Session II: Extended Sessions
10:15-11:45

Session Number
Audience
Title
Room Number
24
PreK-5
Bead Strings 101
2152
25
PreK-5, Exhibitor Showcase
Growing Mathematicians with Number Lines
3157
26
6-12, Exhibitor Showcase
Robotics in the Mathematics Classroom
3148
27
3-12
Fun with Problem Solving!
2161
28
6-8
Arrêter de parler!! Using Protocols to Promote Student Engagement and Discourse during Instruction
2170
29
6-12
Put on Your Thinking MCAP
2162
30
6-12
Explorations with Square, Triangular, Tetrahedral, Pentagonal and other Figurate Numbers
2163
31
6-12
Filling the Gaps with Algebra Tiles
2164
32
6-12
Building Equity and Thinking In Math Classrooms
2169

Session II Descriptions

24
Bead Strings 101
PreK-5
Are you looking for a different way to connect concepts from a concrete representation to a more abstract representation?   Participants will explore how 100 Bead Strings can do that very thing. You will learn what they are, how they can be used for more than just counting, and see how to make connections from the concrete to the abstract.  
Jennifer Stairs
Kristen Mangus
Howard County Public School System
Room 2152

25
Growing Mathematicians with Number Lines
PreK-5, Exhibitor Showcase
In this interactive session for K-5 educators, participants will explore the progression from number tracks to number lines and engage in games and activities, using both digital and print resources, to help students improve their understanding of relative position and number magnitude.
Melinda Schwartz
ORIGO Education
Room 3157

26
Robotics in the Mathematics Classroom
6-12, Exhibitor Showcase
Join this hands-on session to learn how to make students beg to learn math!   When students learn to “drive” the TI Rover, they are fully engaged and asking for more math.  They don’t want to leave class! Free activities will be shared. No coding experience necessary – come join the fun!
Robyn Poulsen
Texas Instruments
Room 3148

27
Fun with Problem Solving!
3-12
This workshop features classroom-tested numerical and geometric problem solving activities that are suitable for students in grades 3 through 12, inclusive.  These unique hands-on activities will be presented using physical materials and cooperative small groups.
Michael Krach
Phyllis Hillwig
Emma Talbot
Towson University
Room 2161

28
Arrêter de parler !! Using Protocols to Promote Student Engagement and Discourse during Instruction
6-8
To provide teachers with alternatives to stand and deliver and independent practice routines, Anne Arundel County Public Schools developed 18 protocols that promote student engagement and discourse. Come experience several protocols that you can immediately implement in your classrooms.
Mary Rathlev
Nicole Howard
Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Room 2170

29
Put on Your Thinking MCAP
6-12
Calling all middle school mathematics teachers! Are you excited for the new MCAP? Are you curious about how these new assessments will be different (or the same) as the old Maryland assessments? Would you like to know how assessment rubrics have changed and how the assessments are scored? Would you like to view some sample items? Then this is YOUR session! Come learn about the Grade 6, Grade 7, and Grade 8 MCAP mathematics assessments. Explore the new Evidence Statements, test out the new rubrics with sample items, learn about the new MCAP design, and have your questions answered. 
Nina Riggs
Maryland State Department of Education
Room 2162

30
Explorations with Square, Triangular, Tetrahedral, Pentagonal and other Figurate Numbers
6-12
Figurate numbers exhibit a number of beautiful patterns. In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore patterns and relationships with triangular, square, tetrahedral, pentagonal and other figurate numbers. The diagonals of Pascal's triangle and technology will be incorporated in the workshop. 
Jay Schiffman
Rowan University
Room 2163

31
Filling the Gaps with Algebra Tiles
6-12
Using a CRA (Concrete, Abstract, Representational) Model, teachers will examine strategies to reduce misconceptions in algebraic thinking through the use of Algebra Tiles to build conceptual understanding in students. Participants will examine opportunities to support student development of topics from Grade 6 through Algebra 2, that include simplifying expressions, solving linear equations, substitution, and quadratic expressions. 
Chris Pirie
Kasey Barr
Baltimore County Public Schools
Room 2164

32
Building Equity and Thinking In Math Classrooms
6-12
Learn how to implement Visually Random Groups and Vertical Non-Permanent Surfaces in your classroom pedagogy to improve student engagement in task group work and break down social barriers to problem solving.
Stacie Marvin
Howard County Public School System
Room 2169