Boost your instructional impact with this deep dive into adaptive curriculum and actionable Analytics. Learn to use Analytics more strategically to identify areas of struggle, form small groups, and support individual students. Participants engage with new features and next-level tips for experienced Analytics users.
During Delivering Differentiated Instruction, educators analyze their Diagnostic data to create small groups based on instructional priorities. Using corresponding i-Ready resources, they create actionable small group instructional plans to support students with grade-level instruction. As time permits, educators plan for additional teacher-led instruction to support students in Personalized Instruction and/or how to engage students through data chats.
Have you noticed a poor mindset in your students on learning and grading? Have you thought about making adjustments to the way you grade to improve this mindset? Come learn about progressive grading systems from practicing educators who have taken steps in our own practice to address this pressing issue!
Have you ever had a student ask how 2x is different from x^2? Algebra tiles are an invaluable tool for creating connections between abstract ideas and tangible understanding. They help learners make sense of pivotal concepts such as the distributive property, simplifying expressions, and solving equations. Algebra tiles also offer a visual way to explain why the inequality sign seems to 'flip' when dealing with negative coefficients. Join this session to discover how algebra tiles can powerfully deepen your students' conceptual understanding of key algebraic principles.
Sorry, we will not be playing Jenga in this session. However, Jenga principles exist in every HS mathematics course. Our ACT data tell us that our HS learners need support with structural thinking. Structural thinking is a big need for our learners and it is a challenge to develop. Come, and experience and consider ways to support students’ development of structural thinking in HS courses from the language we use to the prompts we ask to the strategies we spotlight.
During this session, teachers will deeply study a Module of their grade level along with its Topics and Lessons. Studying a Module develops teachers’ understanding of its purpose and big ideas; its essential strategies, models and terminology; and how it assesses student learning. To effectively guide students through the story of a Module, a teacher must be deeply familiar with it.
This dynamic workshop introduces educators to powerful visual tools for developing students' systems thinking capacities. Drawing from the Waters Center's Habits of a Systems Thinker, participants will explore how tools like behavior-over-time graphs, connection circles, and causal loop diagrams can help learners "consider how mental models affect current reality and the future," while strengthening their ability to "identify the circular nature of complex cause and effect relationships." Through hands-on activities using examples from science (like predator-prey relationships and chemical equilibrium) and mathematics (like compound interest and exponential growth), participants will discover how these tools make thinking visible and deepen understanding across all subject areas. Participants will gain practical experience using new online modeling tools to create and share visual representations of systems – from simple stock/flow diagrams to more complex feedback models. Please bring a laptop or tablet, as we'll be working extensively with digital tools to build and refine systems models that can be immediately implemented in your classroom.
*Note -if you attended the IXL Virtual session on Foundations in IXL in Aug -this will not be new information
Deep dive into IXL’s adaptive curriculum, classroom engagement tools, and actionable Analytics. Learn how to adapt instruction and support students using up-to-the-minute insights.
When was the last time you saw students jumping up and down with joy after solving a problem? Bragging about it to their friends for weeks afterwards? With escape rooms in the classroom, I have witnessed this miracle! I will show you what my past escape rooms have looked like, the research behind why this works, and provide you with a starter template for making your own escape room to fit your standards.
The example escape room is for a math class setting, but the materials are applicable to all subject areas. They are recommended for secondary teachers; however, with some adjustments, they could be done in upper elementary. I also have examples of virtual escape rooms for a TUVA setting.
Have you tried implementing an alternative grading system in your class? Whether it was “standards-based grading”, “data-based grading”, or something else, this session is intended for educators who are striving to improve their grading methodologies and do better by their students to share, learn, vent, and develop their practice.
Educators review Personalized Instruction data and identify students who need additional support. They create an action plan and identify resources for intervening with teacher-led instruction for students who need additional support with i-Ready lessons.
Educators are introduced to Learning Games and the basic principles of their design. They also experience the Learning Games as students and discuss collaboratively with colleagues how they will use Learning Games with their students. Finally, they learn the recommendations for student usage and view reports that show how much time students are spending on gameplay and how they are doing.
Educators explore i-Ready data and resources to enrich and extend student learning, including i-Ready Personalized Instruction, Tools for Instruction, Tools for Scaffolding Comprehension, Learning Games.
Many students struggle to transition from procedural algebra to structural algebra and find it challenging to produce the “nth” term in a linear change pattern. Pattern blocks plant the seeds of growth patterns that encourage students to make conjectures about rates of change and y-intercepts in linear functions. By the end of this session, participants will be able to how to use pattern blocks to help students understand the relationships between concrete, visual, verbal, symbolic, and contextual representations of y=mx+b.
Now that student ACT scores have been shared with IXL, use this session to learn more about what students can do with their personalized pathway, how you can monitor growth and proficiency and motivate students to stay engaged with IXL practice.
Come learn about and work with the different tools available on Desmos. I'll share some of my techniques that I use (especially relating to geometry). There will be time to play around and create something of your own as well.
The focus of our session will be on exploring student engagement strategies through the lens of congruency. We will engage in activities that develop accuracy with vocabulary, promote student voice and collaboration, and encourage visible student thinking. Participants will leave the session with ideas for the development of their own student centered lesson plans.
Our students are still significantly changed by the disruptions to learning that they encountered. Teaching has had to change as a result. This session will provide practical strategies that dovetail with CPM beautifully in order to support learners as they overcome these challenges.
Educators review Personalized Instruction data and identify students who need additional support. They create an action plan and identify resources for intervening with teacher-led instruction for students who need additional support with i-Ready lessons
Educators are introduced to Learning Games and the basic principles of their design. They also experience the Learning Games as students and discuss collaboratively with colleagues how they will use Learning Games with their students. Finally, they learn the recommendations for student usage and view reports that show how much time students are spending on gameplay and how they are doing.
Educators explore i-Ready data and resources to enrich and extend student learning, including i-Ready Personalized Instruction, Tools for Instruction, Tools for Scaffolding Comprehension, Learning Games,.
Many students struggle to transition from procedural algebra to structural algebra and find it challenging to produce the “nth” term in a linear change pattern. Pattern blocks plant the seeds of growth patterns that encourage students to make conjectures about rates of change and y-intercepts in linear functions. By the end of this session, participants will be able to how to use pattern blocks to help students understand the relationships between concrete, visual, verbal, symbolic, and contextual representations of y=mx+b.
Teachers will investigate the structure, design, and components of Eureka Math2 while engaging with the print and digital resources. Teachers will explore the instructional role of all curriculum resources and be prepared to facilitate lessons with students.
This dynamic workshop introduces educators to powerful visual tools for developing students' systems thinking capacities. Drawing from the Waters Center's Habits of a Systems Thinker, participants will explore how tools like behavior-over-time graphs, connection circles, and causal loop diagrams can help learners "consider how mental models affect current reality and the future," while strengthening their ability to "identify the circular nature of complex cause and effect relationships." Through hands-on activities using examples from science (like predator-prey relationships and chemical equilibrium) and mathematics (like compound interest and exponential growth), participants will discover how these tools make thinking visible and deepen understanding across all subject areas. Participants will gain practical experience using new online modeling tools to create and share visual representations of systems – from simple stock/flow diagrams to more complex feedback models. Please bring a laptop or tablet, as we'll be working extensively with digital tools to build and refine systems models that can be immediately implemented in your classroom.
*Note -if you attended the IXL Virtual session on Foundations in IXL in Aug -this will not be new information
Deep dive into IXL’s adaptive curriculum, classroom engagement tools, and actionable Analytics. Learn how to adapt instruction and support students using up-to-the-minute insights.
The focus of our session will be on exploring student engagement strategies through the lens of congruency. We will engage in activities that develop accuracy with vocabulary, promote student voice and collaboration, and encourage visible student thinking. Participants will leave the session with ideas for the development of their own student centered lesson plans.
When was the last time you saw students jumping up and down with joy after solving a problem? Bragging about it to their friends for weeks afterwards? With escape rooms in the classroom, I have witnessed this miracle! I will show you what my past escape rooms have looked like, the research behind why this works, and provide you with a starter template for making your own escape room to fit your standards.
The example escape room is for a math class setting, but the materials are applicable to all subject areas. They are recommended for secondary teachers; however, with some adjustments, they could be done in upper elementary. I also have examples of virtual escape rooms for a TUVA setting.
Educators review Personalized Instruction data and identify students who need additional support. They create an action plan and identify resources for intervening with teacher-led instruction for students who need additional support with i-Ready lessons
Educators are introduced to Learning Games and the basic principles of their design. They also experience the Learning Games as students and discuss collaboratively with colleagues how they will use Learning Games with their students. Finally, they learn the recommendations for student usage and view reports that show how much time students are spending on gameplay and how they are doing.
Educators explore i-Ready data and resources to enrich and extend student learning, including i-Ready Personalized Instruction, Tools for Instruction, Tools for Scaffolding Comprehension, Learning Games.
Direct Instruction lessons are easy for teachers to plan and enact, but they are hard for learners, as they create mimicked behaviors rather than long term understanding. But how do we change a DI lesson into a lesson that allows learners to inquire and investigate in order to develop a persistent understanding? It might not be as hard as you think! Come and learn how to work less so students can think more.
Have you ever had a student ask how 2x is different from x^2? Algebra tiles are an invaluable tool for creating connections between abstract ideas and tangible understanding. They help learners make sense of pivotal concepts such as the distributive property, simplifying expressions, and solving equations. Algebra tiles also offer a visual way to explain why the inequality sign seems to 'flip' when dealing with negative coefficients. Join this session to discover how algebra tiles can powerfully deepen your students' conceptual understanding of key algebraic principles.
