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Are you interested in using the math workshop model of instruction in your classroom and putting your students at the center of learning? Join @Math_Solutions for our second #MathWorkshopChat on Wednesday, January 31st at 8pm ET/ 5pm PT. Mary Mitchell, Senior Instructional Designer, and Jennifer Lempp, author of Math Workshop: Five Steps to Implementing Guided Math,…

Math Reasoning Inventory addresses students’ numerical reasoning strategies and understandings—the basics that students need to be prepared for middle school math and algebra. This three-day course introduces the theory, structure, and focus of MRI through a hands-on exploration of the online tool. Participants will learn how to conduct interviews, analyze student explanations, interpret reports, and…

This one-day course introduces teachers, math coaches, and curriculum specialists to the theory, structure, and focus of Number Talks. As participants interact throughout the day, they reflect on their current practices and target essential understandings about numbers and operations called for in the Common Core State Standards. Outcomes Recognize number talks as a valuable classroom…

Bring the Common Core Mathematical Practices to life in the classroom by fundamentally changing the way teachers think about math and how they teach their students. In this relevant and engaging institute, teachers deepen their own content knowledge while learning how to develop students’ abilities to think and reason and deepen students’ number sense, computation,…

This course helps teachers understand what it means to support all students by differentiating three aspects of the math curriculum—content, process, and product. Teachers examine a variety of approaches that help them make instructional adjustments to content, provide activities that address how different students learn, and offer a variety of ways for students to demonstrate…

This two-day course focuses on the priority domains of Expressions, Equations and Functions for students in grades 6–8. The emphasis of this course is on strategies and tools to help students leverage and extend their understanding of arithmetic to problem solve using algebraic expressions. Outcomes Develop a fundamental understanding of Common Core content, focused on…

Through the exploration of proportionality and proportional reasoning, this three-day course addresses the Common Core standards for ratios and proportional relationships in the middle grades. Teachers also receive support with strategies to help make the standards accessible to all students. Outcomes Develop a fundamental understanding of Common Core content, Ratios and Proportional Relationships for Grades…

The Common Core calls for students to “make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.” Teachers’ instructional practices directly affect students’ confidence in their mathematical skills and their willingness to persevere in solving difficult problems. This full-day course provides teachers with a deeper look at building perseverance in problem solving and applying mathematics to…

The Common Core calls for students to develop knowledge of computational procedures along with knowledge of when and how to use them appropriately. The goal is for students to become skillful in performing computational procedures flexibly, accurately, efficiently, and with understanding. This full-day course provides teachers with a deeper understanding of procedural fluency beyond merely…

Among the highest priorities of the Common Core is for students to build a deep understanding of mathematics and use that understanding to reason about problems, make sense of new learning, and communicate their thinking to others. This full-day course is designed to introduce participants to the Standards for Mathematical Practice, with particular emphasis on…