ATMNE NH 2024

Teachers will learn how to transform their K-2 math class into a thinking classroom. Teachers will walk away with tasks, tips, and practical steps to get started with their own thinking classroom. Based on Peter Liljedahl’s Building Thinking Classrooms and research.

This session will focus on our journey with teachers to support the effective use of low-floor, high-ceiling thinking tasks to engage all learners and promote critical thinking. Participants will engage in a hands-on activity where they experience a BTC-style thinking task. We will emphasize how these tasks make student thinking visible and how teachers' planned moves facilitate formative assessment. Through reflection and discussion, participants will analyze the impact of classroom conditions on student learning experiences, leaving them with practical insights to immediately apply in their classrooms.

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.

Learn how to elevate student voice and engage ALL learners in grade level mathematics instruction. Using the ideas outlined in the book Building Thinking Classrooms, by Peter Liljedahl, discover ways to elicit student thinking and improve mathematics performance.

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.

Chapter 14 of Peter Liljedahl’s Building Thinking Classrooms focuses on how we can effectively grade students in a thinking classroom. Here, we will explore why it is imperative to redesign the traditional grading process while also learning how to transition from points based grading to standards based grading in a painless fashion. In addition, participants will be given a specially made Google Sheet that automates the outcomes based grading process the way Peter describes in his text.

This session is for people interested in exploring the consolidation and note-taking practices of Building Thinking Classrooms further. Participants should have some level of familiarity with thin-slice activities. The session will be divided into two parts. During part 1, participants will participate in a short thin-slice activity and then experience the consolidation and note-taking process. During part 2, facilitators will review the multiple approaches they use to consolidate lessons and how these practices can help students form study habits that promote self-efficacy.