Summer 2022 Math Institute

August 2 - 3, 2022 - In-Person - Saluda Shoals The River Center, SC

REGISTRATION is CLOSED

This summer is the perfect time to get re-energized for the upcoming school year. The last couple of years have been challenging and we will feel the ramifications for some time to come. And can we be honest, most of us are spent...mentally, emotionally, and some of us even physically.

CKingEducation's Summer Math Institute is a ways for K - 5 teachers, coaches, and administrators to reconnect with each other, reclaim their passions, and recommit to students using simple ideas that can produce powerful growth.

You will learn to:

  • Use and track the effectiveness of game-structures and routines to target priority standards

  • Support learners in understanding word problems using reading comprehension strategies that are NOT gimmicky or acronyms

  • Use math manipulatives consistently as tools for learning beyond answer-getting

  • Build number sense and number flexibility through discourse

AGENDA - Day 1

8:30 AM: Pastries/Coffee

8:45 AM: Welcome and Overview

9:00 AM: Building Number Sense & a Culture of Discourse

  • Room A: Fluency Routines with Visuals

  • Room B: Fluency Routines with Quantities

  • Room C: Fluency Routines with Scaffolds

10:00 AM: Break (Reconnecting)

10:30 AM: Why are word problems so hard? (Part 1)

12:00 PM: Lunch (Reclaiming)

1 PM: Why are word problems so hard? (Part 2)

  • Room A: Strategies for Visualizing

  • Room B: Strategies for Selecting Operations

  • Room C: Strategies for Understanding the Context

2:15 PM: Simple Games

  • Room A: Grid Games

  • Room B: Dice & Cards

  • Room C: Online Tools

3:00 PM Closing Day 1 (Recommit)

3:00 - 4 PM PM Adulting Activity (Reconnect - optional)

AGENDA - Day 2

8:30 AM: Pastries/Coffee

8:45 AM: Welcome and Overview

9:00 AM: Pedagogical Structures

  • Room A: Simple Structures

  • Room B: Everyday Structures

  • Room C: Advanced Structures

10:30 AM: Break (Reconnecting)

11:00 AM: Simple Ways to Make Tasks Rigorous and Worthwhile

12:00 PM: Lunch (Reclaiming)

1 PM: Application - Planning Sessions

  • Room A: First Week Routines to Build a Math Community

  • Room B: Year-long Action Plan for Problem Solving

  • Room C: Planning for Game Structures Across Concepts

2:30 PM Closing (Recommit)