Collective Value Principle Applied to Math Tournament
Bruce-Monroe ES @ Park View, a public elementary school in Washington, D.C., engages students, staff, and families in school-wide activities for Black Lives Matter at School. Each year it hosts a celebration of learning called the Marketplace of Knowledge. Assistant Principal Dr. Tamyka Morant explains,
Our school is committed to cultivating a learning environment that is grounded in antiracism, equity and justice. We understand that these are learned, actionable behaviors thus we see our entire school community as learners striving to be agents of change that intentionally disrupt racist, oppressive structures in school based education and replace them with opportunities for freedom, liberation and joy. Black Lives Matter at School helps us meet that goal which is related to the third pillar of Dual Language education: Socio-cultural competence.
We leverage math learning to address the Black Lives Matter at School principle of "Collective Value," All students in grades K-5 worked together in teams for 6-8 weeks to design a math game based on game design theory and compete in a math trivia tournament where you score points based on a teamwork rubric. All of our Prekindergarten students collaborated to design a math game. We call this work Matemanidad. It requires diverse skills like creativity, problem solving, collaboration and academic content knowledge that exemplifies how every child is a mathematician and has something valuable and necessary to contribute to the learning community.
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Dr. Morant was a presenter at the 2024 DC Area Black Lives Matter at School Curriculum Fair.