CMC - South 2015: Full Schedule

Welcome to California Mathematics Council - South’s 2015 Annual Conference Program!
This year’s conference is in Fabulous Palm Springs, Friday, November 6 and Saturday, November 7!
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8:30am PST

100: Using Technology to Increase Conceptual Understanding in Algebra and Geometry

Many topics in algebra and geometry are difficult to address conceptually and tend to be taught procedurally. WeÕll explore interactive applets that let students Ònotice and wonderÓ, talk about mathematical situations, and develop conceptual understandings of triangle properties, linear equations, systems of equations, and factoring trinomials. _x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:

Speakers

Annie Fetter

The Math Forum at NCTM

I'm the longest-tenured staff member of the Math Forum. I worked on the project that produced the first version of the Geometer's Sketchpad® dynamic mathematics software and was a consultant for Key Curriculum Press for many years. My current work focuses on the development of children's... Read More →

Friday November 6, 2015 8:30am - 9:59am PST
PSCC-Primrose A

G.I. 6 - 12, FEATURED | Featured, FEATURED

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Location ( Hotel ) 100
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10:30am PST

200: Rigorous Teaching and LearningÑSparking StudentsÕ Passions

Rigor in mathematics classrooms should be the foundation for engaging students in high-quality teaching and learning. Find out what rigor in math classrooms is all about. Then, experience how your passion for math can fuel studentsÕ passion for learning and succeeding in life._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:

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Lee V. Stiff

Friday November 6, 2015 10:30am - 11:59am PST
PSCC-Primrose B

3 - 5, FEATURED | Featured, FEATURED

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Location ( Hotel ) 200
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10:30am PST

201: Connecting Data to Instruction - Looking at Smarter Balanced Items & Responses to Inform Instruction

We'll look at several released Smarter Balanced test items and the associated performance data in order to see how this information can be used to improve instruction. Additionally, we'll look at annotated student work on recently released performance tasks to help teachers understand what constitutes acceptable responses that focus on problem solving, communicating reasoning, and modeling._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:

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Judy Hickman

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

Friday November 6, 2015 10:30am - 11:59am PST
PSCC-Primrose C

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Location ( Hotel ) 201
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10:30am PST

202: What is Academic Rigor in the Primary Classroom?

The subject of rigor brings up lots of questions that need to be examined. What makes a task rigorous? Is harder always better? How do we know when struggling with a task will lead to understanding and when it will not? We will look at what we need to consider to provide rigorous, yet appropriate, tasks for young children._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:

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Kathleen Richardson

What Smarter Wants Ss to Know CMCS HD pptx

Friday November 6, 2015 10:30am - 11:59am PST
PSCC-Primrose A

PK - 2, FEATURED | Featured, FEATURED

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Location ( Hotel ) 202
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1:30pm PST

300: Teaching Mathematics: Reflections and Insights on >1000 Classroom Observations

I have been blessed with an ever growing data base of more than 1000 K-12 mathematics classroom observations since 2010. This session is an opportunity to capture and share some of what I've observed and learned. We will use specific examples to look at such issues as on-going cumulative review, homework, worksheets, saying vs. showing, formative assessment, questioning and tasks that either numb or energize our neurons - all of which can be transported to every classroom in which mathematics is taught._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:

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Steven Leinwand

Friday November 6, 2015 1:30pm - 2:59pm PST
PSCC-Primrose B

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Location ( Hotel ) 300
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1:30pm PST

302: Conferring and Questioning to Spark Deeper Understanding

Questioning has become one of the biggest challenges of teachers everywhere as they rise to the challenge of transforming their classrooms into communities of mathematicians. The CCSS Standards of Mathematical Practice require that children engage in problem solving with tenacity and confidence and that teachers foster a climate conducive to the generating of mathematics rather than the explanation of it. Teachers have been told that they have a new roleÑone of a facilitator, rather than a teller. But being a facilitator is not sufficient; we are also mentors. Precisely how to question in ways that engage learners to go deeper into the mathematics at hand will be the focus of this presentation. Digital video will be used to study it in action and participants will leave with a ÒLandscape of Teacher Change on Conferring and QuestioningÓ to monitor their own growth and development. _x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:

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Cathy Fosnot

Tasks for SCMC Conference docx

Mapping Items to Instruction pptx

Friday November 6, 2015 1:30pm - 2:59pm PST
PSCC-Primrose A

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Location ( Hotel ) 302
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3:30pm PST

400: Facilitating Meaningful Discourse in Mathematics Classroom

According to Principles to Action, mathematical discourse should: build on and honor studentsÕ thinking; provide students with the opportunity to share ideas, clarify understandings, and develop convincing arguments; and advance the mathematical learning of the whole class. It has been argued that Òdiscussions that focus on cognitively challenging mathematical tasks, namely those that promote thinking, reasoning, and problem solving, are a primary mechanism for promoting conceptual understanding of mathematics.Ò During the session participants will: 1) watch a video clip and discuss what the teacher does to support her students engagement in and understanding of mathematics; 2) discuss how the video exemplifies the focal teaching practice; and 3) consider what can be learned from this example that could apply to teaching more broadly. _x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:

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Margaret Smith

Friday November 6, 2015 3:30pm - 4:59pm PST
PSCC-Primrose A

G.I. 6 - 12, FEATURED | Featured, FEATURED

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Location ( Hotel ) 400
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3:30pm PST

401: From Counting to Problem Solving: Supporting the development of understanding for each student

Beginning problem solving can seem challenging for students and teachers. This session will focus on how to use counting collections to support students to solve problems. The session will provide examples as well as elucidate the underlying principles that support the connection between counting collections and problem solving. _x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:

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Megan Franke

Professor of Education at UCLA, UCLA

Megan Franke is a Professor of Education at UCLA. Megan’s research focuses on understanding and supporting teacher learning for preservice and inservice teachers. She studies how teachers’ use of research-based information about the development of children’s mathematical thinking... Read More →

Friday November 6, 2015 3:30pm - 4:59pm PST
PSCC-Primrose C

PK - 2, FEATURED | Featured, FEATURED

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Location ( Hotel ) 401
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3:30pm PST

402: Letting Go: Cultivating Agency and Authority in the Secondary Mathematics Classroom

In this session, I share what I learned from my dissertation video study of two high school teachers who were learning to enact Number Talks. I wanted to learn what the teachers found most challenging and how coaching supported their learning. _x000B_ In examining the videos of the Number Talks, I noticed that even when teachers use teaching strategies that are recommended for engaging students in productive mathematical discussions, it can be hard to let go of familiar practices that we think of as "teaching" (such as asking leading questions or verifying students' answers), but that when we are able to forego those habits, students' agency and authority has more space to grow. I hope these ideas will be useful for teachers and coaches alike._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:

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Cathy Humphreys

Friday November 6, 2015 3:30pm - 4:59pm PST
PSCC-Primrose B

Teacher Ed, FEATURED | Featured, FEATURED

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Location ( Hotel ) 402
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8:30am PST

500: Number Talks and the Standards for Mathematical Practice: Teachers and Students Learning Together

Number Talks develop numerical reasoning skills for students and teachers alike and are a powerful vehicle for bringing the Standards for Mathematical Practice to life in elementary through post-secondary classrooms. This session will engage participants as learners while highlighting critical aspects that make Number Talks a safe space for the having of mathematical ideas._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:

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Ruth Parker

Saturday November 7, 2015 8:30am - 9:59am PST
PSCC-Primrose A

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Location ( Hotel ) 500
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8:30am PST

501: Principles for Building and Using Effective Digital Tasks

What do the most powerful digital math tasks have in common? What teacher moves allow students to get the most out of any lesson? In this session, weÕll consider answers to these questions and use the Desmos Activity Builder as a lens for exploring the intersection of computers, teaching, and math._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:

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Michael Fenton

Lead Instructional Designer, Desmos

Exploring the intersection of mathematics, technology, and curiosity.

Smarter Balanced Math PT Session CMCS Nov 2015 ppt

Saturday November 7, 2015 8:30am - 9:59am PST
PSCC-Primrose B

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Location ( Hotel ) 501
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10:30am PST

601: Building a Coherent Teacher-Owned Middle School Curriculum

Illustrative Mathematics is writing a complete set of lesson plans, assessments, and differentiated learning supports for Grades 6Ð8 mathematics. The curriculum will be aligned to the Common Core State Standards, mathematically coherent, and attuned the daily classroom needs of teachers. It will be an open education resource released under a Creative Commons Attribution license, so that teachers will be able to adapt it to their local needs, while still preserving the basic architecture. In this presentation we will describe some of the key features of the curriculum and give participants an opportunity to work with some of the materials._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:

Speakers

Bill McCallum

California Math Conference Activity Sheets docx

CMC South 2015 Conference 11 7 15 featured presentation pptx

Saturday November 7, 2015 10:30am - 11:59am PST
PSCC-Primrose C

6 - 8, FEATURED | Featured, FEATURED

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Session Number ELL
Location ( Hotel ) 601
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10:30am PST

603: 'In the Position of Possibility' Many Mini Lessons Teaching and Learning in the Urban Classroom

Let's explore the challenges and paths to success of teaching students "in the position of possibility" (formerly known as at risk). Textbooks, testing, mandates, decrees, and breakfast service; experience the life of a South Los Angeles teacher through addition, subtraction, multiplication and division mini lessons. _x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:

Speakers

Dina Williams

Fetter2015CMCSouthNoticeWonderHandout pdf

Fetter2015CMCSouthNoticeWonderSlides pdf

Saturday November 7, 2015 10:30am - 11:59am PST
Renaissance-Catalina

G.I. PK - 5, FEATURED | Featured, FEATURED

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Session Number ELL
Location ( Hotel ) 603
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10:30am PST

600: Adding Talk to the Leadership Teaching and Math Equation

How do adult interactions in school impact student interactions in schools? What do robust academic discussions sound like among teachers and among students? How do we cultivate rich, engaging, inquiries at the administrative and the teacher and the student levels in any given school or district? How do we address problems in school and how do those habits impact how we engage with mathematics problems? What does culture have to do with learning and how do we cultivate the culture we all want to live in? In this talk I will share my thinking about how to develop the kind of dialogue needed to actually improve learning. We will explore "learning communities" and the role of each player in the community to both learn and contribute to the collective and individual knowledge in the community. What habits of discourse need to be cultivated so that all of us, no matter age or rank, can engage productively in dialogue that furthers learni ng, innovation, problem solving and collaboration?_x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:

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Lucy West

Saturday November 7, 2015 10:30am - 11:59am PST
PSCC-Primrose B

General Aud., FEATURED | Featured, FEATURED

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Location ( Hotel ) 600
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10:30am PST

602: MAKE FAILURE CHEAP: WE ALL TAKE RISKS HERE

In a safe class with a teacher they respect, students will reason, rationalize, disagree, compare, and improve. Those environments donÕt occur by accident; theyÕre the product of a specific focus on empowering student voice. LetÕs discuss effective and ineffective questions for all grades, model openness for diverse methods, and celebrate guesses and incorrect answers. _x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:

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Matt Vaudrey

Fontana USD

Matt Vaudrey draws upon years of experience with K-12 Math Education, as a teacher, instructional coach, and administrator. Off the clock, he advocates for students on the margins and builds confidence with teachers nationwide. His book, Classroom Chef, is available on Amazon, and... Read More →

Saturday November 7, 2015 10:30am - 11:59am PST
PSCC-Primrose A

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Location ( Hotel ) 602
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1:15pm PST

702: The Whole Problem-Solving Process: Traversing Gaps Between Thinking Talking Writing and Typing

High-stakes tests are just one time we expect students to read a problem on the computer and then type an answer. ItÕs easy to lose sight of the phases involved in the process of producing a finished product. WeÕll look at samples that highlight this issue and strategies to support moving from thinking to talking to writing to typing._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:

Speakers

Annie Fetter

The Math Forum at NCTM

Saturday November 7, 2015 1:15pm - 2:44pm PST
Renaissance-Catalina

3 - 5, FEATURED | Featured, FEATURED

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Location ( Hotel ) 702
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1:15pm PST

700: Boost Conceptual Understanding & Procedural Fluency with Rich Number Sense Tasks

Would your students benefit from rich number sense tasks connected to ratios, proportions, expressions, solving equations, functions, and more? Come participate in hands-on tasks that provide students with opportunities to use their own reasoning strategies and methods for solving problems that coherently build conceptual understanding and procedural fluency. _x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:

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Andrew Stadel

Math Teacher, Tustin USD

Andrew is currently a math teacher to middle and high school students at a Project-Based Learning public school. You can also find free resources at his widely-acclaimed website, Estimation 180. When Andrew is not teaching math, he’s having fun with his family, playing games and... Read More →

Saturday November 7, 2015 1:15pm - 2:44pm PST
PSCC-Primrose A

6 - 8, FEATURED | Featured, FEATURED

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Location ( Hotel ) 700
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1:15pm PST

701: From Arithmetic to Algebra - And Beyond

What can teachers in the elementary grades do to prepare their students to be successful in algebra? What can teachers in middle school and high school do to take advantage of those early investments and teach algebra successfully? In this talk, I'll share ideas about the progression from arithmetic to algebra, the central pillar of any college- and career-ready mathematics curriculum._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:

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Jason Zimba

Saturday November 7, 2015 1:15pm - 2:44pm PST
PSCC-Primrose C

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Location ( Hotel ) 701
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1:15pm PST

703: Equally Important as Real World: Proof and Reason

A lot of emphasis has been placed on mathematical modeling in the last few years. Explanation of mathematical reasoning is an equally important activity in mathematics and students should grow in their ability to explain their reasoning over their years in school. In this talk we investigate a different ways to elicit mathematical reasoning from students at various grade levels and the standards for what constitutes a full explanation of reasoning at various grade bands on the Smarter Balanced exam._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:

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Heather Dallas

Director/lecturer, The UCLA Curtis Center for Mathematics and Teaching

Saturday November 7, 2015 1:15pm - 2:44pm PST
Renaissance-Andreas

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Session Number Asmt
Location ( Hotel ) 703
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1:15pm PST

707: ÊLeadership and Classroom Pedagogy Leading to Student Proficiency for ALL in Mathematics

Teachers and teacher leaders must focus on both equity and excaellence. This requires a paradigm shift to a leadership pedagogy, where equity and excellence are at the center of all efforts. This pedagogy includes the following knowledge, beliefs, and actions: mathematics content knowledge, equity, advocacy, and outcomes focused._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:

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Susie Hakansson

Saturday November 7, 2015 1:15pm - 2:44pm PST
Renaissance-San Jacinto

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Location ( Hotel ) 707
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3:15pm PST

800: Math is Power not Punishment

We often offer students shortcuts, strategies, and skills before students understand their origin, their value, and the millions of hours of work theyÕve saved mathematicians throughout history. WeÕll look at techniques for putting students in a position to need these challenging skills so they feel like power, not punishment._x000B__x000B_EVALUATION POLL CODE:

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Dan Meyer

Desmos

Saturday November 7, 2015 3:15pm - 4:44pm PST
PSCC-Primrose A

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Location ( Hotel ) 800
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