ATMNE NH 2024

As students get older physical manipulatives are often replaced by drawing a model. But what about the students who still need to physically move objects around? Join us as we explore ways to use manipulatives in order to help students build meaning. Participants will practice utilizing common manipulatives such as pattern blocks, unifix cubes, sticky notes and dominoes to model concepts such as fractions, probability, equalities/inequalities and proportions.

Have you tried some Building Thinking Classrooms practices but aren't sure how to apply them to your curricular content? Come experience a thin-sliced curricular task, discover the structure of thin-sliced tasks, and consider general principles to make tasks engaging and "sticky" for your students. Then collaborate with other participants to design a thin-sliced sequence that will help students think their way through a content topic. We'll use samples from grades 3-8, but all are welcome to attend.

Have you ever heard of upside-down teaching? This teaching structure turns the "I do, we do, you do" teaching structure upside-down so that students lead the learning. This session provides participants with a tested, authentic process for implementing an upside-down teaching structure that allows all students to tap into their prior knowledge, collaborate, and show you what they know.

Do your students struggle to solve word problems in math class? Learn how to help them read like a mathematician! Three Reads is an instructional routine that builds students' capacity to make sense of word problems by deconsructing the process of reading mathematical situations. We will experience it in action, analyze its structure, and make an action plan for implementing it in our own classrooms.