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Calgary City Teachers’ Convention (Booth #505/507)
Apprendre par le jeu favorise la curiosité, la créativité, la confiance en soi ainsi que le développement des compétences sociales et cognitives. Cette session a pour but d’essayer des jeux, de s’amuser et d’explorer des façons de les utiliser et de les intégrer dans votre planification d'unités afin d’optimiser l’apprentissage.
Friday, February 13 from 10:45am-11:45am
Western Canada High School - Room 279
Renée Michaud est consultante en mathématiques. Elle offre du perfectionnement professionnel varié à différents congrès à travers le pays tel qu’à APPIPC, BCAMT, APEF et nationalement à ACPI et ce, en français et en anglais. Elle œuvre également comme consultante auprès de maisons d’édition telles que Pearson Publishing. Auparavant, elle fut enseignante à Calgary Board of Education pendant de nombreuses années et elle a travaillé plus récemment comme conseillère pédagogique au sein du Consortium provincial francophone (CPFPP) et au Conseil scolaire FrancoSud.
Getting some things wrong in Math isn't a big deal… you can always learn them later, while still doing well on everything else now. But other things are so important that their loss means the learner is handicapped at learning new ideas. Sometimes, you can't let weak understandings slide. Enter the need for Targeted Intervention in Math. ***This session will focus on Interventions related to Counting and Place Value, Adding and Subtracting Based on the work of Marilyn Burns, "Do The Math" is aligned with a Mathematical Learning Progression that builds both Concepts and Skills for all learners. It leverages the power of manipulatives and models, using direct/guided instruction, to help remediate and strengthen student performance where it counts... on the Big Ideas of Math. Using these ideas for Intervention, Remediation, or everyday Instruction helps to build strong learners that have solid mathematical foundations.
Friday, February 13 from 10:45am-11:45am
Western Canada High School - Room 101
Download Do the Math Samples to try in your classroom today!
In a 40 year career as an Alberta classroom Teacher, Principal, District Leader, and Consultant, Gerry has been a tireless advocate for professional learning support for Educators. His work with Schools and Districts remains grounded in the 3 Rs - Research, Relevance, and Relationships ... doing the Right things, for the Right reasons, with the Right people.
A leader in K-12 Mathematics education, Assessment, and Instructional Design initiatives, Gerry loves working with teachers as they strive to make success happen for their students! Working with Pearson Education and Marzano Research in schools and districts across North America, Gerry hopes to augment teacher efficacy, because that's what has the biggest impact on students.
Do you have students in your upper elementary or junior high classrooms struggling with foundational reading skills? It can be challenging to support these students when the teaching of foundational skills is not in the grade level curriculum. In addition, teachers of older students sometimes do not have the experience or background knowledge to teach these skills. In this session, Karen will introduce the new Pearson resource — Literacy Success Foundations — designed to improve students’ word recognition and decoding skills through explicit phonics instruction aligned to a research-based scope and sequence. LSF includes targeted lessons with necessary background information for teachers, age-appropriate decodable text (written intentionally to connect to the phonics instruction), and a comprehensive teacher’s guide. Come see what LSF is all about!
Thursday, February 12 from 10:45am-11:45am
Hyatt - Imperial 7
Karen Filewych has over twenty-five years of educational experience as an elementary teacher, school administrator, and language arts consultant. In 2007, she completed her Master of Education degree in the area of literacy. She is the author of four Pembroke titles including Literacy Instruction Matters which provides literacy support to elementary teachers of all grade levels. She is also the senior author of the Pearson resources Bug Club Morphology, and the newly released Literacy Success Foundations, which supports students in grades 4 and up with foundational reading skills.
Karen enjoys sharing her love of literacy with teachers and students. She provides professional development for school staffs across the country and writing residencies for students. Subscribe to her blog or visit her website for more information: www.wordschangeworlds.ca.
Central Alberta Teachers' Convention
Literacy skills in grade 7-10 English classrooms can vary widely. Understanding students' abilities as readers and writers helps to inform instruction that addresses individual needs. This session introduces Pearson's new Literacy Success Assessment, which is designed to support reading comprehension and communication for students in grades 7-10. Time will also be spent exploring instructional strategies for reading and writing.
Thursday, February 19 from 11:40am-12:40pm
RDP Room AC159
Try Literacy Success Assessment tool for your classroom today!
Siobhan Murphy is the Planning&Implementation Manager for Literacy for Pearson Canada. She has been in the field of education for 20 years, including teaching at the elementary and junior high levels, as a district lead literacy teacher and on secondment at the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium as a literacy consultant. Siobhan is passionate about all things literacy. She completed her Master's degree in education at the University of Alberta focusing her research on assessment for learning in elementary writing.
Getting some things wrong in Math isn't a big deal… you can always learn them later, while still doing well on everything else now. But other things are so important that their loss means the learner is handicapped at learning new ideas. Sometimes, you can't let weak understandings slide. Enter the need for Targeted Intervention in Math. ***This session will focus on Interventions related to Counting and Place Value, Adding and Subtracting Based on the work of Marilyn Burns, "Do The Math" is aligned with a Mathematical Learning Progression that builds both Concepts and Skills for all learners. It leverages the power of manipulatives and models, using direct/guided instruction, to help remediate and strengthen student performance where it counts... on the Big Ideas of Math. Using these ideas for Intervention, Remediation, or everyday Instruction helps to build strong learners that have solid mathematical foundations.
Friday, February 20 from 10:20am-11:20am
RDP Room 2505
Download Do the Math Samples to try in your classroom today!
In a 40 year career as an Alberta classroom Teacher, Principal, District Leader, and Consultant, Gerry has been a tireless advocate for professional learning support for Educators. His work with Schools and Districts remains grounded in the 3 Rs - Research, Relevance, and Relationships ... doing the Right things, for the Right reasons, with the Right people.
A leader in K-12 Mathematics education, Assessment, and Instructional Design initiatives, Gerry loves working with teachers as they strive to make success happen for their students! Working with Pearson Education and Marzano Research in schools and districts across North America, Gerry hopes to augment teacher efficacy, because that's what has the biggest impact on students.
Getting some things wrong in Math isn't a big deal… you can always learn them later, while still doing well on everything else now. But other things are so important that their loss means the learner is handicapped at learning new ideas. Sometimes, you can't let weak understandings slide. Enter the need for Targeted Intervention in Math. ***This session will focus on Interventions related to Counting and Place Value, Adding and Subtracting Based on the work of Marilyn Burns, "Do The Math" is aligned with a Mathematical Learning Progression that builds both Concepts and Skills for all learners. It leverages the power of manipulatives and models, using direct/guided instruction, to help remediate and strengthen student performance where it counts... on the Big Ideas of Math. Using these ideas for Intervention, Remediation, or everyday Instruction helps to build strong learners that have solid mathematical foundations.
Friday, February 20 from 11:40am-12:40pm
RDP Room 2505
Download Do the Math Samples to try in your classroom today!
In a 40 year career as an Alberta classroom Teacher, Principal, District Leader, and Consultant, Gerry has been a tireless advocate for professional learning support for Educators. His work with Schools and Districts remains grounded in the 3 Rs - Research, Relevance, and Relationships ... doing the Right things, for the Right reasons, with the Right people.
A leader in K-12 Mathematics education, Assessment, and Instructional Design initiatives, Gerry loves working with teachers as they strive to make success happen for their students! Working with Pearson Education and Marzano Research in schools and districts across North America, Gerry hopes to augment teacher efficacy, because that's what has the biggest impact on students.
New Curriculum, eh? Research tells us that a coherent, consistent resource helps students better achieve the outcomes we are aiming at. Professionalism demands that we choose the resources we will use. What if we could have both? Mathology is an open, editable framework of lessons, activities, proven pedagogies, activities and assessments that can be used out-of-the-box, or combined flexibly with your own favourite activities, with a consistent framework across grades 1-9.
Friday, February 20 from 9:00am-10:00am
RDP Room 2505
In a 40 year career as an Alberta classroom Teacher, Principal, District Leader, and Consultant, Gerry has been a tireless advocate for professional learning support for Educators. His work with Schools and Districts remains grounded in the 3 Rs - Research, Relevance, and Relationships ... doing the Right things, for the Right reasons, with the Right people.
A leader in K-12 Mathematics education, Assessment, and Instructional Design initiatives, Gerry loves working with teachers as they strive to make success happen for their students! Working with Pearson Education and Marzano Research in schools and districts across North America, Gerry hopes to augment teacher efficacy, because that's what has the biggest impact on students.
Comprendre la valeur de position se fait en trois étapes. Nous les définirons, présenterons des exemples et discuterons de leur rôle dans les stratégies de calcul. Nous aborderons la notation, les différents modèles possibles et les défis auxquels les élèves font face. Enfin, nous examinerons des activités favorisant la maîtrise des valeurs de position.
Thursday, February 19 from 11:40am-12:40pm
RDP Room 1328
Renée Michaud est consultante en mathématiques. Elle offre du perfectionnement professionnel varié à différents congrès à travers le pays tel qu’à APPIPC, BCAMT, APEF et nationalement à ACPI et ce, en français et en anglais. Elle œuvre également comme consultante auprès de maisons d’édition telles que Pearson Publishing. Auparavant, elle fut enseignante à Calgary Board of Education pendant de nombreuses années et elle a travaillé plus récemment comme conseillère pédagogique au sein du Consortium provincial francophone (CPFPP) et au Conseil scolaire FrancoSud.
Apprendre par le jeu favorise la curiosité, la créativité, la confiance en soi ainsi que le développement des compétences sociales et cognitives. Cette session a pour but d’essayer des jeux, de s’amuser et d’explorer des façons de les utiliser et de les intégrer dans votre planification d'unités afin d’optimiser l’apprentissage.
Thursday, February 19 from 9:00am-10:00am
RDP Room 1328
Renée Michaud est consultante en mathématiques. Elle offre du perfectionnement professionnel varié à différents congrès à travers le pays tel qu’à APPIPC, BCAMT, APEF et nationalement à ACPI et ce, en français et en anglais. Elle œuvre également comme consultante auprès de maisons d’édition telles que Pearson Publishing. Auparavant, elle fut enseignante à Calgary Board of Education pendant de nombreuses années et elle a travaillé plus récemment comme conseillère pédagogique au sein du Consortium provincial francophone (CPFPP) et au Conseil scolaire FrancoSud.
How can we best intervene with students who have unfinished learning from previous grade level content? How do engage students with content at their working level? For which concepts should we intervene? Which models should we use? How might we do this within the regular classroom setting? In another setting? When it comes to interventions in math, we often feel that we have more questions than answers. In this session we will discuss and investigate methods to support and develop foundational concepts of math for students. While the session will be focused on Math 180, an intervention resource for students, the examples used in this session will be helpful for any educator who is concerned about students who have significant gaps in their math learning.
Date & Time: Friday, February 20 from 9:00am-10:00am
Location: RDP Room AC149
Erik Teather is the National Mathematics Consultant for Pearson Canada, currently on secondment from DSBNiagara where he has been the mathematics consultant, a resource teacher and a grade 7 & 8 teacher.
In this session we will do some activities from different grades and use various models to represent and develop additive thinking. Our intentional choice of activities and math tools will help you to learn about students’ additive thinking journey from Kindergarten to Grade 9. A focus on assessment for learning will be woven throughout. Regardless of the grade you teach, becoming more aware of the tools and models students encounter across the grades can help to support learners at your grade level. This session is sponsored by Pearson.
Date & Time: Friday, February 20 from 10:20am-11:20am
Location: RDP Room AC149
Erik Teather is the National Mathematics Consultant for Pearson Canada, currently on secondment from DSBNiagara where he has been the mathematics consultant, a resource teacher and a grade 7 & 8 teacher.
In this session we will do some activities from different grades and use a variety of models to represent and develop proportional thinking. Our intentional choice of activities and math tools will help you to reflect about your students' proportional thinking journey. Regardless of the grade you teach, becoming more aware of the tools and models that students encounter across the grades can help to support learners at your grade level.
This session is sponsored by Pearson.
Date & Time: Friday, February 20 from 11:40am-12:40pm
Location: RDP Room AC149
Erik Teather is the National Mathematics Consultant for Pearson Canada, currently on secondment from DSBNiagara where he has been the mathematics consultant, a resource teacher and a grade 7 & 8 teacher.
In this session we will do some activities from different grades and use a variety of models to represent and develop multiplicative thinking. Our intentional choice of activities and math tools will help you to reflect about your students' multiplicative thinking journey. Regardless of the grade you teach, becoming more aware of the tools and models that students encounter across the grades can help to support learners at your grade level.
This session is sponsored by Pearson.
Date & Time: Friday, February 20 from 1:00pm-2:00pm
Location: RDP Room AC149
Erik Teather is the National Mathematics Consultant for Pearson Canada, currently on secondment from DSBNiagara where he has been the mathematics consultant, a resource teacher and a grade 7 & 8 teacher.
Palliser District Teachers' Convention (Booth #400/402)
Getting some things wrong in Math isn't a big deal… you can always learn them later, while still doing well on everything else now. But other things are so important that their loss means the learner is handicapped at learning new ideas. Sometimes, you can't let weak understandings slide.
Enter the need for Targeted Intervention in Math.
***Based on the work of Marilyn Burns, This session will focus on Interventions related to Multiplication & Division, and Fractions.
Thursday, February 19 from 2:20pm-3:20pm
Imperial 4 - HYATT
Download Do the Math Samples to try in your classroom today!
In a 40 year career as an Alberta classroom Teacher, Principal, District Leader, and Consultant, Gerry has been a tireless advocate for professional learning support for Educators. His work with Schools and Districts remains grounded in the 3 Rs - Research, Relevance, and Relationships ... doing the Right things, for the Right reasons, with the Right people.
A leader in K-12 Mathematics education, Assessment, and Instructional Design initiatives, Gerry loves working with teachers as they strive to make success happen for their students! Working with Pearson Education and Marzano Research in schools and districts across North America, Gerry hopes to augment teacher efficacy, because that's what has the biggest impact on students.
Getting some things wrong in Math isn't a big deal… you can always learn them later, while still doing well on everything else now. But other things are so important that their loss means the learner is handicapped at learning new ideas. Sometimes, you can't let weak understandings slide.
Enter the need for Targeted Intervention in Math.
***Based on the work of Marilyn Burns, This session will focus on Interventions related to Multiplication & Division, and Fractions.
Thursday, February 19 from 11:40am-12:40pm
Imperial 4 - HYATT
Download Do the Math Samples to try in your classroom today!
In a 40 year career as an Alberta classroom Teacher, Principal, District Leader, and Consultant, Gerry has been a tireless advocate for professional learning support for Educators. His work with Schools and Districts remains grounded in the 3 Rs - Research, Relevance, and Relationships ... doing the Right things, for the Right reasons, with the Right people.
A leader in K-12 Mathematics education, Assessment, and Instructional Design initiatives, Gerry loves working with teachers as they strive to make success happen for their students! Working with Pearson Education and Marzano Research in schools and districts across North America, Gerry hopes to augment teacher efficacy, because that's what has the biggest impact on students.
Comprendre la valeur de position se fait en trois étapes. Nous les définirons, présenterons des exemples et discuterons de leur rôle dans les stratégies de calcul. Nous aborderons la notation, les différents modèles possibles et les défis auxquels les élèves font face. Enfin, nous examinerons des activités favorisant la maîtrise des valeurs de position.
Friday, February 20 from 11:40am-12:40pm
Glen 208/209 - CTCC
Renée Michaud est consultante en mathématiques. Elle offre du perfectionnement professionnel varié à différents congrès à travers le pays tel qu’à APPIPC, BCAMT, APEF et nationalement à ACPI et ce, en français et en anglais. Elle œuvre également comme consultante auprès de maisons d’édition telles que Pearson Publishing. Auparavant, elle fut enseignante à Calgary Board of Education pendant de nombreuses années et elle a travaillé plus récemment comme conseillère pédagogique au sein du Consortium provincial francophone (CPFPP) et au Conseil scolaire FrancoSud.
Apprendre par le jeu favorise la curiosité, la créativité, la confiance en soi ainsi que le développement des compétences sociales et cognitives. Cette session a pour but d’essayer des jeux, de s’amuser et d’explorer des façons de les utiliser et de les intégrer dans votre planification d'unités afin d’optimiser l’apprentissage.
Friday, February 20 from 9:00am-10:00am
Glen 208/209 - CTCC
Renée Michaud est consultante en mathématiques. Elle offre du perfectionnement professionnel varié à différents congrès à travers le pays tel qu’à APPIPC, BCAMT, APEF et nationalement à ACPI et ce, en français et en anglais. Elle œuvre également comme consultante auprès de maisons d’édition telles que Pearson Publishing. Auparavant, elle fut enseignante à Calgary Board of Education pendant de nombreuses années et elle a travaillé plus récemment comme conseillère pédagogique au sein du Consortium provincial francophone (CPFPP) et au Conseil scolaire FrancoSud.
Literacy skills in grade 7-10 English classrooms can vary widely. Understanding students' abilities as readers and writers helps to inform instruction that addresses individual needs. This session introduces Pearson's new Literacy Success Assessment, which is designed to support reading comprehension and communication for students in grades 7-10. Time will also be spent exploring instructional strategies for reading and writing.
Friday, February 20 from 9:00am-10:00pm
Imperial 1 - HYATT
Try Literacy Success Assessment tool for your classroom today!
Siobhan Murphy is the Planning&Implementation Manager for Literacy for Pearson Canada. She has been in the field of education for 20 years, including teaching at the elementary and junior high levels, as a district lead literacy teacher and on secondment at the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium as a literacy consultant. Siobhan is passionate about all things literacy. She completed her Master's degree in education at the University of Alberta focusing her research on assessment for learning in elementary writing.
Greater Edmonton Teachers' Convention (Booth #203/205)
Literacy skills in grade 7-10 English classrooms can vary widely. Understanding students' abilities as readers and writers helps to inform instruction that addresses individual needs. This session introduces Pearson's new Literacy Success Assessment, which is designed to support reading comprehension and communication for students in grades 7-10. Time will also be spent exploring instructional strategies for reading and writing.
Thursday, February 26 from 2:20pm-3:20pm
ECC-Salon 5/6
Try Literacy Success Assessment tool for your classroom today!
Siobhan Murphy is the Planning&Implementation Manager for Literacy for Pearson Canada. She has been in the field of education for 20 years, including teaching at the elementary and junior high levels, as a district lead literacy teacher and on secondment at the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium as a literacy consultant. Siobhan is passionate about all things literacy. She completed her Master's degree in education at the University of Alberta focusing her research on assessment for learning in elementary writing.
New Curriculum, eh? Research tells us that a coherent, consistent resource helps students better achieve the outcomes we are aiming at. Professionalism demands that we choose the resources we will use. What if we could have both? Mathology is an open, editable framework of lessons, activities, proven pedagogies, activities and assessments that can be used out-of-the-box, or combined flexibly with your own favourite activities, with a consistent framework across grades 1-9. (Teachers have access to all grades for review, intervention, or extension.) Built around the K-9 Learning Progression developed at UAlberta by Dr Lynne McGarvey, Pearson's Mathology is a one-stop, integrated resource that aims to transform the way students approach and engage with math, fostering a deeper appreciation and mastery of key concepts.
Friday, February 27 from 10:20am-11:20am
Westin - Devonian Room
In a 40 year career as an Alberta classroom Teacher, Principal, District Leader, and Consultant, Gerry has been a tireless advocate for professional learning support for Educators. His work with Schools and Districts remains grounded in the 3 Rs - Research, Relevance, and Relationships ... doing the Right things, for the Right reasons, with the Right people.
A leader in K-12 Mathematics education, Assessment, and Instructional Design initiatives, Gerry loves working with teachers as they strive to make success happen for their students! Working with Pearson Education and Marzano Research in schools and districts across North America, Gerry hopes to augment teacher efficacy, because that's what has the biggest impact on students.
Comprendre la valeur de position se fait en trois étapes. Nous les définirons, présenterons des exemples et discuterons de leur rôle dans les stratégies de calcul. Nous aborderons la notation, les différents modèles possibles et les défis auxquels les élèves font face. Enfin, nous examinerons des activités favorisant la maîtrise des valeurs de position.
Thursday, February 26 from 1:00pm-2:00pm
ECC - Salon 7
Renée Michaud est consultante en mathématiques. Elle offre du perfectionnement professionnel varié à différents congrès à travers le pays tel qu’à APPIPC, BCAMT, APEF et nationalement à ACPI et ce, en français et en anglais. Elle œuvre également comme consultante auprès de maisons d’édition telles que Pearson Publishing. Auparavant, elle fut enseignante à Calgary Board of Education pendant de nombreuses années et elle a travaillé plus récemment comme conseillère pédagogique au sein du Consortium provincial francophone (CPFPP) et au Conseil scolaire FrancoSud.
Mighty Peace Teachers' Convention (Booth #56)
Apprendre par le jeu favorise la curiosité, la créativité, la confiance en soi ainsi que le développement des compétences sociales et cognitives. Cette session a pour but d'essayer des jeux, de s'amuser et d'explorer des façons de les utiliser et de les intégrer dans votre planification d'unités afin d'optimiser l'apprentissage.
Friday, March 6 from 9:00am-10:10am
CS MOD 4
Renée Michaud est consultante en mathématiques. Elle offre du perfectionnement professionnel varié à différents congrès à travers le pays tel qu’à APPIPC, BCAMT, APEF et nationalement à ACPI et ce, en français et en anglais. Elle œuvre également comme consultante auprès de maisons d’édition telles que Pearson Publishing. Auparavant, elle fut enseignante à Calgary Board of Education pendant de nombreuses années et elle a travaillé plus récemment comme conseillère pédagogique au sein du Consortium provincial francophone (CPFPP) et au Conseil scolaire FrancoSud.
Apprendre par le jeu favorise la curiosité, la créativité, la confiance en soi ainsi que le développement des compétences sociales et cognitives. Cette session a pour but d’essayer des jeux, de s’amuser et d’explorer des façons de les utiliser et de les intégrer dans votre planification d'unités afin d’optimiser l’apprentissage.
Friday, March 6 from 10:30am-11:50am
CS MOD 4
Renée Michaud est consultante en mathématiques. Elle offre du perfectionnement professionnel varié à différents congrès à travers le pays tel qu’à APPIPC, BCAMT, APEF et nationalement à ACPI et ce, en français et en anglais. Elle œuvre également comme consultante auprès de maisons d’édition telles que Pearson Publishing. Auparavant, elle fut enseignante à Calgary Board of Education pendant de nombreuses années et elle a travaillé plus récemment comme conseillère pédagogique au sein du Consortium provincial francophone (CPFPP) et au Conseil scolaire FrancoSud.
Comprendre la valeur de position se fait en trois étapes. Nous les définirons, présenterons des exemples et discuterons de leur rôle dans les stratégies de calcul. Nous aborderons la notation, les différents modèles possibles et les défis auxquels les élèves font face. Enfin, nous examinerons des activités favorisant la maîtrise des valeurs de position.
Friday, March 6 from 12:40pm-1:50pm
CS MOD 4
Renée Michaud est consultante en mathématiques. Elle offre du perfectionnement professionnel varié à différents congrès à travers le pays tel qu’à APPIPC, BCAMT, APEF et nationalement à ACPI et ce, en français et en anglais. Elle œuvre également comme consultante auprès de maisons d’édition telles que Pearson Publishing. Auparavant, elle fut enseignante à Calgary Board of Education pendant de nombreuses années et elle a travaillé plus récemment comme conseillère pédagogique au sein du Consortium provincial francophone (CPFPP) et au Conseil scolaire FrancoSud.
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