ATMNE NH 2024

Counting is easy as 1,2,3 … or is it? Algebra and Fractions have been described as gatekeepers to higher level mathematics. Learn why I think the gatekeeper shows up much sooner and learn what you can do to promote high level mathematics for our youngest and most vulnerable learners through a deep dive into counting.

Our students need to count every single day, but finding the time to make that happen in the busyness of a primary classroom can be a challenge. Counting Collections is an engaging routine to get every student counting daily! This session, geared for Grades PreK-2, will explore the what, why, and how of Counting Collections. Whether you have been using Counting Collections for years or are brand new to it, you will leave with new thinking and ideas.

Individual ideas develop collective understanding, and collective thinking increases individual agency. We’ll share how reasoning routines structure mathematical discourse to develop students’ mathematical ideas and voices to coalesce into collective understanding. Explore discourse strategies embedded in routines - by experiencing them and watching video - that provide space and support to awaken students’ agency in an inclusive classroom and leave ready to integrate them in your classroom.

Students develop a deep understanding of numbers through classroom experiences that allow them to explore, visualize, and reflect on number concepts. Gather ideas for simple investigations that prompt students to notice patterns, discover insights, and make sense of critical number concepts. Explore a variety of math tasks that use models and math talk to build conceptual understanding, fluency, and number sense.

K-2 is a critical time for math learners. This session supports teachers and leaders with key early numeracy content by viewing videos of student thinking in the domain of addition and subtraction and number words and numerals. Interview assessment strategies are examined to ensure that teachers identify knowledge each student has in order to build on it. Key instructional techniques like distancing the setting will be examined to ensure students are moving forward in their understanding in a robust manner.

Understanding (or not understanding) place value will follow students along their math journey. Participants will explore the K-2 standards progression while learning ways to guide students to reason about numbers. We will share ways to elicit student thinking to deepen conceptual understanding and avoid common misconceptions. Learn how we have used routines, centers, counting collections, thinking classroom tasks, and assessments to support students to reason and reflect about place value.