Join us for an in-depth analysis of the topic of multiplying fractions, with insights drawn from our recent teacher-driven Lesson Study cycle. This will be a hands-on opportunity to investigate high-quality teaching materials on this topic and discuss how to approach it in your own classroom!
What do students mean when they talk about geometric shapes? Are they saying what we think they’re saying? We present guidelines for implementing a “Guess My Shape” task that leverages student talk and develops students’ geometric thinking by focusing on properties and attributes of shapes.
The book, Five Practices for Orchestrating Productive Whole-Class Discussions, highlights the importance and complexity of discussions. This session focuses on selecting strategies for discussions by exploring a framework that provides criteria to make selecting strategies purposeful.
Teaching students to reason and problem solve is the cornerstone of quality math instruction. We will highlight several engaging strategies such as Three Reads and Numberless Word Problems that will provide multiple entry points for students to engage in math.
This is a hands-on, minds-on session that revolves a credit card (or any rectangle) around an axis to obtain common and not-so-common 3-D shapes. This low-floor, high-ceiling task allows for mathematical discourse, 3-D visualization, and the application of volume and surface area knowledge.
