Presentation Handouts

Note: Power Point Presentations can be found below as attachments.

Hands On Geometry - Presentation for K-6

Did you know ... "Children who develop a strong sense of spatial relationships and master concepts of geometry are better prepared to learn number and measurement ideas ...." from Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for Mathematics.
Participants will have the opportunity to explore, to model and solve problems, search for patterns, and raise questions. Participants will become a community of learners engaged in activity, discourse, and reflection.

This workshop addresses what the Geometry standard looks like when working with students. Best practices in mathematics will be modeled and shared throughout the workshop.
Participants will receive an extensive ready-to-use resource full of ideas to motivate all learners.

The Bridge to Algebra - Presentation for K-6

 Can elementary school children really do algebra? Absolutely! While the term “algebra” might be daunting, even the youngest students can readily understand this kind of math. The development of algebraic concepts has become a central focus of the NCTM math standards. Classroom teachers in elementary school must engage students in developmentally appropriate tasks that build the necessary foundation for understanding algebra. This workshop emphasizes hands-on experience and includes ideas of patterns and relationships, equalities and inequalities, functions, and models. Leave with ideas you can use in your classroom to address the Algebra standard tomorrow.

This workshop addresses what the Algebra standard looks like when working with students.

Participants will receive an extensive ready-to-use resource full of ideas to motivate all learners.

Unlocking the Number Sense Door - Presentation for grades 3rd - 6th grade.

This workshop will emphasize hands-on experiences where participants will learn by doing and explore the best ways to unlock the number sense door for students.
During the workshop we will investigate how to support students as they:
• construct strategies and big ideas related to addition, multiplication, subtraction, and division
• develop efficient computation methods

You’ll leave the workshop with a better understanding of students’ mathematical thinking and games to support their learning as they successfully develop an understanding of numbers.

This workshop addresses what the Number standard looks like when working with students. Best practices in mathematics will be modeled and shared throughout the workshop.
Participants will receive an extensive ready-to-use resource full of ideas to motivate all learners.

Cognitively Guided Instruction (K-3)
Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI) is a problem-solving mathematics program designed to improve number sense and computation for students in Kindergarten through third grades. It has been proven effective for boys and girls of diverse social class, racial and ethnic, and language proficiency backgrounds.

This K-3 instructional strategy focuses on student knowledge and encourages teachers to pose story problems that can be solved by any means chosen by the child. Problem-posing and problem-solving become the focus of the mathematics class, rather than the traditional emphasis on memorization of facts and algorithms. The research-based approach was developed by faculty at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin- Madison.

This workshop consists of three professional days, followed by two advanced days later in the year.  Participants are required to purchase Thinking Mathematically book by Thomas Carpenter and Elizabeth Fenna.