Training:
Place Value and the Common Core, Grades 2, 3, 4
Participants Learn How to:
1. Teach Place Value so that students achieve the deep Place Value understanding the
Common Core demands;
2. Eliminate the traditional language and practices that literally cause Place Value
confusion;
3. Embed new Place Value lessons into their instruction immediately.
What Happens When Students Don’t Understand Place Value: Place Value is the keystone of
arithmetic/algebraic patterns. Therefore, students who don’t understand Place Value will
struggle in math and science, score lower on standardized tests, and become candidates for
math phobia.
Why So Many Students Are Confused About Place Value: Despite the Common Core, many
teachers are using certain traditional instructional methods that mislead students about the
real properties of Place Value.
How This Training Helps Teachers Make an Immediate Difference: Training focuses on exciting
Place Value hands-on, minds-on activities that are ready for the Common Core math and
science classroom.
10 Things Teachers Learn in Training:
1. How to successfully teach Place Value, using interesting, fun lessons, accurate language,
and Common Core philosophy.
2. How to stop Place Value confusion by eliminating the traditionally used language and
practices that unwittingly CAUSE Place Value confusion.
3. How to teach the number sense fluency that is critical to estimation, rounding, mental
computation, and assessing the reasonableness of results.
4. How to move students from concrete math, to pictorial math, to written math, using
classroom-proven Place Value instruction techniques.
5. How to continually monitor student progress by gathering formative assessment from
hands-on activities.
6. How to differentiate Place Value instruction for all learning styles.
7. How to engage and challenge students of all math abilities.
8. How to help kids make good behavior choices when working with manipulatives.
9. How to help all kids look forward to learning math every day, through great teaching,
careful listening and responding, and a little humor.
10. How this approach complements and enhances all current math and science texts and
curricula.
Target Audience for Training: Grades 2, 3, 4 classroom teachers, educators who support math
and science learning, and their administrators.
Training Options:
● Early-Release In-Service
● Full-Day, School-Embedded with Demonstration Teaching and Teacher Training
● Full-Day, In-Service Day
● 2-3 Day Math Residency, School-Embedded with Demonstration Teaching and Teacher
Training, Optional Family Math Night
● 4-5 Day Math Residency, School-Embedded with Demonstration Teaching and Teacher
Training, Optional Family Math Night
● 1-5 Day Summer Institute, In-District