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Previewing NCTM 2016 Conference Singapore Math Sessions

March 18, 2016 by Cassy Turner Leave a Comment

The NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) Annual Meeting & Exposition program 2016 is now online and it’s time for my annual review of Singapore Mathematics sessions.

I’ve included sessions on Tape Diagrams and Strip Models because there are no sessions this year citing Singapore Math® strategies and only one using Number Bonds. This is because the Common Core progression documents cite many of Singapore’s visual models. My hope is that many of the visual strategies are modeled throughout the conference. The number of overall choices addressing Singapore strategies is down from the number offered last year .

As usual, most of the sessions overlap. Below are my thoughts on which session to choose, if you have a conflict.

See you in San Francisco! Email me if you’d like a tour at NCTM through materials or to just talk all things math: Cassy (at) SingaporeMathSource.com

Thursday, April 14: 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM – Four sessions conflict

#23 MMMMM (Making Math More Meaningful with Models) in Pre-K–2

Lead Speaker: Duane Habecker

Too often we push our students directly to abstract algorithms without first giving students the prerequisite experience with models such as empty number lines, number bonds, arrow method, area model, etc. Teachers will learn how to use these models to make math meaningful for their students.

#26 Problem Structures for Tape Diagrams

Lead Speaker: Nirmala Nutakki

Tape diagrams can model relationships in a wide variety of problems involving the arithmetic operations, fractions, ratios, and percent. We will examine the problem structures most amenable to tape diagram solution and illustrate how tape diagrams can be used to develop and support proportional and algebraic reasoning.

#34 The Front Lines of Modeling: Bar/Tape Models from Real Classrooms

Lead Speaker: Dr. Kevin Mahoney

Tried your hand at bar modeling? Examine common errors, misunderstandings, and dispositions in actual student work. Leave with a deeper understanding of how children use (and misuse) models

#34.3 Exhibitor Workshop – Bar Modeling with Math Buddies, the Singapore Math® Online Resource

Lead Speaker: Marshall Cavendish (Probably Chris Coyne)

Discover how students learn and use the Singapore Math® bar model in kindergarten–grade 5. The foundations set in kindergarten with number sense and number bonds develop into meaningful links in the problem-solving process. Math Buddies, a K–5 digital resource will take your students through the Singapore Math® bar model approach to problem solving.

Recommendations:
Not familiar with Nirmala Nutakki, so can’t comment. Math Buddies is a great digital resource for Singapore Math, and it will also be modeled at their booth. I’m intrigued by the MMMMM, but will probably be in Kevin Mahoney’s session – he wrote his doctoral dissertation on bar modeling in the classroom!

Friday, April 15: 9:30 AM – 10:30 AM

#332 Tape Diagrams . . . NOT Just for Early Elementary Grades

Lead Speaker: Jodelle S. W. Magner
Co-Speaker: Sue McMillen

Participants will examine the use of tape diagrams throughout CCSSM and solve questions from first grade through algebra. Participants will leave with knowledge of where tape diagrams apply in many types of mathematics. Some tape diagram solutions will be compared to traditional solutions to illuminate the usefulness of this tool.

Recommendations:

I’m sure these presenters are wonderful, but I’ll be attending session #323 Insights and Practical Suggestions for Making Coaching for More Effective with Steve Leinwand. If you are a math coach, this one is mandatory.

Friday, April 15: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

#464 Using Tape Diagrams to Foster Algebraic Thinking and Problem Solving

Lead Speaker: Bill Jackson
Co-Speaker: Makoto Yoshida

See how tape diagrams can be used to foster algebraic thinking to help young children solve addition and subtraction problems involving unknowns in all positions. Video footage of a lesson study cycle on teaching through problem solving and students sharing and discussing multiple solution methods will be shared.

Saturday, April 16: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

#589 Math Talk: Teaching Concepts and Skills through Stories and Illustrations

Lead Speaker: Char Forsten

A young child’s understanding of the world is enlightened and expanded through stories and illustrations, so it makes sense to use these resources when learning mathematics. Participants will learn how to use “math talk” as a powerful way to provide consolidation and purposeful practice of essential skills and concepts.

Filed Under: Math Events Tagged With: NCTM Conference

Fall 2015 dates for Model Drawing BER Seminar

June 20, 2015 by Cassy Turner Leave a Comment

Best. Seminar. Comment. Ever.

Here are the just-released Fall 2015 dates for my BER seminar “Boost Students’ Math Problem-Solving Skills Using Bar Models, Tape Diagrams and Strip Models (Grades 2-6)”

Save the date!

A whole day of problem-solving with Bar Modeling, Tape Diagrams and Strip Models PLUS that handbook for your own home enjoyment! (- with the answers and fully worked solutions!)

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“How to Use the Best Strategies From Singapore Mathematics to Strengthen Your Math Instruction” (BER) will have 10 dates in spring of 2016 – I’ll update when available.

Your city not on the list? Contact me and I can bring my Singapore Math® workshop(s) to your school or district – email Cassy (at) singaporemathsource.com

Filed Under: Math Events, Training Tagged With: BER, Model Method, Professional development, Singapore Math training, Singapore Math word problems, Word Problem

Slides and Handouts from my NCSM/NCTM Presentations

April 29, 2015 by Cassy Turner Leave a Comment

It was so fun to present not one, not two, but three, sessions at recent national math educators’ annual conferences in Boston.

At both the NCSM and NCTM**, Lauri Susi and I presented “Strip Models, Tape Diagrams, and Bar Models, Oh My!” Slides that accompanied that presentation are online. Some slides don’t have the bar models on them as we drew them in during the session.

NCSM/NCTM 2015 Bar Models, Tape Diagrams, Strip Models, Oh My! from Cassandra Turner

Handout: Strip Models Tape Diagrams Bar Models Oh My!

In addition, at NCTM I presented an Exhibitor Workshop entitled: Filling Knowledge Gaps with Critical Singapore Math® Approach (Gr. 3-5). Thanks! Singapore Math, Inc. for inviting to speak on your behalf!

NCTM 2015 Filling Knowledge Gaps with Critical Singapore Math® Approach (Gr. 3-5) from Cassandra Turner

Handout: Filling in Knowledge Gaps: Critical lessons across grade levels 1-3 for students in grades 4-6

**National Conference of Supervisors of Mathematics and National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Filed Under: Math Events, Math Resources Tagged With: NCSM Conference, NCTM Conference

Dispatches from 2015 National Math Educator Conferences

April 15, 2015 by Cassy Turner Leave a Comment

This week, I’m attending the 2015 Annual Meetings of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) in Boston. I presented Strip Models, Tape Diagrams, and Bar Models, Oh My ! at NCSM on Tuesday and will do a similar session at NCTM on Thursday. I’m excited to share some resources that are now available!

New bar modeling tool! Conceptua Math has a beta version of their bar model tool available to review. Check it out at http://www.bit.ly/barmodeltool.
They welcome your feedback.

Greg Tang has a fun fact automaticity practice app – and it’s a game! And there are iPad apps! Visit Greg Tang Math for Kakooma. Greg claims the record for the addition puzzle is 8 seconds, set by a student.

Rodel Foundation in Arizona has released a fabulous new book that schools will want in their library: Math Power: Simple Solutions for Mastering Math. This handbook is full of visuals and is written in English and Spanish. Here’s a page chock full of great definitions and pictorial models:

$Math Power$

Handouts from my sessions:

NCSM: #232 Strip Models Tape Diagrams Bar Models Oh My!

NCTM: #126 Strip Models Tape Diagrams Bar Models Oh My!

NCTM: #494.3 Filling in Knowledge Gaps: Critical lessons across grade levels 1-3 for students in grades 4-6

Filed Under: Math Events, Math Resources Tagged With: NCSM Conference, NCTM Conference, Singapore Math resources

Previewing NCTM 2015 Conference Singapore Math Sessions

March 17, 2015 by Cassy Turner Leave a Comment

The NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) Annual Meeting & Exposition program is now online and it’s time for my annual review of Singapore Mathematics sessions.

Due to Common Core and the progressions documents, I’ve included sessions on Tape Diagrams and Strip Models as well as those on traditional Singapore Math® strategies. The number of overall choices is one more than the number offered last year .

Bad news? Most of the sessions overlap. Below are my thoughts on which session to choose, if you have a conflict.

Thursday, April 16: 8:00 AM-9:00 AM – Three sessions conflict

#5 A Model Approach to Teaching and Solving Word Problems
Lead Speaker: Greg Tang

Visual models are the key to making word problems easier to solve at every grade level. We’ll explore a strategic progression from discrete, to part-whole, to tape diagrams, and then to double number lines that develops the algebraic skills needed for higher math.

#12 Empowering Students to Deconstruct Word Problems
Lead Speaker: MaryJo Wieland
Co-Speaker: Lisa Watts-Lawton

Solving word problems is not about underlining key words. Just as writers use organizers, mathematicians need specific models to deconstruct the meaning inherent in addition and subtraction word problem types.

#36.1 Teaching Number Sense with Math Buddies, the Singapore Online Resource
Exhibitor Workshop: Marshall Cavendish Education

Research shows that number sense is built on mastery of place value as well as number facts. We’ll discuss place value as a fundamental element of Singapore Math® as well as number bonds and part-whole thinking. We’ll make use of Math Buddies, a K-5 digital resource, to take students through the concrete-pictorial-abstract approach to number sense.

Recommendations:
Not familiar with Ms. Wieland, so can’t comment. Math Buddies is a great digital resource for Singapore Math, and it will also be modeled at their booth. I’ll be in Greg Tang’s session, he’s always engaging!

Thursday, April 16: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM – Two sessions conflict

#126 Strip Models, Tape Diagrams, and Bar Models, Oh My!
Lead Speaker: Cassy Turner – Hey that’s me!
Co-Speaker: Lauri Susi

These visual components sit at the intersection of Common Core, Singapore Math, and now technology! Learn why this visual model for word problems is so powerful, try some problems from the simple to the complex, and investigate web-based programs and iPad apps that will help anyone incorporate this effective strategy into their classrooms.

#144.4 Using Technology to Transform Singapore Math® in your Classroom!
Exhibitor Workshop: Marshall Cavendish Education

Join us to learn about Math in Focus® Digi+™. This teaching and learning tool will transform your class: facilitating class instruction, activities, intervention and differentiation solutions, and deepening the school-to-home connections with practice problems, immediate feedback, and parental support in a fun, interactive environment.

Recommendations:
Well, my session, of course!

Thursday, April 16: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM – No conflict

#254.3 Meaningful Math Models and the Common Core
Exhibitor Workshop: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Come learn about math drawings and other math models that can be used in the classroom to show the mathematical aspects of a situation. Students make math drawings on their MathBoards, where parts of a drawing can be used while a student is explaining their solution method.

Friday, April 17: 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM – Three sessions conflict

#312 Models to Solve Word Problems: Visualization to See Mathematical Relationships
Lead Speaker: Andy Clark

Students struggle with word problems whether in elementary grades with a variety of whole number and fraction operations or the middle grades with ratio, proportion, and algebraic problems. This session will demonstrate the power of visual models to help students see mathematical relationships and solve even complex problems and applications

#321 Singapore’s Model Drawing Approach with a “Units” Sentence
Lead Speaker: Michael Winders

The Singapore model drawing approach can be used to solve a variety of word problems, but its true power lies in the way the process provides a bridge to algebraic thinking and techniques. I will show how a “units” sentence can be used to solve problems with diagrams, and how this idea transitions to purely algebraic solutions

#346 Representations with Tape Diagrams? What’s That?
Lead Speaker: Deborah Rutherford Lane

Tape diagrams help children to represent complex problems found in CCSSM testing. Bar models, in particular, work for all learners to make sense of complex word problems. This session will focus on how to lead children from beginning stages of whole number operations through fraction operation modeling from second up through sixth grades.

Recommendations:
-> I’ll be checking out Michael Winders’ session on units.
-> Head to see Andy Clark, one of the authors of the Math in Focus series for a fast paced overview of Models

Friday, April 17: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM – Two sessions conflict

#470 Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract: Singapore’s Approach to Math Instruction
Lead Speaker: Richard Bisk

Singapore’s students have excelled in international studies of math performance. The concrete-pictorial-abstract approach supports both conceptual understanding and procedural fluency. Abstraction gives math its power, but must be based on understanding. We’ll consider examples from place value, operations, problem solving, and even calculus.

#494.3 Filling Knowledge Gaps with Critical Singapore Math® Approach (Gr. 3-5)
Exhibitor Workshop: Singapore Math, Inc.

During Singapore Math® implementation, gaps in student knowledge can be a challenge. Upper elementary students frequently lack the foundation provided by the 1-3rd grade Singapore Math® Curriculum. In this session, you’ll learn the classroom-tested critical lessons and concepts students must master before jumping into their grade-level content.

Recommendations:
-> I’ll be presenting the Singapore Math, Inc. session for them, but I’d love to see Richy Bisk’s examples from Calculus.

Friday, April 17: 2:45 PM – 4:00 PM

#549.6 Developing Strong K-2 Number Sense with Singapore Math® Primary Mathematics
Exhibitor Workshop: Singapore Math, Inc.

Through the use of manipulatives and activities, this interactive workshop gives teachers practical understanding of concrete-pictorial-abstract (CPA) approach. Lean strategies for building strong number sense foundation, composing/decomposing numbers within 10 and regrouping within 20, and formative/summative assessments.

Saturday, April 18: 8:00 AM-9:00 AM – No conflict

#664 Ratio Tables and Tape Diagrams #notjustforRP
Lead Speaker: Melissa Waggoner
Co-Speaker: Lindsay Kelley

Students learn how to use ratio tables and tape diagrams in the Ratios and Proportional Relationships domain of CCSSM. Then what? In this interactive session, we will explore how these tools can be used to build procedural fluency from conceptual understanding in other content domains, including the Number System and Expressions and Equations.

Recommendations:
I’m intrigued.