2013-14ProfessionalDevelopmentCatalog
2013-14ProfessionalDevelopmentCatalog
2013-14ProfessionalDevelopmentCatalog
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Stop Counting by Ones or Else!<br />
What strategies can we employ to help our students better understand the number system?<br />
Once our students understand cardinality of a set, and that one more means the next counting number,<br />
we teach them to “count on”. But that is where many of them get stuck! Unless we teach them<br />
intermediate strategies to use before they have all of their facts memorized, they will continue to count on<br />
by ones. Teaching them to use five frames, ten frames, and then use the base ten system to decompose<br />
and recompose numbers gives them strategies they can use not only in “basic fact” numbers but greater<br />
numbers as well. The connection to multiplication and “counting by multiples” is a natural extension of<br />
counting by ones. It slows them down and keeps them using their fingers. This workshop will address the<br />
unintended consequences of counting strategies in the four basic operations and offer alternatives that<br />
allow for better understanding of the operations and of our number system.<br />
PARTICIPANTS: K - 5 educators (regular and special education)<br />
DATE/TIME: Jan 7 2014 8:30AM - 3:00PM<br />
COST: $176 for Curriculum Center Members; $202 Curriculum Center Non Members<br />
LOCATION: Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES; Yorktown Heights, NY; School Services Building<br />
FACILITATOR: Mary Altieri taught in the Lakeland School District for over 30 years. She began her career<br />
as an elementary classroom teacher, experiencing children with a wide range of preparation and grade<br />
levels. In 1993, Ms. Altieri received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching. She<br />
is a certified secondary mathematics teacher and has taught at the middle and high school levels<br />
as well. Currently, Ms. Altieri works as a consultant with P/NW BOCES. Ms. Altieri is available to provide<br />
mathematics professional development and onsite support.<br />
REGISTRATION REQUIRED BY: 12/24/<strong>2013</strong><br />
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics<br />
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