Number Talks can be a fun and engaging technique for developing students’ number fluency and flexible thinking in the classroom, while cultivating mathematical mindsets.
In this introduction to Number Talks, you'll experience a Number Talk as a learner and have an opportunity to prepare for a Number Talk by doing the mathematics using multiple strategies, anticipating student misconceptions, and thinking about the mathematical connections across strategies, i.e., place value connections, use of base ten structure, associative property, commutative property, distributive property, and identity property. You'll also explore research results from teachers who have begun to implement Number Talks in their classroom.
Education Specialist, Los Alamos National Laboratory - Math and Science Academy
Zachary Leonard, Ed.D., is a professional development and school improvement specialist with the Los Alamos National Laboratory Math and Science Academy. His work and research interests consist of mathematics and science content and pedagogy, student engagement, professional learning... Read More →
Education Specialist, Los Alamos National Laboratory - Math and Science Academy
Randy Merker is an education specialist with Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Math and Science Academy (MSA). He has provided math and science professional development, instructional coaching, and leadership in developing math coaching programs and practices for continuous improvement... Read More →
Regina Watson is a professional development specialist with Mathematically Connected Communities (MC2), where she has worked for 13 years. Before coming to MC2, Regina taught middle and high school mathematics for 12 years. Her current work is dedicated to supporting teachers improve... Read More →
Friday March 2, 2018 10:40am - 11:55am MST
Sweeney BSanta Fe Community Convention Center
This session is designed for teachers who are already familiar with using Three Act Math Tasks and Story Projects with their students, but work with struggling students and English language learners who may face challenges with this format.
In this session, you'll learn specific, classroom-proven strategies that have supported struggling students and english language learners, including outcome differentiation, visual representations, vocabulary previews and more. You'll also have the chance to share your experience and success stories with other participants. You'll leave with concrete ideas to for planning and delivery of 3 Act Tasks to ensure all students are engaged in, and enjoy, this fun and powerful teaching technique.
This session is being offered twice; please only sign up for one of the two sessions.
Professional Development Coordinator, Dual Language Education of New Mexico
Erin is a classroom teacher, a developer for the AIM4SCubed Math Framework (Achievement Inspired Mathematics for Scaffolding Student Success) and has taught remedial math courses at the local community college. She is driven by a desire to give all students equitable access to mathematics... Read More →
Friday March 2, 2018 1:30pm - 2:15pm MST
KearnySanta Fe Community Convention Center
Do you feel like lesson planning leaves you caught in balancing game, trying to juggle student engagement, student comprehension, covering content and preparing for standardized assessments?
Join Featured Presenter Jacqueline Johnson for this this high intensity work session that is sure to DELIVER! Jacqueline will walk you through her process to support planning curriculum in a way that targets shifting the heavy lift from the teacher to the learners in your classroom. You'll walk away from this facilitated collaborative planning session with a math lesson for your students and ideas you can use to create more lessons that engage students, support deeper learning - and prepare your students for the PARCC and other standardized assessments.
This session is being offered twice; please only sign up for one of the two sessions.
Jacqueline’s work has been driven by a fusion of her passion for empowering young people and her love for the sciences and maths. She has recently left the classroom to serve as a Math Instructional Coach. Jacqueline began teaching seven years ago in France and upon her return... Read More →
Friday March 2, 2018 2:30pm - 3:15pm MST
CoronadoSanta Fe Community Convention Center
