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Staff
Development:
Teaching Number Concepts (K-8)
One 60-minute
staff development program
This staff development program helps teachers identify important properties
of number that help build a firm foundation for understanding geometry
and algebra. Program design, teacher guides, and online opportunities
for students, teachers, and parents are explored. Strategies and resources
are presented to help students learn how to use technology as a tool
for processing information, visualizing and solving problems, exploring
and testing conjectures, accessing data, and verifying solutions.
Student
Programs:
Number
in My World (Grades 3-4)
Six 30-minute student programs
This module focuses on understanding fractions. Students in grades 3 and
4 are introduced to a variety of models that include an area model,
linear model and a sharing model. Throughout the module, students represent
and compare fractions. Students add and subtract simple fractions in
context. They compare fraction equivalence represented by drawings
or concrete materials. Topics include: Representing Fractions (area
model), Understanding Fractions (area model, Adding & Subtracting
Fractions, Working with Fractions (sharing model), Equivalent (linear
model), Fractions and Fractions/Decimals Connection.
Staff
Development:
Teaching Algebraic Concepts (K-8)
Two 60-minute
staff development programs
The two staff development programs help teachers understand what algebraic
thinking is and the importance of teaching algebraic concepts throughout
the grades. Emphasis is placed on how these concepts relate to learning
basic skills. Strategies for helping students develop algebraic thinking
are modeled. Program design, teacher guides, and online opportunities
for students, teachers, and parents are explored. Teachers discover
that they can teach algebra to their students.
Student
Progrrams:
Algebra in My World (Grades 3-4)
Six 30-minute student programs
Algebra in My World presents activities that have students thinking algebraically
as they work with functions, patterns and algebraic symbols. Problem
solving strategies are used to help students solve word problems. Topics
include: Fun with Function, Looking at Patterns, Relationships of Numbers,
Word Problems, Working with Inequalities and Looking for a Balance.
Staff
Development:
Teaching Geometry Concepts (K-8)
Two 60-minute
staff development programs
These staff development programs help teachers understand geometry and
the instructional strategies for effectively teaching geometry concepts.
Program design, teacher guides, and online opportunities for students,
teachers, and parents are explored. Strategies and resources are presented
to help students learn how to use technology as a tool for processing
information, visualizing and solving problems, exploring and testing
conjectures, accessing data, and verifying solutions.
Student
Programs:
Geometry
in My World (Grades 3-4)
Eight 30-minute student programs
This module helps students develop an appreciation of geometry as a means
of describing the physical world. The contents include Defining Polygons,
Transformation, Tessellating Shapes, Problem Solving with Pentominoes,
Geometry & Number, Properties of Polyhedrons, 2-Dimensional Parts
of Polyhedrons and Math in Art.
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