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How to Use the Best Strategies from Singapore to Strengthen Your Math Instruction (Grades K‑6) How to Use the Best Strategies from Singapore to Strengthen Your Math Instruction (Grades K‑6) 2014 Schedule ALABAMA Birmingham / April 7 NEWLY UPDATED Seminar AL Verification of Attendance Available MS CEUs Available Presented by MAINE Portland / April 3 Tricia Salerno 5 Contact Hours Available with Prior Approval from your Local Certification Support System Expert of the Singapore Method MISSISSIPPI of Teaching Mathematics, Jackson / April 8 Software Developer, Author, and MS CEUs Available International Presenter NEW JERSEY Cherry Hill (Voorhees) / April 2 Newark (Parsippany) / April 1 NJ Professional Development Hours Available Specifically Designed for Classroom Teachers, Special Education with Prior District Approval Staff, Title I Staff, Math Specialists, Instructional Assistants, PA CPE Hours Verification Available with Prior District Approval in Cherry Hill Only and Administrators Who Teach Mathematics to Students in NEW YORK Grades K‑6 Long Island (Ronkonkoma) / April 4 hhPractical ideas, tools and techniques to seamlessly incorporate White Plains / March 31 the best math strategies from Singapore into your existing (New Rochelle) math curriculum NY CPE Hours Verification Available with Prior District Approval hhAcclaimed, proven techniques to create positive math learning CT Five (5) Contact Hours Available with District Approval in White Plains Only experiences for all your students – which result in dramatic boosts NJ Professional Development Hours Available in student achievement with Prior District Approval hhInnovative, engaging strategies to help your students master TEXAS basic math facts, mental math and problem solving Dallas (Arlington) / April 11 Houston / April 9 hhReady‑to‑use tips, tools and an extensive resource handbook San Antonio / April 10 filled with a wealth of meaningful ideas to put the power of TX Registered Approved CPE Provider Singapore methodology to work in your own classroom. See these techniques in action in real classrooms Ten Key Benefits of Attending Practical Ideas 1. Incorporate the Newest Math Strategies from Singapore and Strategies into Your Current Math Program Seamlessly incorporate these outstanding approaches to teaching Specifically designed for teachers of mathematics in your current program … Practical, timesaving kindergarten through sixth grade, this techniques that are easy to teach and easy to learn exciting NEWLY UPDATED seminar presents Singapore methodology 2. Strengthen Your Students’ Mental Math Abilities for the math classroom that will Learn to teach your students to add and subtract mentally up to change your approach to teaching 100 in first grade and within 1,000 by the end of second grade! … Learn ways – starting in primary grades – to teach students to mathematics and greatly enhance your multiply two‑digit numbers mentally in grades 4‑6 students’ achievement. Regardless of the math curriculum you are 3. Help Your Students Master Basic Math Facts currently using, highly talented math Discover proven strategies that enable students to truly master teacher and international instructor, basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts … Tricia Salerno, will give you the Free up their mental energy to solve more challenging problems tools, techniques and motivation 4. Make Math More Engaging and Fun to incorporate the best Singapore It’s true – see how you can get students excited about math … methods into your current program. If students love math, they will practice it – and practice Using these extraordinary ideas, you makes permanent! will boost your students’ confidence 5. Unlock the Power of the Singapore Model‑Drawing as math learners, significantly improve Approach their math skills and find that teaching Enhance your math lessons with the extremely powerful visual mathematics can be the most nature of bar modeling … Enable students – at all skill levels – rewarding part of your day. to see, manipulate and understand how math works Singapore has consistently scored 6. Develop Your Students’ Fluency with Fractions, Decimals, among the top countries in the Percentages, Ratios, and Proportions world at both the fourth and See how the “learning to mastery” component of Singapore math eighth grade levels on the Trends allows students to manipulate numbers and move freely between in International Mathematics and fractions, decimals, percentages, ratios, and proportions in ways Science Study (TIMSS). As you will that many adults cannot see, there are concrete reasons why 7. Replace Math Anxiety with Math Success this is happening, and perhaps the Discover proven ways to decrease math anxiety, allowing your best news of all is that every teacher, students to fully engage in learning math … The only option your regardless of where you are teaching students will have is to be successful or what math program you are using, 8. Learn Multiple Methods for Informal Assessment can use the same techniques to help Learn practical ideas for assessing your students’ progress that are your students. efficient, accurate and can be implemented immediately … How to Tricia will fill the day with “right back keep yourself tuned‑in to all of your students, all of the time to your classroom” methods you can 9. Make Your Students Phenomenal Problem Solvers use immediately for teaching mental How to introduce problem‑solving skills and strategies appropriate math, problem solving, mastering for all types of learners, whether visual, auditory or kinesthetic … basic math facts, and developing Equip your students with the skills to solve complex, multi‑step higher‑level thinking skills. You’ll problems – skills that really work leave with new insights, innovative 10. Discover Outstanding Technology Software and Tools teaching strategies, an extensive See excellent technology software and tools – many of them resource handbook, and a renewed FREE, that will supplement any math textbook series … Learn how enthusiasm for teaching mathematics. to use this technology for purposes of differentiation and small group work 2 Outstanding Strategies You Can Use Immediately “I am so excited to return to my classroom and share hhHow to incorporate the newest strategies from math classrooms in Singapore into your existing math program what I learned with my hhEngaging strategies and hands‑on activities that enable students to students and colleagues. master basic math facts in addition, subtraction, multiplication, I’m walking away with so and division many strategies and teaching hhStep‑by‑step techniques to strengthen your students’ mental techniques I can use!” math abilities – Amy Paladino, hh How to build students’ confidence as capable math learners Title I Math Teacher hhWhat it means to teach to mastery rather than constantly spiral in math instruction hhPractical techniques to informally assess all of your students, all of the time hhOutstanding ways to teach fractions for understanding hhHow to use number bonds, a pictorial representation of the part‑part‑whole relationship, in addition and subtraction hhInnovative questioning techniques that create deeper understanding for students and enable them to communicate mathematically, both orally and in written form hhA clear demonstration of how to teach the powerful bar model approach to problem solving, which serves as a strong bridge to algebra hhHow to help students move freely between fractions, decimals, percentages, and ratios hhInnovative ways to differentiate your instruction to meet the needs of all your math learners hhNumerous techniques to develop logic and number sense – even in your youngest students! hhMethods to encourage visualization and spatial awareness, including subitizing exercises for young students hhProven ways to use common manipulatives to best advantage hhUsing pictures to serve as the transition between the concrete and abstract stages of a lesson, all the way through grade 6 hhIdeas that you and your students can use to celebrate math in your classroom hhMultiple ideas to encourage parents to help their children in math – in ways that will help you, too! hhSimple, effective methods for teaching place value so that students To Register, truly understand Call Toll‑Free hhHow to extend word problems to challenge your most talented students 1-800-735-3503 hhEffective ways to encourage all students mathematically, regardless of their ability 3 Bureau of Education & Research 915 118th Avenue SE • PO Box 96068 • Bellevue, WA 98009-9668 A Message Phone (800) 735-3503 • Fax (425) 453-1134 • www.ber.org From Your Dear Colleague: Seminar Come learn what all the “buzz” is about. You’ve heard about it, you’ve read about it, now come experience the methods used in Singapore in Leader, mathematics classes for grades K–6. You have probably heard that the authors of the Common Core State Standards for math looked to the math Tricia Salerno curriculum of Singapore for inspiration in creating these new standards. That’s great news for schools who are able to incorporate strategies from Singapore in order to bolster their students’ math confidence and competence. I have developed this fast‑paced, lively seminar, including the most up‑to‑date strategies used by students in Singapore, to share with you the power of these techniques. Their use has changed my attitude about teaching math and have made my students, and the teachers I have coached, confident, competent and eager to learn mathematics. For the past eleven years I have taught the Singapore method at all grade levels, from kindergarten through seventh
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