ATMNE NH 2024

What are the "language demands" in math instruction and how can we identify and address them for English language learners? This session explores the linguistic complexities, beyond just vocabulary, that are embedded in math content, word problems, tasks, and assessments. Participants will learn techniques to deconstruct and make visible the language demands that can hinder comprehension, especially for newcomers and beginning English learners. Leave equipped with an approach to deliver comprehensible, rigorous, and equitable math lessons while maintaining the integrity of the mathematical concepts.

What does a math data meeting look like when we use student reflection data, rather than sort our students into red, yellow, and green categories? How can we use street data about students’ experiences and beliefs about math class to transform our instruction? This is one district’s story of the power and simplicity of rehumanizing data meetings, an experience of what those meetings could look and feel like, and an invitation to try it yourself.

Developing connections between families and educators is essential for all students to feel supported and encouraged as mathematical thinkers. Learn how we are fostering connections, positive relationships, and productive dispositions through virtual monthly events for our students and their families. Participants will leave with ideas to bring back to their community to awaken student agency, family involvement, and math joy!

Generative AI is already found in apps and websites. But what can it look like in the math space? How can we educate and model appropriate use? Yes, generative AI occasionally errs when asked to perform calculations, but it can have strengths as a conversational partner and can enrich the classroom experience, leading to deeper understanding. Experience hands-on activities that have been used in math class that combine AI and human intelligence in meaningful ways. Come with an open mind.

How do I reach my students when they don’t have their basic math facts? This session will share strategies on how to elevate your Algebra I classroom into a space where all learners can make sense of the math, regardless of learning gaps. Attendees will experience examples of how real-world contexts, modeling, and meaningful problem solving allow students to access important algebraic concepts like rate, interpreting graphs, and writing linear functions.


While examples will pertain to Algebra I, strategies shared apply to all math classrooms.

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.

Ensuring that all students are able to access to grade level content is a critical part of promoting equity in our math classrooms. But how can we truly understand what our students know in order to make purposeful instructional choices? In this session, we will explore a series of high-impact formative assessments and consider how they can help us collect meaningful student data, understand and leverage student strengths, and make intentional decisions about further instruction.