Marcy Cook - Creating an "Active" Mathematics Classroom K-5

The Distinguished Speakers in Math series provides subject experts who will address relevant issues and hot topics in the field of mathematics.

Participants will deepen their content knowledge, add new ideas to their toolkit of resources, and learn engaging strategies that can be implemented immediately in the math classroom.

Join Marcy Cook’s class Create an “Active” Mathematics Classroom for an inspirational day filled with innovative hands-on math activities to get your students actively involved with math. She will show you quick and effective daily 5-minute warm-ups to begin your math time. She’ll demonstrate a variety of mental math strategies that develop reasoning, number sense, computation and problem-solving skills. Marcy demonstrates amazing classroom management skills and best practices that you will love. Marcy will show you how to use multi-level activities to reinforce learning during independent task time and how to teach computational competency without paper and pencil. Come spend a day with Marcy, a day you’ll never forget!

Topics Include:

  • starters
  • mental math
  • daily stumper problems
  • number sense
  • reasoning and problem solving
  • math centers to maximize minutes and differentiate

Marcy Cook is the ultimate “math guru” and one of the top math presenters in the nation and we are thrilled to be offering her class to you! Marcy Cook has been sharing ideas for math classrooms as a consultant and author for years 30+ years. She’s traveled throughout the world, speaking to audiences and working with thousands of teachers, who have gone on to spread her message of mathematical excellence to hundreds of thousands of students! In this lively and information-packed seminar, for teachers grades K-5, Marcy will share her effective hands-on activities. You will learn how to successfully organize daily math lessons and plan independent task time. A day with Marcy will be a day well spent!

 


math teachers, instructional coaches, interventionists, bilingual, ELL, district leaders, special education
Marcy Cook
Mathematics, Differentiation, Instructional Strategies, Teaching & Learning
1 - Planning, T-TESS 2 - Instruction, T-TESS 1.4 - Planning: Activities, T-TESS 2.2 - Instruction: Content Knowledge and Expertise, T-TESS 2.4 - Instruction: Differentiation
In-person

$150.00
CPE Credits: 6.00  
Registration Closes: 11/6/2017 10:00 am
ESC Region 13
5701 Springdale Road
Austin, TX 78723
Thu. 11/2/2017 - 9:00am to 4:00pm
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