Sample Workshops

Connecting Strategies and Models

We will:
- review the multiple strategies and models in the upcoming unit
- explore ways for students to connect the models to build understanding and develop fluency
- review common misconceptions and how to address them

Solving Word Problems

We will
- review best practices for making sense of and solving word problems
- compare different types of word problem structures
- explore activities that further support students in understanding word problems

Discussion Based Fluency Warm Ups

We will
- engage in multiple types of fluency warm-ups that build reasoning skills and promote rich mathematical discourse
- review routines and instructional techniques to get students thinking and talking
- Sample warm-ups

Building Thinking Classroom
Collaborative Thinking Tasks

“Building Thinking Classroom” is a rapidly growing educational approach developed by Dr. Peter Liljedahl where students are engaged in deep thinking and discourse as they work collaboratively to solve a rich mathematical task
We will
- explore the components of “Building Thinking Classroom”
- learn how to execute a thinking task and review teacher moves to promote thinking
- plan thinking tasks to introduce, practice, and/or deepen understanding of concepts

We will:
- discover the value of Counting Collections, a student centered activity that supports making sense of numbers and quantity, and learn how to plan, prepare, introduce, and execute the routine
- explore different tasks and extensions to advance mathematical thinking