ATMNE NH 2024

Do your students struggle with division? They don’t have to! It’s time to bring division to life by giving it context to support students as they build conceptual understanding of division. We can go beyond just splitting cookies into equal groups and dive into the two different types of division problems! Let’s make learning division a hands-on experience as students explore using context, manipulatives, models, and multiple flexible strategies that can be applied to basic division and beyond!

This session brings to life some of the principles outlined in Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics by Peter Liljedahl. Participants will experience a variety of math thinking tasks guided by instructional moves to elicit student insights into various math concepts. Through exploration and discussion, participants discover how a well-implemented task can seamlessly align with both non-curricular and specific curriculum goals. By the end of the session, participants will leave with some practical ideas and strategies that they can readily implement in their classrooms.