jim, Explorations in Performance Assessment, Early Justice, Oct/Nov, 2005, 20

Specht, Jim, Explorations in Performance Assessment, Here Come the Brides, Mar/Apr, 2006, 4

Specht, Jim, Explorations in Performance Assessment, The Cataclysm,Jan/Feb, 2006, 4

Awards and Scholarships

2005 Area Representatives Awards Sept, 2005, 7

Call for Nominations – Math Education Awards, Jan/Feb, 2006, 40; Mar/Apr, 2006, 40

Conference Scholarship Application, Sept, 2005, 28; Oct/Nov, 2005, 31; Mar/Apr, 2006, 29;May/June, 2006, 29

Ann McMahon, 2005 Math Education Award Winners, Jan/Feb, 2005, 37

Costine, Lois, Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching, Dec, 2005, 18

Miller, Winnie, OCTM Area Recognition Awards – 2006, May/June, 2006, 18

High School Math Awards, Sept, 2005, 13

Lethe, Laura, Contests,  Students Honored for Math Prowess, Sept,  2005, 38

Math Education Awards, Call for Nominations, Jan/Feb, 2005, 40

Oscar Schaaf-Scott McFadden Scholarship Application Form Sept, 2005, 40, Jan/Feb, 2006, 16; Mar/Apr, 2006, 28

This and That, Molly Smith, Powder Valley School, Dec, 2005, 24

Book Reviews and Literature

Hull, Tom, Book Review, The Music of the Primes: Searching to Solve the Greatest Mystery in Mathematics, Sept, 2005, 8

Patton, Barbra and Carol Klages, How Big Is My Dog?, Mar/Apr, 2006, 8

Reed, Kathy, Math in Literature, Beep Beep, Vroom Vroom! Sept, 2005, 26

Reed, Kathy, Math in Literature, Bigger, Better, BEST! Oct/Nov, 2005, 30

Reed, Kathy, Math in Literature, Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes, Mar/Apr, 2006, 6

Reed, Kathy, Math in Literature, Chimp Math: Learning About Time From a Baby Chimpanzee, Jan/Feb, 2006, 7

Reed, Kathy, Math in Literature, Math Appeal, May/June, 2006, 4

Classroom Ideas

Ball, Donna, Huff and Puff Mobile, Sept, 2005, 29

Burton, Laurie, Secret Codes With Simple Shift and Affine Ciphers, Mar/Apr, 2006, 12

Christy, Sandy, 3-D Volume/Surface Area Project, Sept, 2005, 35

Fallstrom, Scott and Marion Walker, Minor Modifications, May/June, 2006, 1

Fung, Maria, Discovering the Volume of a Pyramid, Jan/Feb, 2006, 26

Fung, Maria, Stuck on Stickers, Oct/Nov, 2005, 36

Fung, Maria, Teacher, I Shrank My Room, Dec, 2005, 34

Gerdemann, Gail, Number Club and Strategy Club for Primary Students, Dec, 2005, 8

Haws, LaDawn, Visual C and F, Oct/Nov, 2005, 21

Patton, Barbra and Carol Klages, How Big Is My Dog?, Mar/Apr, 2006, 8

Raleigh, Claudia, Project Store, Oct/Nov, 2005, 5

Rother, Margaret, Book Cover Project, Sept, 2005, 32

Swarat, Nancy, Checkbooks for General Math, Dec, 2005, 16

Welden, Stephanie and Stephanie Sloane,  What's the Magic Number, May/June, 2006, 6

Contests

Lethe, Laura, Contests, ARML, Jan/Feb, 2006, 23

Lethe, Laura, Contests,  Students Honored for Math Prowess, Sept,  2005, 38

Lethe, Laura, Contests, Pentagames/Oregon State Math Contest, Oct/Nov, 2005, 40

Lethe, Laura, Contests, National Math Competitions/Mail-in Math Leagues, Dec, 2005, 40

Lethe, Laura, Contests, A Plea for Pentagames, May/June, 2006, 22

Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability

Smith, Molly, Guess My Gumball Color, Jan/Feb, 2006, 17

Editorials

Bernhard, Cathy, Editorial,  May/June, 2006, 2

Brown, Cathy, Editorial, Mar/Apr, 2006, 2

Cooke, Jackie, Editorial, Dec, 2005, 2

Miller, Winnie, Editorial, Sept, 2005, 2; Jan/Feb, 2006, 2

NCTM, Closing the Achievement Gap, Dec, 2005, 21

NCTM, Computation, Calculators, and Common Sense, Oct/Nov, 2005, 4

NCTM, The Mathematics Education of Underrepresented Groups, May/June, 2006, 14

NCTM, Teacher Time, Jan/Feb, 2006, 13

Wiens, Jonathan, Editorial, Oct/Nov, 2005, 2

Games

Albrecht, Bob, Number Race 0 to 12, Oct/Nov, 2005, 28

Albrecht, Bob, WordsWorth Plus, Dec, 2005, 12

Albrecht, Bob, HurkleQuest Play-by-Email Games, Jan/Feb, 2006, 18

Amaya, Imelda, et al., Spin-to-Win With Fractions Pirinolas (Spinners), Dec, 2005, 26

Arnold, Mirleen, Tower Power: A Game for Finding Volume, Sept, 2005, 15

Burton, Laurie, et al., Preservice Teachers Place, Go Math History, Oct/Nov, 2005, 32

Ettlich, Sherry, Number Scrabble, Sept, 2005, 4

Fung, Maria, Hit the Target, Mar/Apr, 2006, 32

Lubliner, Irving, The Calendar Game, Oct/Nov, 2005, 17

Mitchell, Trudy, Math Learning Center – Bridges – Grade 3, Sept, 2005, 19; Oct/Nov, 2005, 11; Dec, 2005, 30; Jan/Feb, 2006, 31; Mar/Apr, 2006, 34;

Geometry and Spatial Sense

Arnold, Mirleen, Tower Power: A Game for Finding Volume, Sept, 2005, 15

Christy, Sandy, 3-D Volume/Surface Area Project, Sept, 2005, 35

Kruczek, Klay, Pizza Delivery Problem, May/June, 2006, 15

Rother, Margaret, Book Cover Project, Sept, 2005, 32

History

Johnson, Judy, History and the New Historian, Oct/Nov, 2005, 7

Judy Johnson, Reflections on OCTM's Role in Professional Development – Past, Present, and Future, Jan/Feb, 2006, 5

Judy Johnson, Historical Notes, May/June, 2006, 9

Internet

Albrecht, Bob, HurkleQuest Play-by-Email Games, Jan/Feb, 2006, 18

Brown, Cathy, Navigating the Oregon Department of Education's Web Site, Dec, 2006, 4

Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Sept, 2005, 23

Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Oct/Nov, 2005, 26

Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Dec, 2005, 22

Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Jan/Feb, 2006, 6

Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, Mar/Apr, 2006, 38

Richardson, Sonya, Internet Bookmarks, May/June, 2006, 23

Schubothe, Ralph, How to Join the OCTM Listserv, Dec, 2005, 25

Math and Technology

Anderson, Casey, Graphic Organizers: Speaking to the Visual Learners, Jan/Feb, 2006, 9

Measurement

Clausen, Cheri, Grow-a-Creature, Mar/Apr, 2006, 10

Cooke, Jackie, A Weighty Matter, May/June, 2006, 30

Fung, Maria, Discovering the Volume of a Pyramid, Jan/Feb, 2006, 26

Fung, Maria, Stuck on Stickers, Oct/Nov, 2005, 36

Fung, Maria, Teacher, I Shrank My Room, Dec, 2005, 34

Haws, LaDawn, Visual C and F, Oct/Nov, 2005, 21

Kelter, Paggy, A Haunting Problem, Oct/Nov, 2004, 5

Patton, Barbra and Carol Klages, How Big Is My Dog?, Mar/Apr, 2006, 8

Miscellaneous

Albrecht, Bob, This and That, Natural Numbers 1 to 5, Oct/Nov, 2005, 25

Albrecht, Bob, This and That, Natural Numbers 6 to 10, Dec, 2005, 37

Albrecht, Bob, This and That, Natural Numbers 11 to 16, Jan/Feb, 2006, 8

Albrecht, Bob, This and That, Natural Numbers 17 to 24, Mar/Apr, 2006, 39

Albrecht, Bob, This and That, Natural Numbers 25 to 32, May/June, 2006, 34

Bernhard, Cathy, 44th Northwest Mathematics Conference, Jan/Feb, 2006, 14

Brown, Cathy, Navigating the Oregon Department of Education's Web Site, Dec, 2006, 4

Brown, Cathy, Oregon's Mathematics Item-Writing Process, Mar/Apr, 2006, 19

Crossfield, Don, A Student Progress Report, May/June, 2006, 11

Gould, Mike, The OMLI Partnership Project, Mar/Apr, 2006, 30

OCTM Books, Sept, 2005, 26; Oct/Nov, 2005, 8; Dec, 2005, 22; Jan/Feb, 2006, 25; Mar/Apr, 2006, 26; May/June, 2006, 24

Oregon Council of Teachers of Mathematics Elections, 2006, Mar/Apr, 2006, 21

OCTM Membership Application, Sept, 2005, 14

OCTM Professional Development Cadre, Sept, 2005, 31

Oregon Math Leaders Conference, 2005, Oct/Nov, 2005, 9

Oregon Math Leaders Nomination Form, Mar/Apr, 2006, 27; May/June, 2006, 28

Schubothe, Ralph, How to Join the OCTM Listserv, Dec, 2005, 25

Sumerlin, Jill, Japanese Lesson Study – American Style, Mar/Apr, 2006, 18

Tips for Writing TOMT Articles, Sept, 2005

Number Sense/Operations

Gerdemann, Gail, Number Club and Strategy Club for Primary Students, Dec, 2005, 8

NCTM, Computation, Calculators, and Common Sense, Oct/Nov, 2005, 4

Larsen, Sean, Taking a Third Grader's Idea and Running With It, May/June, 2006, 26

Swarat, Nancy, Checkbooks for General Math, Dec, 2005, 16

Welden, Stephanie and Stephanie Sloane,  What's the Magic Number, May/June, 2006, 6

Preservice Teachers

Amaya, Imelda, et al., Spin-to-Win With Fractions Pirinolas (Spinners), Dec, 2005, 26

Arnold, Mirleen, Tower Power: A Game for Finding Volume, Sept, 2005, 15

Burton, Laurie, et al., Preservice Teachers Place, Go Math History, Oct/Nov, 2005, 32

Problem Solving

Bernhard, Cathy, Primary Problem Box, Sept, 2005, 41

Burak, Marge, Intermediate Problem Box, Sept, 2005, 43; Oct/Nov, 2005, 43; Dec, 2005, 43; Jan/Feb, 2006, 43; Mar/Apr, 2006, 43;  May/June, 2006, 43

Crossfield, Don, Secondary Problem Box, Sept, 2005, 44; Oct/Nov, 2005, 44; Dec, 2005, 44; Jan/Feb, 2006, 44; Mar/Apr, 2006, 44; May/June, 2006, 44

Fisher, Jenny, Primary Problem Box, Oct/Nov, 2005, 41;  Dec, 2005, 41; Jan/Feb, 2006, 41; Mar/Apr, 2006, 41; May/June, 2006, 41

Gummer, Edith and Claire Gates, Edible Fractions and an Incredible Opportunity, Jan/Feb, 2006, 21

Kruczek, Klay, Pizza Delivery Problem, May/June, 2006, 15

Legard, Stephanie, Elementary Problem Box, Sept, 2005, 42; Oct/Nov, 2005, 42; Dec, 2005, 42; Jan/Feb, 2006, 42, Mar/April, 2006, 42; May/June, 2006, 42