“I have attended many Singapore Math ® training sessions that have included these speakers, and they are in my experience "the best" ”
- Jeff Dennis
Singapore Math In-Depth Summit 2017
Whether using Singapore Math, Primary Math, EngageNY/Eureka Math, Math in Focus, or just wanting to implement strategies. This conference will give you the knowledge and confidence to teach in depth and create a deeper understanding for both you and your students. Come and join our hands-on sessions with international experts.
We have prepared the following letter to assist you in garnering support from your principal or district leader to attend the Singapore Math In-Depth SUMMIT. SUMMIT Justification Letter
Registrations are closed for this year. We hope to see you next year!
Dates: July 12-14, 2017 Location: Embassy Suites, 4415 E Paradise Village Pkwy S, Phoenix, AZ 85032
Limited number of King One Bedroom Suites and Two Double Beds Suites available for $95 per night. To make reservations follow this link or call 1-800-EMBASSY and simply ask for the SMARTTraining Conference Rate. If you have any difficulty making room reservations, please contact Bill Morton at Bill.Morton@Hilton.com.
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For groups of 5 or more, call for group pricing. Early Bird Specials: $669 for all 3 days (Special Valid through March 15th, 2017)
Speakers:
Dr. Yeap Ban Har
Dr. Yeap Ban Har has taught at National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore for more than ten years. Presently, he holds two concurrent positions as the director of the curriculum and professional development at Pathlight School, an autism-oriented K-10 school in Singapore, and a principal at Marshall Cavendish Institute, a global teacher professional development institute.
John Felling
John Felling has been an educator and educational leader for the past 35 years. He is also a published author and consultant providing insight and expertise in the areas of Math, English Language Arts, Physical Education, Teaching and School Administration. John’s presentations provide insights and strategies to promote brain compatible learning along with a healthy dose of humor, helping participants to remember and apply what they learn.
Dr. Richard Bisk
Dr. Richard Bisk is a recently retired professor of Mathematics at Worcester State University. He received a Ph.D. in mathematics from Clark University in 1984. Dr. Bisk has worked extensively with K-12 teachers and their students for over twenty-five years. He has taught numerous pre-service and in-service courses that focus on improving the mathematical understanding of teachers. He is a consulting author for the Math In Focus textbook series, which is an adaptation of the My Pals Are Here books from Singapore. Dr. Bisk was an advisor to the Massachusetts Department of Education in the development of the “Guidelines for the Mathematical Preparation of Elementary Teachers,” a breakthrough in efforts to improve teacher content knowledge.
Dr. Leslie Arceneaux
Dr. Leslie Arceneaux has 20 years of teaching experience in settings ranging from Pre-K to pre-service and graduate students at the university level. Her experience with Singapore Math began 16 years ago when searching for the best conceptually based curriculum for her children. Since then, Leslie has continued to use the strategies of Singapore Math to inform her practice and to train other teachers. As the Grade Level Lead writer and editor for the 5th grade in the EngageNY Project, Leslie is deeply knowledgeable about what it takes to bring the Common Core standards and Mathematical Practices to life. Leslie is the primary author of Singapore Summer Shapes-Ups for Levels 4 through 6 and co-author of the other five volumes in the series.
Tricia Salerno
Tricia Salerno has been teaching Singapore Math for more than 12 years and has been training the program for eight years. As an author for the EngageNY Project. Tricia is an expert at blending Common Core Standards with Singapore Math® Strategies. Tricia is the author of Math Sprints, Review Singapore Math® supplemental books, and coauthor of the Singapore Math® Intervention Club books for grades 2-5.
Brad Fulton
Known throughout the country for motivating and engaging teachers and students, Brad has co-authored over a dozen books that provide easy-to-teach yet mathematically productive activities for busy teachers while teaching full time for over 30 years. Also, he has co-authored over 40 teacher training manuals full of activities and ideas that help teachers who believe mathematics must be both meaningful and powerful. All workshops provide participants with complete, ready-to-use activities that require minimal preparation and give clear and precise directions.
Erik Francis
Erik M. Francis, M.Ed., M.S., is the owner and lead professional education specialist for Maverik Education LLC, which provides professional development and Title I program consultation. His professional development seminars have been featured at national, state, and regional education conferences. He has also conducted professional development training at K-12 district and charter schools nationwide. His book Now THAT’S a Good Question! How to Promote Cognitive Rigor Through Classroom Questioning will be published by ASCD in 2016.
Johnette Roberts
Johnette Roberts is a National Board Certified Teacher in Early Adolescence Mathematics and Certified Elementary Mathematics Specialist. She served as the coordinator of “The Singapore Math® Project,” a collaborative effort to implement the Singapore Math® Primary Mathematics Curriculum at three Title I elementary schools in a district just north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana from 2008-2012. In 2011, achievement scored for third-grade students improved by 90%. Roberts has served as an instructional specialist with the EngageNY Common Core Math team and is currently an instructor for four Math and Science Partnership Projects for elementary teachers of math in Louisiana.
Kar Hwee
Kar Hwee has started the Lexington Singapore School in Boston. Kar Hwee has her Advanced Master of Education (Ed.M), from Columbia University Teachers College and her Master of Education, from University of Western Australia, Higher Distinction.
Linda West
Linda West is a long-time charter school consultant. She is a partner in SMARTTraining NOW, which provides professional development for schools implementing Singapore Math® strategies for meeting Common Core Standards. Linda has worked in large and small settings, including providing support for gifted and remedial students. Linda has presented at NCTM National, National Catholic Education Association, CMC-North, National Charter School Conference, CAMT, and AATM.
Session Schedule
Wednesday
7:30 – 8:30
Breakfast
8:30 – 9:30
Opening Session: How does the brain learn math? (Required Session) Tricia Salerno and Dr. Richard Bisk
9:45 – 11:30
Engage/Eureka Overview and Lesson Planning
Tricia Salerno
Why Singapore Math?
Linda West
Closed: Differentiating Instruction for K-2
Johnette Roberts
Closed: Introduction to Model Drawing Grades 2-8 NOVICE SESSION
Richard Bisk
11:30 – 12:30
Lunch served on site
12:30 – 2:30
Yes! Teaching the Economically Challenged is Different.
Tricia Salerno
Closed: Introduction to Anchor Tasks
Linda West
Standards Based Informal Assessment
Erik Francis
Intermediate Model Drawing Grades 3-6 Pre-req: Experience with Bar Modeling
Richard Bisk
2:45 – 4:00
Developing Growth Mindset in the Intermediate Student
Tricia Salerno
Coaching and Supporting Math Teachers
Linda West
Closed: Developing Number Sense
Johnette Roberts
Connecting Bar Models to Algebra
Richard Bisk
Thursday
7:30 – 8:30
Breakfast
8:30 – 9:45
Math Centers for K-1
Tricia Salerno
Closed: 2-step Word Problems
Johnette Roberts
Challenging Word Problems Advanced Practitioners
Richard Bisk
Non-routine Problems: Looking Beyond the Bar Model Grades 3-5
Leslie Arceneaux
The Emancipation of Intelligence Middle School
Brad Fulton
10:00 – 11:30
Algorithm Study 3-5
Tricia Salerno
Visualization Make & Take
Johnette Roberts
Closed: Place Value Grades 2-6
Richard Bisk
Anchor Tasks Workshop Grades K-2
Leslie Arceneaux
Building Number Sense Through Engaging Activities Middle School
Brad Fulton
11:30 – 12:30
Lunch served on site
12:30 – 2:15
Games for Fluency Grades 3-5
Tricia Salerno
Math and Music Grades K-5
Johnette Roberts
Fractions Grades 3-6
Richard Bisk
Anchor Tasks Workshop Grades 3-5
Leslie Arceneaux
Take Your Places
Brad Fulton
2:45 – 4:00
LIVE CLASSROOM: Fluency in Action
Tricia Salerno
Fractional Thinking Grades K-2
Johnette Roberts
Overview of Bar Models Grades 2-6
Richard Bisk
Closed: Models of Multiplication & Division
Leslie Arceneaux
Pattern and Function Connection Grades 6-8
Brad Fulton
Friday
7:30 – 8:30
Breakfast
8:30 – 9:45
Games for Fluency K-1
Box Cars
Closed: Analyzing Student Work 3-5
Dr. Yeap Ban Har
Visualization in Grades 3-5
Leslie Arceneaux
Introduction to Early Algebraic Thinking (K to Grade 2)
Kar Hwee
More Power2 You
Brad Fulton
10:00 – 11:30
Games for Fluency 4-5
Box Cars
Closed: Analyzing Student Work K-2
Dr. Yeap Ban Har
Geometry in the Common Core Cube
Leslie Arceneaux
Practical Early Algebraic Thinking Strategies (K to Grade 2)
Kar Hwee
Developing Proportional Reasoning
Brad Fulton
11:30 – 12:30
Lunch served on site
12:30 – 2:15
Games for Fluency 2-3
Box Cars
Closed: Addressing the Struggling Student
Dr. Yeap Ban Har
Math Games that Motivate, Educate, and Engage Grades 6-8
Brad Fulton
2:45 – 4:00
Developing Number Sense Grades 3-6
Linda West
Addressing the Struggling Student
Dr. Yeap Ban Har
Introduction to Model Drawing Grades 2-8 NOVICE SESSION
Tricia Salerno
Challenging Algebraic Problem Solving Using Visualization (K-2)
Kar Hwee
Models of Multiplication & Division
Leslie Arceneaux
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+Changes, Cancellations, & Refunds
Changes: There is no fee to change the name associated with a registration.
There is no fee for a session change but we cannot guarantee space after initial confirmation as seats are awarded first come first serve.Cancellations & Refunds: Cancellations made before July 1, 2017 are 100% refundable. Any cancellations made on or after July 1, 2017 will be refunded registration fees less any non-recoverable costs incurred by SMARTTraning NOW.
Non-recoverable costs are as follows:
1-day registration: $100
2-day registration: $125
3-day registration: $150
4-day registration: $175
How does the brain learn math?
code: HDBLM
Tricia Salerno and Dr. Richard Bisk will discuss current research from Jo Boaler, Carol Dweck, and others. How does an educator implement brain research into the classroom? This opening session prepares attendees for three days of learning and collaboration.
Engage/Eureka Overview and Lesson Planning
code: WTSEOP
Tricia Salerno, an author and editor for EngageNY and author for Eureka Math 4th grade, will lead a lively discussion on the origins as well as the basics of lesson planning and pacing for this unique program. This session is a “Must Attend” For anyone who is considering adoption or is currently using this program in grades K-8.
Why Singapore Math?
code: WLWWSM
This session will explore the foundation and advantages of using the Singapore Approach when teaching math. For more than eight years, Linda West has been mentoring teachers and schools across the country in the decision of whether or not to implement “Singapore Math.” This session is meant to be an overview for Primary Math – all editions; Math in Focus, and Eureka/EngageNY. K-8
Differentiating Instruction K-2
code: WJRDI
Participants will explore options for differentiating math instruction for young learners. Although differentiation in the math classroom is not “one size fits all,” there is a broad range of strategies that both the novice and experienced teacher can implement to reach students with different aptitudes and abilities. Participants will engage in productive tasks that “lower the floor and raise the ceiling” and provide students equal opportunities to participate, learn, and show what they know. Activities and games to support algebraic thinking and enhance students’ ability to reason will be provided.
Introduction to Model Drawing AKA Tape Diagrams Grades 2-8
code: WRBITMD
Model drawing is a systematic method of representing word problems and number relationships that can be explicitly taught starting as early as first grade and continuing through the study of algebra. Rectangular bars represent the relationship between known and unknown numerical quantities. Students can solve problems because they understand them. This session is appropriate for those with little or no experience with bar models.
Introduction to Model Drawing AKA Tape Diagrams Grades 2-8
code: FTSITMD
Model drawing is a systematic method of representing word problems and number relationships that can be explicitly taught starting as early as first grade and continuing through the study of algebra. Rectangular bars represent the relationship between known and unknown numerical quantities. Students can solve problems because they understand them. This session is appropriate for those with little or no experience with bar models.
Yes! Teaching Economically Challenged is Different
code: WTSTEL
After coaching for many years in economically disadvantaged school settings, Tricia Salerno has developed a toolbox of techniques to motivate and engage your students. The environments many of these students live in require distinctive approaches to teaching. This experiential session will give all attendees strategies to combine life skills by teaching sequencing, collaboration, and perseverance. Whether you are a principal, math coach or classroom teacher, you will walk away with a renewed vision of teaching math.
Introduction to Anchor Tasks and Lesson Planning Grades K-8
code: WLWIAT
“I do, We do, You do” is no longer the teaching model. Transforming the classroom to a “You do, We do, You do” approach results in teachers teaching less AND students learning more. Attendees will see the importance of not being the sage on the stage, but rather the guide from the side. Attendees will plan a lesson as well as receive a lesson plan template.
Standards Based Informal Assessment
code: WEFSBIA
Author Erik Francis will present a methodology for teachers to use the Standards (any standard) to informally assess their students and know if they are on track for the high stakes testing. This session applies to all grades and subject matter.
Intermediate Model Drawing
code: WRBIMD
Have you worked with bar models, but still need to develop your comfort level? This session will provide an opportunity to strengthen your skills. We’ll work on problems involving whole numbers, fractions, ratios, and percents.
Developing Growth Mindset in the Intermediate Student
code: WTSDGM
How do we get students in grades 3-5 to realize that math is not an end goal but a journey? No one is born knowing how to do Calculus. Spend two hours with Tricia as she demonstrates growth mindset techniques and language for your intermediate math student.
Coaching and Supporting Math Teachers
code: WLWCSM
The American Institutes for Research report on Singapore Math efficacy concluded that professional development was a critical component of a successful implementation. Logically, professional development, including both content knowledge and pedagogical components, will benefit any instruction. How do we continue to support teachers using on-site leaders? Linda West will give you the tools to observe and help teachers at your school.
Developing Number Sense
code: WJRDNS
Understanding numbers and number relationships is integral to the development of number sense. This session will focus on using various models to help students explore and visualize numbers, understand number relationships, operations, and algebraic thinking. Number sense can foster working with numbers in ways that are not bound to rote procedures but rather are developed through a variety of experiences, such as estimating, talking about numbers, using mental math, and judging the reasonableness of results in problem-solving. Participants will engage in games and activities that focus on benchmark numbers 5 and 10, relationships for numbers 10 to 20, and numbers to 100.
Connecting Bar Models to Algebra Grades 6-8
code: WRBCBMA
The transition to Algebra can be difficult for some students. Elementary student learn to draw models for 4 + 5 or 3 x 7. In middle school, they learn to draw models for x + 5, 3y, or 2z + z. Learn how bar models can be used to make the transition as smooth and seamless as possible. Grades 6-8
Math Centers K-1
code: TTSMC
Tricia Salerno will discuss the planning for and creation of centers which allow teachers to both scaffold and extend in meet the needs of all students. Attendees will have time to plan an engaging and meaningful center as an example of the type of small group work that leads to deeper conceptual understanding. Attendees will also experience centers themselves and evaluate them using the given rubric.
2-Step Word Problems
code: TJRSWP
Many students struggle with solving multi-step word problems. How can we help more students become confident, competent problem solvers? The Math Content Standards address a variety of multi-step situation types, and the Math Practice Standards bring problem-solving to life. Participants will explore some of these everyday problem-solving situations using visualization and models such as the number bond and bar model/tape diagram. Using appropriate language and guiding questions to support struggling learners can increase confidence in solving word problems. Students also need practice in assessing the reasonableness of answers to word problems. Help your students get “problem-solving power” with strategies from this session!
Challenging Word Problems-Advanced Practitioners
code: TRBCWP
Are you experienced math geek? Do you love to use bar models? This hands-on session will challenge you to solve numerous multistep problems using this useful visual technique.
Non Routine Problems-Looking Beyond the Bar Model Grades 3-5
code: TLANRP
The Standards for Mathematical Practices require that students use “varieties of expertise” such as adaptive reasoning, strategic competence backed up by conceptual understanding and procedural fluency. These can only be fully developed in classrooms where students are called on to solve non-routine problems regularly. These types of problems should be encountered by all learners if we are to heed the call to make higher mathematics learning accessible to all. Come and explore strategies for incorporating non-routine problems into your instruction and for supporting students as they encounter them. Grades 3-5.
The Emancipation of Intelligence Middle School
code: TBFEOI
Beautiful and mathematically rich math projects are the natural and empowering way to help students of all levels demonstrate and cement their conceptual understanding and computational fluency. Research validated, and classroom-proven strategies will be presented. A comprehensive handout is available. Middle School.
Algorithm Study 3-5
code: TTSAS35
Research tells us that multiple models help students develop deep comprehension and meaning in mathematics. In this session, we will explore alternative algorithms for each operation, and how these algorithms can help bring meaning to the standard algorithm. Grades 3-5
Visualization Make and Take
code: TJRVMT
Visual representations are extremely helpful for learning. New brain research tells us that visual mathematics helps students learn numerical mathematics. Visual mathematics also facilitates higher-level thinking, enables communication, and helps learners see the creativity in mathematics. Participants will make and take tools, such as a mini-Rekenrek and number bracelets, to help students subitize and visualize numbers within numbers. Story problems and building activities to engage students in spatial visualization will also be explored.
Place Value Grades 2-6
code: TRBPV
Place value is a powerful tool that took the human race thousands of years to develop. Go back to elementary school as a student and deepen your knowledge about the role of place value in the teaching and learning of operations and algorithms. Experience the importance of concrete models for conceptual understanding. Grades 2-6.
Anchor Tasks Workshop Grades 3-5.
code: TLAMTAT
Regardless of the curriculum chosen by the school or district, teachers are called on to help students develop growth mindsets and grit. Mathematical “anchor tasks” provide students opportunity to do both! Come and learn about anchor tasks and how to use your current curriculum to write them and use them in your classroom. Ideas for finding appropriate activities from your current curriculum, then developing the questioning that will not only lead students to deeper mathematical understanding but also encourage students to communicate their thinking will be discussed. Teachers will write their anchor tasks, so teaching materials (such as teachers manual) should be brought to the session. Tasks will center on CCSS-M for grades 3-5.
Building Number Sense Through Engaging Activities Middle School
code: TBFBNS
The development of number sense is crucial to success in upper mathematics and a foundation to most state standards. This presentation will show teachers how they can foster higher order thinking in their math classroom and develop rich number sense using straightforward and powerful strategies. See how to incorporate physical engagement, so students are actively participating and how teachers can take any simple math problem and present it in such a way that students delve deeply into the mathematical understanding. A classroom-ready handout is available. Middle School.
Games for Fluency Grades 3-5
code: TTSFG35
See how to excite and thrill! Tricia will lead participants through engaging, physical, and mental activities to promote flexibility and confidence.
Math and Music Grades K-5
code: TJRMM
Songs are powerful tools that enhance student learning in an enjoyable manner. There are many benefits of using music and many means of incorporating music into math instruction. We know very well how music helps memory and is an effective strategy for assisting in the recall of information. The integrated teaching of math and music has the potential to improve students’ attitudes towards learning and of increasing students’ mathematical achievement. Come to this session and experience music, rhythm, rhyme, rap, and movement to engage students in learning math concepts in and enjoyable and mathematically relevant way!
Fractions Grades 3-6
code: TRBF
What’s a fraction? Why do we invert and multiply when we divide them? Why can’t we just add the “tops” and the “bottoms” when we want the sum? Too many students s first experience math “troubles” when they learn about them. It’s critical that they understand why operations involving fractions are just extensions of the same operations using whole numbers. This session will carefully look at the mathematics of fractions. Grades 3-6.
Anchor Tasks Workshop Grades K-2
code: TLAMTATK2
Regardless of the curriculum chosen by the school or district, teachers are called on to build growth mindsets and grit in students. Mathematical “anchor tasks” provide students opportunity to do both! Come and learn about anchor tasks and how to use your current curriculum to write them and use them in your classroom. Ideas for finding appropriate activities from your current curriculum, then developing the questioning that will not only lead students to deeper mathematical understanding, but also encourage students to communicate their thinking will be discussed. Teachers will write their own anchor tasks, so teaching materials (such as a teacher’s manual) should be brought to the session. Tasks will center on CCSS-M for grades K-2.
Take Your Places
code: TBFTYP
This powerful lesson enriches your students’ number sense and empowers their mathematical thinking. Using a guided constructivist approach, students transition seamlessly from arithmetic to algebraic reasoning. The activity provides hours of classroom use and is highly adaptable to your students’ needs. Both classroom activity masters and homework masters are included in the ready-for-Monday handout.
Fluency in action-Live Classroom
code: TTSLCFA
Watch Tricia as she leads a group of students through fluency activities.
Fractional Thinking Grades K-2
code: TJRFT
Fractions taught as a part-whole concept can ensure that students in grades K – 2 have a sound foundation for conceptualizing other concepts in fractions. Young learners can begin to develop the underlying concepts associated with fractions through the use of models and images that support fractional thinking with halves, fourths, and thirds in a variety of contexts. Experiences of objects, shapes, and amounts in equal measure as well as experiences of the whole being something other than ‘one’ is essential for developing fractional thinking. Participants will explore fractional thinking with paper folding, pattern blocks, and Cuisenaire rods.
Models of Multiplication and Division
code: TLAMMD
Beginning with an exploration of arrays and rectangular arrays and then linking these important understandings to the area model and a variety of algorithms (including the standard algorithm), this session investigates each model and strategy and how to support students in developing deep understanding.
Models of Multiplication and Division
code: FLAMMD
Beginning with an exploration of arrays and rectangular arrays and then linking these important understandings to the area model and a variety of algorithms (including the standard algorithm), this session investigates each model and strategy and how to support students in developing deep understanding.
Math Games that Motivate, Educate, and Engage Grades 6-8
code: FBFMGM
These are no ordinary games. Mathematical rigor, high order thinking, and fun abound. All the games are easy to implement, yet they foster rigorous mathematical thinking and produce useful results. Your students can practice skills with excitement as they develop their mathematical reasoning. Multiple strands are covered, and various grade levels apply. A classroom-ready handout is available. Grades 6-8.
Games for Fluency K-1
code: FBCGFK1
Games and activities to support mathematical concepts for Grades K-1.
Analyzing Student Work 3-5
code: FBHASW35
Using student work as formative assessment rather than only as a means of obtaining a grade for the grade book will be the focus of this workshop. Providing meaningful feedback to students and allowing them the opportunity to correct their errors leads to deeper understanding.
Visualization Workshop 3-5
code: FLAV
Visualization is a critical competency in the learning of mathematics. This session will provide participant’s opportunities to engage in the visual, mathematical tasks for themselves while “seeing” how these types of tasks fit into an overall instructional scheme, help to broaden the reach of any mathematics curriculum, and build a culture of inquiry and growth mindset in the classroom.
Introduction to Early Algebraic Thinking (K to Grade 2)
code: FKHEAT
Many schools are introducing early algebraic thinking in their K-2 curriculum. It is important for teachers to understand the motivation behind this. In this workshop, we will explore early algebraic thinking, – what is it and why does it matter? We will also talk about how it is incorporated in the Common Core State Standards, and what teachers are already doing that is aligned to this topic. Early algebraic thinking is not merely about x and y, as many would think. We will introduce the fundamental strategies and how we can extend current practices through simple lessons and fun activities to support this meaningful learning!
More Power2 You
code: FBFMPY
Exponents will finally make sense to your students after they participate in this unique activities. Both positive and negative exponents will be demonstrated conceptually. Your students will even be able to explain why n^0 = 1. Grades 6-8.
Games for Fluency Grades 4-5
code: FBCGF45
Games and activities to support mathematical concepts for Grades 4-5.
Analyzing Student Work K-2
code: FBHASWK2
Using student work as formative assessment rather than only as a means of obtaining a grade for the grade book will be the focus of this workshop. Providing meaningful feedback to students and allowing them the opportunity to correct their own errors leads to deeper understanding. Grades K-2.
Geometry in the Common Core Cube
code: FLAGCCC
Geometric and spatial thinking are necessary…because they connect mathematics with the physical world and play a significant role in modeling phenomena whose origins are not necessarily physical. (CCSS-M Progressions, Geometry). Geometry and geometric measurement standards in the elementary school are often minimized. This session will help teachers mine the richness of these standards with a view to enriching student learning.
Practical Early Algebraic Thinking Strategies (K to Grade 2)
code: FKHPTS
In this presentation, we will dive deeper into the strategies that teachers can use to foster early algebraic thinking in Grades K to 2. These plans are based on three key aspects:
• Doing and Undoing (reversing steps)
• Generalizing (articulating patterns)
• Expressing relationships between variables (functions)
By working through example problems in this interactive workshop, teachers will walk away with practical and fun ideas that they can use immediately in their classrooms. Lesson Plans and Worksheets will be handed out during the workshop.
Developing Proportional Reasoning-Middle School
code: FBFDPR
The development of proportional reasoning is critical for intermediate and middle school learners and is a major topic in Common Core for grades six and seven. That is why we must provide many opportunities for students to apply and practice these skills. We also can help students by demonstrating numerous ways to solve ratios by filling their toolkit with a multitude of strategies. This presentation provides eight strategies to present proportions and foster proportional reasoning and includes complete handout.
Games for Fluency Grades 2-3
code: FBCGF23
Games and activities to support mathematical concepts for Grades 2-3.
Addressing the Struggling Student K-5
code: FBHASS
Learn how Singapore, the #1 country in the world in international math assessments, addresses the needs of students who are not at grade level. grades K-5.
Addressing the Struggling Student K-5
code: FBHASS2
Learn how Singapore, the #1 country in the world in international math assessments, addresses the needs of students who are not at grade level. grades K-5.
Connecting Fractions, Decimals, and Ratios Grades 3-5
code: FLACFDR
Join Leslie for an in-depth study of how to begin students’ journeys into understanding fractions through logic and reasoning. Explore practical activities for guiding students to visualize, generalize and communicate their newfound fractional number sense and make robust and lasting connections to decimals and ratio through the lens of fractional number sense.
Challenging Algebraic Problem Solving Using Visualization (K to Grade 2)
code: FKHAPS
Visuals are a powerful way to promote critical thinking through problem-solving! In this interactive workshop, we will focus on some examples of challenging problems, which are sometimes algebraic in nature, and how students in Grades K to 2 can solve them without any formal instruction in algebra. With this early head start in algebraic thinking, many students will find the transition to formal algebra much easier. Visualization techniques discussed include bar modeling as well as other representations.
Besides understanding how to apply these visualization techniques in challenging algebraic problem solving, teachers will also be given a set of guided problems with solutions that they can use on the first day of school!
Clossing Session Implementation
code: CSI
Ban Har, Tricia Salerno, Linda West, Brad Fulton, and John Felling
Join today’s presenters as they close our SUMMIT 2017 by discussing the potential challenges of implementing techniques shared this week. How do we maintain enthusiasm and focus as we get distracted by planning and teaching multiple classes, committee meetings, parent communication, etc.?
Overview of Bar Models Grades 2-6
code: TRBOBM
This session is designed for those who did not have an opportunity to attend any of Wednesday’s model drawing workshops. It is appropriate for those at the novice or intermediate level.
Pattern and Function Connection Grades 6-8
code: TBFPFC
This session will cover multiple representations of functions including; such concepts as slope, intercept, and function notation. You will be amazed at what your students learn and accomplish with these techniques.
