Join our sessions during NCTM Kansas City, MO 2018!
All sessions are in the Kansas City Convention Center
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2
1:30 – 2:45 PM
Room: 2105
Strategies, Models, and Games That Promote Fact Fluency in Multiplication and Division
Audience: Grades 3–5
Students will gain greater understanding of basic multiplication facts when they conceptualize them using real-world examples and visual models (arrays) and connecting them through practice and games. Participants will use these strategies and powerful visual models coupled with effective games to promote fluency of multiplication and division facts.
Presented by Melinda Schwartz, Learning Services Educator, ORIGO Education
4:30 – 5:30 PM
Room: 2504
Making the Most of Meaningful Models
Audience: Grades 3–5
Versatile models and tools support the coherent progression of content as they are used across many elementary grades. This session will examine the models of whole number, fractions, and decimals that are used to develop deep conceptual understanding.
Presented by James Burnett, CEO and Founder, ORIGO Education
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3
8:00 – 9:15 AM
Room: 3501 H
Promoting Equity & Access in Mathematics through Discourse
Audience: Grades 3–5
Effective use of discourse leads to significant gains in mathematics learning for students. Thoughtful discourse around engaging tasks provides access to meaningful mathematics for students from a wide range of backgrounds. Learn strategies to use discourse to support agency, learning, and understanding. See the best of every student!
Presented by Sara Delano Moore, Director of Professional Learning, ORIGO Education
8:00 – 9:15 AM
Room: 2104 A
Teaching Addition and Subtraction Fact Fluency–But with Understanding Rather Than Gimmicks!
Audience: Pre-K to Grade 2
Fluency is more than memorization of isolated basic facts. Students need to see connections between facts. They need visual models to help form a “mind picture” that connects to a thinking strategy. This session will utilize easy-to-make visual aids and games that help students master the basic addition and subtraction facts with understanding!
Presented by James Burnett, CEO and Founder, ORIGO Education
1:30 – 2:45 PM
Room: 2505 A
Strategies + Understanding = Fluency
Audience: Pre-K to Grade 2
Through activities and discussion, participants will explore strategies for addition and subtraction that build number sense and computational fluency. A strategies-based approach prepares students for success beyond the basic fact range. The strategies and resources in this session will empower teachers with interactive activities for students.
Presented by Melinda Schwartz, Learning Services Educator, ORIGO Education
