Fractions, Decimals,
and Percents - Creative Connections that Work
You will receive over three weeks of activities to help students
see the connections between fractions, decimals and percents.
These activities foster comprehension in new and unique ways.
Conceptual understanding and computational accuracy are developed
concurrently.
Number Sense - The Key to Bridging the Gap to Higher Mathematical
Thinking
All mathematical understanding is built upon number sense. This
workshop will help your students develop critical number sense
skills while they have fun at the same time.
Developing Algebraic Thinking with Understanding Instead
of Tears
This workshop is designed to enable younger students to understand
and become proficient with algebraic concepts, while ideas for
extensions make the activities presented just as appropriate
for older students in formal algebra classes.
The Pattern & Function Connection - Relating Algebra to Their
World
This workshop provides an easy and effective way to introduce
students to linear functions, with extensions to advanced functions.
Students move from physical and models to pictorial and graphical
representations, then to symbolic expressions of functions.
Standards-Aligned Activities and Games that Motivate and
Engage Students
This workshop shows you how to incorporate skills practice to
increase proficiency without decreasing enthusiasm.
This workshop could also be called "The Best Activities from
Our File Cabinets to Yours". These standards-aligned activities
engage students, then allow them to explore the activities,
and provide extensions for future mathematical growth.
The Language
of Math: Helping Students Speak, Write, and Think Mathemtiacally
This workshops shows
participants why language matters in the math class.
Language shows us what a student is thinking, and takes
a student to a deeper level of understanding. Included
is a simple writing prompt template, over 40 journal prompts
in several categories, and 30 prompts ready for you to make
overhead transparencies. All students will benefit from this
approach!
Data, Probability,
and Statistics . . . Literacy for a Mathematical World
This workshop covers
the four components of data: data gathering, data displays,
data interpretation, and data inference. Several motivating
games are included that will make probability come alive as
well as teach the important concepts. All major types of data
displays and data interpretation/inference techniques are explained
so that participants will be successful with their students.
This is a real hands-on application of a most important topic
for today's information age.
Geometry:
A Mathematical Reflection of the Physical World
This workshop will
develop vocabulary, concepts of area, perimeter, measurement,
congruence, and geometric models of algebra. We also cover
the Pythagorean Theorem, informal proofs, the Van Hiele model,
isometric drawing, and constructions. Patterns in geometry
are included to allow students thatallow students to make t-tables
and do coordinate graphing. These materials work well
with symbolic, visual, and tactile learners, both as teachers
and students
All workshops provide participants with complete standards-based ready-to-use activities. These activities require minimal preparation, use materials commonly found in classrooms, and give clear and specific directions and format. Participants will also receive journal prompts, homework suggestions, and ideas for extensions and assessment.
For consultant services contact:
Bill Lombard
5885 Avery Way
Redding, CA 96003
530.243.2064
Brad Fulton
P.O. Box 233
Millville, CA 96062
530.547.4687
