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Math Matters: Engaging Students in Meaningful Inquiries
In this webinar, teachers will learn some practical strategies for bringing math concepts to life through engaging questions and tasks. How can you tweak existing tasks to ‘bump up’ thinking and build self-regulation in thinking and learning? This webinar will help lead the way to small shifts that can make a big difference in student …
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Authentic and Inclusive Math Talk
Being able to discuss math concepts and share their understanding is important learning for students. We will share strategies for developing a collaborative and dynamic math talk community in your classroom by examining how best to create a culture of safety and risk taking, and to embed structures such as Number Talks, Number Strings, Talking …
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The Progression of Multiplication: From Arrays and Area Models to the Standard Algorithm and Beyond
We’ve all heard it before; kids don’t know their multiplication facts! While this may or may not be true, what is more important than simply memorization multiplication facts is building a conceptual understanding of what multiplication means, how to visualize multiplication and how the standard algorithm for multiplication really works. Let’s start in primary where …
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From Counting to Multiplication: A Developmental Perspective on Primary Number Sense
In this webinar, participants will be learning to assess students developmentally in Kindergarten to Grade 3 mathematics. We will look at the question, “how does student understanding of number concepts and operations develop?”, as a basis for how we plan for instruction, assess “in the moment”, and plan our instructional next steps. Proceeding from counting in pre-K and …
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Creating an Effective Critical Math Inquiry
How can we scaffold rich mathematical tasks that provide authentic and engaging entry points into mathematical concepts? This webinar provides intermediate teachers with the opportunity to reflect and explore the dimensions of a rich critical mathematical inquiry – an engaging challenge, an attention to the tools of thinking, and an explicit focus on nurturing the …