Building Fraction Fluency Gr. 2-5

The course takes a close look at how fraction concepts develop from grade 2 through grade 5.

Participants will learn the big ideas that students must know in order to deeply understand fractional parts. Join us as we explore and use a variety of concrete models that can be used to teach these essential understandings. This course is designed to help you boost your teacher content knowledge and to allow you to explore a wide variety of instructional strategies that you can use as classroom activities and/or intervention strategies.

Participants will leave understanding how the fraction TEKS at their grade level build toward and impact future success. 

Eliminate Fracnophobia in your classroom! In this workshop you will gain experience using a variety of hands-on instructional strategies to build the conceptual development of fractions in grades 2-5. Circle models, pattern blocks, strip diagrams and Cuisenaire rods are among the many models we will explore.

The workshop supports T-TESS Domain 2 - Instruction. Participants will have the opportunity to deepen their content knowledge and expertise by experiencing a variety instructional strategies that convey accurate content knowledge pertaining to fractions. These strategies will provide opportunities for student to use different types of thinking. Additionally, this course will provide you with activities that will help you provide differentiated instructional methods  to help student master what is being taught.


math teachers, interventionists, instructional coaches, district leaders, SPED, Bilingual/ELL
Mary Headley
Interventions, Differentiation, Mathematics, Elementary, STAAR, Instructional Coaching, Instructional Strategies, Multilingual
2 - Instruction, T-TESS 2.2 - Instruction: Content Knowledge and Expertise, T-TESS 2.4 - Instruction: Differentiation
In-person

$85.00
CPE Credits: 6.00  
Registration Closes: 2/22/2017 10:00 am
ESC Region 13
5701 Sprindale Rd.
Austin, TX 78723
Thu. 2/23/2017 - 9:00am to 4:00pm
SP1735492