2024 RISE Conference

Math teachers will get updates on middle school math curriculum that has occurred over the past year and throughout the summer.

Explore the use of area model. Climb the ladder from grades 3-12 using one strategy to support various concepts within mathematics. Learn the importance of starting with concrete manipulatives to build the foundational understanding before moving into representational models at all grade levels. Teachers will progress through a hands-on experience on how to use the base ten blocks to model everything from multiplication/division of 1 digit x 1 digit numbers to multiplication/division of polynomials.

This session would be appropriate for any teacher in 6th-12th math

Inspired by the book, "Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics" by John Liljedahl, this session will prompt participants to reflect on their own instructional practices in order to determine whether the students or the teacher are doing more thinking in their classroom. Though this methodology was first researched and applied in math classrooms, the strategies it promotes can be used in any content area.

In order to enhance student engagement and learning, participants in this session will reflect on their practices and explore an effective instructional strategy, “Launch, Explore, Discuss”. This strategy is designed to encourage higher levels of student thinking. Participants will share with their colleagues current strategies they implement in their classrooms to encourage high levels of student thinking. To encourage collaboration, a jigsaw activity will be facilitated. After completing the jigsaw activity, participants will compare and contrast the “Launch, Explore, Discuss” strategy with the familiar and commonly used Gradual Release Model by completing a Venn Diagram.

The participants will be motivated to implement "Launch, Explore, Discuss" in their classrooms by selecting a standard from their curriculum framework and flipping the traditional learning process. They will leave the session with a clear understanding of the strategy and how it can be used to enhance learning and engagement among students. All participants will be entered into a drawing to win a copy of the book, "Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics and the book, "Modifying Your Thinking Classroom for Any Setting" by John Liljedahl.

If you are new to using Delta Math in your classroom, or would like to learn more about best practices and using it to the extent of its capabilities, this session is for you. We will not only learn the basics of how to navigate the platform and how to create assignments and assessments that align to your standards, but also how to create individualized remediation assignments and retests to help students reach mastery of all objectives, through assigning only the objectives that each student personally needs to remediate with ease. This session, will also include how to directly link your assignments to Canvas and your online grade book so that students and parents have access to immediate notification of assignment due dates, missing assignments, and real time grades. Join us to learn all of the wonderful capabilities that Delta Math classroom has to offer.

This will an opportunity for all 6th grade math teachers districtwide to PLC together and discuss best practices, current strategies, and review maps to devise a plan to start the year off strong.

This will an opportunity for all 7th grade math teachers districtwide to PLC together and discuss best practices, current strategies, and review maps to devise a plan to start the year off strong.

This will an opportunity for all 8th grade math teachers districtwide to PLC together and discuss best practices, current strategies, and review maps to devise a plan to start the year off strong.

Explore the use of area model. Climb the ladder from grades 3-12 using one strategy to support various concepts within mathematics. Learn the importance of starting with concrete manipulatives to build the foundational understanding before moving into representational models at all grade levels. Teachers will progress through a hands-on experience on how to use the base ten blocks to model everything from multiplication/division of 1 digit x 1 digit numbers to multiplication/division of polynomials.