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CMC-South-2014

Welcome to the 55th Annual CMC-South Conference in fabulous Palm Springs!

Thank you for making the conference a huge success!

To access Speaker Handouts or PPTs, please click on the session you are interested in and look to see if one was submitted. You can also email the speakers directly through Sched or through their email listed in the program.

See you next year, November 6-7, 2015!!

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8:30am PDT

501 - Erase Math Failure Through Mindset & Multi-dimensional Math PasadenaJo Boaler 506 - Developing a Lens of Structure to Build Mathematical Meaning SierraCasey Hawthorne • Beth Rackliffe 520 - Multi-Step Problem Solving: Setting the Stage CactusValerie Henry 530 - Warm-up Activities Inspired by CGI Practices Mesquite DMonica Acosta • Noelani Morris 531 - Rhythm of Math Smoke Tree CLew Douglas 532 - Building Foundations: Conceptual Division Smoke Tree ERussell Geisner • Ashley McCullough 535 - Get Students Arguing in Class with Number Sense Activities CatalinaAndrew Stadel 538 - A “Hands On” Approach to the Distributive Property Palm CanyonDavid Chamberlain 536 - Area - Where Can I Find Great Problems? Plaza BDennis Mulhearn 537 - starters & stumpers to keep minds in motion Primrose BCook Marcy 540 - promoting mathematical practices through student discourse Primrose DBrad Fulton 539 - Improving reasoning through Written Performance Assessments Mesquite CJohn Woodward 541 - Promoting Students’ Understanding of The Nature of Math Palladium SouthRong-Ji Chen 542 - Increasing Student Competence through Mathematical Modeling Mesquite ELisa Maggiore • Nancy Butler Wolf 544 - CCSS Middle School Proportional Reasoning: it’s a big deal! RoxyMark Goldstein • Cynthia Raff 546 - Using Bivariate Data to Problem Solve & Create Explanations Plaza CDavid Harris • Susan Zwiep 547 - Developing Algebraic Reasoning from Quantitative Reasoning Plaza DGenevieve Esmende • Osvaldo Soto 548 - Soar With Common Core Math Fun (Grades 6 – 11) Woodstock OneMichael Hattar • Viken "Vik" Hovsepian 551 - Getting Students to Talk Confidently (about Math!) Palladium NorthKathleen Strange 552 - Desmos: Infinite graphing power on every device. For free. Mesquite FMichael Fenton 553 - Building Mathematicians Through Rich Experiences Mojave Lrng CtrVanessa Cerrahoglu • Jeremy Hansuvadha 560 - A Crash Course in Stats Concepts in Integrated 1/Algebra 1 AndreasRenee Kollar-Bachman • Tina Shinsato 561 - Who, Me, i am going to teach statistics in algebra 1 and 2? Smoke Tree ARobin Levine-Wissing • Rhoda McInerney 562 - Persevering through Algebra 1 and Geometry Problems Smoke Tree BKatie Martinez 563 - Problems that Motivate Students & Necessitate Geom Concepts Plaza ASuzie Fore • Jannelle Olivier 570 - Transitioning to CCSS in Your Algebra Classroom Mesquite BKasey Grant • Al Rabanera 571 - The Pressure of Hitting Two Birds with One Stone Chino ALeann Iacuone • Elizabeth Wilson Ludy 594 - A Statistics project with Geogebra Smoke Tree FTuyetdong Phan-Yamada • Walter Yamada 550 - Algebra In Disguise: That’s Magic Chino BBianca Converse • Cherlyn Converse 565 - Dynamic Algebra Building Competent Confident Problem Solvers Pueblo AChris Mackenzie 510 - LET'S EXPLORE THE COMMON CORE WITH MATH ON THE FLOOR! Mesquite GWendy Hill (The Learning Carpet) 512 - Using Language to Develop Addition and Subtraction Concepts Roxy TwoRosemary Irons 513 - Increase Mastery of Addition and Subtraction VenturaMary Peterson 514 - Number Sense Routines that Support the SMPs Pueblo BMelissa Canham 507 - CCS Problem Solving for English Learners – It is Possible! Woodstock TwoElmano Costa 508 - leverage the mathematical Practices to build perseverance Primrose AMatthew Larson 509 - Building Better Blends Mesquite HMyeisha Phillips • Erich Zeller 505 - Learn How To Integrate Filmmaking and Mathematics Santa RosaJohn J. Gaines • Rogelio Villasano Jr. 522 - Problem Solving Using Reasoning and Communication Roxy OneMelanie Maxwell • Stephen Sher 533 - Fibonacci in Natural Sciences, a STEM activity. San JacintoJorge Garcia 543 - Number line math for middle years Primrose CJohn Felling 599 - Introduction to Bridges in Mathematics K-5 Mesquite APia Hansen • Rick Ludeman

10:30am PDT

604 - Teaching Fractions in an Era of CCSS: Equal Sharing Tasks Mesquite DBill Ricketts 601 - offering a thought-provoking experience through math Primrose BPresident Edward Burger 603 - Number Talks in High School: Shifting the Classroom Culture Primrose ACathy Humphreys 620 - Using the iPad in Math to Increase problem solving skills VenturaMary Peterson 621 - Mental Math Means Mastering Number Facts and Much More Palladium SouthRosemary Irons 680 - Modeling the Suez Canal: A $Million System of Equations Roxy OneDan Teague 630 - THE PATCH “CORE” QUILT AndreasJames Nadler 631 - Inquiry in Mathematics Woodstock OneJoan Commons 632 - Getting to the Core of Solving Problems Smoke Tree ENicholas Restivo 640 - because you're mine, I dance the line Palm CanyonMarie LaCassa • Sean Yee 641 - What’s new in CCSS middle school proportional reasoning? RoxyMark Goldstein • Cynthia Raff 642 - Restoring Order to Permutations and Combinations Mesquite HSarah Anderson • Patrick Kimani 643 - Problem Solving in the RP Domain Using a Double Number Line Mesquite EJudy Keeney • Jennifer Moffett 644 - NASA Smart skies: problem solving in air traffic control Smoke Tree DRebecca Green 645 - Pizza & Patterns: Student-Developed Slope/Intercept Concepts Woodstock TwoIlene Foster • Wayne Snyder 646 - Using Google Forms for Quick Formative Assessments Mesquite DRachel Lasek 647 - TI Navigator system--The right tool for the job Smoke Tree ANaomi Fried-Kokason • Tania Lopez- Hipple 648 - Using Digital Storytelling to Bring California CCSM to Life CatalinaStephanie Castleberry • Bryan Portnoy 649 - Quantitative Problem Solving: the Parametric Approach Mojave Lrng CtrManuel Chavez 650 - Building Structures That Guide Student Sense-Making Plaza BJavier Garcia 651 - Getting Students to Talk Confidently (about Math!) Palladium NorthKathleen Strange 652 - Lots of Squares: An example from the Digital Library Mesquite CSean Nank • Tiffany Obrien 660 - Hands-On Strategies for Transformational Geometry San JacintoJulie Joseph 661 - Who, Me, i am going to teach statistics in algebra 1 and 2? Smoke Tree BRobin Levine-Wissing • Rhoda McInerney 663 - Preparing for New CCSSM Geometry Standards Plaza DFrances Henderson • Osvaldo Soto 670 - Crocodiles, Logs and the Mathematical Practice Standards Primrose CGail Burrill 672 - Creating quality Common Core assessments and activities Chino BSarah Jensen 696 - Implementing CCSS for HS students starting the CC experience TapestryKristine Cunningham • Jeanette Scott 665 - Dynamic Algebra Building Competent Confident Problem Solvers Pueblo AChris Mackenzie 610 - Be Precise: Link Addition and Subtraction CactusRob Nickerson 611 - Problem Solving in the Primary Grades Mesquite FGohar Hamo • Matthieu Hamo 612 - Empowering Teachers to Transform Numeracy Chino AVicki Breneman 613 - CGI and the Common Core Pueblo BKim Morchower 614 - Engineering in the Elementary Santa RosaJohn J. Gaines • Rogelio Villasano Jr. 616 - Teaching English Language Learners through Rich Math Tasks Smoke Tree CGlenn Kenyon • Noam Szoke 615 - Mathematical Practice Standards in Action Mesquite GAnn Trescott 697 - Dissecting the SBAC Assessments Plaza AStephen Batman 671 - Problem solving with π Smoke Tree FKellie Evans • Kyle Ramstad 699 - Differentiated Implementation of the Problem Based Task Mesquite ARebecca Johnson

1:15pm PDT

701 - Fake-World Math: Math Modeling Gone Wrong & Getting It Right Primrose BDan Meyer 720 - Building measurement tools to build understanding San JacintoJulie Joseph 795 - Teaching Sampling and Experiments IN AP Statistics Palm CanyonJason Molesky • Douglas Tyson 790 - Learning Calculus through explorations Mesquite EMimi Yang 722 - Setting the Stage for MP3; Making Discourse Safe for ELs VenturaJulie McNamara • Morri Spang 723 - “Talk To Learn” Key Concepts & Academic Language Santa RosaDebra Coggins 730 - FUN MATH GAMES THAT BUILDS CONFIDENT PROBLEM SOLVERS Palladium NorthMary Curry 732 - Building a Community of Learners Through Problem Solving Mesquite FHeidi Butkus • Judy Devens-Seligman 733 - Be Strategic: Tools for Multiplication and Division Mesquite HRob Nickerson 734 - fractions for fun---not fear! Primrose ACook Marcy 735 - Making Sense of Fractions and Operations with Fractions Smoke Tree ABarbara Schallau 736 - • Into the Core: Rigorous Tasks for All Plaza BMaria Tere Hirsch 737 - Literacy and the CCSSM: Reading & Writing for Understanding Smoke Tree EDavid Pugalee 739 - Unraveling the Mysteries of Geometry by Building a Box Chino ANicholas Restivo 740 - Improving reasoning through Written Performance Assessments Mesquite CJohn Woodward 741 - Engaging Students in CCSMP 1: What Does the Teacher Do? Pueblo AIris Riggs • Laura Wallace 742 - Problems to Exploit Seeing Structure & Generalization Plaza CJoanne Becker 743 - Catch the One That Got Away – Transforming Math Haters RoxyJason Chamberlain • Mike Chamberlain 744 - CCSS, Ratios and Proportions: Implications for Our Teaching Primrose CGail Burrill 746 - Transformulas: simplifying relationships with hi & lo tech SierraJedidiah Butler 748 - The Creepy Roller Coaster Ride: Building A Common Core Unit Woodstock TwoChris Shore 750 - Problems that Motivate Students&Necessitate Algebra Concepts Plaza ASuzie Fore • Jannelle Olivier 752 - Do the Math: Like Your Life Depends On It Roxy TwoJohn Berray • Jennifer North-Morris 760 - 14 Ways to PROBLEM SOLVE Like A Mathematician Mojave Lrng CtrJillian Riehl 761 - Use elbow-grease: build air-duct elbows using constructions Chino BClaudia Maness 762 - How well do my students know the algebra they need to know? Smoke Tree BJudy Kysh 763 - Transforming How We Make Sense of Congruence and Similarity Roxy OneJennifer Wilson 766 - Yawning is Contagious? Testing for differences in Algebra 2 CatalinaJared Derksen 770 - Standards for Mathematical Practice in an Urban Context Mesquite BKyndall Brown 771 - Exploring Mean, Median, and Mode in the Common Core for HS AndreasAmy Aviv • Susan Sim-Kim 796 - Exploring Project Based Learning through the lens of CCSS TapestryAmy Callahan • Jade White 749 - Asynchronous Explorations Smoke Tree DGreg Baird • Brandon Luke 710 - Moving Students Forward: Formative Assessment in K-2 Plaza DSara Moore 711 - Make Sense of Number Relationships with Number Lines K-2 CactusAnn Carlyle 712 - Three Reads: Solving Rigorous Math Tasks with Understanding! Mesquite GDr. Barb Blanke 713 - Walk the Number Line for Problem Solving! Primrose DKim Sutton 714 - Use CCSS OA Problems to Implement the Mathematical Practices Pueblo BKaren Fuson 709 - Teach Number Sense with More Understanding and Less Counting Palladium SouthJoan A. Cotter 745 - Similarity with Geogebra Smoke Tree FArmando Martinez Cruz • Ross Morrow 799 - Dial up the “math noise” in your classroom Mesquite AMelissa Heinz • Stephanie Patterson

3:15pm PDT

801 - Teaching Math Using Real-world topics Primrose BKarim Ani 802 - Leading Mathematics Change Across a School District Primrose AJo Boaler • Cathy Williams 880 - Modeling the Suez Canal: A $Million System of Equations Plaza ADan Teague 895 - Building Confidence with CCSS Probability Palm CanyonJason Molesky • Douglas Tyson 821 - Solving Word Problems Using Tape Diagrams San JacintoTracey Dunn 822 - Claim, Support, Question – Thinking Routine Palladium NorthJeff Linder • Vanessa Scarlett 830 - Teaching Fractions for Proportional Reasoning! Primrose DKim Sutton 831 - Importance of the Number Line in Understanding Fractions CatalinaArjan Khalsa 832 - Spark Student Dialogue: Use Math Songs to Meet the Math CCSS Mesquite GLaMar Queen 833 - Problem Solving with Dynamic Geometry Software Smoke Tree FValerie Henry 834 - Modeling with Mathematics to Promote Better Problem Solvers Plaza CMichele Appleby • Hilda Castillo 839 - Exploring Math through Puzzles RoxyNancy Blachman 840 - Promoting Productive Struggle with Juicy Problems Mesquite FVicki Vierra 841 - Occupy Mars High Motivational STEAM++ Project Based-Learning Mojave Lrng CtrBob Barboza 843 - Mammoth Math: 40,000 Years and Counting Pueblo ACurt Abdouch • James Christman 844 - Revolutionary Math Intervention Woodstock TwoJanet Bales 846 - Examples and Resources for Mathematical Modeling Plaza BBRIAN LIM 847 - Using iPads Effectively with One or a Class Set Mesquite BTom Reardon 848 - Using Feedback & Revision to Improve Communicating Reasoning Primrose CPatrick Callahan • Jessica Balli Murk 851 - Let’s Put THEM back into MA-THEM-ATICS! Plaza DJennifer Branch • Roxanne Klarin 852 - Do the Math: Like Your Life Depends On It Roxy TwoJohn Berray • Jennifer North-Morris 853 - Trike Wars! How great tasks create great problem solvers AndreasMitch Heethius • Marti Hoyt 863 - Transforming How We Make Sense of Congruence and Similarity Roxy OneJennifer Wilson 896 - Preparing Teachers to Get the Practices Across to Students TapestryEric Shulman 890 - Calculus and the TI-Nspire CAS Smoke Tree BKim Thomas 842 - Put Remediation in the Hands of Your Students With AR SierraJohn Stevens • Matt Vaudrey 815 - The Parallel journeys of assessment and instruction Chino ACarolyn Olijnek 816 - Empowering Teachers to Transform Numeracy Mesquite DVicki Breneman 818 - The Language of Mathematics Woodstock OneJohn J. Gaines 819 - Developing Mathematical Thinking through Literature VenturaWilliam Bintz • Sara Moore 820 - Real and Virtual Manipulatives: Effectively Teach the CCSS Palladium SouthKevin Dykema 811 - Systematic measurement of PROGRESS: eSSENTIAL mATH SKILLS Smoke Tree CBob Sornson 812 - Math Club: How Math As Play Builds Core Competencies Smoke Tree ELaura Overdeck • Diana Pecina 813 - Rethinking how we respond to student misconceptions Chino BLaura Wallace • Kelli Wasserman 814 - NUMBER TALKS AND FRAYER MODELS Mesquite CMichelle Armenta • Susan Ritchie 810 - Building Number Sense and Problem Solving Readiness Pueblo BWendy Moulton • Cathy Nguyen 850 - Introduction to BLAST Learning Smoke Tree DBlaine Matis 899 - Understanding CalSTRS PERS and Social Security Mesquite ATodd Beckmann