MCOE is excited to announce our Mathematical Professional Development being led by Dr. Barbara Blanke and Sarah Kingston, M.Ed. from now until December 2022. Check out these amazing grade-span opportunities that have been intentionally designed to target the mathematical strategies that are crucial to that grade-span. Barb and Sarah will take you on an outrageous journey that will give you strategies and tools that will enhance your practice. Each session is on Zoom and FREE to attend. Please register in advance.
CONTACT: Shane Hildebrand - shildebrand@mcoe.us or Jennifer McAuley - jmcauley@mcoe.us.
Build Fluency without a Timer!
October 13, 2022.
Put away those timed tests and learn how to empower ALL students to think strategically and creatively on their way to fluency. Watch your students’ confidence soar as they think flexibly and efficiently to figure their facts. Teachers will leave with a collection of easy to use visual models, thinking strategies, routines and games that provide just the right, fun-filled practice!
Let's Build Number Sense Using Math Talks, Ten Frames, Hundred Grids, Riddles, Games, Number Racks, Oh My!
October 27, 2022.
How can you make sure ALL your students build strategies that provide flexibility, accuracy and efficiency with addition and subtraction facts to 20? Take all of your students to new heights and proficiency with these fun-filled, easy-to implement visual models, routines, tasks, games, apps, and math talks. Leave with ready-to-use activities that will support your students to engage in rigorous computational grade level fluency!
See It! Build It! Understand It! Using Visual Models to Make Sense of Fractions
November 17, 2022.
Experience how you can demystify fractions for ALL of your students, whether they are struggling or are ready to take their leaning to the next level. We will explore the language of fractions, equivalence, addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Using various models you will leave with ready-to-use activities that will deepen your students’ understanding of fractions, Ah-ha’s are guaranteed!
Building Curiosity & Number Sense
December 18, 2022.
How can you make Pre-K math playful and play-based while engaging all of your students in mathematical learning? Wow your students with games, mysteries, manipulatives and visual models to promote their curiosity about numbers. We will explore bead strings, five & ten frame routines, activities and games to build number sense for all your Pre-K students! Leave with ready-to-use activates that will build number sense daily!