If you are looking for help, or strategies, to help students feel confident in math and no longer be afraid of making mistakes- this session will provide those strategies for you! If you are looking for activities to get students up and moving to do the math- this session will provide those activities for you! This session will share, in action, strategies I have learned and applied from the book: Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K-12, by Peter Liljedah. I will share a practice I do in my classroom called "Quint Groups". This idea originated from my previous math coach, Shannon Millhouse. With the help from my math coach and strategies from BTC, I have created a variety of classroom activities and strategies I would love to share with you. I have created my own version of Quint Groups to have order and follow a routine so that students get up and move while doing their math, but without the chaos. Students are truly engaged and LOVE my Quint Groups. It builds their confidence and their ability to defend their math. This session will provide you with recourses, activities, strategies, and ideas you can implement in your classroom the very next day.
