Description: This session will focus on the importance of low floor and high ceiling math tasks. These tasks will be accessible to all students in a classroom while giving the freedom and flexibility for students to explore mathematics. Our goal is to engage all our students and make them feel that they can achieve deep […]
Description: Fizz Buzz is a beautiful, low-floor high ceiling coding task that all learners can be successful with! Our coding solution is a portable, offline programming solution, overcoming access issues for students without devices or high-speed internet. Our solution provides a grades 7-10 menu-driven solution that bridges the elementary block coding solutions with more sophisticated […]
Description: Participants will be challenged to reflect on and think deeply about unconscious biases and how those biases influence our teaching, classroom environment, and interactions with families and the community. […]
Description: Participants will learn why it’s important to acknowledge diversity, inclusion, multiculturalism, & create equitable conditions in the classroom. As they unpack the aforementioned terms, participants will engage in hands-on tasks to scaffold instructional strategies they can effectively & efficiently apply in their classrooms on the next instructional day.
Description: Participants will experience strategies that empower students to see mathematics through the lens of relationship building at a global level. Using shared activities, you will be guided to engage in an empathy challenge, investigate resources such as Harvard GSE's Zero Out of Eden, and Better World Ed. in order to better understand the connections […]
Description: Come learn where to get data on professional athletes (height, weight, speed, etc.) that will lead to interesting student discussions. Learn how to put large amounts of data into […]
Description: Do your students struggle with factoring? Can’t keep track of which method to use and when? Come learn ONE method for factoring that even the most struggling learners can […]
Description: Recognizing the increasing need for statistical/quantitative thinking and reasoning in today's world, NCTM’s Catalyzing Change identifies making sense of the world as a central purpose in teaching mathematics. How […]
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