This course will focus on strategies and order for additive and multiplicative reasoning. The instructors will demonstrate how the use of routines and clear mathematical language is central to student learning. Participants will practice developing tools and strategies to best reach all elementary students, and will understand how patterns and techniques learned in Elementary Grades Math Lab can be used to support students as they work to meet learning outcomes.
Course participants will:
Describe why conceptual and procedural understandings are important in the classroom.
Understand and integrate the mathematical progressions for K-5 math.
Identify student performance gaps for instructional intervention.
Develop a portfolio of mathematical questions to use for furthering student understanding and thinking.
Research best practices, structures, and expectations that create a culture of learning and meet the needs of every student in a math classroom. Write a synthesis paper showing these new understandings.
Design lessons or a unit to implement in their classrooms.
Observe and provide helpful feedback to a colleague’s math lesson, furthering their own learning and practice.
Share their successes and challenges.