2004 Northwest Math Conference
Spokane Washington
October 7th - 9th
quick links to Friday and Saturday
| THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2004 |
|
Presenter |
Session Name and Description | Grades |
| 8:00 – 4:00 Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory |
Lesson Study Lesson Study is becomingly increasingly popular as a form of collaboration and professional development. These sessions will include an introduction to the lesson study process, opportunities to observe and discuss a mathematics research lesson, and an opportunity to begin the formulation of a lesson with experienced mentors. Materials and supplies included: ticket required. (Continues on Sat.) |
All |
1:00 – 1:50 SESSION
| Billstein, Rick | Mathematics Activities. | 5-8 |
| Bushaw, Bonnie | Identifying Powerful Teaching and Learning:
What
Does Constructivist Teaching Look
Like You've heard the phrase. You've heard it works. You've heard it's good for teaching but what is it? Come for a quick, research-based roadmap of constructivist teaching in mathematics. Help yourself and others move toward powerful teaching and learning. |
K-10 |
| Pitre, Michel | Math Trek - Algebra 1. | 8-10 |
1:00 – 2:30 WORKSHOP
| Chamberlain, Ruth | TI-73 Graphing Calculator | 5-8 |
| Cotter, Joan | Teach Geometry with a Drawing Board and Tools Teach geometry using drawing boards, T-squares, and triangles to integrate geometry with fractions, measurement, and art. | 3-8 |
| Lapp, Madaline | Origami – Structures from Star
Units Make three structures from one basic unit, a cube stellated octahedron and a stellated icosahedron. Good for beginners. |
5-12 |
1:00 – 4:00 MINICOURSE
| Leigh,
Jim Griffin, Linda |
Developing Number Sense and Algebraic Reasoning Activities will include doing mathematics, analyzing classroom video clips, discussing research, and reviewing NCTM Standards. | K-2 |
| Britton, Jill | Conics
Without
Algebra Paperfold the curves, discover their definitions, explore their real-world occurrence, and investigate fun related activities. |
5-12 |
| Rydeski, Debi | Math Modeling Through a Carnival Game A carnival game is used to teach the connections of algebra, probability, statistics and geometry. Bring TI-83+ calculator. | 10-12 |
1:30 – 3:00 WORKSHOP
| Cook, Marcy | Algebraic Thinking Activities to Ready Students for Higher Math Participate in active and fun strategies to help students learn to think algebraically; leave with ideas for tomorrow's class. | 3-5 |
| Boldrin, Pam | Patterns, Problems, and Practice for Primary
People Activities will be shared that encourage mathematical thinking about number, addition/subtraction, time and money. |
K-2 |
2:00 – 2:50 SESSION
| Fuson, Karen | The Future of NSF Mathematics Programs: What Does Research Tell Us? Some mathematics problems challenge students to think about important ideas, some invite them to do mathematics, and some provide different strategies. Participants will engage in several of these problems that will help students explore mathematics. | 9-12 |
| Grace, Ellen | Math-Literature Explorations. A hands-on workshop using children's literature as a conceptual or contextual springboard for problem solving. Materials, handout, bibliography provided. |
PreK-2 |
2:00 – 3:30 WORKSHOP
| Gilbert, Michael | Students Teaching Teachers: Keeping a High Level
of Cognitive Demand Have you ever wondered why some math tasks just seem to invite deep analysis and discussion, while seemingly similar tasks quickly devolve into rote procedures? In this presentation, a framework will be developed for making explicit the idea of cognitive demand, a means of differentiating the levels of mathematics embedded in the tasks we ask our students to do. We will look at mathematical tasks from two perspectives, how cognitive demand can be reduced, and how simple tasks can be modified to increase the level and depth of mathematical understanding. |
6-9 |
| Lewis, Shannon | ESL and Mathematics. | 2-5 |
| Robinson, Bob | Reflect-View
Workshop Come and explore how this versatile manipulative can be used in your classroom. Congruent figures, symmetry, reflection transformations and interesting constructions will be investigated. What is Euler’s line? What is an escribed circle? Handout provided. |
5-10 |
2:30 – 4:00 WORKSHOP
| Mikles, Chris | Using the Area Model for Multiplying and Dividing Polynomials. | 8-12 |
3:00 – 3:50 SESSION
| del Castillo, Rafael | The Factoring Thread in an Exemplary Standards-Based Curriculum. Participants will experience a thread from College Preparatory Mathematics (CPM). A patterning activity and algebra tiles will be used to develop the distributive property and factoring. | 9-12 |
| Nievergelt, Yves | Avoiding, Detecting, and Correcting Significant Round Off Errors in Adding Numbers with a Computer or Calculator. Within computers and calculators, roundoff in the last significant digit can compound and cause substantial consequences to users. However, methods have long been available to avoid, correct, detect, and prevent such errors. | 9-12 |
3:00 – 4:30 WORKSHOP
| Dornhecker, Kathy | Creating a Culture of Comparison for 3rd, 4th & 5th Grade | 3-5 |
| Harmon, Kim | An Epiphany for a Traditional Teacher – Math Can Be Meaningful and Enjoyable! Join an experienced 5/6 grade teacher as she demonstrates changes made in her classroom... from teaching algorithms to teaching for understanding. Students will join her for this presentation. | 4-8 |
| Lapp, Madaline | Origami – Boxes and Even More Boxes Lots of fun with boxes. Can be used for small gifts, favors, ets. Great fun! We will make at least two types. | 5-12 |
| McPhee, Paula | Number Stories: Powerful Problem Solving and
Communication In this active-learning workshop, you will participate in a math teaching strategy that can do so much to raise your students’ performance on the math process skills and improve other curricular areas as well! |
1-8 |
| Sutton, Kim |
Motivating
Students with Number Properties |
K-5 |
3:30 – 4:20 SESSION
| Coomes, Jacqueline Lane, Jane |
Using Assessment to Improve Communication in the
Classroom A common problem experienced in algebra classrooms is the lack of communication between teacher and students. Assessment is a tool that can be used to connect the activities of teaching and learning and build a stronger mathematical community |
5-Coll. |
| Irons, Calvin | Algebra for
All Algebraic thinking helps all individuals solve everyday problems. All too often, algebra is taught in a way using abstract and meaningless symbols. This session will describe how algebraic ideas can be introduced early in the elementary school using appropriate real world examples. Students are gradually encouraged to generalize and work with rules that describe the real situations. In this way, algebra makes sense for everyone. |
1-6 |
| Rye, Tom | Understanding Mathematics by Design. See how using Understanding By Design works in the mathematics classroom and consider what you want students to really take away from classes. Examine and create tasks and assessments that will ensure success. | 9-12 |
5:30 Keynote – Cathy Seely, Current NCTM President
"Algebra, Assessment, and Poltics -- What's hot in mathematics Education?"
| FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2004 |
|
Presenter |
Session Name and Description | Grades |
8:00 – 8:50 SESSION
| Ayler, Christine | Visualizing Place Value Through an Exponential Number Line and Base Models Using number patterns and art, help your students understand place value and exponential growth by building models of base ten. | 4-6 |
| Baguley, Bruce | Ration and
Proportion A hands-o |
6-8 |
| Burnett, James | Developing Computational Fluency in All! Mental strategies from the foundation of all computation. This thought-provoking session will describe activities and model games that can be used to develop students' number sense and ability to compute mentally. | K-3 |
| DePaul, Steve | Overview of Math Helping Corps Program Learn the components of this highly successful program which has helped to fairse student test scores across Washington state. | K-8 |
| Mabbott, Art | Tetrahedron Kits and the REAL Mathematics In addition to building tetrahedron kites, we will explore the tetrahedron numbers that are embedded within. We will use ‘finite differences’ to look at the different shapes that make up volume. We will also reinforce the ratios between the number straws in the sides, the number of triangles on a surface and whatever is inside. |
9-12 |
| Nowlin, Don | Precision: The Forgotten Part of the Measurement
Standard The alternative title to this talk is “What’s the right answer, Teacher?” It is based on a problem given to senior level Secondary Math Ed students where the ten students arrived at ten different answers. The culprits were a lack of understanding of precision and significant digits and failure to use a graphing calculator efficiently. Although the NCTM Standards address precision starting in 3rd grade, current textbooks are not much help. Both issues will be addressed with useful examples and recommendations will be given. Participants should bring their favorite graphing calculator. |
5-12 |
8:00 – 9:30 WORKSHOP
| Boldrin, Pam Krumins, Linda |
Gee! Oh!
Geoboards! Participants will enjoy using geoboards to experience instructional activities related to geometric figures, area, perimeter, fractions, and ordered pairs. |
3-8 |
| Currah, Joanne | Box Cars Double Dare You. Workshop focuses on probability concepts, operations, place value, fractions, and more. |
2-7 |
| Holman, Esther | Math Activities to Get Students Excited about Math Leave with ideas and activities to use with your students! | 5-8 |
| Lokting, Karen | Statistics and
Probability: Fun activities that can be interwoven throughout the year or compiled into one comprehensive, standards-based unit. |
K-3 |
| Pankau, Kelly | Megacognitive Strategies for Teaching Problem Solving Learn instructional strategies that promote the metacognitive aspects of problem solving. | 5-9 |
| Webber, Rhonda | Projects Designed to Teach the Difference Between Area,
Perimeter, and Volume. Use M & M's, patterns, and fractals to help students distinguish between these measurements. |
9-12 |
8:30 – 10:00 WORKSHOP
| Prather, Kay Sayler, Keith |
Mathematical Games: Developing Mathematical Thinking in a Responsive Classroom A variety of commercial and teacher-made games that can be used to develop and reinforce mathematical thinking in the classroom. | K-5 |
9:00 – 9:50 SESSION
| Irons, Calvin | Using Number Fact Strategies to Build a Mental Computation Program Evidence suggests children need assistance in becoming confident with mental computation. Thinking strategies to teach number facts are a good foundation for mental computation. | 1-6 |
| Kanold, Tim | NCTM Algebraic Thinking -- The Future of the Teaching and Learning of Algebra! This humorous session will highlight the four major components of the Algebra Standard as designed in the PSSM document. Participants will be provided foundational elements necessary for the authentic success of Algebra for all students | General |
| Miller, Jim | WSMC HS Contest Q & A for the SWMC High School Contest and release of this year's team project question. | 9-12 |
| Pelton, Leslie F. Pelton, Tim |
Getting Wise to the Ways of Advertising. Students will learn to correctly interpret misleading grphs and statistics. | 9-12 |
| Willmore, Craig | Growing with Mathematics: Looking Inside a Standards Based Curriculum | PreK-5 |
9:00 – 10:30 WORKSHOP
| Beal, Lisa | How Much Is A Million? | 4-6 |
| Cockburn, Karen | Probability and Statistics, TI-73 Get involved in engaging activities using the Probability Simulation Application and the TI-73 to develop probability and statistical understanding. Calculators will be provided. | 6-9 |
| Dillon, Fred | Using Multiple Representations to Promote Algebraic Thinking. Translate among tables, graphs, and symbols using Navigations materials, data analysis, and probability. | 8-12 |
| Hunter, Jane | Programming TI-83+ Made Easy and Fun! | 7-12 |
| Rose, Terry | Building Numerical Understanding. | 3-6 |
9:00 – 12:00 MINICOURSE
| Cotter, Joan | Use Visualization and Language to Develop Number Sense, Place Value, and Strategies for Facts Learn about an approach that uses the visual part of the brain and language to help children understand numbers and place value. See some visual strategies and games that help children master the facts and part-whole circles that help them solve problems. | K-3 |
9:00 – 10:20 SESSION
| Beach, Kathy | Teaching Addition and Subtraction with Base Ten
Pieces to Build Conceptual Understanding This presentation will show how to develop the concepts of addition and subtraction initially by representing problems using base-ten pieces. Next a written procedure is added using a base-ten shorthand method taught in the Math Trailblazers curriculum. This leads finally to solving addition and subtraction using the standard algorithm. |
1-3 |
9:30 – 11:00 WORKSHOP
| Currah, Joanne | Operation Box Cars. Cards and dice games that help learners understand place value, operations, probability, graphing, and more. Students become empowered to "take risks" in their math learning. |
1-4 |
| Dalla, Ron | Making Sense of Probability and Statistics in Elementary School Classroom ready activities that make probability and data collection fun and meaningful. | 3-5 |
| Lapp, Madaline | Open Frame Structures – Origami Learn to make structures from one basic unit, cube, octahedron and icosahedrons. The open structure lets you see the basic structure of these solids. | 5-12 |
9:30 – 12:30 MINICOURSE
| Lane, Debbie | Literacy and Math—How to Help All Learners Traditional vs. Constructivist understandings, merging literacy with mathematics. | 5-8 |
| Stevens, Joyce | Algebra for All Students | 5-9 |
10:00 – 10:50 SESSION
| Britton, Jill | Geometry and the Art of M. C.
Escher Analyze the master’s tessellations and learn how to create your own Escher-like art. |
3-12 |
| Craighead, Donna | Humor to Teach Mathematics Laugh your way through this session while reflecting on current research related to humor and a learning/resource list and fun guide provided to participants. | General |
| del Castillo, Rafael | Graphing as a Connecting Thread in Algebra. Graphing brings equations to life. Participants will experience a human graph, a silent board game, and a cooperative graph problem to learn concepts as the students do. | 9-12 |
| Jones, Rita | NCTM Algebraic Thinking -- Beginning the Journey to Algebraic Thinking in the Early Grades. Experience how youjng children develop algebraic thinking as a natural extension of arithmetical thinking and as a way to describe important relationships in their world. | K-6 |
| Rubillo, James | NCTM Algebraic Thinking -- Thinking Algebraically Means More Than Symbol Manipulation -- Patterns, Data Analysis, and Graphical Interpretation. Algebraic thinking gets confused with the adult world's memory of Algebra l. Come and reflect upon a wide variety of examples that illustrate how patterns and graphs can lead students to a deeper understanding of mathematics. | 7-12 |
| Van de Wall, John | Computational Fluency Should Replace the Traditional
Algorithms It is time that we seriously consider abandoning the traditional algorithms for whole numbers. This talk will explore reasons why the old algorithms serve us poorly, activities to help students develop their own powerful alternatives, and see the power of flexible strategies. |
1-6 |
10:00 – 11:30 WORKSHOP
| Burrill, Gail | Correlation: A Slippery Slope From ice cream to test scores -- how can we establish a relationship between two variables? This session will discuss different ways to help students think about correlation from middle school to AP Statistics. | 9-14 |
| Molton, JulieAnn Sangaylo, Vince |
Everyday Counts -- New and
Improved. Come and learn about the NEW, updated Every Day Counts Calendar Math program. EDC is designed to capitalize on daily discussions to foster children's mathematical confidence and competence. |
K-2 |
10:30 – 11:20 SESSION
| Adsit, Kim Schjelderup, Kim |
And They Said It Couldn’t Be Done Successful hands-on projects for upper level mathematics courses: Trigonometry Math Analysis, Precalculus, Calculus. | 9-12 |
| Billstein, Rick | Using Literature to Teach Middle School Math | 5-8 |
10:30 – 12:00 WORKSHOP
| Donovan, Ron | At Home on the Range
(Finding) Applying the Item and Test Specifications and rubrics in order to better understand the WASL. |
8-12 |
| Percival, Irene | Bringing Mathematics Alive
with History Stories, games, models, and puzzles help students achieve the goal of understanding that "mathematics is an evolving domain to which many cultural groups have contributed." |
3-7 |
11:00 – 11:50 SESSION
| Alvin, Barbara | College Entrance Placement Test – How Are You
Doing? How are students doing on problems stated in context as opposed to problems which appear abstractly? |
10-14 |
| del Castillo, Rafael | Income Tax 101 Lesson introduces students to the basic concepts of taxation in the United States. Lesson covers W-2 forms, calculations of taxes, and the fairness of the tax system. |
9-12 |
| Lyman, Cathy | Doctor Wonderful’s World Famous Mathematical Magic Show A high interest, fast moving mathematical magic presentation featuring both math and classical magic. Problem solving, process development, and fun are featured. | General |
11:00 – 12:30 WORKSHOP
| Blanke, Barbara | “Just A Minute” Mathematical Activities and
Transitions Mathematical activities and transitions that allow you to meet standards every minute of the school day. |
K-2 |
| Brezinski, Millie | Math Strategies for Introducing Math Vocabulary | 6-8 |
| Currah, Joanne | Box Car Power Play Most popular card and dice games to teach mental math, decimals, place value and more. |
3-7 |
| Lipton, Sharon | Technology in Mathematics Classrooms of the 21
Century and Making the Connection. Participants will learn how to use the SMART Board, TI Emulators, Virtual TI, TI84+, TI83+, and TI73+ to enhance standards based reform curriculum. |
6-12 |
11:30 – 12:20 SESSION
| Nelson, Reggie | Algebra For All, A Recursive Adventure! Activities from the Core Plus Mathematics Project curriculum. Teachers will be involved in activities that allow them to experience the "aha" factor in a discovery based program. | 9-12 |
| Williams, Kaycee | Exploring Shapes and Solids in Intermediate Grades | 3-6 |
12:30 – 1:20 SESSION
| Edgell, John | Heronian Simplex and Constructs Heronian simplexes have integral attribute measures, except angles. Constructs tessellated by Heronian simplexes consequently have integral attribute measures. Such simplexes and constructs will be explored, modeled, and measured applying the simplex formula. | 11-Coll. |
12:30 – 2:00 WORKSHOP
| Andersen, Deryk | Movie Mathematics. We'll explore clips from The Matrix and U-571 that can be used to teach integer operations and linear equations. Student activity pages provided, but bring your own popcorn., | 7-10 |
| Brannan, Dick | Teaching Fraction Concepts and Operations with Meaning and Understandings A Marilyn Burns Education Associate presents practical and effective ways to teach students with meaning and understanding. | 4-8 |
| Dalla, Ron | Making Sense of Algebra in Elementary School Classroom ready hands-on activities that make learning algebra fun and meaningful. | 3-5 |
| Hendricks, Trina | Building Number Sense in the Primary
Grades This hands-on workshop will explore a variety of activities to use in the classroom to build a deeper understanding of number sense. |
K-2 |
| Maletsky, Evan | From Frogs to Fractal: How to Prime Your Students’
Mathematical Pumps Learn how some simple activities with paper can be used to review basic skills, explore patterns, and create challenging problem-solving situations in arithmetic, algebra, and geometry that will both tickle your students’ senses and stretch their minds. |
5-10 |
| Robinson, JoAnne | TI-83 Plus Tips on Transformations, Matrices, Linear and
Quadratic Systems |
8-11 |
| Varley, Mary Kay | Intriguing Puzzles and Problems to Solve: Connecting Math to Other Disciplines | 3-5 |
1:00 – 1:50 SESSION
| Baughan, Mark Wanless, Brian |
Data Driven Improvement in Student Performance WASL scores increase from 16% to 64% in two years. | 5-8 |
| Cotter, Joan | Use Visualization to Help Children Understand Fractions and Games to Provide Practice for Mastery Although there are many ways to teach fractions, a visual approach is far superior for most children. The linear model gives students an overview and understanding of fractions. Learn some games that provide practice. | 4-8 |
| Donovan, Deb | NCTM -- Algebraic Thinking. Before X and Y: Developing Algebraic Thinking in the Elementary School Experience strategies used to engage, develop, and extend students' knowledge of patterns, equivalence, and representation. | K-6 |
| Long, Donna | Children's Literature, Problem Solving, and Assessment: What's the Connection? Look at the mathematical concepts of geometry and measurement through children's literature, problem solving, and assessment. This is a hands-on interactive session with a handout and appropriate assessments included. | K-2 |
1:00 – 2:30 WORKSHOP
| Buschman, Larry | Helping Children Become Problem Solvers in Mathematics | K-5 |
| Cook, Marcy | Creating A Live Primary Class: Involve All! Participate in active and fun strategies to help students learn mathematics. Leave with ideas for tomorrow's class. | K-2 |
| Prekeges, Jim | Teaching Problem Solving and Logical Reasoning Using
the TI-73 Participants will use problem solving skills and logical reasoning to investigate mathematical situations on the TI-73. They will also write short programs, then expand them, on the TI-73. |
6-9 |
| Whitfield, Diane | New Software That Encourages
Students to Learn Learn to use The ClassPad Manager to assist you in teaching mathematics and encourage students to learn. |
7-12 |
1:00 – 4:00 MINICOURSE
| Lindeblad, Kristine | Hitting the Targets with Technology This course will hit the EALR's and GLE's with effective use of calculators and computers. | 9-12 |
1:30 – 2:20 SESSION
| Jennings, Rick | Grade Level Expectations – Help or Harm? Come hear the latest news and changes from OSPI. What do students in Washington need to learn and understand at each grade level? | K-10 |
1:30 – 3:00 WORKSHOP
|
Patterson, Roger Young, Jerry |
Graphing Polynomials Bring your graphing calculator and learn how to use polynomials to draw letters of the alphabet in certain fonts. This makes a great student project. | 9-12 |
1:30 – 4:30 MINICOURSE
| Venneri, Kate | Hands-On Integration of Mathematics, Writing, and
Art. Integrate geometric and measurement vocabulary, estimation, area, and perimeter with writing poetry all while making greeting cards. |
3-6 |
2:00 – 2:50 SESSION
| Adolphson, Keith | Robotics and
Mathematics Mathematical concepts emerge from the context of a heterogeneous group of middle school students building and programming autonomous robots. This description will be used to frame a discussion of the role of similar, rich open-ended activities in an emergent mathematics curriculum. |
K-Coll. |
| Burrill, Gail | Lesson Study and Its Implications for Learning in Your Classroom Lesson study provides a means for practicing teachers and those learning to teach to seriously consider what it means to enable students to learn mathematics. Classroom tapes and examples from practice will be shared. | General |
| Dumont, Rheal | Math Trek 1-5. Math Trek -- Algebra 1 is dynamic, interactive, instructional software that promotes learning through tutorials, activities, and testing. Demonstrations of how this technology attends to the varied learning styles of students in Algebra 1 will be presented. | K-8 |
| Deb Donovan Rita Janes Tim Kanold James Rubillo |
Reflection Sessions. This session will be a reflection session to answer questions and summarize the learning from the NCTM Algebraic Thinking Sessions facilitated by the NCTM presenters in sessions. NCTM resources related to the NCTM 2004-2005 focus "Thinking Algebraically." | General |
2:00 – 3:30 WORKSHOP
| Adams, Dennis | Exploring Problem
Solving Examine problem solving from kindergarten through second grade as it is used in the Bridges in Mathematics program. Children’s shared solutions and problem construction will be a focus |
K-2 |
| Britton, Jill | Stretch Your Imagination with R-U-B-B-E-R
Geometry. Explore Networks, anamorphic art, mazes, map coloring, route tracing, unusual surfaces, flexagons, puzzles, magic tricks, and Internet sites. |
5-12 |
| Inzerillo, Carol | Yours, Mine, Ours: Making Mathematics for All a
Reality in the Inclusive Classroom. Today’s classrooms are increasingly diverse. They are even more so when serving as an inclusion setting for students with special needs. This workshop uses the algebra strand as a model for inclusive mathematics. Materials will be featured that promote problem solving through measurement and data collection. |
K-3 |
| Mitchell, Trudy | Pattern
Blocks and Angle Measurements: A Middle Level Exploration Use pattern blocks to explore and extend students’ understanding about angles and angle measurement. The activities will enhance students’ intuitions about geometry and measurement. Handout will be provided. |
5-8 |
| Robinson, Bob | Pyramids, Prisms, Platonics
and Other Pursuits Together we will investigate, in a hands-on environment, the world of the 3-D figure and its nets. A variety of models will be explored including dipyramids, antiprisms, and the Platonic solids. Handout provided |
5-10 |
| Waddrups, Reg | Student Algorithms in Middle School What does that mean? Is it possible they could enjoy arithmetic? Can we help them? We will explore some strategies that seem to work. | 6-8 |
2:30 – 3:20 SESSION
| Burnett, James | Developing Computational Fluency in All! Mental strategies form the foundation of all computation. This thought provoking session will describe activities and model games that can be used to develop students' number sense and ability to compute mentally. | K-3 |
| Pelton, Tim Pelton, Leslee F. |
The Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) Exams: Understanding and Using Scores to Guide Instruction | K-12 |
2:30 – 4:00 WORKSHOP
| Miller, Jim | Fractions Get involved with fractions and find out why students struggle with rational numbers. | 7-12 |
3:00 – 3:50 SESSION
| Adolphson, Keith | Developing Spatial Sense with Quick
Draw Participants in this session will experience the Quick Draw activity developed by G. Whearley. Quick Draw is designed to develop spatial sense, encourage the transformation of self-constructed images and develop geometric intuitions through discussion. |
K-8 |
| Downs, Darci | Math Coaching 101. This session will take you through the experiences of a math coach over the course of two+ years. Scheduling, community building, lesson demonstration vs. coaching, organizing math night, curriculum mapping and job-embedded professional development ideas will be discussed. Participants will come away with an inside look into the trials and tribulations of this position as well as ideas of how to replicate it in their school. | K-6 |
| Williams, Kaycee | Mathematical Vocabulary Made Simple: Cognates from Spanish to English | 3-6 |
3:00 – 4:30 WORKSHOP
| Bright, George | Dynamic Classroom
Assessment: What is it? How Can It Help Me? This session is an overview of Dynamic Classroom Assessment, a professional development program designed to help teachers align instruction to students'; needs. |
6-12 |
| Marinovich, Lisa | Second Generation NSF Math: What Does It Look Like: Session will focus on the features of the newest NSF math program, based on the research of the Children's Math World Research Project. | K-5 |
3:30 – 4:20 SESSION
| Brezinski, Millie | Parent Support/Communication Tips | 6-8 |
| Firestone, Russ | Math Portfolios Math portfolios are used to build math skills. Students are required to use several Office products in succession for completion of their projects. | 6-8 |
| Grace, Ellen | Math - Literature Explorations. A hands-on workshop using children's literature as a conceptual or contextual springboard for mathematical problem solving. Materials, handout, and bibliography provided. | PreK-2 |
3:30 – 5:00 WORKSHOP
|
Blankenship, Glenda Coyer, Lance |
Data Collection Activities and Performance Tasks to Teach Concepts in Algebra and Pre-Algebra. Time to Study, The Hairy Eyeball, Tongue Twister Timing, Barbie Bungee Jumping, and many more. | 6-9 |
| Clossin, Leslie | Mathgrams: A New Tool to Illuminate the Joy of
Math Art oriented math activities in alignment with National Standards and |
K-8 |
| Dobbins, Carolyn | The Dynamic Duo – Integrating Math and Literature | K-2 |
|
Dyer, Melinda Ziglinshi, Scott |
Mining 1st and 2nd Grade
Science Content for Rich Math
Problems Explore ways in which math concepts can be taught using the science content you are already teaching. |
1-2 |
| Olson, Duane | Geometry Using Cabri Jr App on the
TI-83+ For beginning to intermediate users of TI83+. |
8-10 |
| Sutton, Kim | Place Value with Pizazz! Come and experience ideas to develop the difficult concept of place value with students K-5 through game, songs, and literature. This workshop will assist students mathematically by refreshing ‘over and over’ again ideas so that place value is not forgotten. |
K-5 |
| Willmore, Craig | Problem Solving Across the Grades | 1-8 |
4:00 – 4:50 SESSION
| Heigl, Janis | Bridges to Grades 3-4 Come experience the NEW 3rd and 4th grade resources from the Math Learning Center. | 3-4 |
| Pitre, Michel | Technology Tools to Help Your Students "Get It." | 9-12 |
| Webber, William | Psychedelic Numbers. An investigation of numbers and functions using colors. | 10-Coll. |
5:30
Keynote – Jim Rubillo
"Updating an Old Adage to Help
Teachers Cope with the Challenges of Today and Tomorrow"
| SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2004 |
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Presenter |
Session Name and Description | Grades |
7:30 – 9:00
Breakfast Keynote –
Marcy Cook
"Relationship Thinking – Important for Algebra
Success"
4-8
Ticket Required
8:00 – 12:00
| Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory | Lesson Study Continuation of Thursday workshops |
All |
8:00 – 8:50 SESSION
| Adsit, Lynn Schjelderup, Kim |
Powerful Problems These problems can be introduced at the beginning Algebra 1 level and revised at subsequent levels through Calculus. Concepts are deepened, expanded, and enriched at each level. | 9-12 |
| Moore, Bill | The Transition Math Project and College Readiness Standards This project was funded by the Legislature and the Gates Foundation to design College Readiness Standards in mathematics. The process to arrive at a draft of these standards and the draft standards will be discussed during this session. | 9-16 |
8:00 – 9:30 WORKSHOP
| Burnett, Jim | Geometry and Visual Thinking – The Shape of
Things to Come This session will demonstrate activities that can be used to supplement the geometry strand of any mathematics curriculum, to make it more interesting, challenging and visually stimulating. |
K-3 |
| Bushaw, Bonnie | Problem Solving: It’s Early Elementary, My Dear WASL Come join us as we focus our magnifying glasses on problem solving and communication. You will leave with critical foundational knowledge and effective teaching tips, as well as problems to try and rubrics to use. | K-3 |
| Fulton, Brad | The Power of “X”: Building Incredible Algebraic
Thinking Easily Ready-for-Monday handout to build number sense, reasoning, and algebraic problem solving skills. |
4-8 |
| Minor, Sharon | Every Day Counts and Beyond | K-5 |
| Peters, Leona | If the Shoe Fits, It Must Be
Algebra! Participants will experience and analyze how measurement and data collection activities help all children develop algebraic ideas. |
K-2 |
8:30 – 10:00 WORKSHOP
| Maynard, Doug | Number Zones the Math Game Students Love to Play | 2-8 |
8:30 – 11:30 MINICOURSE
| Bright, George | An Introduction to Dynamic Classroom Assessment This session highlights the maujor elements of DCA. Middle and high school mathematics teachers learn about classroom assessments to improve instruction. | 6-12 |
| Prather, Kay Sayler, Keith |
Mapping the Maze: Creating Successful Mathematicians Today's students arrive with a wide variety of skills, talents, and phobias. You will learn strategies for developing successful students using ethno-mathematical practices, language free games, alternative classroom management strategies, and assessment techniques. | K-4 |
| Willmore, Craig | Geometry and Measurement: Let’s Circle the Globe | K-6 |
9:00 – 9:50 SESSION
| Lott, Johnny | Mathematics, Macintoshes, and
Diet Cokes. How scientifically based does research have to be? If I survey about a relationship among Mathematics, Macintoshes, and Diet Cokes, would that pass the US Department of Education litmus test? |
9-16 |
9:00 – 10:30 WORKSHOP
| Allen, Chrissy Hutchinson, Linda |
Favorite Function Projects
for Integrated 3 and Precalculus. Two high school teachers share their favorite and most successful projects. |
10-12 |
| Anderson, Mary Stoddard, Bob |
The Use of Palm Hand-Helds in 5-8 Self-Contained Classrooms. | 5-8 |
| Mikels, Chris | Proof! Finally a Logical Apprach! | 8-12 |
| Pettigrew, Carol | Paper Polygons -- 2 Dimensional Geometry. Create 14 regular and irregular polygons and learn about angles, symmetry, tessellations, connections. Create stunning art from the shapes. | 3-7 |
9:00 – 12:00 MINICOURSE
| Vonder Embse, Charles | Cabri Junior of the
TI-83+ (Calculators provided; participants can download Cabri on own calculator.) |
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| Waddrups, Reg | Want to Join Us and Do a Few Thousand Arithmetic Problems? Actually we will explore a number of problems where the kids do the arithmetic and leave the class smiling and talking excitedly about what they did. | 6-8 |
9:00 – 4:00 EXTENDED MINICOURSE
| Whalley, Pam | Economics: Connections for Life 6-8 or Financial Fitness for Life Get students involved in applying basic math skills to real life situations. Materials provided with ideas and resources that connect mathematics and problem solving to everyday events at work and at home. | 6-8 |
9:30 – 10:30 SESSION
| Hustoles, Mary Jo | M&M: Money and Measurement
Activities Motivating activities are the key to encouraging practice of skills. Money and time games will be presented for classroom use. |
K-3 |
| Kamii, Constance | Better Ways of Teaching the Measurement of Length. | K-6 |
9:30 – 11:00 WORKSHOP
| Anderson, Nancy | Playing with Algebra. Look at ways to make 'real' algebra accessible to elementary students using patterns and hands-on materials. | K-5 |
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Blair, Sandy Dahmen, Linda |
Explorations in Math: Math Related Field Trips Learn about successful mathematics filed trips taken with students, including parent involvement, and integration of math across the curriculum. | K-5 |
| Frost, Joyce | A Picture is Worth a Thousand
Words, But That's Only 2-D. Extend and especially apply geometric properties, concepts and constructions from 2-D to 3-D space by building fascinating space tessellating polyhedra puzzles. |
7-12 |
| Fulton, Brad | Ten Great Uses for Graph Paper Fractions,
Proportions, Algebra and Trigonometry It’s all included in an easy-to-teach and ready-for Monday handout. |
4-8 |
| Hall, Karen | Washington State Assessment
Documents The newest assessment information for Washington State |
6-8 |
| Mock, Janet | Math Trails Math trails help students connect mathematics to their own local environments. Come and experience a math trail and learn how to create your own. | 6-8 |
| Nuse, Connie | Problem Solving for
Primary Practical ideas for creating problem solving opportunities in the K-2 classroom. |
K-2 |
| Palanio, Barbara | Let's Play with Computation. Turn kids on to computation without drill and kill. | 3-6 |
| Sutton, Kim | Math Drills to Thrill
Students An exciting philosophy of “Drills to Thrill” for the learning of basic facts. This session will include ideas for motivating students using strategies for the facts. All four operations will be included through songs, dances, games and stories for grades K-5. |
K-5 |
10:00 – 10:50 SESSION
| Brocklebank, Ruth | Why Didn’t They Tell
Me? Ten things I wish my high school math teachers had told me. |
7-Coll. |
| Van de Walle, John | Algebraic Reasoning in Grades
K-8: A Problem-Based Approach Algebraic reasoning activities can and should be an exciting endeavor at every grade level. The NCTM Standards give us a framework for the content that these activities should include. We will use that framework to explore algebra across the grades in a problem-based manner. |
K-8 |
10:30 – 11:20 SESSION
| Johnson, Jerry | Use the History of
Mathematics to Enhance Your Students' Learning with Interesting,
Adaptable, and Manageable Approaches. We can make the learning of mathematics more exciting and 'human' if we add elements from the history of mathematics. This session will demonstrate a multitude of ways to do this; handouts provided. |
7-14 |
10:30 – 12:00 WORKSHOP
| Davis, Laura | The Eighth Sense: I
See…Parabolas Fun and math come together when students find papabolic shapes from the real world, derive the equation of the shape found in a picture, expand into standard form and check by graphing |
9-12 |
| Goetz, Jane | Using Protocols for Looking at Student Work. Student work is a powerful vehicle to assess student understanding and to collaboratively develop strategies for meeting student needs. In this session you will learn to use specific protocols to learn collaboratively from student work. | K-3 |
| Graf, Linda | Problems by George. An approach to problem solving that motivates students, provides interest, and requires the student to communicate their mathematical reasoning in writing. It is a teaching approach as well as a resource of problems that are handy to use. | 6-8 |
| Mitchell, Trudy | Pattern Blocks and Angle Measurements: A Middle Level Exploration Use pattern blocks to explore and extend students' understanding about angles and angle measurement. The activities will enhance students' intuitions about geometry and measurement. Handouts will be provided. | 5-8 |
11:00 – 11:50 SESSION
| Burke, Heather | Prepare My Primary Kids for the WASL? Yes! | K-2 |
| Cave, Linda | Remediating Fraction Concepts with Constructivist Techniques | 4-9 |
| Hustoles, Mary Jo | Making Connections with Fractions, Decimals, and Percents. Games will be played to provide practice in making models, ordering fractions, decimals, and percents, and finding equivalencies in fractions, decimals and percents. | 3-6 |
| Lokting, Karen | Math
Mini-Lessons Quick, engaging, and meaningful mini-lessons that can be used as warm-ups, as fillers, or as part of classroom routines. Organizational tips will also be addressed. |
K-3 |
| Pelton, Leslee F. Pelton, Tim |
Meeting Diverse Needs: Activities to Help Develop Number Sense |
K-3 |
| Peterson, Sarah | Statistics Projects for Middle School Looking for opportunities to incorporate project-based learning into your math class? These ideas can be integrated with other disciplines in a statistics unit. Bring ideas for a project-based topic brainstorming session. | 6-8 |
| Slavit, David | Algorithmic Thinking. An explanation of what constitutes algorithmic thinking will lead into a discussion of its place in school curriculum. We will then explore ways in which algorithmic thinking (and algorithms) can be generated from student-initiated ideas. | 6-8 |
12:00 Noon Closing Keynote – Constance Kamii
"Manipulatives: When Are They Useful and Why?" General
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