Join us for an engaging, hands-on workshop designed for Grades 4–8 math educators who want to strengthen students’ problem-solving skills, mathematical reasoning, and confidence in mathematics. This session will immerse participants in rich mathematical tasks that encourage productive struggle, collaboration, and meaningful mathematical discourse. Teachers will explore practical instructional routines that help students make sense of problems, communicate their thinking, and develop deeper conceptual understanding.
Participants will also experience the 8 Mathematical Language Routines (MLRs) and discover how these routines can support student discourse, academic language development, and equitable access to rigorous mathematics for all learners. In addition, the workshop will examine common problem structures across addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division to help teachers better support students’ strategic thinking and problem-solving flexibility. Educators will leave with classroom-ready strategies, routines, and resources they can immediately implement.
Learning Objectives
- Apply the Texas Math TEKS Process Standard 1B problem-solving model to support student reasoning and perseverance.
- Analyze addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problem structures to support students’ problem-solving strategies and conceptual understanding.
- Explore instructional routines, including the 8 Mathematical Language Routines (MLRs), and rich math tasks that promote productive struggle and mathematical discourse.