E-Workshop Topic Descriptions

Explore ideas of mathematical reasoning with data and probability as defined in NCTM’s Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. These pairs of 90-minute E-Workshops will offer investigations of concepts within the data analysis and probability standard and provide activities for classroom implementation. Where appropriate, E-Workshops include references to Curriculum Focal Points and highlight instructional strategies that will foster student understanding of the Data Focal Point. Methods of data collection, statistical analysis, evaluation, and understanding and application of probability will be explored using several instructional approaches, including utilization of virtual manipulatives.  (top)

Learn how to keep your students more engaged through the use of classroom games. In this pair of 90-minute E-Workshops, we will explore sample games and extensions while engaging in rich discussions that will allow you to make the most of each game with your students. Our focus will be primarily on the topic of Number and Operations as defined in NCTM’s Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. We will discuss feedback from participants and explore additional classroom games on Problem Solving during our follow-up session.  (top)

Explore ideas of mathematical reasoning with data and probability as defined in NCTM’s Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. These pairs of 90-minute E-Workshops will offer investigations of concepts within the data analysis and probability standard and provide activities for classroom implementation. Where appropriate, E-Workshops include references to Curriculum Focal Points and highlight instructional strategies that will foster student understanding of the Data Focal Point. Methods of data collection, statistical analysis, evaluation, and understanding and application of probability will be explored using several instructional approaches, including utilization of virtual manipulatives.  (top)

Gain an interactive overview of the geometry expectations as defined in NCTM’s Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. These pairs of 90-minute E-Workshops will offer approaches and techniques for integrating geometric concepts in the classroom and provide activities for classroom implementation. Where appropriate, E-Workshops include references to Curriculum Focal Points and highlight instructional strategies that will foster student understanding of the Geometry Focal Point. The activities included will promote student understanding of shapes, spatial relationships, transformations, and visualization, using resources that will enable connections among geometric properties and theorems.  (top)

Teaching with Curriculum Focal Points
Grades 3-5
E-Workshop Leader:  Amy Mirra 
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NCTM’s Curriculum Focal Points for Prekindergarten through Grade 8 Mathematics: A Quest for Coherence identifies important mathematical topics for grades pre-K – 8. This pair of 90-minute E-Workshops focuses specifically on using the Curriculum Focal Points in grades 3-5 to support instruction based on a focused curriculum. The learning progression of multiplication and division from 3rd grade to 5th grade will be explored through the use of several instructional approaches, including utilization of virtual manipulatives. The follow-up session provides the opportunity to reflect and discuss the impact of the activities on student learning and to explore additional activities on the learning progression of fractions in grades 3 – 5.  (top)

This pair of 90-minute E-Workshops is designed to give you an interactive overview of the Number and Operations expectation as defined in NCTM’s Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. We will discuss the major themes of Number and Operations and highlight instructional strategies that will foster student understanding of the Number and Operations Focal Point. This workshop will offer approaches and techniques for integrating the concept of Number and Operations into your classroom and provide activities for classroom implementation.  (top)

NCTM’s Curriculum Focal Points for Prekindergarten through Grade 8 Mathematics: A Quest for Coherence identifies important mathematical topics for grades pre-K – 8.  This pair of 90-minute E-Workshops focuses specifically on using the Curriculum Focal Points in grades 6-8 to support instruction based on a focused curriculum.  The learning progression of proportionality from 6^th grade to 8^th grade will be explored through the use of several instructional approaches, including utilization of virtual manipulatives.  The follow-up session provides the opportunity to reflect and discuss the impact of the activities on student learning and to explore additional activities on the learning progression of algebraic thinking in grades 6 – 8.  (top)

The New and Preservice Teacher E-Workshop is designed to meet the needs of new teachers and those currently preparing to be teachers. The workshop includes both global content for teachers of all levels as well as two follow-up sessions to target issues and solutions specifically for elementary-middle school and middle-high school teachers. Participants will be given a survey at the beginning of the workshop to identify key areas of interest. This feedback will be used to address the most critical content for participants. Topics will include: Motivation and Classroom Management, Engaging Activities, Parents and Families, and Keeping Your Sanity. The workshop provides new and preservice teachers with a special session targeted at their needs. Following the workshop, the online interaction continues with options for discussion and support for participants.  (top)

Interact with several problems as you explore the problem solving expectations as defined in NCTM’s Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. This pair of 90-minute E-Workshops will offer approaches and techniques for integrating problem solving in the classroom and provide activities for classroom implementation. Where appropriate, E-Workshops include references to Curriculum Focal Points and highlight instructional strategies that will foster student understanding of the Focal Point.  (top)

Gain an interactive overview of the algebra expectations as defined in NCTM’s Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. These pairs of 90-minute E-Workshops will offer approaches and techniques for integrating algebraic concepts in the classroom and provide activities for classroom implementation. Where appropriate, E-Workshops include references to Curriculum Focal Points and highlight instructional strategies that will foster student understanding of the Algebra Focal Point. Patterns, representations, modeling, and analysis of change will be explored using several instructional approaches, including utilization of virtual manipulatives.  (top)

Learn about the latest NCTM document, Focus on in High School Mathematics:  Reasoning and Sense Making, being released in September 2009. This document proposes that all high school mathematics programs should focus on reasoning and sense making.  In this workshop reasoning habits and the ways in which they can be incorporated into curriculum content will be explored.  In addition, specific examples will be provided in algebra, geometry, and statistics and probability.  (top)

Add relevancy to your mathematics classroom through the use of literature!  This pair of 90-minute interactive E-Workshops will offer you an overview of techniques and strategies for using literature to enhance the teaching and learning of mathematics in your classroom.  Where appropriate, E-Workshops will include references to NCTM’s Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.  We will explore a variety of children’s books and offer sample lessons that you can use immediately with your students!   (top)