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Session 2 9:35 - 10:35 AM

**2a:** **Lure of the Labyrinth ** Middle School Teachers Wendy Stouffer wendy.stouffer@fcps.org

Your beloved pet's gone missing and you've got to find it - but how? Before you know it, you're dropped into a strange (and extremely smelly) world where your only friend is a mysterious bean-loving girl with wings. She says there are others ... Others? Other pets? Well, there sure are plenty of monsters. They're all over the place, stinking up the joint and forcing you to do crazy jobs - you have to make pet food out of carrots and eyeballs? ICK! How in the world can any of this help you find your pet? And can you come to its rescue ... before it's too late? There's only one way to find out ... Come to this session.
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2b. Cooperative Learning and Algebra ** Middle School and High School Teachers Jessica Mills jessica.mills@fcps.org Katie Armentrout katie.armentrou@fcps.org

Do you have students who struggle with Algebra? Do they find the problems difficult to understand? The problem might not be Algebra. This session guides you through activities and lessons to transform struggling students into successful mathematicians. When the power of student to student interaction is unleashed in algebra, students enjoy learning more, and the abstract Algebra concepts become more concrete and understandable. [|Chapter 1 Activity 16 Simultaneous RoundTable Operations onf Rational Numbers.doc] [|Chapter 2 Activity 3 Roundtable Consensus Form.doc] [|Chapter 3 Activity 3 Exploring Operations on Inequalities Pairs Check.doc] [|Chapter 4 Activity 11 Interpret My Slope and Intercepts.doc] [|Chapter 5 Colored Pencil Partner Practice on Solving Systems.doc] [|Chapter 6 Activity 1 Solo Team Polynomial Definitions.doc] [|Chapter 7 Activity 2 Simplify My Radical Matching Activity.doc]

Middle School and High School Teachers (specifically Intro to Algebra, Algebra 1 and Geometry) Heather Dapsauski heather.dapsauski@fcps.org Tracey Franklin tracey.franklin@fcps.org
 * 2c.Different Recipes for Different Learners = A Meal for Success **

Today’s Menu: Differentiating Assessment Questions [|What It Looks Like in the Classroom.pdf] [|Tier 1 and Tier 2 Examples.pdf] [|Tier 1 and Tier 2 Learners.pdf]
 * __Appetizer__**: Definition of Differentiating Instruction in the Math Class
 * __Entrees__**: Differentiation to Assess Student Learning
 * __Dessert __**: How It Looks in Your Classroom

Middle School and High School Teachers Cherri Williams-Kennedy cherri.kennedy@fcps.org Martha Meadows <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">meadows@hood.edu Two veteran teachers will share their best time tested Geometer’s Sketchpad lessons. Lessons will include discovering major geometric concepts using Sketchpad and how to follow up the classroom instruction in order to maximize student understanding. [|Geometer's Sketchpad.pdf]
 * 2d. Dynamic Lesson Plans with Geometer’s Sketchpad **

**2e. This is not your High School Algebra** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">High School Teachers <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Ann Commito aCommito@frederick.edu <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Bill Quinn bQuinn@frederick.edu <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Kathy Fenimore kFenimore@frederick.edu

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Math is math is math, right? Or is it? We will investigate how college math is different from high school math when considering the whole package: personal responsibility, resources, support, and the academic environment. We anticipate a discussion-oriented session punctuated with concrete examples from FCC mathematics courses. About 60% of FCPS students who attend college come to FCC. This fall 2009, 54% of FCC’s NEW students came directly from Frederick County high schools! All of us, wherever we may teach, have a stake in helping our students move from high school to college math with success.

2f. Elementary Investigations ** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Middle School and High School Teachers <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Nancy Stamatokos <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'msoBidiFontFamily;">nancy.stamatako@fcps.org

For the past two years, elementary schools in FCPS have implemented a new resource called //Investigations//. This session will provide information about //Investigations// and discuss how 6th grade mathematics teachers can continue the rich learning experience that these students have received.

Middle School and High School Teachers <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Leslie Byrd <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'msoBidiFontFamily;">leslie.byrd@fcps.org <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16px;">Allison Partner <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'msoBidiFontFamily;">allison.partner@fcps.org <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> Teachers will learn about the subsitizing, sorting, and problem solving strategies that primary students are learning as early as the first grade and how these skills develop not only good number sense, but the strong reasoning skills needed for Algebra and even Geometry. The goal of this session is to identify some of the techniques used in the primary grades so that we might help students to make connections, capitalize on their prior knowledge and engage in reasoning strategies that lead to better procedural fluency. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> [|Inservice Leslie.ppt] [|Professional development powerpoint.doc]
 * 2g. Everything I Needed for Algebra I learned in 1st Grade **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">High School Teachers Mike Gough <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'msoBidiFontFamily;">michael.gough@fcps.org
 * 2h. Fun With Foldables **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">In this session, we will show how foldables can be used as a unique approach to notes, worksheets, review material and other informal forms of assessment. Foldables are an excellent way to differentiate a lesson and provides students with a hands-on approach to learning. Foldables can be used in any math class at any level, so all are welcome!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Middle School Teachers Derek Beet <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'msoBidiFontFamily;">derek.beet@fcps.org
 * 2i. Maryland Math Month Celebrations **

Want to party like its 1999? Well come join Derek Beet and learn how to party mathematics style for the month of April. Learn cool and inventive ways in celebrating Maryland Math Month. [|Celebrating Math Education Month.ppt] [|Songs with Numbers.doc] [|FUNDING FACTORY.doc] [|Geometry Mathematicians.doc] [|MATHEMATICIANS.doc] [|Rubric.doc] [|Rubric2..doc] [|Rubric3.doc]

Middle School and High School Teachers Karen Kroll <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'msoBidiFontFamily;">karen.kroll@fcps.org
 * 2j. Online and Web 2.0 Tools in Mathematics**

During this presentation participants will learn about a variety of online, hardware (Promethean Tablet, LiveScribe Pen) math resources and Web 2.0 tools (Wikis, Googledocs, Twitter etc) that can be used to engage students in the math curriculum and support the Maryland Technology Literacy Standards for Students. Link to Karen's wiki

**2k. Math Stations** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Middle School and High School Teachers <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Kristen Wolf <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'msoBidiFontFamily;">kristen.wolf@fcps.org

Want to incorporate Math Stations in your classroom? What are Math Stations? How do you use Math Stations? Come and get ideas on incorporating Math Stations in your classroom. Participate in Math Stations and see what you can do to engage and motivate students. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Link to all math stations resources

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Middle School and High School Teachers Jen Weiss <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'msoBidiFontFamily;">jennifer.weiss@fcps.org
 * 2l. Multimedia in the Classroom **

Ever wonder how you can bring multimedia into the classroom? Digital Cameras, Video cameras, PowerPoint, posters and more will be explored in the presentation. Examples of Geometry and Algebra II projects will be presented. [|Math Concept Project.doc] [|Geometry Scavenger Hunt.doc] [|Wii Simulations Hand out.doc]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> Middle School and High School Teachers Pat Morgan <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 12pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'msoBidiFontFamily;">patrick.morgan@fcps.org
 * 2m. Taking the Pulse of Your Class Quick and Easy Informal Assessments**

When the students leave your room, can you confidently answer yes to the question "Did they get it?" In this session, a variety of informal assessment ideas will be shared that can be infused in your daily lessons. Specific examples will be shared, however, all of the ideas are adaptable to all curriculum levels. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">**Click to link to all resources for ths session**