Exploring Bridges

Grade Level: K-5

Teachers who know more math tend to have higher achieving students.  Teachers who know more of the math associated with the curriculum they are using and use standards based instruction tend to have higher achieving students.  This course promotes deeper understanding of the underlying mathematical concept behind the Bridges K-5 curriculum.  "The mathematics that teachers need to know to do math well is different from the mathematics needed to teach math well."  Deborah Ball.  This course focuses on the mathematics that teachers need to know to implement Bridges with the greatest fidelity.  Instructional strategies that deepen student understanding are modeled in the course as well as made explicit through participant reflection.  Participants will also explore the levels of math teacher talk that are embedded in the instruction of the course.

In this 20 hour course, participants will:

• Develop their own mathematical capacity
• Explore visual models for mathematics
• Explore all five strands of math content
• Discuss and reflect about the pedagogy modeled in the course

Scheduled Classes

Below is the current schedule of open enrollment classes for this workshop. Each year we also arrange many contract workshops which are sponsored by schools or districts. For more information about this option call us at 1-800-575-8130.

For a PDF of the full descriptions, instructor bio, and registration details click on the workshop Section ID below:

Title:  Exploring Bridges
Dates:  August 9–12, 2010; Mon–Thu, 8:00 AM to 2:00PM
Section ID:  B35
Location: Howard Elementary, Medford, OR 

Title:  Exploring Bridges
***THIS SESSION IS FULL***  (Other session available: B35, see above.)
Dates:  August 16–19, 2010; Mon–Thur, 8:00 AM to 2:00PM
Section ID:  A81
Location: Abraham Lincoln Elementary, Medford, OR