“Awesome speakers! Personable & knowledgeable. My new teachers really 'get' the goal of teaching math, my experienced teachers saw math in new ways. Can’t wait for next year!”
- Dawn Nelson, Math Coach
Singapore Math In-Depth Summit 2020 – POSTPONED
Thank you to all those who attended the Singapore Math In-Depth Summit 2019. For all those who joined us, or if you weren’t able to make it this year, make sure to hold the dates for Singapore Math In-Depth Summit 2021.!
Whether using Singapore math, Primary Math, EngageNY/Eureka Math, Math in Focus, Dimensions, or just wanting to implement good math 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.
Dates: July 15-17, 2020 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Embassy Suites, 4415 E. Paradise Village Pkwy South, Phoenix, Arizona, 85032, USA
How to Handle the Fidgeting Student? K-8
Brad Fulton
9:45 – 11:30
Meaningful Multiplication and Division 3-5
Leslie Arceneaux
Word Problems! No Sweat! K-2
Tricia Salerno
Flippin’, Flossin’, and Fidget Spinnin’: Engaging Reluctant Math Students 6-8
Brad Fulton
11:30 – 12:30
Lunch served on site
12:30 – 2:00
Filling Fact Gaps Grades 3-6
Leslie Arceneaux
Adding to the Story K-2
Tricia Salerno
Teaching Area Formulas with Understanding Instead of Tears
Brad Fulton
2:15 – 4:00
Can You Do It in Your Head? 3-5
Leslie Arceneaux
The Fantastic Fraction Finder: A Powerful Tool for Fostering Fraction Connections 6-8
Brad Fulton
Sums and Differences K-2
Dr. Makoto Yoshida
Thursday
8:30 – 9:30 Mandatory
General Session Tuesday: Fostering the 8 Mathematical Practices and the Singapore Math Processes K-8
Brad Fulton
9:45-11:30
Raising the Ceiling and Lowering the Floor 3-5
Leslie Arceneaux
Square it off K-2
Dr. Makoto Yoshido
Easily Implemented Differentiation in Middle Grades 6-8
Brad Fulton
11:30 – 12:30
Lunch served on site
12:30 – 2:00
Looking Beyond the Bar Model in Grades 3-5
Leslie Arceneaux
Parts, Info and Inches K-2
Tricia Salerno
Leo’s Pattern: An Engaging Exploration Across the Mathematical Landscape
Brad Fulton
2:15 – 3:45
Fractions! Get the Picture? 3-5
Leslie Arceneaux
Fostering Success in Geometry 6-8
Brad Fulton
Why Can’t They Retain? K-2
Tricia Salerno
Friday
8:30 – 10:00
Boxcars and One-Eyed Jacks Place Value K-2
John Felling
DGiving your High Flyers Wings 3-5
Kar Hwee Koh
Putting it Together 3-5
Linda West
Engaging Activities for Skills Practice: A Brain-Compatible Approach 6-8
Brad Fulton
10:15 – 11:30
Boxcars and One-Eyed Jacks Place Value 3-5
John Felling
Giving your High Flyers Wings K-2
Kar Hwee Koh
Getting to Know You: The Venn Diagram Project 6-8
Brad Fulton
11:30 – 12:30
Lunch served on site
12:30 – 2:15
Boxcars and One-Eyed Jacks on Fluency 3-5
John Felling
Building Geometric Concepts 3-5
Kar Hwee Koh
Putting it Together K-2
Linda West
Engineering the Lesson 6-8
Tricia Salerno
2:30-3:30 Closing Session
Math Fair with Boxcars and One Eyed Jacks!!!!!
Want a little extra support? Join us on July 14th for a day centered around Pre-K and Kindergarten.
Dimensions Math Pre-K 8:30 – 11:30 registration code TTSPK
Join other early childhood educators and experience some of the play-based, differentiated centers included in Dimensions Math. Leave with ideas to use in your math instruction as soon as school starts. Whether you are using Dimension PK text or not you will leave a clear path to deepen your preschool’s program.
Dimensions Math Kindergarten 12:30 – 3:30 registration code TTSKK
Tricia Salerno will introduce Dimensions Math Kindergarten, a new, rigorous program based on Singapore Math theories and pedagogy. This program is play-based and includes differentiation in every lesson. It incorporates music, movement, games and activities to motivate and encourage a love of mathematics in your kindergarten students.
Prices:
Full day: $199
Half day: $129
Special: $59 with any registration to Singapore Math In-Depth Summit.
How to Handle the Fidgeting Student? K-8 Brad Fulton
code: WBFOSK8
Do your students fidget instead of doing math? How about getting them to fidget while doing math. We’ll explore how we can use fidget spinners to engage reluctant students so they actively participate in math class and learn grade-level content. K-8
Meaningful Multiplication and Division 3-5 Leslie Arceneaux
code: WLAMM35
Settle in for this deep dive into multiplication and division! If students are to be successful navigating fraction and decimal division, a clear understanding of the meaning behind various interpretations of multiplication & division is imperative. This session will help you support solid conceptual learning of the meanings of multiplication & division through physical and pictorial models and give you tools to help students connect this conceptual knowledge to fluency with several standard algorithms for whole numbers.
Word Problems! No Sweat! K-2 Tricia Salerno
code: WTSWPK2
How do we get students to problem solve when they are not yet proficient readers? This session will guide you in the process of developing the skills students need in order to become problem solvers. How we implement the C-P-A approach with word problems?
Flippin’, Flossin’, and Fidget Spinnin’: Engaging Reluctant Math Students 6-8 Brad Fulton
code: WBFFF68
We’ll get up and out of our seats, get hearts pumping, and learn how to get more oxygen flowing to those middle school brain cells. This generation of students love to learn math from experiences instead of from a worksheet. Learn how to make math their most fun class of the day.
Filling Fact Gaps Grades 3-6 Leslie Arceneaux
code: WLAFG35
“They don’t know their basic facts!” This is the lament heard across our country. Where is the breakdown? Why do so many of our intermediate grade students get “stuck” using inefficient strategies for basic facts? How can we turn this situation around for the students we teach? This session is aimed at answering these questions and more about how we can help our students build efficient and secure knowledge of “basic facts” while remaining true to conceptual/problem solving mathematics pedagogy.
Adding to the Story K-2 Tricia Salerno
code: WTSASK2
Students love books and stories! This session will focus on connecting mathematical concepts to current children’s literature to develop deeper understanding. Participants will leave with a curated booklist and be able to review books in session.
Teaching Area Formulas with Understanding Instead of Tears 6-8 Brad Fulton
code: WBFFC68
Learn how to develop the area formulas conceptually so students derive the formulas instead of just memorize them. Build upon the simplest base x height foundation so students understand and remember more complex formulas for triangles, trapezoids, and 3-D shapes.
Can You Do It in Your Head? 3-5 Dr. Leslie Arceneaux
code: WLANS35
Mental math skills are critical if we hope to develop math-confident students. Come experience fun, proven ways to help students use various strategies to add, subtract, multiply and divide.
The Fantastic Fraction Finder: A Powerful Tool for Fostering Fraction Connections 6-8 Brad Fulton
code: WBFFC6
Simplify and find equivalent fractions. Add and subtract fractions of unlike denominators. Solve proportions. Foster an understanding of slope and division of integers all while practicing coordinate graphing with this simple and powerful tool.
Sums and Differences K-2 Dr. Makoto Yoshida
code: WMYFFK2
Learn how to keep students engaged while developing proficiency with basic facts. The order in which basic facts are learned helps to build a strong foundation. Leave with activities and games that you can take back to the classroom and share with your colleagues.
General Session Tuesday: Fostering the 8 Mathematical Practices and the Singapore Math Processes K-8 Brad Fulton
code: TBFMPK8
The eight Mathematical Practices – and the Math Processes in Singapore Math – are the foundation for all our teaching in math, but how do we foster them? Our textbooks don’t have a chapter called “The Mathematical Practices”. Learn how to foster these important skills in your students through engaging and empowering activities.
Raising the Ceiling and Lowering the Floor 3-5 Dr. Leslie Arceneaux
code: TLARC35
How can we extend those students who can be stretched while giving an entry point for those students who struggle in the regular math classroom? This session will focus on differentiating both ends of the spectrum. One of the biggest struggles in teaching today is the wide ability canyon and addressing the needs of all students. It can be done!
Square it off K-2 Dr. Makoto Yoshido
code: TMYGEK2
Geometry is always a fun topic topic for students. Let Dr. Yoshido demonstrate how to add rigor without eliminating the fun.
Easily Implemented Differentiation in Middle Grades 6-8 Brad Fulton
code: TBFTD68
Differentiation is effective but not easily implemented…unless you have an activity like this. Using the hundreds chart from primary grades, students of varying abilities will find portals that grant them access to rigorous math content involving integers, algebra, and even proofs as well as fostering the mathematical practices.
Looking Beyond the Bar Model in Grades 3-5 Dr. Leslie Arceneaux
code: TLABM35
The Standards for Mathematical Practices require that students use “varieties of expertise,” such as adaptive reasoning and 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 experience some non-routine thinking for yourself, explore strategies for incorporating non-routine problems into your instruction and discover ways to support students as they encounter them.
Parts, Info and Inches K-2 Tricia Salerno
code: TTSPIK2
Many teachers never “get to” measurement and data in their instruction. Yet these topics are important in order to allow students to apply the concepts they have learned. Without application, retention is often fleeting. Come experience hands-on, real world problem solving.
Leo’s Pattern: An Engaging Exploration Across the Mathematical Landscape 6-8 Brad Fulton
code: TBFLP68
With this in-depth exploration, we’ll use the Fibonacci Sequence to build skills in fraction, decimal, and integer addition and subtraction, while developing problem-solving skills, proportional reasoning, and equation solving. Students of differing ability levels and learning styles can easily access the activity making it a practical strategy for differentiated instruction.
Fractions! Get the Picture? 3-5 Dr. Leslie Arceneaux
code: TLAFP35
Students rarely connect their understanding of whole number multiplication and division to fraction multiplication and division. This session will continue the exploration begun in the whole number session (WLAMM35) to support students as they extend and apply whole number understandings of multiplication and division to fractions and decimals with models.
Fostering Success in Geometry 6-8 Brad Fulton
code: TBFSG68
Research has shown that the brain 3:45moves through five stages in the acquisition of geometric understanding. Unfortunately, most instruction happens at level 1, while high school geometry is taught at levels 4 and 5. Learn how to transition elementary and middle school students sequentially to foster greater understanding and success.
Why Can’t They Retain? K-2 Tricia Salerno
code: TTSYRK2
Proportional reasoning is a crucial topic that must be developed in upper elementary and middle grades. Brad will work with attendees to address how this concept can be fostered incrementally through multiple approaches that build upon one another to create a solid foundation for proportional thinking.
Using Manipulatives in Middle School 6-8
code: TUM68LA
Retention is a major issue in most schools today. We seem to be in a constant state of reteaching. How can we escape this cycle? By addressing executive function in our early learners, hopefully, we can set them up for success. Experience the strategies that will aid your students in this process.
Boxcars and One-Eyed Jacks Place Value John Felling.K-2
code: FJFBXK2
We start an understanding of place as early as kindergarten. Let John Felling lead you through a fun, fast-paced game session that will leave you demanding more.
Giving your High Flyers Wings 3-5 Kar Hwee Koh
code: FKHGF35
How do we engage our students who are ready for more? Kar Hwee Koh will introduce some fun and stimulating math activities, and ways that teachers can make these activities accessible to students. She will also share some prompts for simple questions and how these can lead to deeper conversations on what students have already learned.
Putting it Together 3-5 Linda West
code: FLWLP35
What is the major learning for grades 3-5? If they learn nothing else, they must be able to……….
Dr Yeap Ban Har will address these questions.
Engaging Activities for Skills Practice: A Brain-Compatible Approach 6-8 Brad Fulton
code: FBFBC68
Skills practice is always necessary but not always engaging. Yet the brain that quickly gives up on math will persevere for days to conquer a video game. Learn how to mimic this and harness the brain’s inherent talents and skills with engaging formats for skills practice.
Boxcars and One-Eyed Jacks Place Value John Felling 3-5
code: FJFBZ35
Many students struggle withWe start an understanding of place as early as kindergarten. Let John Felling lead you through a fun, fast-paced game session that will leave you demanding more.
Algebra, especially word problems. Traditionally, algebra is taught with rules and procedures. How do we stimulate and engage our students’ interest in Algebra? How do we break down the problem and make it visual and accessible for our students? Kar Hwee Koh will share her experience of teaching Algebra conceptually by connecting the bar model to Algebra.
Giving your High Flyers Wings K-2 Kar Hwee Koh
code: FKHHFK2
The careers of tomorrow are inMath is not just arithmetic computations. How do we continually engage our K-2 students? Kar Hwee Koh will share some simple problem-solving strategies that extend to logic and critical thinking while reinforcing the grade level standards. STEM related fields. But how do we take time out of our math instructional minutes to teach STEM? Learn how teaching a STEM curriculum adds power to your math instruction, maximizes engagement, and helps students make sense of the math.
Getting to Know You: The Venn Diagram Project 6-8 Brad Fulton
code: FFBFVD68
Students love making this beautiful mathematical project that tells about their unique interests and characteristics. In the process, they conduct a survey, represent their data, use geometry, and build fraction, decimal, and percent representations. A great back-to-school project to beautify and personalize your classroom walls.
Boxcars and One-Eyed Jacks on Fluency 3-5 John Felling
code: FJFBF35
No one has more fun with fluency practice than John and Jane Felling. Come and experience the joy that can be fostered with skills practice.
Building Geometric Concepts 3-5 Kar Hwee Koh
code: FKHBG35
How do we show that the sum of triangles is 180 degrees? Or why the area of a triangle is x base x height? Kar Hwee Koh will show some simple hands-on activities that all students can participate in, and how we can extend these activities to complex problem solving!
Putting it Together K-2 Linda West
code: FLWLPK2
How do we implement everything we have learned into a cohesive lesson plan? Participants will plan a “Singapore Math” lesson.
Engineering the Lesson 6-8 Tricia Salerno
code: FTSEL68
How do we implement everything we have learned into a cohesive lesson plan? Participants will plan a “Singapore Math” lesson.
