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Saturday, September 19
 

7:30am CDT

Breakfast
Saturday September 19, 2026 7:30am - 8:25am CDT

Saturday September 19, 2026 7:30am - 8:25am CDT
Atruim

7:30am CDT

Registration
Saturday September 19, 2026 7:30am - 8:25am CDT

Saturday September 19, 2026 7:30am - 8:25am CDT
Atruim

7:30am CDT

PD Hours Process
Saturday September 19, 2026 7:30am - 9:00am CDT
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Saturday September 19, 2026 7:30am - 9:00am CDT
Atrium

7:30am CDT

Check In for PD Hours
Saturday September 19, 2026 7:30am - 9:30am CDT
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Saturday September 19, 2026 7:30am - 9:30am CDT
Atrium

7:30am CDT

Conference Sponsors
Saturday September 19, 2026 7:30am - 3:00pm CDT
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You can learn more about all 18 of our sponsors by viewing our 2026 Virtual Exhibitor Hall! There is a slide for each of our sponsors with many links to learn more!

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Saturday September 19, 2026 7:30am - 3:00pm CDT
Atrium

8:30am CDT

ICTM President's Welcome & Keynote: In Search of the Basics of Mathematics Teaching and Learning
Saturday September 19, 2026 8:30am - 10:00am CDT
Recently, some policy makers and stakeholders have taken up the habit of demanding that math education go back to the basics, and I’d like to suggest that we wholeheartedly embrace this advice. Unfortunately, this is as far as the advice goes, and we are left to interrogate what these basics are. In this session, I propose a “basic” for mathematics learning, and together we will explore how...
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Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 8:30am - 10:00am CDT
Ballrooms (101ABC)

10:10am CDT

Using Quick Images to Explore Properties of Shapes
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
A Quick Image instructional routine is beneficial to help students visualize, decompose, and describe geometric shapes. Discover how to enhance this routine by sequencing Quick Images to address specific learning goals about geometric properties and relationships.
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
Room 164

10:10am CDT

Area Models in Building Thinking Classrooms
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
Come explore how the area model can support deeper student learning and thinking. We will discuss topics such as integer multiplication and division, fraction multiplication and division, up through polynomial multiplication, long division, and factoring, all with a BTC structure.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
Room 266

10:10am CDT

Back Pocket Math Routines for Secondary Classrooms
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
One size fits none. Stock your back pocket with high-leverage, equity-driven math routines that deepen understanding and create classrooms where every student feels valued, capable, and ready to engage.
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
Room 261

10:10am CDT

Factoring Activities to Promote the Math Practices
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
Factoring—it’s a persistent struggle! Whether you find this topic essential OR too heavily emphasized, either way, this session is for you! Come experience original activities centering conceptual development and growth in the math practices designed to help students make sense of factoring.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
Room 260

10:10am CDT

Set the Hook: Tasks for Engagement in Algebra
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
Lesson ideas to promote curiosity, generate discussion, and build conceptual understanding with skill development. Ready to use prompts that range from visual to kinesthetic. Students will feel suspense, surprise, and experience why Algebra is useful for describing patterns in the world.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
Room 167

10:10am CDT

Elevating Multilingual Learners in Math
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
Inclusive math classrooms for multilingual learners (MLs) build upon students' backgrounds, intentionally develop language, provide linguistic support, and reinforce students' math identities. This session will focus on strategies, tools, and practices that elevate and support MLs in mathematics.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
Room 166

10:10am CDT

Ferris Bueller's (Many) Days Off
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
What do we do when the students aren't present? Let's discuss managing absences, whether unplanned or pre-planned. What are the best strategies for limiting learning loss when the students are out of the classroom?
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
Room 265

10:10am CDT

Teaching a Lesson for Designing a Learning Space
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
In this session, teachers experience a geometry lesson where students engage in a design challenge. Teachers will create a floor plan for the space based on different needs of the students. We will discuss how this lesson promotes mathematical thinking, as well as student reflection on inclusion.
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
Room 250

10:10am CDT

Stories Count: Build Number Sense with Read-alouds
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
Children's literature can support number sense and equitable participation in mathematics. Through examples and classroom-tested routines, participants will identify mathematical opportunities in books, facilitate rich discussions, and design lessons that connect literacy and mathematics.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
Room 162

10:10am CDT

Whole Number and Fraction Connections
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
Extending the most recent Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching article, Whole number and fraction connections: Iteration and partitioning, we plan to explore whole number and fractions tasks while making connections between elementary age students’ iterating and partitioning.
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
Room 161B

10:10am CDT

Ignite Interest, Belonging, & Joy in Your Students
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
We all have the pressures of standards, deadlines, state tests, and pacing guides. It
drains your battery fast. Our idea brings joy, builds community, sparks engagement, and recharges YOU! Come learn how this easy-to-implement, minimal prep approach can have you smiling with your students tomorrow!
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
Room 105

10:10am CDT

Gemstone Numbers for Base Ten & Place Value
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
This session introduces Gemstone Numbers, an innovative, intuitive color-value system rooted in research. It builds a deep conceptual understanding of base-ten and place value. See how it is integrated in real classrooms, learn to implement it, and walk away with your own teaching starter set!
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
Room 161A

10:10am CDT

An Ethnomodeling PLC: Culture and Geometry
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
This session presents a five-session professional learning community framework supporting high school geometry teachers in designing culturally grounded instructional units through ethnomodeling, connecting students' cultural practices to rigorous geometric reasoning.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 10:10am - 11:00am CDT
Auditorium

11:10am CDT

Community-Based Mathematical Modeling
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Want to give students opportunities to learn how to make a difference in a real context using mathematical modeling? Come learn about the community-based mathematical modeling cycle, how to identify and build awareness of local, 3-5th grade friendly problems, and gain access to sample tasks.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Room 166

11:10am CDT

Differentiation made easy with Takeoff by IXL
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Differentiation is challenging and time-consuming, but necessary in creating equitable environments for learning. Meet Takeoff by IXL, a breakthrough K-6 core math curriculum intentionally designed for differentiation. Explore a Takeoff lesson to experience the power of always-on differentiation.
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Room 167

11:10am CDT

Designing Cultural Textiles With Geometry
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
In this session, we engage teachers in design-based lesson that uses geometric shapes, symmetry, and rigid transformations to design a culturally responsive textile. We offer teachers a chance to experience how math can promote empathy between students and build community within the classroom.
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Room 250

11:10am CDT

Planning Vibrant Math Lessons
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
This session explores my fundamental belief that rich mathematical activity starts when students are given opportunities to be designers and decision-makers, and not just describers and direction-followers. Like all professional development, it needs to be practical to our impeding work. We will spend time unpacking where vibrant math thinking comes from, what it feels like, and look at features...
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Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Room 101C

11:10am CDT

Supporting Functional Thinking through Talk Moves.
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Explore ways to engage students in collaborative problem solving in the context of linear functions. We will share a real-world task that can support students’ functional thinking. Participants will explore the task, discuss student work, and reflect on how talk moves can advance student thinking.
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Room 266

11:10am CDT

Travel the World Exploring Geometry
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Help students fall in love with Geometry as we travel the world exploring problems from historically and geographically significant locations. Collaborate on tasks that spark curiosity about mathematics beyond the classroom, leave with ready-to-use activities, and brainstorm new ideas with peers.
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Room 260

11:10am CDT

Using Art to Engage the OTHER side of the brain
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
From Sierpiński's Triangles, Escher's Transformations and Mandela projects, students actually go old school and use paper, pencil, compass, rulers, CRAYONS, markers, and even scissors. While they will complain - they are in MS after all- you will be impressed with their buy in and results!
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Room 261

11:10am CDT

From Board Work to Student Reasoning
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
This session explores routines where students analyze correct and flawed sample solutions to consolidate their mathematical thinking in Building Thinking Classrooms environments. By centering reasoning over answer-getting, errors become key tools for discussion, reflection, and deeper understanding.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Room 101A

11:10am CDT

Turn Face to Face Tasks into Engaging Virtual Experiences
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Learn some effective ways to teach asynchronously online and how to move face to face tasks to a virtual environment. We will first look at the ways we use technology for teaching and then we will experience how to transform a few mathematical tasks into engaging online experiences.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Room 265

11:10am CDT

From Concrete to Confident in Math Intervention
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Students in intervention often struggle to see themselves as math learners. This session explores 3 research-backed principles: systematic instruction, concrete to abstract representations, and number lines to make math accessible to all learners and help students finally feel like math makes sense.
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Room 164

11:10am CDT

Thinking + Feeling: Building Confident Learners
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Explore the powerful blend of Building Thinking Classrooms and Math Therapy to help students embrace challenges, think critically, and build confidence. Discover easy-to-use strategies, engaging tasks, and teacher language that foster positive math identities and resilient learners.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Room 162

11:10am CDT

Facilitating Problem Solving Through Open Response
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
How do I teach my students to: persevere through a non-routine problem? revise? explain so someone else can understand? and find joy in a challenge? Participants will learn how to use a two-day protocol to facilitate meaningful learning and rich discourse while promoting productive struggle.
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Room 105

11:10am CDT

Illinois Comprehensive Numeracy Plan
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
This session will provide an overview of the Illinois Comprehensive Numeracy Plan, including the vision, priorities, and goals guiding its development. The plan emphasizes evidence-based instruction, coherent systems of support, equitable access for all learners, and a cohesive continuum of learning
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Room 161A

11:10am CDT

Subitizing Six to Explain Early Number
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
In this session, participants will explore how preschool and kindergarten students
enumerate and represent different arrangements for six when engaged with subitizing. We will discuss how their counting, estimating, subitizing, structuring, and groupitizing explain their number development.
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Room 161B

11:10am CDT

Greater Success on the ACT® using NumWorks
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Success on the ACT® math section requires more than memorization—it demands conceptual understanding, strategic problem-solving, and efficient technology use. Discover how NumWorks graphing calculators help build confidence, accuracy, and deeper mathematical thinking through ACT®-style instruction.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 11:10am - 12:00pm CDT
Room 101B

12:00pm CDT

Grab & Go Boxed Lunch
Saturday September 19, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm CDT

Saturday September 19, 2026 12:00pm - 1:00pm CDT
Atrium

1:10pm CDT

Demystifying MTSS in Upper Elementary Math
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Let's explore the flow of MTSS from universal screeners through progress monitoring. We will study the cycle through the lens of my 5th grade classroom, connect to the TRU Dimensions Framework, and make a plan for your own implementation using the tools you have available to you.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Room 164

1:10pm CDT

Get Students to Rethink Their Thinking!
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Learning is messy, and student work is filled with partial understanding. Mere re-teaching is not enough to replace misconceptions with conceptions. Participants will explore instructional interventions that encourage students to grapple with partial concepts to rethink their thinking.
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Room 166

1:10pm CDT

Engaging Students Beyond Paper-and-Pencil Testing
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Explore new and old research-based methods for moving beyond paper-pencil testing. We will share our favorite formative assessment strategies that provide real-time information about student thinking to drive your instruction, as well as opportunities for feedback and self-reflection for students.
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Room 266

1:10pm CDT

Metacognition: in Math: Thinking Beyond the Answer
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Striving beyond "right" or "wrong", this session equips educators with tools to foster student metacognition and reflection. With a focus on brain science, learn to shift focus from final products to thinking processes to deepen understanding, empower students, and build independent thinkers.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Room 261

1:10pm CDT

One Table, Every Probability Problem
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Many students get bogged down deciding which probability tool to use rather than focusing on the mathematics. This session explores how two-way tables can become the primary representation for two-variable probability, helping students develop stronger conceptual understanding and confidence.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Room 260

1:10pm CDT

We Heart Functions!: Loving and Learning Math
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Build functions using conversation hearts (great for February or any time of year) and help students represent and analyze linear and exponential growth and decay. The value of pooling data and the law of large numbers will also be explored.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Room 265

1:10pm CDT

A Modeling Lesson Designing Lanterns With Geometry
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Teachers participate in a middle school geometry lesson designing lanterns. Using symmetry and geometric shapes, teachers will sketch, cut, and assemble lanterns. We end by reflecting on the design process, anticipating student thinking, and sharing experiences from real middle school classrooms.
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Room 250

1:10pm CDT

Making Connections with Practical Applications
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
"When are we ever gonna have to do this?" The answer is a series of project based, practical applications that bring mathematics into the real world! Whether done as one-off projects or a more comprehensive course, math can come alive!
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Room 167

1:10pm CDT

Seeing is Believing: Geometric Trig Identities
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
In this session, we provide geometric definitions for all six trig functions and connect secants, tangents, and chords with the secant, tangent, and sine functions. From these definitions we use geometry (e.g., Pythagorean Theorem, similar triangles) to generate trigonometric identities.
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Room 101A

1:10pm CDT

5 Free & Engaging Ways to Foster Math Fluency
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
To build fluency and number sense, students need varied practice and regular opportunities to apply efficient strategies. In this session, you'll explore five engaging ways to foster math fluency and leave with practical, ready-to-use ideas that make daily fluency practice easier.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Room 162

1:10pm CDT

Embracing the Progression of Algebraic Thinking
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Yes, you CAN teach algebra before addition! Together, we will explore the progression of algebraic thinking standards, discuss ways to integrate flexible thinking in daily routines, and embrace the power of teaching algebraic reasoning alongside primary grade mathematics.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Room 161B

1:10pm CDT

Every Voice Counts: Building Math Belonging
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Technology should not replace mathematical conversations; it should expand who gets to participate. Thoughtfully designed digital routines can make student thinking visible, reduce barriers, and create classrooms where every learner sees themselves as a valued member of the mathematical community.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Room 105

1:10pm CDT

Show Me Your Way: Making Student Thinking Visible
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
How do we help students show their math thinking? Explore open-middle and low-floor, high-ceiling tasks, discourse structures, and instructional routines that make student thinking visible and build deep mathematical knowledge. Examples span grades K–8.
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Room 161A

1:10pm CDT

Building a Solid Foundation in Math
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
A strong mathematical foundation requires the right tools for every job. In this collaborative session, our math specialist team breaks down the scaffolding essential for supporting a diverse school community.
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Room 101B

1:10pm CDT

Centering Students as Mathematical Sensemakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
When students share their reasoning and challenge each other’s thinking, they develop a deeper understanding of mathematics and find joy in learning. This session explores discourse-rich mathematics instruction that positions students as mathematical sensemakers.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 1:10pm - 2:00pm CDT
Room 101C

2:10pm CDT

Community of Problem Solvers With Your Curriculum
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Spark thinking, reasoning, and problem solving using your current curriculum. Leave with simple ways to open up curriculum tasks, differentiate in the moment & facilitate math discussions. Walk away with a clear plan to build a joyful, student-centered math community.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room 167

2:10pm CDT

So Many Strategies!
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
While we want students to be able to think flexibly and have multiple strategies for solving problems, when is it too many? Does your curriculum have you drowning in strategies? In this session we will explore practical ways to help you make sense of it all!
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room 166

2:10pm CDT

Global Mathematics: A Math Elective for ALL
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
This session will describe a one semester elective course, Global Mathematics, that helps students understand and critique the world while also experiencing wonder, joy, and beauty. This course engages students at every ability level through the study of the history of math from around the world.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room 261

2:10pm CDT

Lessons from the Chessboard: Rethinking How We Teach Mathematics
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
I understand how a knight fork works; I still miss a few in my games. I'll talk about the gap between knowing and doing; between understanding an idea and having the fluency to apply it. I’ll share what learning chess has taught me about the nature of learning, and how it applies to math education.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room 266

2:10pm CDT

Math Worth Showing Up For
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Motivation isn’t magic – it’s designed. What if motivation could be built into your math classroom? Using Dr. Ilana Horn's Motivated as a lens, we'll examine how belonging, meaning, and autonomy fuel engagement and make productive struggle possible.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room 260

2:10pm CDT

Playful Mathematics
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Mathematical play is essential for supporting the 8 Mathematical Practices. Use mathematical play in the middle school classroom with non-curricular tasks, games, and puzzles. Take on the role of student and experience different challenges in play as both an intervention and an extension activity.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room 250

2:10pm CDT

Feeding the Intuition of Calculus Students
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Come experience how we can use food within the Calculus classroom to develop further understanding and intuition of mathematical principles.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room 101A

2:10pm CDT

Proving With The Pythagoreans
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
More than just right triangles, this session will focus on many contributions from the Pythagoreans. This ancient group used visual representations to study and prove mathematics and many of their methods can be used in the classroom today to help students build understanding and connections.
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room 265

2:10pm CDT

Falling in Love with Math Understanding
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Students fall in love with math when it makes sense. This session explores how conceptual understanding, visual models, and student-driven exploration build confidence and joy in mathematics, with examples of digital tools that support this kind of learning.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room 164

2:10pm CDT

Human Talks, Math Sparks
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
This session explores joyful, student‑led ways to humanize math from Birth–12th grade. We’ll rethink beliefs using viral context specifics that assist in small shifts toward equity and justice, and dig into The Mathematician’s Project to spark thinking, voice, and belonging in your classroom.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room 105

2:10pm CDT

Math Engagement: Reignite the Love
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Math Engagement: Reignite the Love will provide educators with practical, ready-to-use strategies that increase student engagement, encourage mathematical discourse, and build confidence in the math classroom.
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room 161A

2:10pm CDT

A Beginner's Guide to Cuisenaire Rods
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Discover how Cuisenaire rods can make math concepts more concrete and visual for your students. This hands-on interactive session explores many uses of the rods, from basic decomposition of 5 up to working with fractions, highlighting the versatility and impact of these tools in your classroom.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room 162

2:10pm CDT

Building Joyful, Resilient Math Learners
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Help young learners fall in love with math by building joyful, resilient classrooms. Explore how teacher language, routines, and instructional choices foster confidence, curiosity, perseverance, risk-taking, and positive mathematical identities in early learning.
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room 161B

2:10pm CDT

Higher Ed, Elementary Ed, & the IL Numeracy Plan
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
One goal in the IL Comprehensive Numeracy Plan is that elementary teachers will have a deeper, more robust understanding of the math they will teach. We will explore the types of experiences pre-service teachers should have in their content coursework to strengthen math understanding and confidence.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room 101B

2:10pm CDT

Planning a Family Math Night
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Bringing the joy of math to families through annual Family Math Nights has made a huge difference in the math culture of our school. Join us as we talk through the logistics and planning, resources and themes! Bring ideas to share of what you've tried, and challenges you're working though!
Saturday September 19, 2026 2:10pm - 3:00pm CDT
Room 101C

3:10pm CDT

Building Student Math Identity Through Reflection
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
How do we help students see themselves as mathematicians? Explore how routine digital reflections elevate student voice and reshape mindsets. Learn to use familiar Google tools to facilitate meaningful feedback loops that ensure every learner feels seen and valued as a mathematician.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Room 166

3:10pm CDT

Adapting Traditional Curriculum to BTC
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Implementing BTC is challenging- especially when traditional mathematics instruction is the norm. Through adapting a traditional textbook lesson, we will explore efficient strategies for creating engaging curricular thinking tasks
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Room 265

3:10pm CDT

Embrace AI for Human-Centered Thinking in Math
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Embrace a human centered instructional practice: thinking first, then AI. We model AI as a "yes and" challenger students engage with after making thinking public. Let’s use AI for support/reflection/extension, ensuring technology deepens thinking, not outsources answers.
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Room 261

3:10pm CDT

Supporting Students to Productively Struggle
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Empower students to persevere through struggle and fall in love with math! Explore how fostering a classroom community that values struggle builds student ownership and promotes critical thinking. Experience a math task with modeled "struggle" moves—and leave ready for Monday.
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Room 260

3:10pm CDT

Teaching Structure Before Symbols
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Students often learn procedures before developing intuition for the structures symbols describe. Through hands-on modeling, participants explore how structure, pattern, motion, and constraint strengthen spatial reasoning, problem solving, and mathematical understanding.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Room 101A

3:10pm CDT

Motivating Middle Schoolers
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Middle schoolers can be a tough crowd, but the right motivators can work wonders! Discover how challenges, points, raffles, quirky rewards (yes, even two slices of bread!), and a sense of belonging can spark effort, boost engagement, and get students excited to learn and achieve.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Room 167

3:10pm CDT

A Modeling Lesson for Designing Mazes
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Teachers try a high school geometry lesson designing mazes for elementary students. Teachers will use dilations and concentric polygons to sketch and construct a 3D model. We’ll conclude by reflecting on the experience, anticipating students' thinking and sharing experiences from real classrooms.
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Room 250

3:10pm CDT

Building Thinking Flipped Classrooms
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
This session will encourage your creativity by showing how we can combine two high-quality and research-based instructional methods (Flipped Classroom and Building Thinking Classrooms) to benefit students and help them think critically about mathematics.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Room 266

3:10pm CDT

Mystery Mathematician
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Use the tradition of inviting a Mystery Reader to read to a class, to learn how to invite Mystery Mathematicians to school.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Room 164

3:10pm CDT

Tackling the Problem of Word Problem-Solving
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Word problems demand far more than identifying an operation. This session shows how targeted vocabulary instruction and visual models help students unpack situations, identify relationships, and make problems more accessible for students to represent quantities with clarity.
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Room 162

3:10pm CDT

Walk in Your Learners’ Shoes with the Simpsons
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Step into the role of young learner to experience mathematics in a new way—through playful tasks that invite reasoning, not step-following. Unpack the tasks to see how affect and sense-making help us design experiences that support diverse learners.
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Room 161B

3:10pm CDT

Building Mathematical Identity Through Routines
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Every math class has students who doubt they belong. Equity begins when teachers design classrooms where every student believes they can be a mathematician. We'll share simple routines and instructional moves that reshape student identity, changing their engagement, achievement, and love of math.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Room 105

3:10pm CDT

Flexibility Fun: Activities for Decomposing to 20
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
A key component of fluency is students’ ability to be flexible with numbers. Students' ability to decompose numbers builds number sense and fluency. Join me as we talk about why decomposing is so important and explore fun activities that help students practice this important skill.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Room 161A

3:10pm CDT

IMTE Annual Business Meeting
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Welcome to the annual IMTE business meeting. This is where the organization elects officers, discusses recent changes in ISBE Rules, considers recent legislation pertaining to teacher preparation, and discusses ways to improve and support future math educators.
Speakers
Saturday September 19, 2026 3:10pm - 4:00pm CDT
Room 101B

4:30pm CDT

ICTM Awards Ceremony
Saturday September 19, 2026 4:30pm - 6:00pm CDT

Saturday September 19, 2026 4:30pm - 6:00pm CDT
Ballrooms (101AB)
 
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