AMTNJ One-Day Workshop: Elementary Math Labs: How to Transform your Math Classroom into an Inquisitive and Investigative Classroom (3-5)

Workshop Title: Elementary Math Labs: How to Transform your Math Classroom into an Inquisitive and Investigative Classroom (3-5)

Date: 2/11/2026

Time: 8:30 am – 3 pm

Location: West Windsor Plainsboro Regional School District

Facilitator(s): Allison Gimeli and Charlene DiDonato

Description: We will provide educators with an overview of how to turn an (upper) elementary classroom into an inquisitive math lab in which students are active participants throughout every step. After all, math is more fun when the children are part of the action! Utilizing strategies learned from Building Thinking Classrooms and presentations from the prior AMTNJ conferences, we will explain our journey. In our research, we have recognized that many more secondary classrooms are transforming into math labs but not as many elementary rooms. We will provide educators with a glimpse into how we transformed a 4th-grade classroom into a place where students can feel safe to explore, solve problems in unique ways, and challenge their thinking.