STREAM: Number Systems & Operations (K-3) - Oct 2022

course description

This 3-week module is designed for grades K-3 teachers. Participants in this module will examine learning progressions in Number and Operations with a focus on active engagement strategies that promote understanding of number sense. Specific goals include:

  • Recognize the differences and different uses of strategies vs. algorithms
  • Examine learning progressions related to Number and Operations
  • Incorporate models for active learning
  • Develop precise mathematics vocabulary

Created by the STREAM project and facilitated by Sandy Squillace, Target Range School

For information on future runs of this course check our Facilitated Course Calendar.

"I feel I got some very valuable information from people in my field that I can use in my classroom." -Billings Elementary Teacher
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User Rating: 3.9 3.9 stars 
Type: Facilitated
Audience: Lower Elementary
OPI Professional Development Units: 15 hours
Enrollment Opens: 9/18/22
Course Dates: 10/2/22 - 10/23/22
Note: Enrollment closes the first day of the course or when the cap is met.

STREAM: You Decide How to Divide! (3-5) - November 2022

course description

During this course, you will explore essential concepts, skills, and representations that support students' developing knowledge of division across grades 3-5. Specific goals and activities include the following:

  • Recognize and apply a variety of models for multiplication; examine where each model may be situated in a learning progression, and analyze student work using these models.
  • Recognize and apply a variety of models for division and investigate aspects of a student-centered classroom using several of these methods.
  • Use your newly acquired knowledge of a particular division model and/or method by applying it in a teaching situation.

Facilitated by Sandy Squillace

For information on future runs of this course check our Facilitated Course Calendar.

"I am very excited to have been able to attend this course! I was able to learn a lot and can’t wait to continue takes courses and expand my knowledge to help my students." —Elementary educator, Kalispell, MT
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User Rating: 4.0 4.0 stars

Type: Facilitated
Audience: Upper Elementary
OPI Professional Development Units: 15 hours
Enrollment Opens: 10/17/22
Course Dates: 11/27/21 - 12/18/21
Note: Enrollment closes the first day of the course or when the cap is met.

STREAM: Number Systems & Operations (4-7) - Oct 2022

course description

This 3-week module is designed for grades 4-7 teachers. Participants in this module will examine learning progressions in Number Systems and Operations, with a focus on active engagement strategies that promote understanding of number sense. Specific goals include:

  • Examine learning progressions related to Number Systems and Operations (grades 4-7)
  • Align tasks to the Number and Operations content standards
  • Read professional articles
  • Create a learning plan

Created by the STREAM project and facilitated by Dan Ries, Target Range School

For information on future runs of this course check our Facilitated Course Calendar.

"We really dove into the standards and mathematical practices.  Everything was useful and relevant to the number system domain." -Kalispell Middle School Teacher
User Rating

User Rating: 3.8 3.8 stars 
Type: Facilitated
Audience: Upper Elementary
OPI Professional Development Units: 15 hours
Enrollment Opens: 9/18/22
Course Dates: 10/2/22 - 10/23/22
Note: Enrollment closes the first day of the course or when the cap is met.

STREAM: Ratios & Proportions (5-8) - April 2023

course description

This course explores how a solid understanding of fraction concepts lays the foundation for students to successfully work with ratios and proportions. Specific goals include:

  • Recognize how learning fraction progressions prepare students to work with ratios/proportions.
  • Solve fraction, ratio, and proportion problems in multiple ways.
  • Develop an awareness of misconceptions related to fractions/ratios/proportions and examine strategies to resolve them.

For information on future runs of this course check our Facilitated Course Calendar.
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User Rating: 4.0 4 stars

 

Type: Facilitated
Audience: Middle School
OPI Professional Development Units: 15 hours
Enrollment Opens: 3/12/23
Course Dates: 4/30/23 - 5/21/23
Note: Enrollment closes the first day of the course or when the cap is met.