NCCTM 2019 & NYCMP 2019 Conferences
It was great meeting all of the enthusiastic educators in Greensboro, NC. I have added some of the items discussed in some session. Please feel free to review and use these items.
The Power of Pattern with equations
Session Summary: Would you like your students to be able to solve for x in an equation like 1/2x + 5 = 9 using mental reasoning and not a procedure? This workshop focuses on using our natural powers of patterns with problem strings to support students in thinking more critically about how to solve equations without jumping to meaningless rote procedures.
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Maybe You Don't Need to Teach the Procedure
Session Summary: This workshop is about the why. Why does that procedure work? Why weren't other ways taught to me? In this workshop we will address some of the enduring procedures that we teach and may not know others ways to address, such as cross multiplication for proportional equations and keep, change flip. This session provides alternatives to some procedures that we have been taught and continue to teach.
Nix the Tricks (website)
Nix the Tricks (.pdf)
12 Math Rules that Expire in the Middle Grades
Additional Added Resources:
Slide Deck: Division of Fractions String
Website: Zearn.org
Book: Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally (7th Edition) (any edition is worth having, but older editions are more cost effective)
Book: Math in Practice: Kinder, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Using Pedagogical Structures to Get Students Talking and Thinking
Session Summary: Learn about and experience research-based pedagogical structures that foster students' critical thinking, evaluation, analysis, listening skills, ownership of learning, collaboration, discourse, and engagement. Participants are introduced to 5 structures that can be used all year-long. The structures embody the Mathematical Practices and encourage students to evaluate and question information.
Handout: Pedagogical Structures
Podcast: Pairs Compare and One Pen One Paper
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