Friday, April 15, 2011: 2:00 PM-3:00 PM
207 (Convention Center)
Lead Speaker:
Shonda Lemons-Smith
Looking for a powerful approach to reach kids? This presentation will highlight teaching math using student-driven contextual anchors. All students bring valuable math capital to the classroom. Concrete examples of using students’ backgrounds, families, communities, lived, and out-of-school experiences to anchor mathematical thinking will be provided.
Presentation Format: 3-5 Session
Grade Band Audience: 3 to 5, PreK to 2