GETCA 2025

Session description: This interactive session will first explore the commutative property and fact families that are integral to learning multiplication and division facts and then cover our Thinking Strategies series approach: “chunking” facts into groups, developing efficient thinking strategies for each chunk, and the importance of drill/practice. You will leave this session with important insights on how best to teach basic multiplication and division and we will provide activities from the MathImagine Foundation resources. Why is this session relevant to teachers? Why this is an important session: It provides an effective and straightforward approach to teaching basic multiplication and division facts. What will be the learning: Number relationships, chunking facts, commutative or turnaround property of basic facts, thinking strategies for basic facts, and John Van de Walle’s theory of building mastery. Focus: Basic multiplication and addition facts. Takeaway: Teachers will be able to improve on their current approach of teaching student multiplication and division facts. Teachers will also take away activities to use in the classroom.

There would be 4 half day sessions. Session #1: The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus This presentation will include a discussion of the “area-so-far” function and its use in discovering the FTC. We will discuss the connection between differentiation and integration, the analysis of functions, and the definite integral in net change problems.

Session description Are your junior high students still struggling with basic facts? This session will show you our simple yet effective Thinking Strategies approach to help your students develop fluency including “chunking” facts into groups for ease of learning, developing efficient thinking strategies for each chunk, and the importance of practice. You will leave this session with a tried-and-true approach for achieving basic fact mastery and ways to incorporate this into your classroom practices. Why is this session relevant to teachers? Why this is an important session: It provides an effective and straightforward approach to teaching basic facts. What will be the learning: Chunking facts, commutative or turnaround property of basic facts, thinking strategies for basic facts, and John Van de Walle’s stages of building mastery. Focus: Basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. Takeaway: Teachers will understand the theory behind basic fact mastery and will have approaches to effectively build mastery in their classroom.

This session is all about the F-word that’s likely holding your students back in math: F-E-A-R. If you’re ready to stop talking about bandaid solutions to manage math anxiety in the moment, and start learning how to help students overcome it for good – this session is for YOU! Get ready to learn about the dynamics of fear, understand the exact way it manifests into math anxiety in the classroom, and gain impactful strategies you can use RIGHT away to break the cycle of fear, anxiety, and avoidance. This session will totally transform your understanding of math anxiety and empower you to help ALL students build healthier relationships with math!

Session description: Have you wondered how to best teach your preschool or kindergarten students early number concepts? Come and learn the developmental approach to numeracy, using the Instructional Framework in Early Numbers as a guide. This session will provide you an appreciation of early number development, how to determine where your students are at, and provide a sample of the MathImagine Foundation’s Cross-Number puzzles you can use with your class. Why is this session relevant to teachers? Why this is an important session: It explains the increasingly popular Math Recovery approach to numeracy intervention and provides a unique and powerful tool for teachers to use with students. What will be the learning: Development of early numeracy concepts to enable teachers to identify students’ current level and what they need to progress. Focus: Numeracy concepts. Takeaway: Familiarity with numeracy development and how to use it to move students forward. (preschool and kindergarten)

If you are interested in encouraging mathematical talk, reasoning, deeper understanding and daily practice in a hands on visual method, then this rekenrek session is for you. You will get a chance to try it out and learn the basics. I focus on how to teach the basics using a manipulative that allows children to build, practice and UNDERSTAND the foundations of numeracy. You truly have to see it to believe it. Join in on the rekenrek workshop and you too will be singing the praises of this simple tool.

There would be 4 half day sessions. Session #2: Particle Motion: Straight Line and in the Plane This presentation will include background, definitions, and AP Calculus language associated with particle motion along a straight line (AB topic) and in the plane (BC topic). We will solve several particle motion problems analytically and with technology, and we will discuss the scoring of a typical AP Calculus particle motion problem.

If you’re tired of trying to find creative ways to answer “But when will I ever use this IRL,” this session is for you! We have been told that the only way to motivate students is through reward-based incentives but the truth is that the key to motivating every single student lies in connecting to what drives each and every one of us: love, meaning and a sense of purpose. No matter who you are or what your teaching style is, this session will equip you with three solid strategies to motivate your students that will require you to do less - not more - in your classroom. You will leave with concrete steps, resources and actions you can take into your classroom immediately on Monday that will transform your students’ relationship with learning. Ready to motivate your students in a way that matters? Let’s do this!

Curious about the rekenrek? This session is a hands-on introduction to a versatile, visual tool that deepens children’s number sense and fosters rich mathematical discussions. If you’re interested in sparking curiosity and boosting confidence with your pupils through hands-on practice, join us to explore the 100 bead rekenrek in action. You’ll try engaging tasks firsthand and leave with practical strategies to implement right away. Experience how this mess-free tool transforms teaching key mathematical concepts. This introductory workshop is ideal for teachers looking for simple, impactful methods that support children’s mathematical growth and confidence.

There would be 4 half day sessions. Session #3: Tips for Using TI Technology in Calculus In this presentation participants will investigate often under-utilized features of the TI-84 graphing calculator. These built-in functions, special tns files, and apps will be discussed in the context of AP Calculus style problems and in discovering concepts where applicable.

À la recherche de nouvelles idées en ce qui a trait à des jeux et des activités que les jeunes ADORENT ? Une multitude de jeux qui appuient la numératie et les faits de base seront présentés et joués au cours de la session. Ces jeux, élaborés par une enseignante des mathématiques à Winnipeg, se prêtent à merveille à l’apprentissage individuel et en groupe, aux centres d’apprentissage et aux classes entières dans la division 2. Soyez prêtes et prêts à participer, à vous amuser, et à gagner des prix fantastiques ! Pourquoi cette session est-elle pertinente pour les enseignantes et les enseignants ? Pourquoi cette session est importante : Cette session présente des jeux bien conçus qui rendent l’apprentissage des mathématiques à la fois engageant et efficace. Ce qu’elle comprend : Des jeux pour la division 2 qui contribuent à l’acquisition de la maîtrise des faits de base et au développement de la numératie Cible : les faits de base et des concepts fondamentaux de la numératie Acquis : de nouveaux jeux à utiliser en salle de classe

Join our interactive session of our top 10 numeracy activities for the preschool and kindergarten classroom. These activities are easy to implement, cross-curricular, low-cost, and fun! And you will be able to use them in the classroom the next day. Why is this session relevant to teachers? Why this is an important session: It provides teachers with activities to facilitate numeracy in their classroom. What will be the learning: Easy, low cost, fun, cross-curricular numeracy activities. Focus: Numeracy concepts. Takeaway: Numeracy activities to use in the classroom.

There would be 4 half day sessions. Session #4: Scoring Guidelines: 2024 AP Calculus Exam This presentation will focus on the published scoring guidelines for the Free Response Questions in the 2024 AP Calculus Exam. We will discuss interpretations of the guidelines associated with specific parts or each problem, the relevant calculus concepts, and more detailed solutions where applicable.

Utilisez-vous des modèles pour enseigner la numératie dans votre salle de classe et, si oui, en tirez-vous pleinement profit ? Nous commencerons en examinant la théorie qui sous-tend les modèles, y compris le travail de Jerome Bruner, pour ensuite passer aux modèles que vous pouvez utiliser en salle de classe à partir de la maternelle, plus particulièrement des grilles de 10, des arrangements et des chaînes de perles. Pourquoi cette session est-elle pertinente pour les enseignantes et les enseignants ? Pourquoi cette session est importante : Elle explore l'outil important que sont les modèles dans le cadre de l’enseignement des concepts de numératie. Ce qu’elle comprend : l’importance d’utiliser des modèles, les principaux modèles qui peuvent être utilisés, et comment les utiliser Cible : les concepts fondamentaux de la numératie Acquis : Les enseignantes et les enseignants auront une meilleure idée de pourquoi et comment utiliser des modèles dans leur salle de classe.

The numeracy bead string is an incredibly useful tool to support numeracy development. This session will explore how to use them in your classroom from preschool to grade 6. First you will make your own bead string, and then try out activities in groups that will cover counting forwards and backwards, part-part whole relationship, place value, grouping, basic facts, fractions and more! Why is this session relevant to teachers? Why this is an important session: This session explains how to use numeracy bead strings, an underused and little-known tool. What will be the learning: The use of numeracy bead strings in the classroom to support numeracy development. Focus: Numeracy bead strings. Takeaway: Teachers will understand how to use the numeracy bead string in their classrooms. *This session can be split into early Elementary and later Elementary.