Congratulations to
TEAM Robinson's Falcons,
the winner of the 2005

Congratulations on meeting the 2005 Math Challenge with such excellence, TEAM Robinson's Falcons, a 4th Grade class at the Stow Creek Elementary School in the Stow Creek Township School District in Cumberland County. Your score was 430 points for the 4 week challenge. Competition was fierce and Mrs. Robinson and her TEAM Robinson's Falcons should be extremely proud of their hard work and success. We will be calling to schedule your celebration party!

HONORABLE MENTIONS are awarded to teams with cumulative scores of greater than 400 points. Kudos to:

• Jordan Math Stars of Somers Point School District (Score 425)
• Pittaro's Math Magicians of Upper Township School District (Score 418)
• Wizards of Estell Manor School District (Score 415)
• Tran's Terrific Twisters of Folsom School District (Score 415)
• Barerra's Bobcats of Pleasantville School District (Score 411)
• The 4Bees of Bishop McHugh Regional School (Score 410)
• Giordano/Filoon Math Munchers of Hamilton Township School District (Score 408)
• Kings and Queens of Math of Pleasantville School District (Score 403)
• M & M Mutts of Hamilton Township School District (Score 400)

Good job to all the students and teachers! Participation was incredible this year. We appreciate everyone's hardwork in with the challenge and we look forward to next year's contest.

View view team scores here.

To view contest rules for the 2004-05 math challenge, click here.

Math Contest Information and Guidelines:
The Southern Regional Institute and ETTC is inviting all 4th grade math classrooms that are members of the SRI/ETTC Consortium to participate in the 2004-05 Math Challenge.
Click here for a printable brochure (pdf document.)

1. Fourth grade teachers are asked to register the class team for the challenge. Only online entries will be accepted. Registrations must be received two weeks before the start of the contest.

As of December 20, 2004, classroom registrations are no longer being accepted. Thank you for your interest.

**You may want to ask your class to pick a team name for the challenge to make it more fun.

2. After registering, teachers will receive a confirmation letter of participation in the Math Challenge. Teachers will also receive a login and password for online submission purposes.

3. Each week for the contest’s duration a new Math Challenge will be posted at this site. Each question will focus on a macro from a different cluster of the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards for mathematics.

o Week 1: Number Sense, Operations and Properties
o Week 2: Geometry and Measurement
o Week 3: Data Analysis, Probability and/or Discrete math
o Week 4: Patterns and Algebra

4. Your class should work collaboratively to solve the question and submit a single entry, electronically, by Friday afternoon of that week. Additional instructions will be provided with each math challenge question - be sure to follow each step. Classwork can be sent as an attachment. Attachments can ONLY be sent via the online form. Questions or concerns can be emailed to ettc@stockton.edu. No FAXed entries will be accepted. Your class solution will be assessed by the ETTC staff and master teachers.

5. Math Challenge questions will be posted on the Friday of each week and entries must be submitted by the following Friday afternoon at 3 PM. Please visit this site for the posted questions. You may want to prepare by looking over the previous year's contest questions.

6. As team answers are scored, classes can view team scores here.

7. The solution to each question will be posted here on the following Monday so the class can check their work. Remember to click on the math challenge to view the problem and solution. Again, solutions will NOT be posted until the Monday after the submission deadline.

8. At the end of the Math Challenge contest (4 weeks), the classroom with the highest score will receive a classroom party (pizza and ice cream) and web congratulations on the Southern Regional ETTC's web page.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact Dina Abbamondi at Dina.Abbamondi@stockton.edu or Kathy Willson at kwillson@geh.nj.k12us.com or call the ETTC at (609) 625-6040.