KCM's Foundations for Intermediate Teachers (Grades 3-5) is a 4-day professional learning event for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade teachers, and is aligned to research-based teaching practices and KAS; topics will include number, place value, operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) and early algebraic reasoning.
Participants will:
Identify Big Ideas embedded in elementary Kentucky Academic Standards with a focus on standards in the domains: Operations and Algebraic Thinking, and Number and Operations in Base Ten.
Explore tasks, visuals and contexts designed to support student understanding of numbers and number operations
Use instructional strategies to improve critical thinking, problem solving, and classroom discourse
Receive resources such as manipulatives, ready-made activities, books, etc.
Participants should be Kentucky 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade educators. Teachers who work with 6th grade students are welcome, but the content focus will be on intermediate grades.
Participants may wish to also attend one of the following PLEs: Explorations in Third Grade Fractions or Explorations in Fractions for Grades 4 & 5.
MAF TEACHERS: This course does NOT count towards the additional 2 days of KCM training required to meet MAF Grant requirements for Plus 2 Intermediate teachers.
Dates:
Session 1: Monday & Tuesday, January 14 & 15, 2019 (9:00 am - 4:00 pm EST both days)
Session 2: Wednesday & Thursday, February 27 & 28, 2019 (9:00 am - 4:00 pm EST both days)
Cost: FREE Capacity: 25
Registration for Foundations for Intermediate 2018 will no longer be available after 11:59 pm on 11/19/18.
