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Missing out on the NCTM and NCSM fun? Don’t worry, we have professional learning resources up for grabs, and it doesn’t require a plane ride to San Antonio!
You can enter to win our award-winning math discourse resources featured in our Math Talk Bundle. Simply enter the raffle form below, and let us know your favorite way to use discourse in the math classroom.
Make sure to follow us on Twitter at @Math_Solutions to follow along with our Math Talk sessions this week, including:
NCSM: Monday, April 3rd
Using Number Talks to Foster a Growth Mindset
1:45 PM-2:45 PM
Speaker: Sherry Parrish, Ann Dominick
Location: Presidio A | SESSION 1609
This session will explore how to foster a growth mindset in students through Number Talks. We will use classroom videos and examples of student thinking to analyze teacher moves that encourage a productive disposition, perseverance in problem-solving, and a willingness to explore and investigate ideas. Book signing immediately following at Booth 309.
NCSM: Tuesday, April 4th
Using Number Talks to Foster a Growth Mindset
8:15 AM-9:15 PM
Speaker: Sherry Parrish, Ann Dominick
Location: Presidio A | SESSION 2109
This session will explore how to foster a growth mindset in students through Number Talks. We will use classroom videos and examples of student thinking to analyze teacher moves that encourage a productive disposition, perseverance in problem-solving, and a willingness to explore and investigate ideas. Book signing immediately following at Booth 309.
NCSM: Wednesday, April 5th
Talk, Talk, Talk, Talk, Talk: Engaging Students in Mathematical Discourse
3:30-4:30 PM
Speakers: Le’Vada Gray, Nikki LaLonde
Location: TRAVIS C-D | SESSION 3608
To deepen mathematical understanding, the Standards for Mathematical Practice require students to construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others, reason abstractly and quantitatively, and attend to precision. Communication is at the heart of the practices. Mathematics leaders and coaches will learn how to support teachers with engaging students in mathematical discourse.
NCTM: Thursday, April 6th
Author Meet & Greet
3-4PM
Location: Math Solutions Booth #1125
Meet our Math Solutions authors in person at our Author Meet & Greet! We will also be hosting Facebook Live interviews with our authors during this time. Feel free to stop by and ask a question and say hello!
NCTM: Friday, April 7th
Middle School Number Talks: Shifting The Classroom Culture
11AM-12PM
Speakers: Sherry Parrish & Ann Dominick, Authors of Number Talks: Fractions, Decimal, and Percentages
Locations: Convention Center 221
Number talks as a vehicle for changing the middle school classroom culture will be discussed. We will look at how this routine impacts student engagement, discourse, and mathematical mindsets. Video of middle school classrooms number talks will be used to analyze number talk strings and shifts in the classroom culture.
NCTM: Saturday, April 8th
I Asked a Question—Now What?
11AM-12PM
Speakers: Genni Steele and Mary Mitchell
Location: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, 301
What our students know and don’t know is often left uncovered. Students today are required to construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. In this session, strategies for uncovering student understanding through the use of academically productive discourse as well as tasks that allow for discourse are explored.
Giveaway:
Prize: 1 Math Talk Bundle
The giveaway will run until April 17th at 12:00 AM PT. A winner will be selected and notified Tuesday, April 18th.
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