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** Welcome to the Fitting it All Together Wikispace! ** (for more information about this project please contact: Beverly Powell bpowell3@schools.nyc.gov)

**Fitting it All Together** will serve 14 Title I elementary, and middle schools in Districts 19 and 23 and 2 non-public schools. The project will provide students with an interdisciplinary technology-based math enrichment program that uses sports fitness as a real-world context for engaging students to improve their math and ELA achievement as they learn about health and nutrition.

**Fitting it All Together** will enroll students in three one-year cycles, involving enrichment activities 2 times a week. It will teach mathematics and literacy through the research-based use of authentic tasks that help students integrate newly acquired concepts with their existing knowledge base. It will use technology based manipulatives that help students gain a better understanding of difficult mathematics concepts. Activities at each school will be data informed, as local assessment results will be used to identify specific math content and process strands.

**Fitting it All Together** teachers will participate in a 10-week workshop series and receive on-site support and mentoring. Four teachers per school will be trained to engage in turnkey training. Topics include:

*Conducting Internet Research *Developing Health and Nutrition Plans *Using Gaming Platforms to Teach Statistics and Probability *Responding to Literature by Creating a Blog and Website Using Google Docs and Google Sites

**Key Components** **Learning Math with Gaming Systems ** Students will use the Wii Fit system to collect and use data about Body Mass Index, Standard and Metric Units, and Caloric Burning Rates .

**Math Sports and Measuring Data ** Students will jog using the Garmin Forerunner and mapping software to measure heart rate change, distance, and calories burned. They will also write about running strategies and compare data sets.

**Research and Writing Center ** Here students will research health and nutrition topics, maintain a daily journal, respond to research and literature via blog postings, create a Health and Nutrition website, and chart health-related data.