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

Thank you for making the conference a huge success!

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Friday, October 24
 

8:30am PDT

120 - Build Productive Mathematical Thinkers
Limited Capacity seats available
Participants will explore depths of young children's understanding of equality and inequality. We will explore balancing equations with math puzzlers and other thought provoking activities to build confident and competent young problem solvers.
Evaluation Poll Code: 39761 
Speakers
MC

Friday October 24, 2014 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Mesquite G PSCC
  1   2

8:30am PDT

121 - Land of Ten-Activities for Place Value Learning
Limited Capacity seats available
Learn engaging activities and instructional strategies that align with the mathematical practices to guide all students in deepening their understanding of place value concepts. See "a-ha" moments happen in your classroom!
Evaluation Poll Code: 39780 
Speakers
MK
avatar for Susan Kunze

Susan Kunze

Author, teacher resource materials, Bishop Elementary School- retired
Susan Kunze is an enthusiastic and experienced teacher-educator and resource writer, with nearly four decades of primary teaching experience. Her expertise in curriculum development has been shared as a national and regional conference presenter, a member of the California Common... Read More →

Friday October 24, 2014 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Chino A Renaissance
  1   2   3

8:30am PDT

105 - Build Competent Problem Solvers with Rubrics not Percentages
Limited Capacity seats available
Students often care more about points & less about being competent problem solvers because percent-based grading systems distract from key outcomes. Learn how teachers turned standards into Novice-Expert rubrics to transform curriculum & assessment.
Evaluation Poll Code: 39767 
Speakers
avatar for Tim Hudson

Tim Hudson

Chief Learning Officer, DreamBox Learning
Standards-Based Learning/Grading/Reporting, Pedagogy in EdTech

CMC South 2014 Rubrics, Not Percentages (Session 105, Hudson) pdf
Friday October 24, 2014 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Smoke Tree C PSCC
  College   K   PreK   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12

8:30am PDT

112 - Problems Per Primary Pupils
Limited Capacity seats available
Start young children on the road to mathematical thinking with meaningful activities. Engage all students in seeing and doing addition and subtraction in a variety of ways. Involve them with word problems and challenge problems on a daily basis.
Evaluation Poll Code: 39774 
Speakers
avatar for Cook Marcy

Cook Marcy

math consultant, Independent

Friday October 24, 2014 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Primrose B PSCC
  K   1   2   3

8:30am PDT

113 - Illustrating Common Core Standards through math tasks
Limited Capacity seats available
Join the Illustrative Mathematics Community!  Participate in an Illustrative Mathematics task writing session.  Unpack standards, design a task and collaborate to analyze, critique, and review tasks developed within the group.
Evaluation Poll Code: 39775 
Speakers
JG

Friday October 24, 2014 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Pasadena Renaissance
  K   1   2   3   4   5

8:30am PDT

110 - Counting & Number Sense with Young Children
Limited Capacity seats available
In this session we will explore different ways that young children develop number sense via counting, and how we support them in the discovery of wide range of strategies that helps them to demonstrate their thinking.
Evaluation Poll Code: 39776 
Speakers
HC

Hasmik Cochran

UCLA Lab School
LP

Friday October 24, 2014 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Smoke Tree E PSCC
  K   PreK   1

8:30am PDT

111 - 3 Reasons Kids Don’t Know Addition Facts And How to Help
Limited Capacity seats available
An over-reliance on counting, lack of number sense, and the manipulatives we use in the early grades all affect a kid’s ability to be fluent with their addition facts. Come learn what we can do to help kids become fast and flexible with their facts.
Evaluation Poll Code: 19777 
Speakers
avatar for Christina Tondevold

Christina Tondevold

Consultant, Mathematically Minded
Christina Tondevold is a former middle school math teacher. Now her work focuses on helping PreK-2 educators build conceptual understanding in themselves and their students. Her passion is early intervention and ways to build number sense for PreK-2 students.

Friday October 24, 2014 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Palm Canyon Hilton
  K   PreK   1   2   3

10:30am PDT

220 - CCSS and Math Fact Fluency
Limited Capacity seats available
How are math facts mastered? Which methods promote automaticity across a broad range of students? What if we could solve the problem of math fact fluency in just 10 minutes a day? Come find out the answers to these questions.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44223 
Speakers
ES

Friday October 24, 2014 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Plaza C Hilton
  1   2   3   4   5   6   7

10:30am PDT

210 - K-2 CGI Addition and Subtraction Problem Types
Limited Capacity seats available
In this session, we will explore how CGI encourages children’s thinking and strategies to evolve in solving addition and subtraction problems. Participants will have the opportunity to work collaboratively as we work through various problem types.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44205 
Speakers
R

Friday October 24, 2014 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Plaza D Hilton
  K   1   2

10:30am PDT

211 - Children's Invented Algorithms: A CGI Perspective
Limited Capacity seats available
"Use place value understanding and properties of operations to..." What does this mean? What strategies do students use? How can we support students to develop these strategies? This session will provide a CGI perspective to address these questions.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44207 
Speakers
avatar for Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson

Research & Professional Development, San Diego State Univ

Friday October 24, 2014 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Smoke Tree E PSCC
  K   1   2   3   4   5

10:30am PDT

212 - Simple Accommodations for IEP Students in your Classroom
Limited Capacity seats available
Every class has IEP students and those you think have a disability. How can you help them with 30+ students? This session will share simple accommodations to help your most needy students. You will leave with a plan and strategies for Monday.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44208 
Speakers
TB

MathConferenceHandout pptx
Friday October 24, 2014 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Cactus Renaissance
  K   1   2   3   4   5

10:30am PDT

213 - Literature and Manipulatives—Use BOTH to Teach the Standards
Limited Capacity seats available
Literature enlivens math concepts; manipulatives take the learning to another level. See how books and manipulatives used together can give students a broad understanding of place value, exponents, ratio, proportion and problem solving approaches.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44218
Speakers
SM

Sara Moore

Director of Mathematics & Science, ETA hand2mind
DS

Friday October 24, 2014 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Ventura Renaissance
  K   1   2   3   4   5   6

10:30am PDT

214 - Scaffolding Academic Language in Math for Accessing Rigor
Limited Capacity seats available
In this session, we will focus on strategies for developing mathematical vocabulary to increase mathematical understanding. Participants will be provided with hands-on ideas and strategies that can be immediately implemented in their classroom.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44212 
Speakers
DS

Deborah Shepard

McGraw-Hill

Friday October 24, 2014 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Palm Canyon Hilton
  K   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8

10:30am PDT

215 - Supporting English Language Development In Math
Limited Capacity seats available
This workshop will help you meet the needs of your English learners by exploring strategies which simultaneously develop math content and language proficiency through the use of discourse and dialog.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44228 
Speakers
avatar for Shelah Feldstein

Shelah Feldstein

Mathematics Staff Development & Curriculum Specialist, Tulare COE
This industry is not solely about mathematics. It's about kids and its about how we might inspire kids to be inquisitive sense-seekers.
avatar for Kim Webb

Kim Webb

Mathematics Consultant, Tulare County Office of Education

Friday October 24, 2014 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
San Jacinto Renaissance
  K   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8

10:30am PDT

216 - Real and Virtual Manipulatives: Effectively Teach the CCSS
Limited Capacity seats available
Do your students need hands-on activities to help develop their math concepts and to help actively engage them in learning the CCSS? Discover benefits and ways to use a variety of using manipulatives in your class to help students understand math.
Evaluation Poll Code: 45902 
Speakers
avatar for Kevin Dykema

Kevin Dykema

Teacher, hand2mind
I'm passionate about having students understand the concepts, not just be able to do them!

Friday October 24, 2014 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Santa Rosa Renaissance
  K   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8

10:30am PDT

205 - Building the plane while flying: Our story of implementation
Limited Capacity seats available
What does it mean to prepare a large urban district for the CCSS-M? Hear the story of how SFUSD developed units of study for PreK–12 to shift district culture from getting answers quickly to making sense of and persevering in solving problems.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44199 
Speakers
avatar for Kathy Bradley

Kathy Bradley

Program Administrator, San Francisco USD
AT

Friday October 24, 2014 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Mesquite G PSCC
  K   Leadership   PreK   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12

10:30am PDT

299 - Finding and Addressing Common Core Math Gaps from K to 12
Limited Capacity seats available
Learn how your school and district can fill in the gaps in curriculum when transitioning to the Common Core Mathematics Standards using an online K to 12 diagnostic tool for a blended learning environment.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44320 
 
Speakers
FM

Friday October 24, 2014 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Mesquite A
  Vendor Session   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12

1:30pm PDT

301 - Come On In the Math is Fine! Dive into the CA Math Framework
Limited Capacity seats available
In this workshop session, we will dive deeply into the content of the framework and how to use it in your daily classroom instruction.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44349 
Speakers
TA
LG

Friday October 24, 2014 1:30pm - 2:59pm PDT
Primrose C PSCC
  Featured Session   K   PreK   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12

1:30pm PDT

302 - Mathematical Reasoning: Why we are bad at it
Limited Capacity seats available
Reasoning is getting some major play: SMP2: Reason abstractly and quantitatively. SBAC Claim#3: Communicating reasoning. We will explore some research on reasoning and make a case that mathematical reasoning is hard because it is unnatural!
Evaluation Poll Code: 44356 
Speakers
avatar for Patrick Callahan

Patrick Callahan

Co-Director of the California Mathematics Project, Callahan Consulting
I'm a mathematician who is passionate about making the world a better place by improving mathematics education for all students and teachers. I am the statewide co-director of the California Mathematics Project and have recently founded a consulting company to help teachers, administrators... Read More →

Friday October 24, 2014 1:30pm - 2:59pm PDT
Primrose A PSCC
  Featured Session   K   PreK   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12

1:30pm PDT

313 - Do the Math, Talk the Math
Limited Capacity seats available
Students become competent problem solvers in classrooms that have a culture promoting discussion. This session will explore tasks and classroom culture that build confident problem solvers. We will analyze videos of CGI inspired classrooms.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44357 
Speakers
JC
GS

Friday October 24, 2014 1:30pm - 3:00pm PDT
Mesquite D PSCC
  K   1

1:30pm PDT

307 - Common Core Circles: Selecting Awesome tasks
Limited Capacity seats available
Select awesome, worthwhile tasks to engage students and teach common core math. Investigate criteria for rigorous and grade level appropriate tasks. We will illustrate using number line tasks for K-12. See Part IICC Circles: Selecting an Awsome Task.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44379 
Speakers
BG
avatar for Dina Williams

Friday October 24, 2014 1:30pm - 3:00pm PDT
Smoke Tree C PSCC
  K   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12

1:30pm PDT

310 - Building Number Sense and a Love of Math for Life
Limited Capacity seats available
Practically all young children can develop a solid understanding of basic number concepts and values. With the right sequence of enjoyable kinesthetic and manipulative activities, we can help children understand and appreciate mathematics for life.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44361 
Speakers
avatar for Bob Sornson

Bob Sornson

President, Early Learning Foundation
The Early Learning Foundation works with schools, parents, and community organizations to help every child have a chance to build the foundation of early learning success. In math learning, we offer a simple way to track each child's progress toward COMPETENCY in every essential... Read More →

Developing Number Sense and a love of math, 90 minutes, teachers pptx
Friday October 24, 2014 1:30pm - 3:00pm PDT
Mesquite G PSCC
  K   PreK   1   2   3

1:30pm PDT

311 - 3 Steps to Move From Procedural to Conceptual Teaching
Limited Capacity seats available
Building students’ conceptual understanding in mathematics is essential to helping them become competent and confident problem solvers. But how do we build it in our students if we were only ever taught the traditional procedures?
Evaluation Poll Code: 44378 
Speakers
avatar for Christina Tondevold

Christina Tondevold

Consultant, Mathematically Minded
Christina Tondevold is a former middle school math teacher. Now her work focuses on helping PreK-2 educators build conceptual understanding in themselves and their students. Her passion is early intervention and ways to build number sense for PreK-2 students.

Friday October 24, 2014 1:30pm - 3:00pm PDT
Palm Canyon Hilton
  K   PreK   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8

3:30pm PDT

401 - CA Math Framework: A Tool for Teachers of English Learners
Limited Capacity seats available
In this session, we will delve into the California Math Framework and focus on the many ways in which teachers can use the Framework to help English learners thrive.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44475 
Speakers
JD
DF
LG

CDE EL Support Math Framework ppt
Friday October 24, 2014 3:30pm - 4:59pm PDT
Primrose C PSCC
  Featured Session   K   PreK   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12

3:30pm PDT

403 -Preparing Problem Solvers to Think Mathematically
Limited Capacity seats available
How students think is as important as what they know; how we teach is as important as what we teach. How can we prepare every student with the mathematical habits of mind that help them think, reason, and become powerful problem solvers?
Evaluation Poll Code: 44363 
Speakers
avatar for Cathy Seeley

Cathy Seeley

Cathy Seeley has been a mathematics teacher, K–12 district coordinator, and K–12 State Director of Mathematics for Texas. From 1999 to 2001 she taught mathematics (in French) as a Peace Corps volunteer in Burkina Faso. Dr. Seeley ser

Friday October 24, 2014 3:30pm - 4:59pm PDT
Pasadena Renaissance
  Featured Session   K   PreK   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12

3:30pm PDT

421 - demystifying dice - games for exploring operations, and more
Limited Capacity seats available
Are you intrigued by multi-sided dice and want to maximize their use? Come play games and discover their potential for helping you dig deep into the CCSS. Areas include: graphing, operations, probability, G Gameboards and student samples provided.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44485 
Speakers
avatar for Jane Felling

Jane Felling

Presenter, Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks
Jane has spoken for years at the Palliser Teacher's Convention. She has over 30 +years of teaching and consulting experience across North America. She is the author of Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks - award winning math and literacy game resources. She is passionate about engaging all... Read More →

Friday October 24, 2014 3:30pm - 5:00pm PDT
Ventura Renaissance
  1   2   3   4   5

3:30pm PDT

422 - Math Happens When Children Wonder About What Authors Write
Limited Capacity seats available
The author of How Much Is a Million? and other books shows how literature can inspire children to ask questions and solve problems. He shares impressive student work including rigorous, instructive and hilarious efforts to disprove the author's math.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44486 
Speakers
DS

Friday October 24, 2014 3:30pm - 5:00pm PDT
Woodstock Two Hard Rock
  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8

3:30pm PDT

411 - Making Math Meaningful: Problem Solving with Place Value
Limited Capacity seats available
From subitizing to multi-digit operations, place value provides a critical foundation for student success in math. Join us as we explore concrete and visual models, mental strategies, and context problems that make math meaningful in the early years.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44480 
Speakers
KR

Kimberly Rimbey

Executive Director of Professional Development, KP Mathematics

Friday October 24, 2014 3:30pm - 5:00pm PDT
Chino A Renaissance
  K   1   2   3

3:30pm PDT

412 - Orchestrating Powerful Discussions Beyond Show and Tell
Limited Capacity seats available
Engage in productive discussion that moves beyond show and tell of student strategies. Unpack the different goals for math talk and discuss how to plan and orchestrate discussions that help students participate in and learn from strategy sharing.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44482 
Speakers
JG
CY

Friday October 24, 2014 3:30pm - 5:00pm PDT
Mesquite C PSCC
  K   1   2   3   4   5

3:30pm PDT

413 - Building Conceptual Understanding of Number & Operations
Limited Capacity seats available
Manipulatives help students build a conceptual foundation for number and operations. Model operations in context using hands-on tools and then transition students to other strategies and more formal algorithms as their understanding develops.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44481 
Speakers
SM

Sara Moore

Director of Mathematics & Science, ETA hand2mind

Friday October 24, 2014 3:30pm - 5:00pm PDT
Mesquite D PSCC
  K   1   2   3   4   5

3:30pm PDT

414 - Math Literacy: Independent Problem SolvingStrategies
Limited Capacity seats available
CCSS-M asks students to persevere in making sense of complex problems. We can support our students in becoming independent problem solvers by giving them the thinking strategies that good readers and mathematicians use to solve problems.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44479 
Speakers
DM

Danielle Moore

Learning Partner, Teaching One Moore

Friday October 24, 2014 3:30pm - 5:00pm PDT
Plaza D Hilton
  K   1   2   3   4   5

3:30pm PDT

415 - Use CCSS OA Problems to Implement the Mathematical Practices
Limited Capacity seats available
Participants will use coherent research-based visual models that show the different CCSS OA problem situations and the varying unknowns. They solve, discuss, and share how student drawings of these models support the mathematical practices.
Evaluation Poll Code:  47040
Speakers
KF

Karen Fuson

Northwestern University

CMC S 2014 pptx
Friday October 24, 2014 3:30pm - 5:00pm PDT
Catalina Renaissance
  K   1   2   3   4   5

3:30pm PDT

406 - Common Core Circles: Enacting Awesome Tasks
Limited Capacity seats available
OMG! What is teaching/learning within Common Core? Have you ever asked yourself, “How do I get my students to communicate about the math we are studying?” Join us to experience the 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44476 
Speakers
MF
JM

Friday October 24, 2014 3:30pm - 5:00pm PDT
Smoke Tree C PSCC
  K   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12

3:30pm PDT

405 - Empowering African American and Latino Youth for Success
Limited Capacity seats available
This dynamic, empowering and energizing session provides math teachers with specific strategies to connect with and empower students of color to improve their chances of success in math.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44478 
Speakers
LB

Friday October 24, 2014 3:30pm - 5:00pm PDT
Mojave Lrng Ctr Renaissance
  K   PreK   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12

3:30pm PDT

499 - A Step Beyond STEAM
Limited Capacity seats available
Adopted K-8 STEAM program. This TPS workshop shows you how to use exactly aligned STEAM projects plus literacy to deliver Common Core Mathematics K-8 and Algebra I/Math 1 content. Come fly our helicopters to learn base ten. Full P.D. explained.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44571 

Speakers
MW

Maz Wright

President, TPS Publishing Inc.
Curriculum development has traditionally followed the mechanical standardization format found in the industry. Schools look for the "machine" that is most likely to produce the final "product" of acceptable quality and train their teachers how to run it. Teachers start on page one... Read More →

Friday October 24, 2014 3:30pm - 5:00pm PDT
Mesquite A
  Vendor Session   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12
 
Saturday, October 25
 

8:30am PDT

506 - Developing a Lens of Structure to Build Mathematical Meaning
Limited Capacity seats available
By decomposing tasks, teachers will see the power of the CCSS Practice Standard of Structure for helping students understand and connect a range of concepts. Participants will work examples from numerical calculations to algebraic expressions.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44604 
Speakers
avatar for Casey Hawthorne

Casey Hawthorne

Doctoral Student, Math Education, SDSU
BR

Structure Handout 2 docx
Saturday October 25, 2014 8:30am - 9:59am PDT
Sierra Renaissance
  Featured Session   K   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12

8:30am PDT

510 - LET'S EXPLORE THE COMMON CORE WITH MATH ON THE FLOOR!
Limited Capacity seats available
In this interactive session, many of the CCSS are physically demonstrated on a large 100 square floor grid. The emphasis will be in developing a solid sense of number, with the remaining time given to activities in geometry, and measurement.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44612 
Speakers
WH

Wendy Hill (The Learning Carpet)

President, The Learning Carpet-TLC, Inc.
430

Saturday October 25, 2014 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Mesquite G PSCC
  K   1

8:30am PDT

512 - Using Language to Develop Addition and Subtraction Concepts
Limited Capacity seats available
Students need to understand addition and subtraction and be able to solve a range of problems. This session will demonstrate how a language approach can be used to develop meaning for the addition and subtraction and explore problem types.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44613 
Speakers
RI

Rosemary Irons

Early Childhood Mathematics Consultant

Saturday October 25, 2014 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Roxy Two Hard Rock
  K   1   2

8:30am PDT

513 - Increase Mastery of Addition and Subtraction
Limited Capacity seats available
Learn a wealth of effective strategies and techniques to develop students' addition and subtraction understanding and mastery. Mary will share a variety of engaging guided lessons, math centers, and problem solving activities.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44608 
Speakers
avatar for Mary Peterson

Saturday October 25, 2014 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Ventura Renaissance
  K   1   2   3

8:30am PDT

514 - Number Sense Routines that Support the SMPs
Limited Capacity seats available
How do you help your students develop a rich number sense while integrating the SMPs…Routines! This session will focus on developing number sense routines, such as number talks, that are based on Cognitively Guided Instruction research.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44614 
Speakers
avatar for Melissa Canham

Melissa Canham

Math TOSA, Downey USD
Math teacher leader, CGI trainer and enthusiast, UCLA instructor, and above all, a mother to one amazing daughter.

CMC South presentation 2014 Canham pdf
Saturday October 25, 2014 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Pueblo B Renaissance
  K   1   2   3   4   5

8:30am PDT

507 - CCS Problem Solving for English Learners – It is Possible!
Limited Capacity seats available
English learners can be competent problem solvers! This workshop will show how to plan and deliver comprehensible lessons. It begins by presenting the key features of effective lessons and then models with a lesson taught exclusively in Portuguese.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44605 
Speakers
EC

Elmano Costa

CSU Stanislaus

Saturday October 25, 2014 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Woodstock Two Hard Rock
  K   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12

8:30am PDT

508 - leverage the mathematical Practices to build perseverance
Limited Capacity seats available
Attainment of the CC content standards will require student engagement with the mathematical practices. Strategies for implementing the practice standards will be shared. Connections to NCTM's new publication, Principles to Actions will be made.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44611 
Speakers
avatar for Matthew Larson

Matthew Larson

Past President, NCTM
Matt Larson is Past-President of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.  Prior to serving as president of NCTM, he was the K-12 mathematics curriculum specialist for the Lincoln Public Schools (Nebraska) where he currently serves as the Associate Superintendent for Instruction... Read More →

Saturday October 25, 2014 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Primrose A PSCC
  K   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12

8:30am PDT

509 - Building Better Blends
Limited Capacity seats available
Achieve CCSS goals, raise the bar for STEM performance in the US while integrating technology into the classroom successfully? The session unpacks how teachers can implement blended & competency-based learning from the ground up using ST Math.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44610 
Speakers
MP
EZ

Saturday October 25, 2014 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Mesquite H PSCC
  K   Leadership   PreK   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8

8:30am PDT

505 - Learn How To Integrate Filmmaking and Mathematics
Limited Capacity seats available
Participants will explore a new approach to problem solving through the art of filmmaking. They will investigate ways of analyzing mathematical concepts by integrating filmmaking and mathematics, while learning the steps to produce a student film.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44603 
Speakers
avatar for John J. Gaines

John J. Gaines

STEM Department Chairman, Orion International Academy
RV

Saturday October 25, 2014 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Santa Rosa Renaissance
  K   Teacher Ed   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12

8:30am PDT

599 - Introduction to Bridges in Mathematics K-5
Limited Capacity seats available
Bridges 2nd edition is a comprehensive curriculum that equips teachers to fully implement the Common Core State Standards. Join us for an overview to learn more about work places, visual models, and putting the mathematical practices into action.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44675 
 
Speakers
PH
RL

Saturday October 25, 2014 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
Mesquite A
  Vendor Session   1   2   3   4   5

10:30am PDT

601 - offering a thought-provoking experience through math
Limited Capacity seats available
How can we train minds today 2 solve problems in the future—problems that have yet 2 B posed? The answer is 2 not only think about math, but 2 also think through math. Here we'll offer practical activities 2 provoke creativity,understanding,&thought.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44994 
Speakers
avatar for President Edward Burger

President Edward Burger

President and Professor, Southwestern University
Dr. Edward Burger is President of Southwestern University as well as an educational and business consultant on thinking, innovation, and creativity. He has delivered over 700 addresses worldwide at venues including The Smithsonian Institution, Microsoft Corporation, The... Read More →

Saturday October 25, 2014 10:30am - 11:59am PDT
Primrose B PSCC
  Featured Session   K   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12

10:30am PDT

620 - Using the iPad in Math to Increase problem solving skills
Limited Capacity seats available
Looking for ways to use the iPad to increase student practice and application of Common Core Math Standards? In this session Mary will share a wealth of motivating apps and creative projects to help students master math concepts and skills.
Evaluation Poll Code: 45012 
Speakers
avatar for Mary Peterson

Saturday October 25, 2014 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Ventura Renaissance
  1   2   3   4   5

10:30am PDT

621 - Mental Math Means Mastering Number Facts and Much More
Limited Capacity seats available
For computation, students must be fluent with number facts and beyond. This session will demonstrate how to begin with special strategies to master basic number facts and extend beyond the facts to special and general strategies.
Evaluation Poll Code: 45013 
Speakers
RI

Rosemary Irons

ORIGO Education

Saturday October 25, 2014 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Palladium South Hard Rock
  1   2   3   4   5   6

10:30am PDT

610 - Be Precise: Link Addition and Subtraction
Limited Capacity seats available
Addition and subtraction are closely linked. What strategies are used to strengthen this connection between these operations and develop flexible thinking and competent students? ‘Attend to Precision’ using strategies and rich mathematical language.
Evaluation Poll Code: 44997 
Speakers
avatar for Rob Nickerson

Rob Nickerson

Learning Services Educator, ORIGO Education
Rob Nickerson has dedicated the past 34 years to elementary - mathematics education.  He served 20 years in Jeffco Schools (Colorado) as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, and district mathematics content specialist.  For the past 11 years, he works with ORIGO Education supporting... Read More →

Saturday October 25, 2014 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Cactus Renaissance
  K   1   2

10:30am PDT

611 - Problem Solving in the Primary Grades
Limited Capacity seats available
Problem solving is critical to Common Core mathematics. Learn classroom-tested strategies to help your students become competent and confident problem solvers, while having fun along the way. Leave with ready-to-use materials!
Evaluation Poll Code: 44998 
Speakers
avatar for Matthieu Hamo

Matthieu Hamo

Elementary Math Specialist, Glenoaks ES
Have taught grades 3 -8 over 16-year career. Now I am a math coach for grades TK - 6.
GH

Problem Solving in the Primary Grades...(presentation handouts) doc
Saturday October 25, 2014 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Mesquite F PSCC
  K   1   2   3

10:30am PDT

612 - Empowering Teachers to Transform Numeracy
Limited Capacity seats available
When teachers design purposeful instruction students apply concepts with understanding. Knowledge of how children learn math & diagnostic assessments result in an instruction that develops strategies for flexible thinking & confident problem solving.
Evaluation Poll Code: 45002 
Speakers
VB

Vicki Breneman

Director of Training & Events, Math Recovery®

Saturday October 25, 2014 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Chino A Renaissance
  K   1   2   3

10:30am PDT

613 - CGI and the Common Core
Limited Capacity seats available
In this workshop, we will explore how to meet the Common Core standards while using CGI practices.
Evaluation Poll Code: 45003 
Speakers
avatar for Kim Morchower

Kim Morchower

Demonstration Teacher, UCLA Lab School

Saturday October 25, 2014 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Pueblo B Renaissance
  K   1   2   3   4   5

10:30am PDT

614 - Engineering in the Elementary
Limited Capacity seats available
Participants will explore problem-solving through the engineering design process in the elementary classroom. They will work through a problem-based learning activity and will discuss strategies for integrating mathematics and engineering.
Evaluation Poll Code: 45000 
Speakers
avatar for John J. Gaines

John J. Gaines

STEM Department Chairman, Orion International Academy
RV

Saturday October 25, 2014 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Santa Rosa Renaissance
  K   1   2   3   4   5   6

10:30am PDT

616 - Teaching English Language Learners through Rich Math Tasks
Limited Capacity seats available
W.Participants will learn how rich math problems can be presented, worked on, and shared with the whole group in ways that support high cognitive demand as well as promote meaningful interactions between all students, including El students.
Evaluation Poll Code: 45007 
Speakers
avatar for Glenn Kenyon

Glenn Kenyon

Teacher on Special Assignment, SFUSD
Math content specialist in the SFUSD Math Department who believes in the promise of digital resources as tools to ensure that all students and teachers will make sense of rigorous mathematics in ways that are creative, interactive, and relevant.
avatar for Noam Szoke

Noam Szoke

Math Coach & Intervention Teacher, SFUSD
Noam Szoke is an elementary math coach and intervention teacher. He works at Bret Harte elementary school in San Francisco. He is passionate about teaching that allows every student's brilliance and creativity to shine and that connects them to the beauty of the mathematics that is... Read More →

ELL Rich Math Tasks CMC 2015 pdf
Saturday October 25, 2014 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Smoke Tree C PSCC
  K   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8

10:30am PDT

615 - Mathematical Practice Standards in Action
Limited Capacity seats available
Using video, participants will develop an understanding of what to look for, have conversations about and be able to identify specific Practice Standards in both teachers and students engaged in math. Perfect for Teachers, Coaches and Administrators!
Evaluation Poll Code: 45006 
Speakers
AT

Mathematical Practices in Action pdf
Saturday October 25, 2014 10:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Mesquite G PSCC
  K   Teacher Ed   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8

1:15pm PDT

701 - Fake-World Math: Math Modeling Gone Wrong & Getting It Right
Limited Capacity seats available
The presenter works with 1000s of math educators every year and finds more disagreement about the CCSS modeling standard than any other. What is modeling? How do we get our students to do it? And how do we get our students to like it?
Evaluation Poll Code: 47027 
Speakers
avatar for Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer

Chief Academic Officer, Desmos
Dan Meyer taught high school math to students who didn't like high school math. He has advocated for better math instruction on CNN, Good Morning America, Everyday With Rachel Ray, and TED.com. He earned his doctorate from Stanford University in math education and is the chief academic... Read More →

Saturday October 25, 2014 1:15pm - 2:44pm PDT
Primrose B PSCC
  Featured Session   K   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12

1:15pm PDT

720 - Building measurement tools to build understanding
Limited Capacity seats available
Learn to help students understand measurement by building their own measurement tools. Participants will build “straw rulers” to help students develop their understanding of linear measurement as called for in the 1st and 2nd grade CCSS standards.
Evaluation Poll Code: 47038 
Speakers
avatar for Julie Joseph

Julie Joseph

Math Consultant, Tulare County Office of Education

Saturday October 25, 2014 1:15pm - 2:45pm PDT
San Jacinto Renaissance
  1   2

1:15pm PDT

710 - Moving Students Forward: Formative Assessment in K-2
Limited Capacity seats available
Formative assessment is a powerful tool for teachers to help build student confidence. Discuss appropriate probes around number sense, ideas for incorporating hands-on learning, and strategies for providing feedback to young learners.
Evaluation Poll Code: 47034 
Speakers
SM

Sara Moore

Director of Mathematics & Science, ETA hand2mind

Saturday October 25, 2014 1:15pm - 2:45pm PDT
Plaza D Hilton
  K   1   2

1:15pm PDT

711 - Make Sense of Number Relationships with Number Lines K-2
Limited Capacity seats available
The Open Number line is a model that students can use flexibly, depending on their familiarity with finding tens, counting forward by jumps of ones or tens, and their understanding of the relationship between addition and subtraction.
Evaluation Poll Code: 47018 
Speakers
avatar for Ann Carlyle

Ann Carlyle

U.C.S.B.

Saturday October 25, 2014 1:15pm - 2:45pm PDT
Cactus Renaissance
  K   1   2

1:15pm PDT

712 - Three Reads: Solving Rigorous Math Tasks with Understanding!
Limited Capacity seats available
Meet or exceed the CCSSM using this simple strategy to build confident problem solvers. See how problem stems from any resource & the “3 Reads” strategy can develop a deep understanding for solving cognitively demanding tasks for ALL K- 5 students!
Evaluation Poll Code: 47043 
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Barb Blanke

Dr. Barb Blanke

Consultant
Promising Practices in MathematicsGuided MathDiscourseStandards-based Professional Development OpportunitiesClassroom CoachingParent Education

Saturday October 25, 2014 1:15pm - 2:45pm PDT
Mesquite G PSCC
  K   1   2   3   4   5

1:15pm PDT

713 - Walk the Number Line for Problem Solving!
Limited Capacity seats available
All learners need a number line for powerful math concepts like multiples, adding on, alternative algorithms for regrouping, making change, elapsed time, rounding, factoring and fractions! You will be amazed by Kim Sutton's unique strategies.
Evaluation Poll Code: 47050 
Speakers
avatar for Kim Sutton

Kim Sutton

Educational Consultant, Creative Mathematics
Kim Sutton has been an elementary educator for more than 40 years, having taught primary, intermediate, and upper grades. Kim has won many honors and had many exciting experiences: • Mentor Teacher in Mathematics and Science • Finalist for the Presidential Award as “Math Teacher... Read More →

Saturday October 25, 2014 1:15pm - 2:45pm PDT
Primrose D PSCC
  K   1   2   3   4   5

1:15pm PDT

714 - Use CCSS OA Problems to Implement the Mathematical Practices
Limited Capacity seats available
Participants will use coherent research-based visual models that show the different CCSS OA problem situations and the varying unknowns. They solve, discuss, and share how student drawings of these models support the mathematical practices.
Evaluation Poll Code: 47040 
Speakers
KF

Karen Fuson

Northwestern University

CMC S 2014 pptx
Saturday October 25, 2014 1:15pm - 2:45pm PDT
Pueblo B Renaissance
  K   1   2   3   4   5

1:15pm PDT

709 - Teach Number Sense with More Understanding and Less Counting
Limited Capacity seats available
As competent problem solvers, young children need to understand Common Core number sense and operations standards, not as rote sequences, but as visual processes based on logic and understanding using subitizing and temporary explicit number naming.
Evaluation Poll Code: 47037 
Speakers
JA

Joan A. Cotter

Joan A. Cotter, PhD, is a curriculum developer for Activities for Learning, Inc., in Hazelton, ND, and author of the RightStart Mathematics curriculum. AMI-credentialed (Early Childhood).

Teach Primary Number Sense pptx
Saturday October 25, 2014 1:15pm - 2:45pm PDT
Palladium South Hard Rock
  K   PreK   1   2

3:15pm PDT

815 - The Parallel journeys of assessment and instruction
Limited Capacity seats available
Assessment and instruction become intertwined as one informs the other. Participants will engage in viewing and discussing video clips to develop place value understanding and sophistication and precision in multi-digit addition and subtraction.
Evaluation Poll Code: 45878 
 
Speakers
CO

Saturday October 25, 2014 3:15pm - 4:45pm PDT
Chino A Renaissance
  K   1   2   3

3:15pm PDT

816 - Empowering Teachers to Transform Numeracy
Limited Capacity seats available
When teachers design purposeful instruction students apply concepts with understanding. Knowledge of how children learn math & diagnostic assessments result in an instruction that develops strategies for flexible thinking & confident problem solving.
Evaluation Poll Code: 45002 
 
Speakers
VB

Vicki Breneman

Director of Training & Events, Math Recovery®

Saturday October 25, 2014 3:15pm - 4:45pm PDT
Mesquite D PSCC
  K   1   2   3

3:15pm PDT

818 - The Language of Mathematics
Limited Capacity seats available
Participants will explore a linguistic approach to solving word problems. They will address concepts of semantics and syntax as they analyze a number of example word problems and discuss strategies for developing their students’ mathematical fluency.
Evaluation Poll Code: 45880 
 
Speakers
avatar for John J. Gaines

John J. Gaines

STEM Department Chairman, Orion International Academy

Saturday October 25, 2014 3:15pm - 4:45pm PDT
Woodstock One Hard Rock
  K   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8

3:15pm PDT

819 - Developing Mathematical Thinking through Literature
Limited Capacity seats available
This session introduces paired text, demonstrates how paired text can teach mathematical practices, promotes ways to develop paired text, and shares a theoretical model for using trade books to address CCSS in mathematics.
Evaluation Poll Code: 45901 
 
Speakers
avatar for William Bintz

William Bintz

Kent State University
Dr. William P. Bintz is Professor of Literacy Education in the School of Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum Studies, College of Education, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. He has taught English Language Arts in grades 5-12 in Chicago, Illinois, Aquadilla and San Juan, Puerto Rico... Read More →
SM

Sara Moore

Director of Mathematics & Science, ETA hand2mind

Saturday October 25, 2014 3:15pm - 4:45pm PDT
Ventura Renaissance
  K   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8

3:15pm PDT

820 - Real and Virtual Manipulatives: Effectively Teach the CCSS
Limited Capacity seats available
Do your students need hands-on activities to help develop their math concepts and to help actively engage them in learning the CCSS? Discover benefits and ways to use a variety of using manipulatives in your class to help students understand math.
Evaluation Poll Code: 45902 
 
Speakers
avatar for Kevin Dykema

Kevin Dykema

Teacher, hand2mind
I'm passionate about having students understand the concepts, not just be able to do them!

Saturday October 25, 2014 3:15pm - 4:45pm PDT
Palladium South Hard Rock
  K   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8

3:15pm PDT

811 - Systematic measurement of PROGRESS: eSSENTIAL mATH SKILLS
Limited Capacity seats available
The Essential Math Skills Inventory is simple system for tracking progress in the development of crucial early math skills. It can be used with any math learning materials, and allows staff to know what a child knows and is ready to learn.
Evaluation Poll Code: 45863 
Speakers
avatar for Bob Sornson

Bob Sornson

President, Early Learning Foundation
The Early Learning Foundation works with schools, parents, and community organizations to help every child have a chance to build the foundation of early learning success. In math learning, we offer a simple way to track each child's progress toward COMPETENCY in every essential... Read More →

Systematic Measurement of Progress toward Essential Math Skills, 1 hour plus, teachers and administrators pptx
Saturday October 25, 2014 3:15pm - 4:45pm PDT
Smoke Tree C PSCC
  K   PreK   1   2   3

3:15pm PDT

812 - Math Club: How Math As Play Builds Core Competencies
Limited Capacity seats available
Math as recreation may be the great equalizer, boosting math skills across all income levels. We will review how Crazy 8s, a free afterschool math club, reinforces Common Core standards across several domains while appealing to a wide range of kids.
Evaluation Poll Code: 45869 
Speakers
LO
DP

Saturday October 25, 2014 3:15pm - 4:45pm PDT
Smoke Tree E PSCC
  K   PreK   1   2   3   4   5

3:15pm PDT

813 - Rethinking how we respond to student misconceptions
Limited Capacity seats available
The artful teacher has the ability to build confident problem solvers. It begins with how we respond to student productions in the classroom. We will look at video examples and consider alternative ways to respond to student misconceptions.
Evaluation Poll Code: 45870 
Speakers
LW
KW

Kelli Wasserman

Math Consultant, Counting Collections

Saturday October 25, 2014 3:15pm - 4:45pm PDT
Chino B Renaissance
  K   PreK   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12

3:15pm PDT

814 - NUMBER TALKS AND FRAYER MODELS
Limited Capacity seats available
Make Number talks a 10-minute warm-up for your daily math lesson. Discover ways to enhance mental math activities while supporting students as they clarify thinking, make sense of concepts, and build a repertoire of efficient strategies.
Evaluation Poll Code: 45874 
 
Speakers
MA
SR

Number Talks and Frayer Models 2014 pptx
Saturday October 25, 2014 3:15pm - 4:45pm PDT
Mesquite C PSCC
  K   Teacher Ed   1   2

3:15pm PDT

810 - Building Number Sense and Problem Solving Readiness
Limited Capacity seats available
Increase number sense and prepare your students for solving CGI problems with “warm up” activities (using 100s charts, rekenreks, number lines, quick images).
Evaluation Poll Code: 45864 
Speakers
WM
CN

Cathy Nguyen

Teacher, Lawndale School District

CMC warm up plans docx
Saturday October 25, 2014 3:15pm - 4:45pm PDT
Pueblo B Renaissance
  PreK   1   2

3:15pm PDT

899 - Understanding CalSTRS PERS and Social Security
Limited Capacity seats available
This presentation applies to teachers of all grade levels. We will be discussing the inner workings of the CalSTRS, PERS, and Social Security system and specifically how it applies to each person.
Evaluation Poll Code: 45989
Speakers
TB

Saturday October 25, 2014 3:15pm - 4:45pm PDT
Mesquite A
  Vendor Session   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12
 
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