Time

Title

Speaker

Grades

9:00

Qwizdom (repeated at 11:00 in Room 107)

Marcia Venzon

K-12

I have used Qwizdom student interactive remotes for two years and believe they are a very effective teaching strategy.  The students love to input their answers and stay focused when using them.  I have used them for 5th – 8th grade math, as well as 5th science and social studies.  The company puts out curriculum and has recently developed a curriculum called TAK Ready for all courses and grade levels tested in Texas. 

10:00

National Certification

Shere Salinas

K-12

Would you like to grow as a professional educator? Would you like recognition for the work that you do in a classroom? Are you interested in developing your leadership capacity? National Certification is for you. The National Certification process will help you examine in depth your teaching practices in light of national standards. Learn how National Certification will fit with your goals as a professional educator and how you can begin the process.

11:00

P&B Railroad (repeated at 1:30)

Richard Rupp

3-12

This presentation will demonstrate a discovery based method for introducing students to a well known mathematical pattern. Participants will engage in a Unifix or multilink block based permutation building exercise while attempting to respond to a docket of questions spawning from a hypothetical application. The complexity of questions involved in the hypothetical situation will gradually increase -- requiring participants to use more strategic methods in attempting to determine solutions. 

1:30

P&B Railroad (repeated at 11:00)

Richard Rupp

3-12

This presentation is repeated.  See description in All Level Room 109 at 11:00. 

2:30

Bloom’s Taxonomy (repeated at 9:00)

Cheryl Riff

K-12

This session will include using Bloom’s taxonomy for problem solving, reasoning and critical thinking. The audience will also learn how to teach students how to write their own math and science problems, solve them and then solve other problems. Attendees will receive with a copy of Bloom’s Taxonomy, materials to use in their classroom to help implement this concept and a lesson plan template to help develop future lessons.

Time

Title

Speaker

Grades

9:00

Free Websites for Mathematics (repeated at 11:00 & 1:30)

Faydale Curtice

PK-3

A short list of websites with free mathematics resources will allow teachers to review some of the great websites available, including online mathematical manipulatives. The sites are divided into specific categories (time, money, ratio, whole numbers, etc) and the presenter will demonstrate how teachers and students can use these websites.

10:00

Creating Story Boards using PowerPoint & Word

Shanah Yandell

PK-3

Storyboards are a great problem solving tool for the primary classroom.  Participants will receive a handout detailing how to create their own story boards using PowerPoint. Participants will also learn how to create game cards to match the story boards and how to adapt the story boards to be age/developmentally appropriate to their classroom.

11:00

Jack’s Beanstalk and the Concept of Ratio

Martin Lo

1-5

This presentation will use VCD recorded from real classroom student performances with hands-on activities to show how storybooks can be used effectively to help elementary students’ mathematical concepts.

1:30

Grow Creatures! Grow!

Shere Salinas

1-6

Grow Creatures are a great way to integrate mathematics and science and have a lesson the students will long remember! Students will observe, measure, predict, graph, explore, and have fun while they work with small toy animals that grow when placed in water. The vertical learning will be explored and discussed by the group.

2:30

Traditional and Alternative Algorithms for Arithmetic Operations with Whole Numbers

Sue Sabrio

PK-3

Most of the teaching of mathematics in our schools has largely concentrated procedural fluency. If children learn the underlying mathematical concepts behind the procedures they follow, they will develop alternate strategies for problem solving, be able to explain their reasoning, and begin to see mathematics as meaningful and productive. In this presentation, participants, using manipulatives and/or drawings, will focus on the conceptual understanding underlying the traditional addition, subtraction, multiplication and division algorithms. We will also examine alternate algorithms that make understanding easier to grasp.

Time

Title

Speaker

Grades

9:00

mCLASS Palm Pilot Assessment

C. Delgado & M. San Miguel

K-2

Developed in collaboration with Dr. Herbert Ginsburg, Professor of Psychology and Education at Columbia University's Teachers College, and leading researcher on development of mathematical thinking and assessment of cognitive function, the mCLASS palm pilot assessment combines time-saving, reliable measures for identifying and monitoring the progress of at-risk students, with deeper "flexible interview" style probes that uncover a student's specific misconceptions and guide the teacher's instruction. The presentation will focus in on two local elementary campuses that have implemented the tool with their school’s K-2 students.

10:00

The Islander Candy Factory

George Tintera

PK-3

Come learn a way to teach base 10 and operations without telling.  Packaging and everyday problems provide an opportunity for even the youngest of children to incorporate grouping and place value into all of their mathematical work.

11:00

Free Websites for Mathematics (repeated at 9:00 & 1:30)

Faydale Curtice

PK-3

A short list of websites with free mathematics resources will allow teachers to review some of the great websites available, including online mathematical manipulatives. The sites are divided into specific categories (time, money, ratio, whole numbers, etc) and the presenter will demonstrate how teachers and students can use these websites.

1:30

Free Websites for Mathematics (repeated at 9:00 & 11:00)

Faydale Curtice

PK-3

This presentation is repeated.  See description in Primary II Room 128 at 11:00. 

2:30

Happy Feet: Penguins in Mathematics

Elaine Young

PK-3

Children’s literature can be used to enhance mathematics lessons by engaging children’s attention, connecting to experiences and interests, and providing related activities with manipulatives. A book about penguins (popular from the recent movie Happy Feet) will begin a lesson on making ten. A video of kindergartners using penguin counters to make ten will be shown. A resource handout will include a list of penguin books, lesson ideas, information about purchasing penguin counters, and a literature in mathematics website will be shared.

Time

Title

Speaker

Grades

9:00

Bloom’s Taxonomy (repeated at 2:30 in All Level Room)

Cheryl Riff

K-12

This session will include using Bloom’s taxonomy for problem solving, reasoning and critical thinking. The audience will also learn how to teach students how to write their own math and science problems, solve them and then solve other problems. Attendees will receive with a copy of Bloom’s Taxonomy, materials to use in their classroom to help implement this concept and a lesson plan template to help develop future lessons.

10:00

Kinesthetic Algebra

Nadina Duran-Hutchings

2-4

What is algebraic thinking? How early can a student be introduced to algebraic thinking? This presentation features two applets that are aimed at facilitating the acquisition of algebraic thought as described. Recognizing patterns and building rules, and abstracting from computation to create structure are associated with ALGEBRA SHAKE! All categories of algebraic thinking can be encountered in the activities of WALKING THE NUMBER LINE.

11:00

Teaching Math Concepts using Children’s Literature

Georgia Goralczyk

3-5

This session will demonstrate the relationship between children’s literature and mathematical concepts. Participants will discover ways to connect mathematical concepts to the real world using children’s literature and a variety of hands-on activities.  I will read two short books to the group and have them participate in hands-on activities. These activities can easily be altered for higher or lower grade levels. 

1:30

Multiplication Chart: Learning the Facts

Rachael Gogis

3-6

This session will actively involve you in four activities for helping your students learn and retain their multiplication facts. Come and see my gigantic multiplication chart that spans one whole wall of my classroom!

2:30

Operation Interventions for the Struggling Mathematician in the Elementary Classroom

Shanah Yandell

2-5

Strategies to help struggling students perform the basic four operations on numbers of two, three or more digits.  Handout provides detailed instructions and sample activities to be used in classroom and tutorial situations.

Time

Title

Speaker

Grades

9:00

Fraction models

Nancy Knobles

2-5

Teachers will receive models for fractions (fraction fringe, fraction bars, and fraction circles) and how to use the models in the classroom.  Lesson and activities will be provided to demonstrate how the fraction models ma be incorporated throughout the year to develop and reinforce fraction concepts.

10:00

Geometry Model

Nancy Knobles

3-8

Teachers will construct models two- and three- dimensional geometric figures using flexible straws and geostrips.  Lessons and activities will be provided to demonstrate how the geometric figures may be incorporated throughout the year to develop and reinforce the essential attributes of geometric figures and the relationships.

11:00

Family Math Night

Elaine Young

1-5

Family Math Nights bring together parents, students, and teachers to have a great time exploring mathematical activities. Come and learn how to put an event together and receive a handout of possible activities.

2:30

Kinesthetic Algebra

Nadina Duran-Hutchings

5-6

What is algebraic thinking? How early can a student be introduced to algebraic thinking? This presentation features two applets that are aimed at facilitating the acquisition of algebraic thought as described. Recognizing patterns and building rules, and abstracting from computation to create structure are associated with ALGEBRA SHAKE! All categories of algebraic thinking can be encountered in the activities of WALKING THE NUMBER LINE.

Time

Title

Speaker

Grades

9:00

Family Math Night

Elaine Young

6-8

Family Math Nights bring together parents, students, and teachers to have a great time exploring mathematical activities. Come and learn how to put an event together and receive a handout of possible activities.

10:00

Algebraic Habits of Mind

Christine Peters

6-9

Participants will be introduced to the idea of “Algebraic Habits of Mind.” Three lessons will be presented that prompt deep reflections about learning. These lessons will bring to the surface the mindsets that underlie theories of learning algebra, especially those associated with the effective understanding and use of algebra.  Participants will be encouraged to work collaboratively, engage in discussion of practical classroom practice, and analyze their own and their colleagues’ work.

11:00

Qwizdom (repeated at 9:00 in Room 109)

Marcia Venzon

K-12

I have used Qwizdom student interactive remotes for two years and believe they are a very effective teaching strategy.  The students love to input their answers and stay focused when using them.  I have used them for 5th – 8th grade math, as well as 5th science and social studies.  The company puts out curriculum and has recently developed a curriculum called TAK Ready for all courses and grade levels tested in Texas. 

1:30

Fraction and Decimal Models

Nancy Knobles

4-8

Teachers will construct models for decimals and fractions (fraction/decimal rectangles and fraction decimal circles) and how to use the models in the classroom.  Lessons and activities will be provided to demonstrate how the fraction/decimal models may be incorporated throughout the year to develop and reinforce the relationship between fractions and decimals.

2:30

From “Math Curse” to “Number Devil”

Faye

Bruun

4-8

Engage your students with the “magical” properties of numbers by “dreaming” about even numbers, odd numbers, natural numbers, prime numbers, Fibonacci numbers, irrational numbers, negative numbers, square numbers, and more. Handouts for activities you can use in your classroom will be available.

Time

Title

Speaker

Grades

9:00

What Floats Your Boat? A Centered Approach to Algebra

Katie Owen, Shanah Yandell

Algebra

Come and experience Algebra concepts in a non-traditional classroom setting. Workstations provide student experiences with linear and quadratic equations, buoyancy, exponential functions, calculators and random number generators. This interdisciplinary approach culminates in a class activity featuring student made boats in the school pool. Come work through the workstations and watch the video of the boats in action.

2:30

What Happens to Those AP Calculus Exams After Your Students Take Them?

George Tintera

12

Each year about 750 high school math teachers and college math faculty gather to read the 750,000 AP Calculus exams written by your students. Come find out how that process unfolds. We will look at last year’s questions and see how they were scored.

Time

Title

Speaker

Grades

9:00

AgileMind

Abigayle Barton

6-8

Agile Mind has worked in collaboration with the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin and the Silicon Valley Mathematics Initiative to develop course and support services in middle school mathematics. These presentations will give an overview of the content tools to support your existing curriculum. Teachers will review 7 th and 8 th grade support services for math teachers and students.

10:30

Mathematical Software for Students with Special Needs

Joel Trudeau, Scott Trudeau

3-5

The purpose of this presentation is to allow teachers the opportunity to use computer software for mathematics instruction and to help students with special needs have access to the general curriculum. This workshop will be for teachers in the elementary grades, primarily third through fifth grades and will take place in the computer lab.

These technology strategies will cover a variety of TEKS across the specified grade levels. Teachers will be given websites for free software, lessons, and activities. While exploring these websites, teachers will learn how they might benefit their students with special needs so that they have access to the general curriculum with success.

Handouts of websites will be provided to participants.

1:30

Concrete Mastery of Linear Equations

Christian Auger

Algebra

A concrete discovery approach to help your students master solutions to one- and two-step linear equations the first time (guaranteed or your money back). This revolutionary approach uses concrete models to solve one- and two-step equations, watch your students discover then write their own rules as the mathematics underlying these processes reveals itself.

Time

Title

Speaker

Grades

10:30

AgileMind

Amy Gaskins

9-12

Agile Mind has worked in collaboration with the Charles A Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin to develop course support services in Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, Pre Calculus, Calculus and Statistics.  Intensive research and testing have resulted in services that integrate comprehensive instruction, assessment, and reporting with productivity tools and training for teacher professionals. This presentation will give you an overview of these services

1:30

GeoGebra

Melana

Silva

4 -Algebra

GeoGebra is a free interactive mathematics software for education in schools. GeoGebra is a dynamic geometry software. You can do constructions with points, vectors, segments, lines, conic sections as well as functions and change them dynamically afterwards. Equations and coordinates can be entered directly. GeoGebra has the ability to deal with variables for numbers, vectors and points, finds derivatives and integrals of functions and offers commands like Root or Extremum.  The GeoGebraWiki is a free pool of educational materials for the dynamic mathematics software GeoGebra. GeoGebra also enables you to easily create dynamic worksheets that can be used with every internet browser (e.g. Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer). Examples and additional information can be found on GeoGebra’s web page.

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