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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
