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Using Five Processes to Gain Deep Mathematical Understanding

Grades PreK-3: Teachers, Coaches, Curriculum Leaders, Administrators
January 12 , January 19 , & January 26, 2022

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

  • Presented by:
    Kateri Thunder & Alisha Demchak
  • Registration Fee:
    $90
    ( $100 for non-members )
  • Location:
    Virtual Workshop - Online Only

Event Details

In both literacy and mathematics, in order to build conceptual and procedural knowledge, students need to make inferences, synthesize, and reflect on their thinking. In this workshop, participants will explore strategies for developing conceptual understanding and procedural knowledge in mathematics through the five processes: communication, representation, problem solving, reasoning, and connections.  Participants will examine what each process is, and why each process is significant to learning in mathematics.  The presenters will share a variety of evidence-based practices for engaging PreK-3 students in these five processes, including academic discourse, vocabulary instruction, the Concrete-Representational-Abstract (CRA) model, making conjectures, and self-monitoring strategies.  Through personally participating in problem-solving with manipulatives, games, and truly problematic contexts, participants will analyze the mathematical processes students use as well as the mathematical concepts and procedures they learn. Throughout the workshop, participants will actively engage in and reflect on rich mathematics activities that can be used with PreK-3 students to enable them to gain deep mathematical understanding.

Audience

Grades PreK-3: Teachers, Coaches, Curriculum Leaders, Administrators

Presenters

kateri thunder

Kateri Thunder

Kateri Thunder is an early childhood teacher, a professional development facilitator and coach, and a researcher. Previously, Kateri was an assistant professor of Early Childhood and Elementary Mathematics Education at James Madison University, a math specialist at a PreK-4 elementary school, and the UVA Site Director of the Central Virginia Writing Project.

alisha demchak

Alisha Demchak

Alisha Demchak is currently a kindergarten teacher at Burnley-Moran Elementary School in Charlottesville. She also serves as the division lead literacy teacher for Prek-4th grades. She has served as an early childhood reading and mathematics specialist as well as an instructional coach in a Prek-4 elementary school. 

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If you have questions or concerns, or would like to receive more information about this workshop, please contact our Professional Learning Coordinator, Alison Dwier-Selden Alison Dwier-Selden.

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January 12 , January 19 , & January 26, 2022
$90 ( $100 for non-members)
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Using Five Processes to Gain Deep Mathematical Understanding
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Virtual Workshop - Online Only
Grades PreK-3: Teachers, Coaches, Curriculum Leaders, Administrators