Putting It All Together KCATM Fall Conference November 7, 2015 UMKC Education Building 615 E. 52 nd Street Student Affiliates: Membership with Benefits Math Practice Standards: This Is How We Do It Two Surprisingly Overlooked Practices - How to Offset Math Haters! In this session, you will get to meet other pre-service and in-service teachers who are interested in being excellent teachers of mathematics. You will find out more About all of the benefits associated with KCATM and NCTM affiliation. 30 minutes - General Audience - Grades PK-8 Dr. C. Bell Step by step clarity on engaging students in MPS to skyrocket proficiency in the Content Standards. Walk away with understanding + plans + online resources. 60 minutes Individual sessions for Elementary and Secondary Grades Linda Cordes Discover two powerful practices they forgot to tell you about. Learn how to use these strategies to support your strugglers. Take away a clear 3-step plan to start using on Monday! Banish Math hate forever. 60 minutes General Audience All Grades Linda Cordes 3-5 Math Games Needing new ideas for practicing mathematical concepts? Come learn about fact fluency battle ship, math taboo, a Sudoku twist for vocabulary and much much more! 30 minutes Grades 3-5 Erica Dahm Get FREE Professional Development with a Community of Math Teachers GAMING in the Math Classroom The Global Math Department/Big Marker is a community of math teachers offering online professional development every Tuesday evening. Teachers across the globe share the latest hot topics with discussions. Get connected! Get your invitation! It s free! 30 minutes Grades 6-12 JoAnn Hiatt support student learning by engaging students in tames using their technology! 60-minutes Grades 6-12 JoAnn Hiatt 1
Math Contests Using Math Games to Develop Number Sense Playing with Math: Embedding Early Childhood Mathematics Standards into Everyday Moments KCATM holds a math contest for 4 th -12 th grade students. Come to this session to find out more information that will help you and your students prepare for our 2016 contest. 30 minutes Grades 4-12 JoAnn Hiatt Developing number sense in kindergarten through second grade is essential to student success in mathematics. In this session, engage in and evaluate various games designed to support number sense development, and leave with a packet of games discussed. Games will focus on composing, decomposing, representing and operating with whole numbers. 60 minutes Grades PK-3 Dr. Tiffany Hill and Dr. Nancy Smith Preschool children are constantly on the move, so it is smart and practical to infuse mathematics into their natural settings and activities. Come hear ideas to provide sustained interaction with math ideas, as well as to integrate math with other subjects with brain compatible activities. 60 minutes Grades PK-3 Dr. Maggie Holley Data problems in Support of Common We will look at some data problems that are applicable at several levels for discus- Core with TI-Technology sion with common core standards for mathematics. 60 minutes Grades 6-12 Mike Koehler Managing Technology Infusing Mathematical Practices into Daily Routines Going paperless? Don t panic, because it is manageable. This will be an opportunity to learn how to make use of your technology and still give your students meaningful practice and assessments. Bring your own device and ideas to share. 30 minutes General Audience All Grades Jan LaFevers Today s classrooms are full of routines. We often think of routines as being used for organizational purposes, but routines can also develop the standards for mathematical practice described in the Common Core. Learn the basic strategies to use in turning classroom routines into mathematical power for your students. 30 minute 2
- General Audience All Grades Dr. Ann McCoy Making the Mathematical Practices Routine in the Elementary Grades Making the Mathematical Practices Routine in Middle School Using Interactive Notebooks in Secondary Math First Time Flipping: How I Flipped and Results I Observed P.S. I ll Never Go Back! Math Related YouTube Videos Today s classrooms are full of routines. We often think of routines as being used for organizational purposes, but routines can also develop the standards for mathematical practice described in the Common Core. Learn some easily implemented routines that will help your students become proficient with the mathematical practices. 60 minutes Grades 3-5 Dr. Ann McCoy Today s classrooms are full of routines. We often think of routines as being used for organizational purposes, but routines can also develop the standards for mathematical practice described in the Common Core. Learn some easily implemented routines that will help your students become proficient with the mathematical practices. 60 minutes Grades 6-8 Dr. Ann McCoy Ever thought about Notebooks? This is an introduction to using interactive notebooks. We will discuss interactive notebook theories, and I will share how I have implemented it this year with my Advanced Algebra 2 class. Learn about what resources are already out there for you to adapt to your classroom, and get started on planning out the use of one for your classroom. 60 minutes Grades 6-12 - Monica McWhorter This session will present: 1) What I ve learned after my first year of flipping my classroom; 2) The technology systems that enabled a successful flip of my College Algebra, AP Statistics, and Calculus I classrooms; 3) The results of an observational study of the increase of achievement observed from flipping in my College Algebra classes. 60 minutes Grades 9-12 Joseph Morse Humorous. Thoughtful. Whimsical. Educational. Informative. Descriptive. Engaging. Examples of what is available. You can use these in your classes or see where to look For similar material. Continuous General Audiences All Grades C.R. Peterson 3
Creating Connections in Mathematics Classrooms Hacking Math Good Manipulatives It s Okay to Play: Exploring Math in the Primary Years Developing Content and Language Knowledge for ELLs Project Lead the Way: True STEM The speaker believes that teaching is about establishing relationships and trust between teachers and students. especially if you are a white teacher in an urban classroom. In this talk we will examine and share ways that enhance building these relationships so the students know they can learn in your classroom. 60 minutes General Audience All Grades Bob Riggs Conferences rarely address the items really nagging at us, be they curriculum, a particular problem, overwork, a problem student, etc. This entirely interactive session will flush out these items, and then allow attendees to quickly work on possible solutions to be tried immediately in the classroom. 30 Minutes General Audience All Grades Michael Round The Montessori Method has successfully used manipulatives for a century, but these are costly and time-consuming to learn. This presentation will talk about good manipulatives, the link between manipulatives and abstract learning, where manipulatives go wrong, and how to create good manipulatives quickly with any content. 60 minutes Grades K-3 Michael Round Active play and investigation is an essential part of learning at all ages. This presentation highlights play-based activities that will enhance the teaching and learning of math concepts across the primary grades. Learn about open-ended materials that can be organized for activities around various mathematical concepts. 30 minutes Grades K-3 Dr. Karrie Snider Meeting the content and language demands of the CCSS mathematics education for English Language Learners is a daunting task. This session will provide effective Pedagogical practices that math teachers can use to facilitate the development of ELL s content and English Language aligned with the CCSSs. 60 minutes Grades K-8 - Dr. HeeGyoung Song Project Lead the Way is the leading STE< education program in the nation. Five 4
Education (Elementary Session) Project Lead the Way: True STEM Education (Secondary Session) Let s Talk Numbers! Let s Talk Numbers! Let s Talk Numbers! PLTW programs, a K-12 STEM journey, give students the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge preparing them for post-secondary education and the global economy. Learn about exciting project-problem-based, rigorous programs providing direct application of math and science. 60 minutes Grades K-6 Dr. Ben Yates, Dr. David Hosick, and Dr. Mandy Welch Project Lead the Way is the leading STE< education program in the nation. Five PLTW programs, a K-12 STEM journey, give students the opportunity to develop skills and knowledge preparing them for post-secondary education and the global economy. Learn about exciting project-problem-based, rigorous programs providing direct application of math and science. 60 minutes Grades 6-12 Dr. Ben Yates, Dr. David Hosick, and Dr. Mandy Welch Number talks are a great routine to help students develop critical mathematical practices and fluency! Empower yourself and students to become mathematical thinkers by learning to work flexibly with numbers and arithmetic properties, building a solid foundation for fluency, and creating confident dispositions for future mathematics. 30 minutes Grades K-3 Marilyn Cannon Number talks are a great routine to help students develop critical mathematical practices and fluency! Empower yourself and students to become mathematical thinkers by learning to work flexibly with numbers and arithmetic properties, building a solid foundation for fluency, and creating confident dispositions for future mathematics. 60 minutes Grades 3-5 Marilyn Cannon Number talks are a great routine to help students develop critical mathematical practices and fluency! Empower yourself and students to become mathematical thinkers by learning to work flexibly with numbers and arithmetic properties, building a solid foundation for fluency, and creating confident dispositions for future mathematics. 60 minutes Grades 6-8 Marilyn Cannon 5
Student Engagement Make Your Math Class More Interesting!!! Hands-On Experiences with Geometry Place Value What s the Problem? Exploring Thinking Styles in Mathematics Alternative Ways of Getting to the Same Answer Those Pesky Fractions Making Sense Of Fractional Concepts Participants will learn how to engage more of their students during math class with The use of math read alouds, games, and activities, Each participant will receive two ready-to-use games for classroom use and their choice of one math read aloud. 30 minutes Grades K-3 Cynthia Hackney Experience and learn about three mathematically meaningful tasks you can use to engage students in learning geometry. 30 minutes Grades 6-12 Dr. Sarah Hicks During this session, participants will learn several different ways to help their students better understand place value concepts. Each participant will receive three ready-to-use activities that can be used with their whole class or in practice stations. 60 minutes Grades 3-5 Cynthia Hackney Ever notice that some students are more natural at mental math than others? Or that some students would gladly work whole pages of one kind of math problem, while other students need more variety? Different individuals have different ways of thinking about mathematics. In this interactive session, we will explore the different mathematical thinking styles we see in our classrooms. 60 minutes Grades 3-8 Dr. Lisa Erickson Looking at math from a different perspective is fun! Did you know there are at least three different commonly-used ways to do long-hand multiplication? How about subtraction? Or long division? In this interactive session we will explore ways of making fraction multiplication more visual, making sense of division of fractions, and more. As we investigate methods that build conceptual understanding, we may find that some make the calculations easier in the process. 60 minutes Grades 3-8 Dr. Lisa Erickson No description yet. 60 minutes Grades 3-6 Susan Bizorik and Bonnie Stalder 6
Using Inquiry-Based Lessons to Increase Your Students Curiosity about Math Triangles, Angles, and Lines. Let s Sort Through This! BetterLesson Professional Community Are you struggling with how to adapt your curriculum materials so they are inquirybased? In this session you ll think critically about mathematical content while participating in a mini lesson. We will examine challenges and advantages with using the inquiry-based approach. Participants will leave with ideas for developing their own lessons. 30 minutes Grades 6-8 Carrie Lavoy In this session teachers will do a hands-on activity that will help them review the Different types of triangles based on angles and line measurement. This learning experience is perfect for groups of students who love an inquiry approach with a twist of critical thinking. 30 minutes Grades 3-5 Dr. Jeanine Haistings Are you a master mathematics teacher? Do you have ideas that other teachers could benefit from? Have you ever desired a nationwide platform to share your ideas? If so, this is the workshop for you! Come and learn how you could become a master teacher for the BetterLesson professional community. 30 minutes General Audience All Grades Kim Ramsey 7