Join Amy and Grace for online learning this spring!

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NEW webinar series, Productive Struggle in Math Class. Whether you choose to participate in one, all four, or a mix, these webinars are not to be missed.

Tuesdays – 7:00 – 8:00 pm Eastern
3/26 Developing Independent Math Thinkers
4/23 Maximizing Multiple Mathematical Representations to Engage all Learners
5/7 Making Students’ Mathematical Thinking Visible
5/21 Mathematical Discourse for All

Back by popular demand, we will offer our popular online course and learn practical strategies to support students with learning disabilities to think and reason mathematically by considering learning strengths, IEP goals, and pedagogies. Essential Strategies for Teaching Students with Disabilities to Think Mathematically from June 20th to July 24th.

Grace and Amy customize experiences that integrate our resources with school and district goals that coalesce into robust learning experiences for teachers and transfer into rich learning for students. The goal of their work is to provide teachers and districts with practical strategies and structures to improve student learning and then to build the capacity to sustain the work through existing district-based learning structures.

Routines for Reasoning provides insight into the mathematical practices, supports for specials populations, and repeatable instructional routines to develop mathematical thinking.

Teaching for Thinking explores the ways in which reasoning routines can be leveraged to engage students in mathematical discourse and thinking all the while developing equitable teaching practices.

Grace and Amy share their insights via podcasts and explore the power of reasoning routines, specific supports for special populations, and ways in which routines support teachers. Listen to podcasts from Heinemann, ELLevation Highest Aspirations, and Texas Instruments Room to Grow.

Annotation: An Essential Teaching Strategy to Make Thinking Visible

Read more in this CMC ComMuniCator article, March 2023, Annotation: An Essential Teaching Strategy to Make Thinking Visible

Starting the Year with Contemplate then Calculate

Contemplate then Calculate your way into the school year! Reset for 2022-2023 This summer, more and more teachers are preparing to start their school year with a week of Contemplate then Calculate.  They see the routine as a powerful vehicle for establishing a strong culture for learning. We couldn’t agree more. Contemplate then Calculate  #CthenC We encourage you to use a […]

Contemplate then Calculate

Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, NCTM Volume 115 Issue 1 What is structural thinking and how do we teach it? Explore the NCTM article and access supplementary materials on NCTM’s website Explore additional resources on NCTM’s website We’d love to hear what you think! 

Mathematical Thinking Opens Doors for Students with Learning Disabilities

We are convinced that not only are students with learning disabilities capable of thinking mathematically, but mathematical thinking serves as a powerful learning support for those who struggle in mathematics.  However, all too often the math learning experiences of students with learning differences are devoid of reasoning and problem solving. Instead they experience mathematics as an exercise in memorizing facts […]

Mathematical Thinking Goals for Students on IEPs

Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) goals serve to focus and measure our work with students who have identified learning disabilities. They are the result of collaboration between educators, families, and sometimes even the student. The goals communicate beliefs and expectations for the progress students will make in a given year to all stakeholders. While we believe that each and every student […]

Accelerating Unfinished Learning

It has never been more imperative that we develop mathematical thinking in students. The Covid-19 pandemic caused significant loss of in-person classroom instructional time that will never be recuperated. We simply don’t have the capacity to teach every procedure, process, and fact that we may have in the past. We need to focus students’ thinking on big ideas that transcend […]

#CovidSilverLinings

In New England, when March arrives, we lift our heads and look to Spring. And, 2021 is no different!  Optimism is in the air – vaccines are being distributed, Covid numbers are down, and temperatures are above freezing! As we take stock on this first day of March, we are grateful for many #CovidSilverLinings. Yes, we’ve increased family time, organized closets, […]

Mathematical thinking & language are threads of a single fabric

Language in Mathematical Thinking You just can’t think mathematically without language. (Try it!) You may have internal thought bubbles, talk to yourself aloud, or collaborate with others. However, if you are thinking mathematically, you are calling upon language.  And, working through ideas verbally supports and develops mathematical thinking.  As Phil Daro, mathematics educator who co-directed the development of the Common […]

Teach your students to read and interpret word problems in a remote setting: 3 Critical Components

Leverage Routines As we well know, routines support classroom efficiency by providing a predictable means for students to go about regular classroom activities like organizing materials, lining up, placing lunch orders, turning in notes from home/homework, etc. Instructional routines provide the same benefits, but within the context of teaching and learning. Their predictable flow and repeated instructional designs support teachers […]

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