NCTM 2021 Virtual Conference

Join our sessions during the NCTM 2021 Virtual Conference and visit the ORIGO virtual booth for your chance to win.

Attendees will have a chance to win their choice of a Box of Facts for Addition and Subtraction or Multiplication and Division. Click here to enter the drawing.

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Strategies to Support English Language Learners in the Mathematics Classroom

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Prerecorded Workshop (On-Demand)
Grades 3 – 5
NCTM Strand: Leveraging the Language of Mathematics
Session #5
Presenter: Sandy Szako, ORIGO Education Resource Advisor and Melinda Schwartz, ORIGO Education Learning Services Educator

Explore the Language Stages as a powerful tool needed to support ELLs in the math classroom. During this session, participants will have access to engaging mathematics teaching and learning with the use of Big Books, games, manipulatives, and more to promote conceptual understanding through discourse.

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

The Problem with Word Problems

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Prerecorded Session (On-Demand)
Grades Pre-K – 2
NCTM Strand: Leveraging the Language of Mathematics
Session #59
Presenter: Rhonda Bernard & Melinda Schwartz, ORIGO Education Learning Services Educators

School curricula and assessments rely heavily on problem solving. However, teachers are given few resources and instructional strategies for teaching problem solving. Join this interactive session where you will learn how to strategically use problem types to build better problem solvers and develop a systematic plan for instruction.

Developing Mathematical Practices through Computational Thinking

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Prerecorded Session (On-Demand)
Grades Pre-K – 2
NCTM Strand: Developing Deep Mathematical Thinking for All
Session #62
Presenter: Sara Delano Moore, ORIGO Education Learning Services Educator

Computational thinking establishes deep systems-thinking skills for all learners. This session uses the four recognized key aspects of computational thinking—decomposition, patterning, algorithmic thinking, and the process of abstracting—as tools for developing the mathematical practices and critical mathematical reasoning.

Fractions: From Misunderstanding to Deep Understanding

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Prerecorded Workshop (On-Demand)
Grades 3 – 5
NCTM Strand: Building Inclusive Classrooms for ALL
Session #64
Presenter: Rhonda Bernard & Melinda Schwartz, ORIGO Education Learning Services Educators

All students can internalize and generalize fraction concepts, given quality experiences with multiple models for fractions. Explore four different representations of fractions and why each is critical. Learn how different types of models provide different features and therefore serve different purposes.