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Using Multiple Representations to Create Fraction & Decimal AHAs - Grades 3-6

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Registration Closed.
Last Date to Register: 2/16/2018 12:01 AM
Last Date to Cancel: 2/20/2018 12:01 AM
Agency: CESA 10
Agency Contact: Michelle Parks
Agency Assistant: Ginny Shoemaker 715-720-2026
Audience: 3-5 Teachers
Location: CESA 10
725 West Park Avenue
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
Facility: Conference Center (Rooms 1-2-3)
Date/Time:
2/22/2018 09:00 AM - 03:00 PM

At a time when understanding for conceptual depth is the goal, this session provides participants with a systematic approach for helping students have fraction and decimal AHAs. Join us as we examine the use of a variety of representations (concrete, pictorial, verbal, and symbolic) to build conceptual depth and computation fluency with fractions and decimals. We will investigate the importance of:

  • completing key foundational experiences
  • understanding the meaning of each operation (operation sense)
  • using conceptual language
  • drawing meaningful pictures & diagrams 
  • using repeated reasoning and reasoning algebraically to identifying patterns for computation

Included is a sample formative assessment and examples for immediate classroom use.

Learning outcomes include:

Participants will explore strategies for teaching fractions and decimals.

Participants will explore how to engage students in the learning of mathematics.

 

This workshop is offered for $50 per participant for those CESA 10 districts participating in Title II (Abbotsford, Altoona, Augusta, Bloomer, Bruce, Cadott, Colby, Cornell, Eleva-Strum, Gilmanton, Greenwood, Ladysmith, Lake Holcombe, Loyal, Neillsville, New Auburn, Owen-Withee, Spencer, and Thorp), $350 per participant for CESA 10 districts not participating in Title II, and $500 per participant for all others.  

Teacher Standards
WES1The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the disciplines he or she teaches and can create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for pupils.
WES2The teacher understands how children with broad ranges of ability learn and provides instruction that supports their intellectual, social, and personal development.
WES3The teacher understands how pupils differ in their approaches to learning and the barriers that impede learning and can adapt instruction to meet the diverse needs of pupils, including those with disabilities and exceptionalities.
WES4The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies, including the use of technology to encourage children’s development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.
WES7The teacher organizes and plans systematic instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, pupils, the community, and curriculum goals.
WES8The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the pupil.
WES10The teacher fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, and agencies in the larger community to support pupil learning and well being and who acts with integrity, fairness and in an ethical manner.