Math Common CoreReaching Your Struggling Math Student: Teaching with Manipulatives and Mental ModelsTeach math skills and concepts with a practical approach that reaches the most struggling student. Using manipulatives and visuals such as cubes and the bar model, help students progress from concrete to semi-concrete to abstract. These strategies bridge the gap between pictures and symbolic notation while effectively integrating the Mathematical Practices and Content Standards. All participants receive a workshop resource book. One-hour Ashland graduate credit available for an additional $249 if combined with another Math workshop. Lunch is on your own.

• Instructor: Jonily Zupanic• Date: Feb. 5 | 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.• Fee: $149 member/$179 non-member per session

Teach more content in less time by asking the right questions to maximize student thinking and learning. Effective mathematical questioning promotes student thinking and discourse. Learn how to design questions and modify existing questions for depth in mathematical learning. Enrich classroom assessments to predict student achievement as well as student growth over time by using PARCC models as well as Common Core free web resources. All participants receive a workshop resource book. One-hour Ashland graduate credit available for an additional $249 if combined with another Math workshop. Lunch is on own.

• Instructor: Jonily Zupanic• Date: March 4 | 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.• Fee: $149 member/$179 non-member per session

Ask This, Not That: Mathematical Questioning to Drive Deeper Student Understanding

Semple Math is a unique approach to teaching basic math skills and the abstract concepts of the Base 10 number system through a special sequence of concrete, mnemonic (association memory) teaching strategies. Semple Math addresses the needs of students who have difficulty with memory, sequencing, discrimination, organization, attention, language, directionality or spatial relationships. The 52 lessons of Level 1 Semple Math focus on number-numeral concepts, addition facts and algorithms, place value, money, and word problems. The 53 lessons of Level 2 focus on subtraction, rounding off, making change, subtraction and word problems. Workshop includes a Level 1 Teacher’s Manual. Questions?

• Instructor: Tom Diebold• Date: Feb. 25 | 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.• Fee: $149 member/$179 non-member per session

Overview of Semple Math Levels 1& 2 | Addition & Subtraction

Semple Math is a unique approach to teaching basic math skills and the abstract concepts of the Base 10 number system through a special sequence of concrete, mnemonic (association memory) teaching strategies. Semple Math addresses the needs of students who have difficulty with memory, sequencing, discrimination, organization, attention, language, directionality or spatial relationships. The 40 lessons of Level 3 cover all multiplication facts, long multiplication, multiplication word problems, expansion of place value concepts, keeping a checkbook, and other topics. The 51 lessons of Level 4 cover division, long division, fractions, percentage, and linear measurement. Recommended Prerequisite: Overview of Semple Math Levels 1 & 2. Workshop includes a Level 3 Teacher’s Manual. Questions?

• Instructor: Tom Diebold• Date: March 19 | 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.• Fee: $149 member/$179 non-member per session

Overview of Semple Math Levels 3 & 4 | Multiplication & Division

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