What is computational fluency and how does it develop? In this one-day PD, we will explore specific routines & guided mini-lessons educators can use to support the kind of high-level reasoning with decimals that will ensure computational fluency. We will examine how whole-number fluency strategies can be used to support reasoning with decimals. We will also explore how mathematical models can be used to support a deep understanding of decimals that is essential for computational fluency.
EDUCATORS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE:
- specific mental-math mini-lessons and routines.
- key pedagogical tools (e.g., use of questions and mathematical models) that support the development of students’ computational fluency.
- video and transcripts of students’ strategies to think about what they know and how their thinking might be developed or deepened.
- Date: February 26, 2025
- Time: 8:30 – 3:00 PM EST
- Audience: All educators, Grade 3-6
- Location: TBA
- Price: $450 (Shop DoE) or $500 per person
PARTICIPANTS WILL EXPLORE HOW:
- place value structures are essential for computational fluency with decimals.
- specific lessons and routines can be used to support students’ understanding of and fluency with decimals.
- mathematical models can be used to develop computational fluency with decimals.
PARTICIPANTS WILL LEAVE WITH:
- activities (mini-lessons and routines) they can use in their classrooms.
- specific contexts they can use to support students’ reasoning with decimals.
- an understanding of how whole-number computation strategies can be applied to decimal computation.