Engaged learners are successful learners! This session will focus on engagement as a significant factor in fostering confident mathematical mindsets. With a focus on Universal Design for Learning, participants will explore how to weave the 5 Strands of Mathematical Proficiency into their instruction in order to create math moments that matter.
Our curricula, professional learning and peer-led community are all designed to center student discourse and advance classroom equity. Join us to learn how our K-HS materials make mathematics accessible for all and encourage student growth through problem-solving and hands-on learning.
In this session, participants will practice a series of problems they can use with students to build their conceptual understanding of simplifying algebraic expressions and solving equations. A series of problems from student lessons are included in the handout, beginning with problems that introduce algebra tiles. Algebra tiles are used throughout the rest of the problems to obtain the lesson objectives, including combining like terms, comparing expressions, and solving equations. Participants for this session will benefit from practicing the problems in teams while experiencing the facilitation and questioning in a student-centered classroom.
Can I use manipulatives and drawings in high school? Yes! The brain shifts from concrete to abstract thinking in late adolescence. Therefore, all students benefit from connecting concrete representations to abstract procedures. Join us in an interactive session to learn how to use algebra tiles and "quick-draws" for expressions, equations, modeling polynomial computation, and completing the square.
