Anticipating, assessing, and advancing students during problem solving will be the focus of this session.  Participants will anticipate student responses, make decisions about next steps through a learning progression, and design questions to push students forward. This session will help you be more purposeful as you become more aware of your students' math understanding.

When are students initially introduced to area? What are the progressions of area in grades 5-7? How is it possible to make connections that will enhance students’ conceptual understanding of area? Join us on an adventure that will tell the story of area progressions, connect area attributes that will allow students to productive struggle while […]

Teaching Geometry using a problem-based core curriculum has changed the way that we thought we knew how to teach math. For students to conceptually understand and learn math it is no longer “I do-we do-you do,” it is now “students do-students collaborate-whole group”. Participants will see that students can make connections between their own way […]

When students engage in mathematical discourse, teachers are provided an opportunity to listen and learn more about the math they understand. Students also learn to analyze differences between strategies and justify the ones they agree with. This session will highlight why these are important aspects of communication in mathematics, and demonstrate how these strategies can […]

This lesson introduces students to the concept of surface area. They use what they learned about area of rectangles to find the surface area of prisms with rectangular faces. Students begin exploring surface area in concrete terms, by estimating and then calculating the number of square sticky notes it would take to cover a filing […]

We will dig deep into how student thinking and understanding plays a direct role in teacher planning and instruction. Resources and strategies for classroom discourse, rich math tasks, and purposeful planning will be shared.

This workshop provides instructional routines for teachers interested in implementing a problem-based math curriculum in their classrooms. You will experience four key aspects of an effective math lesson: warm-up, instructional activities, lesson synthesis, and cool-down. In addition, participates will explore strategies and techniques to effectively learn and teach important mathematics concepts. Math is not a […]

In this session, we will discuss how we can engage students by showing them we care about them as individuals and not just as a test score. I will share a few examples of students who have improved their performance in school when a teacher takes a vested interest in them as a person. When […]