Workshops
Bringing Math to Life
This full day workshop provides fresh ideas to scaffold learning with easy-to-implement tools. The tools will be applied to operations, strip diagrams, equations, geometry, and measurement, and can be easily applied across the curriculum.
Audience: 3rd –5th grade math teachers and interventionists, special education math teachers, instructional coaches, and other math instructional leaders
This full day workshop provides fresh ideas to scaffold learning with easy-to-implement tools. The tools will be applied to operations, strip diagrams, equations, geometry, and measurement, and can be easily applied across the curriculum.
Audience: 3rd –5th grade math teachers and interventionists, special education math teachers, instructional coaches, and other math instructional leaders
Start Quick and Ramp It Up! series or Masters series Book Walk*
Half-day book walk sessions focus on the activities and the instruction support in each book. Introduction to activities focuses on the different activity structures in the resources, and their use in teacher-facilitated instruction, centers, tutoring, intervention, and special education classrooms.
Instruction support includes understanding the TEKS and content knowledge necessary for effective instruction. This session may blend multiple grades with similar vertical book topics.
Audience: 2nd-5th grades (Master series), 3rd-5th grades (Start Quick and Ramp It Up! series), math teachers including Special Education, interventionists, instructional coaches, and other math instructional leaders
*books must be available for teachers to use during the learning lab
Half-day book walk sessions focus on the activities and the instruction support in each book. Introduction to activities focuses on the different activity structures in the resources, and their use in teacher-facilitated instruction, centers, tutoring, intervention, and special education classrooms.
Instruction support includes understanding the TEKS and content knowledge necessary for effective instruction. This session may blend multiple grades with similar vertical book topics.
Audience: 2nd-5th grades (Master series), 3rd-5th grades (Start Quick and Ramp It Up! series), math teachers including Special Education, interventionists, instructional coaches, and other math instructional leaders
*books must be available for teachers to use during the learning lab
Start Quick and Ramp It Up! series or Masters series Book Walk + Content Knowledge Development*
Full-day sessions focus on the activities and the instruction support in each book. Introduction to activities focuses on the different activity structures in the resources, and their use in teacher-facilitated instruction, centers, tutoring, intervention, and special education classrooms. It will include adapting the activities for different student groups, and managing an active classroom.
Instruction support includes understanding the TEKS and development of the content knowledge necessary to teach them to their depth and complexity.
Audience: 2nd-5th grade math teachers and interventionists, special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders
*books must be available for teachers to use during the learning lab
Full-day sessions focus on the activities and the instruction support in each book. Introduction to activities focuses on the different activity structures in the resources, and their use in teacher-facilitated instruction, centers, tutoring, intervention, and special education classrooms. It will include adapting the activities for different student groups, and managing an active classroom.
Instruction support includes understanding the TEKS and development of the content knowledge necessary to teach them to their depth and complexity.
Audience: 2nd-5th grade math teachers and interventionists, special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders
*books must be available for teachers to use during the learning lab
Foundations of Fractions
This full-day, active, hands-on session focuses on the basic understanding of fractions, equivalence, and and comparisons and how to teach them.
Audience: 2nd-4th grade math teachers and interventionists, 2nd-5th grade special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders
This full-day, active, hands-on session focuses on the basic understanding of fractions, equivalence, and and comparisons and how to teach them.
Audience: 2nd-4th grade math teachers and interventionists, 2nd-5th grade special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders
Fraction Operations
This full-day, active, hands-on session focuses on understanding fraction operations from concrete learning to automaticity.
Audience: 5th grade math teachers and interventionists, 5th-6th grade special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders
This full-day, active, hands-on session focuses on understanding fraction operations from concrete learning to automaticity.
Audience: 5th grade math teachers and interventionists, 5th-6th grade special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders
Measurement
This full-day, active workshop focuses on the vertical alignment of measurement concepts to help teachers connect the models and learning from grade-to-grade. Teachers will leave with classroom activities that they can directly or adapt to their grade level.
This may be combined with a book walk should the district purchase Start Quick and Ramp It Up! Measurement books. Should the district combine this session with a book walk, books must be available for teachers to use during this session.
Audience: 3rd-5th grade math teachers and interventionists, 3rd-5th grade special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders
This full-day, active workshop focuses on the vertical alignment of measurement concepts to help teachers connect the models and learning from grade-to-grade. Teachers will leave with classroom activities that they can directly or adapt to their grade level.
This may be combined with a book walk should the district purchase Start Quick and Ramp It Up! Measurement books. Should the district combine this session with a book walk, books must be available for teachers to use during this session.
Audience: 3rd-5th grade math teachers and interventionists, 3rd-5th grade special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders
Teaching Elementary Math with Virtual Manipulatives
This half-day workshop explores best practices and engaging activities for teaching with free, virtual math manipulative apps. Applications featured include Fractions, Geoboard, Money Pieces, Number Frames (Ten Frames), Number Line, Number Pieces, Number Rack (rekenrek), and Pattern Shapes.
Half-day technology workshops must be combined with another half-day technology workshop. District provides devices for the workshop.
Audience: 1st-5th grade math teachers and interventionists, 1st-5th grade special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders, instructional technology leaders
This half-day workshop explores best practices and engaging activities for teaching with free, virtual math manipulative apps. Applications featured include Fractions, Geoboard, Money Pieces, Number Frames (Ten Frames), Number Line, Number Pieces, Number Rack (rekenrek), and Pattern Shapes.
Half-day technology workshops must be combined with another half-day technology workshop. District provides devices for the workshop.
Audience: 1st-5th grade math teachers and interventionists, 1st-5th grade special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders, instructional technology leaders
Building Math Vocabulary with Instructional Technology
This half-day workshop focuses on how to build math vocabulary through the collaborative use of free digital tools. Tools featured include Padlet for building virtual word walls, Coggle for mindmapping and classification, Quizlet Live for vocabulary practices, and Recap for physical demonstration of vocabulary.
Half-day technology workshops must be combined with another half-day technology workshop. District provides devices for the workshop.
Audience: 2nd-5th grade math teachers and interventionists, special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders, instructional technology leaders
This half-day workshop focuses on how to build math vocabulary through the collaborative use of free digital tools. Tools featured include Padlet for building virtual word walls, Coggle for mindmapping and classification, Quizlet Live for vocabulary practices, and Recap for physical demonstration of vocabulary.
Half-day technology workshops must be combined with another half-day technology workshop. District provides devices for the workshop.
Audience: 2nd-5th grade math teachers and interventionists, special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders, instructional technology leaders
Using Google Sites to Host Parent and Student Math Resources
If you have ever heard a parent say, "But they didn't teach math this way when I was in school!", then you need a family math resource site. This half-day workshop walks teachers through the process of creating a free website using the Google Sites builder. Participants will then be given time to find resources parents and students can access from home to help with homework and content knowledge.
Half-day technology workshops must be combined with another half-day technology workshop. District provides devices for the workshop.
Audience: 1st-12th grade math teachers and interventionists, special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders, instructional technology leaders
If you have ever heard a parent say, "But they didn't teach math this way when I was in school!", then you need a family math resource site. This half-day workshop walks teachers through the process of creating a free website using the Google Sites builder. Participants will then be given time to find resources parents and students can access from home to help with homework and content knowledge.
Half-day technology workshops must be combined with another half-day technology workshop. District provides devices for the workshop.
Audience: 1st-12th grade math teachers and interventionists, special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders, instructional technology leaders
Creating Student Math Portfolios with SeeSaw
This half-day workshop shows teachers how to integrate the free and powerful SeeSaw app in the math classroom. Teachers and students can use SeeSaw to capture photo and video evidence of student work, as well as share student work with parents through the SeeSaw parent app. By the end of the year, students will have created a portfolio of their math learning and will be able to reflect on their progress as learners.
Half-day technology workshops must be combined with another half-day technology workshop. District provides devices for the workshop.
Audience: 1st-5th grade math teachers and interventionists, special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders, instructional technology leaders
This half-day workshop shows teachers how to integrate the free and powerful SeeSaw app in the math classroom. Teachers and students can use SeeSaw to capture photo and video evidence of student work, as well as share student work with parents through the SeeSaw parent app. By the end of the year, students will have created a portfolio of their math learning and will be able to reflect on their progress as learners.
Half-day technology workshops must be combined with another half-day technology workshop. District provides devices for the workshop.
Audience: 1st-5th grade math teachers and interventionists, special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders, instructional technology leaders
Integrating Nearpod in the 1:1 Math Classroom
In this half-day workshop, teachers in 1:1 classrooms will experience Nearpod from a student perspective, then create engaging math lessons they can use right away in their classrooms. Nearpod includes features such as real-time assessment data, digital submission of drawn responses, and much more.
Half-day technology workshops must be combined with another half-day technology workshop. District provides devices for the workshop.
Audience: 2nd-5th grade math teachers and interventionists, special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders, instructional technology leaders
In this half-day workshop, teachers in 1:1 classrooms will experience Nearpod from a student perspective, then create engaging math lessons they can use right away in their classrooms. Nearpod includes features such as real-time assessment data, digital submission of drawn responses, and much more.
Half-day technology workshops must be combined with another half-day technology workshop. District provides devices for the workshop.
Audience: 2nd-5th grade math teachers and interventionists, special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders, instructional technology leaders
Using Technology for Math Formative Assessment
In this full day workshop, teachers will explore five free digital tools for gathering real-time data on their students' progress. Free tols featured include self-grading Google Form (for GSuite district), Socrative, Kahoot!, Quizizz, and Recap.
District provides devices for the workshop.
Audience: 2nd-5th grade math teachers and interventionists, special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders, instructional technology leaders
In this full day workshop, teachers will explore five free digital tools for gathering real-time data on their students' progress. Free tols featured include self-grading Google Form (for GSuite district), Socrative, Kahoot!, Quizizz, and Recap.
District provides devices for the workshop.
Audience: 2nd-5th grade math teachers and interventionists, special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders, instructional technology leaders
Flipping and Blending Your Math Instruction
This full day workshop explores how teacher can use free video and online content curation tools to flip and blend their instruction. Flipped and blended instruction provides teacher s additional time to work with students in need and frees all students to work at their own pace. Tools features include EdPuzzle, Screencastomatic, Screencastify, Blendspaces, LessonPaths, Google Forms, and PixiClip.
District provides devices for the workshop.
Audience: 3rd-12th grade math teachers and interventionists, special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders, instructional technology leaders
This full day workshop explores how teacher can use free video and online content curation tools to flip and blend their instruction. Flipped and blended instruction provides teacher s additional time to work with students in need and frees all students to work at their own pace. Tools features include EdPuzzle, Screencastomatic, Screencastify, Blendspaces, LessonPaths, Google Forms, and PixiClip.
District provides devices for the workshop.
Audience: 3rd-12th grade math teachers and interventionists, special education math teachers, instructional coaches and other math instructional leaders, instructional technology leaders
