Using the Open Up curriculum, I've come up with a task-based instruction that gets students out of their seats, talking about the math, and experiencing concepts in a lot of different ways! Come learn how a little bit of chaos, mixed with structure and expectations, can create and foster a learning environment that will get kids talking!
This engaging hands-on workshop explores how to effectively integrate the Standards for Mathematical Practice into everyday classroom instruction across Pre-K to Elementary grade levels. By fostering productive struggle and promoting conceptual understanding, participants will learn strategies to develop critical skills such as reasoning abstractly, modeling with mathematics, and constructing viable arguments. The session highlights practical examples, including geometry and algebraic thinking activities, designed to support developmental trajectories from early learning through upper elementary. Attendees will leave with actionable insights to transform their math classrooms and inspire deep, joyful learning at every stage.
What if the moments we spend teaching math could unlock every student’s potential, no matter where they start? This session uncovers the surprising truths from The Opportunity Myth and The Iceberg Effect research studies, challenging the status quo in math instruction. Explore how intentional scaffolding, high-quality materials, and unwavering high expectations can transform learning and ensure grade-level success for all students. Leave with practical tools and strategies to turn everyday math lessons into powerful, life-changing moments. Let’s make every math moment matter!
A critical aspect of culturally responsive learning is selecting tasks that invite students to share their own ideas. In this session, we will determine what makes a task relevant and meaningful as well as use a framework to create culturally relevant tasks that allow teachers to actively respond to different student cultures, backgrounds, and ideas to drive instruction.
I will be sharing my experience teaching Math 1030 with a flipped classroom model for the last 2 years with tips and tricks that I have found to be effective for engaging students.
In this interactive session we'll dive into a Desmos activity while implementing many of the BTC practices. Focus will be placed on activity(task) selection and when it makes sense for students to work on VNPS's vs. utilizing the benefits of technology.
This session is a call to action for educators to learn from and with all their students, reimagining our notions of mathematics and broadening perspectives on what it means to “do” mathematics. Dive deep into strategies for nurturing students' mathematical identities, encouraging them to bring their unique perspectives and experiences to the learning environment. Join us as we explore the crossroads where curriculum meets technology and mathematics meets community.
We will present activities using technology which will model polynomials and polynomial functions and help us visualize polynomial multiplication and division, and how to find solutions to polynomial equations.
