The Oregon Mathematics Teacher (TOMT)
TOMT is published five times a year and is sent to members of the Oregon Council of Teachers of Mathematics (OCTM). TOMT includes information about activities of OCTM and publishes teacher articles and student activities for grades K through 14 and for teacher-education colleges.
On our Web site here, we offer saples of some recent articles.
Visual C and Solutions to Student Pages
Graphic Organizers: Speaking to the Visual Learners
Number Club and Strategy Club for Primary Students
Math Show for Parents, Students, and Teachers (slideshows available for download on SEPS Web site)
Fractzee TI_Nspire: A Pattern Puzzle
The West Gresham Buddy Olympics
Olympics Data File from Investigation Backpack authors Bob and George
“What is Most Worth Knowing in Mathematics?”
Correction: The October/November, 2008 issue of TOMT ran a story “What is Most Worth Knowing in Mathematics?” by John Knudson-Martin starting on page 33. Figure 1 of that story, on page 35, had a couple of errors in it. Follow this link for a corrected version of this great article. Sorry John.
Powerpoint Teacher Ten Frames Plan
Powerpoint Grab a Handful Article and Solutions Finance Activity Article Answer Key
From the March/April 2010 issue, Jennifer Bell's article "Math Self Portraits" mentioned a Project Introduction PowerPoint to go with the lesson printed in TOMT. From Oct/Nov 2010 Exploring Figurate Numbers Solutions.
Also included on this page is a link to the TOMT Index for previous school years and the current "Internet Bookmarks" column plus archives of previous issues of internet bookmarks for the last school year.
If you wish to submit articles to our publication, contact the editors.
To find more information about joining OCTM, visit our Membership Information section.
