Thursday, April 14, 2011: 3:00 PM-4:30 PM
203/204 (Convention Center)
Lead Speaker:
Maria DaSilva
Co-speakers:
Fay Zenigami
and
Seanyelle Yagi
Experience how to introduce students to number systems and place value using units of continuous quantities of length, area, and volume. Explore bases less than ten to enhance the understanding of regrouping in a given number system. Modeling place-value units in other bases leads to meaningful conceptual understanding of the decimal system.
Presentation Format: PreK-2 Gallery Workshop
Grade Band Audience: PreK to 2, 3 to 5