Stepping Up
To The
Challenge
40th Annual Conference
Wisconsin Mathematics Council, Inc.
May 1-2, 2008
Pre-Conference: April 30, 2008
Wisconsin Mathematics Council, Inc.
W175 N11117 Stonewood Drive, Suite 204
Germantown, WI 53022
Important
Phone Numbers:
Green Lake
Conference Center
800-558-8898
www.glcc.org
Wisconsin
Mathematics
Council
262-437-0174
www.wismath.org
The Green Lake Conference Center is west of the village of Green Lake on
Highway 23 between Ripon and Princeton. It is located on the south side of
Hwy. 23 on the north side of the lake.
Directions:
From Milwaukee: Drive north on Hwy. 41 to Hwy. 23 at Fond du Lac. Travel
west on Hwy. 23 for about 30 miles to the Conference Center.
From Madison: Drive north on Hwy. 51 to Hwy. 23. Travel east on
Hwy. 23 for about 30 miles to the Conference Center.
From Oshkosh: Drive south on Hwy. 44 to Ripon. Travel west on
Hwy. 23 for about 10 miles to the Conference.
From Eau Claire: Drive south on I-94 to Mauston. Travel east on
Hwy. 82 for about 39 miles to Montello. Continue east on Hwy. 23
for about 19 miles to the Conference Center.
Thursday Evening Banquet at Royal Ridges Ripon:
Turn right (east) on Hwy. 23 when leaving the Green Lake Conference
Center grounds. The facility is on the south side of Highway 23 and
sits back from the road.
Wisconsin Mathematics Council
W175 N11117 Stonewood Drive, Suite 204
Germantown, WI 53022
262-437-0174 n 262-532-2430 (fax)
[email protected] n www.wismath.org
Conference Greetings
Barb Borgwardt
Welcome to the 40th Annual Green Lake Conference!
In the 1988 film Stand and Deliver, the character who played Jaime Escalante (a high school mathematics teacher),
asked one of his students if she had the ganas (desire) to do well in mathematics. Do you have the ganas to Step Up to
the Challenge to improve your skills as a mathematics teacher so that all of your students will have the ganas to do well
in mathematics? If your answer to the preceding question was “Yes!” have we got opportunities waiting for you at the
Wisconsin Mathematics Council’s 40th Annual Conference!
We challenge each and every one of you to continue to provide the highest quality mathematics instruction for your
students. The Program and Planning Committees Stepped Up to the Challenge! You will find a variety of outstanding
sessions that will rekindle your ganas as a mathematics educator.
We have three outstanding keynote presenters whose expertise and topics include statistics, mathematics vocabulary
development, and literature. Each of them will provide smaller follow-up sessions that will provide some very practical tips
that you will be able to use. We know that you will not want to miss any of their sessions which will be tailored to a variety
of grade bands.
We have some great entertainment planned for our annual banquet on Thursday evening and have done some deliberate
realigning to the exhibit halls so that you’ll be able to “power” browse (or shop)!
Now it’s time for you to Step Up to the Challenge! Mark the sessions that you plan to attend. Invite a colleague to join
you and attend as a team! We look forward to seeing you there.
Kathi Snyder
President’s Message
Jane Fazio
Welcome to the Wisconsin Mathematics Council’s 40th Annual Conference at Green Lake. Although the format and
facility has changed from year to year, one thing has remained constant – WMC continues the commitment to bring our
membership a high quality conference. You will find several opportunities to explore and grow as teachers, administrators,
pre-service teachers, and faculty as well as a venue for making those important connections with other mathematics
educators from across the United States.
With so many challenges in education today, this year’s conference theme, “Stepping Up to The Challenge” is very timely.
Every aspect of this conference will focus on helping educators work with the challenges we face on a daily basis. It is my
hope that this conference is all that you want it to be. I hope you learn a great deal and feel rejuvenated for those last weeks
of the school year. Remember to share the wealth when you return to your school and meanwhile do not hesitate to ask any
WMC Board member if you need anything to make this conference one to remember.
Once again, on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Mathematics Council, I welcome you to our conference.
WMC Board and Committee members, as well as college student pages, will be around to assist you in
finding buildings, rooms and alternate sessions.
Table of Contents
Conference Greetings | President’s Message..........................................................................2
Conference Overview................................................................................................................4
2008 Green Lake Committees | 2007–2008 Board of Directors.......................................7
Pre-conference Meetings and Events Overview.....................................................................9
Leadership Pre-conference.....................................................................................................10
Thursday Meetings and Events Overview...........................................................................12
Thursday Session Schedule....................................................................................................13
Thursday Sessions Personal Planner....................................................................................32
Friday Sessions Personal Planner.........................................................................................33
Friday Meetings and Events Overview................................................................................34
Friday Session Schedule.........................................................................................................35
Exhibit Hall Information......................................................................................................53
Conference Registration Information...................................................................................56
Registration Form..................................................................................................................57
Lodging and Meal Ticket Reservation Form......................................................................59
Lodging Description..............................................................................................................60
Presenter Index.......................................................................................................................62
Conference Overview
Conference Registration:
Use the information and registration form at the back of this booklet
to register for the conference and pre-conference. You can register by
mail, fax or on-line and pay by check, purchase order or credit card.
If you register by April 15, you will receive a confirmation letter and
your name tag by mail before the conference. After April 15, there is a
$25 additional processing fee and you will have to pick up your name
tag at the conference. On-site registration is available at the conference
in the Kraft Centre Lobby.
Everyone who will be at the conference must submit a registration
form, including speakers, pages and committee members.
‘passport’ to make your way to various booths. Upon visiting exhibitors
have them stamp your passport. Bring your completed passport to
redeem a gift at the WMC Booth located in Kraft Hall.
In the lobbies of Kraft, Bauer, Kern, and RWI you can find gradeband specific posters that will help you see that day’s sessions at a
glance. Use these posters if you arrive at a session that is closed and
need an alternative.
Also, remember that the keynote sessions have lots of room and the
Exhibit Hall is a great place to go when you have extra time.
A few minutes spent in planning out each day will save you
frustration on the days of the conference.
Getting to the Sessions You Want:
District or School Groups:
BRING THIS BOOKLET TO THE CONFERENCE. Use the
planning pages throughout this booklet to map out your schedule
for the day. Make sure to fit at least one keynote session into your
schedule. Be aware that popular sessions may fill up 20-30 minutes in
advance. Be sure to list nearby alternate sessions that you can quickly
get to if your first choice is full. Sessions targeted to the same grade
band have been scheduled near each other.
In the lobbies of Kraft, Bauer, Kern and RWI you will find a
conference grid with the most up-to-date information about sessions.
These grids will be a quick glance at the conference as a whole. You
can also find conference updates on TV Monitors throughout the
conference center.
Be sure to visit the expanded Exhibit Hall (two-levels). In the lobby
of Pillsbury Hall you will find a map of the exhibitors as well as a
Key to Session Logos:
This denotes a keynote speaker. The session will
accommodate approximately 200 attendees. These speakers
will be speaking across grade bands, so all participants can
benefit from attending.
This denotes a featured speaker. The session will
accommodate approximately 75 listeners. These speakers
will be speaking across grade bands, so all participants can
benefit from attending.
This denotes an Exhibitor Session. WMC does not
endorse textbooks, programs or products presented or sold
by exhibiting companies.
Welcome! Take advantage of your numbers to split up and take in
as many sessions as possible. You can copy and share handouts when
you get back home. If you’d like a place to meet up and share at the
conference, the lounges on the upper (lodging) floors of Kern and
Bauer are generally empty during the day. If you need assistance, come
to the WMC Booth located in the Kraft Centre Lobby.
Weather and Distance between Sessions:
During the first week in May, weather has ranged from snow
and rain to beautiful and sunny. Dressing in layers and bringing an
umbrella will make your conference experience easier in case of cold
and rain. WMC Board and Committee members, as well as college
student pages, will be available to assist you in finding buildings, rooms
and alternate sessions. Just ask for help.
Conference Updates:
With a conference this large there will be the inevitable speaker
cancellations and room changes. Be sure to pick up a conference
addendum available at the WMC booth located in the Kraft Centre
and in the lobbies of main buildings. Each day’s addendum will list
session cancellations that we are made aware of in advance. Check
the website: www.wismath.org for updates on a daily basis prior to
the conference.
On-site Registration:
If you are not pre-registered for the conference, you can do so in the
Kraft Centre Lobby. How do you know if you are pre-registered? You
received your name tag and conference confirmation in the mail in
late April. On-site registration hours are Wednesday from 6-10 PM,
Thursday 7 AM-4:30 PM, and Friday 7 AM-1 PM
Conference Overview
Official Conference Badges Are Required:
In an effort to enhance security during the Conference, WMC is
requiring that attendees wear their WMC Conference name badges
at all times during Conference hours. Badges must be worn in all
sessions, the Exhibit Hall and on the shuttle bus. The badges not only
indicate that you are fully registered for the Conference but also serve
as a courtesy to other registrants. If you need to secure a replacement
name badge, you may do so by checking in at the On-Site Registration
table in the Kraft Centre Lobby.
Conference Give-away:
Thank you to Pearson Curriculum (Scott Foresman and Prentice
Hall) for providing the conference padfolios this year. You can pick
up your padfolio at the Kraft Centre Lobby along with conference
updates. They will be available beginning on Wednesday evening
through the close of the conference on Friday afternoon. Please, one
per participant only.
WMC Information Booth:
minutes from the front of Pillsbury Hall, to the Youth Center and the
Kraft Centre. There is no shuttle service to the banquet at the Royal
Ridges on Thursday evening but car pools are easy to arrange.
Exhibitors:
Be sure to visit the Expanded Exhibit Hall (two-levels) located
in Pillsbury Hall where you will find a wealth of information and
items from a variety of publishers and exhibitors, ranging from
textbooks and technology to t-shirts. Visiting the Exhibit Hall is a
good alternative when sessions are full. The Exhibit Hall will open
both days at 8 AM and run until 4 PM on Thursday and 1:30 PM
on Friday.
Some exhibitors will also be giving presentations. Look for the
Exhibitor Session Logo (listed on page 4) throughout the book for
these presentations.
Wreath for Ethel Neijahr:
There is a wreath in memory of Ethel Neijahr laid on the path along
the lake. Take an opportunity to view the wreath and remember our
dear colleague.
The WMC booth is located in the Kraft Centre lobby. Volunteers
and staff can answer questions about the Conference schedule,
membership, and assist attendees with Conference problems. PI-34
packets for your PDP are available here. Lost and Found is also located
here, as well as a limited number of conference books.
Cell Phones:
Parking:
Unauthorized Commercial Solicitation:
Check the Conference Center map included at the back of this
booklet to locate available parking areas. Pay close attention to the
WMC Pages (volunteer college students) who will be wearing red
jackets and directing traffic to parking areas which may be different
than those you used in the past. You might want to allow a little
extra time to park and find your way around before the first session
in the morning this year. Once the available parking areas are full,
participants will be directed by the WMC Pages to road-side parking.
WMC has a strong commitment to high standards of scholarship
and professional development. Commercial solicitation is entirely
prohibited in all Conference sessions, except those clearly labeled as
Exhibitor Sessions. Solicitation of business within the Exhibit Hall
by persons other than exhibitors is strictly prohibited. Please report
any violations immediately to the WMC conference chair or Executive
Services staff.
Shuttle Bus Service:
You can register on-line or view the registration form towards the
back of the book. Updates about cancelled and replacement sessions
will be posted at www.wismath.org before the conference begins as
they come in to the WMC office.
Bus service to outlying buildings (Youth Center) will be provided on
Thursday and Friday. The bus makes a loop approximately every 15
Participants are asked to turn off all cell phones and pagers during
Conference events. In addition to the interruption to the session
participants, it has been our experience that cell phones don’t always
work in the Green Lake area.
WMC Web Site: www.wismath.org
WMC is requiring that attendees wear their WMC Conference name badges
at all times during Conference hours.
Conference Overview
Green Lake Conference
Center Policies
Lodging Questions: (800) 558-8898, www.glcc.org
Emergency Contact Number: (920) 294-3323
First Aid: Go to the nearest land line and dial 9-911 or 0
Security:
Dial 0 to reach an operator on the Green Lake grounds.
Fire Codes:
WMC continues to make every attempt to provide adequate seating
for participants at the Annual Conference. For your safety and because
of fire regulations, meeting rooms that fill to capacity will be restricted
thereafter. Standing room is not an option; only persons occupying a
seat will be allowed to remain in meeting rooms.
Smoking/Alcohol Restrictions:
We ask that all attendees observe the Green Lake Conference Center
nonsmoking and no alcohol policies in all meeting rooms, lodging
rooms, dining rooms and while on Green Lake Conference Center
grounds.
Conference Center Sleeping Rooms:
The lodging facilities provided at the Green Lake Conference
Center are comfortable and clean. However, many of the
amenities you find in a hotel are not provided. TV’s are located
in certain lounge areas on each floor of the sleeping rooms but
not in individual rooms. Hotel rooms have clock/alarm radios
and phones, but the dorms and some houses do not have them
in each room. Coffee makers are in the kitchens of the houses, in
Bauer Suites, and in Lawson rooms only. Complimentary coffee
is available in the lounges of Bauer, Kern and Roger Williams
Inn. Hair dryers are not provided in any room. Often times you
may share a bathroom with an adjoining room. The Conference
Center was designed for families and it is with this concept that
the sleeping rooms were designed. If you are uncomfortable with
this type of room arrangement, you can always stay at one of the
many hotels identified in the back of this booklet. However, do
not overlook the convenience of staying on the grounds of the
conference center, especially if you are attending more than one day.
Lodging Payment:
It is your responsibility to make lodging arrangements. If you are
staying on the conference center grounds, you are responsible for
completing the Lodging Reservation Form included in the back of
this booklet to reserve your room and appropriate meals with separate
payment to the Green Lake Conference Center. DO NOT send
this form to the Wisconsin Mathematics Council office or include
the payment with your registration. It will be returned to you and
delay your registration and lodging arrangements. The Green Lake
Conference Center usually sells out its lodging space for this conference.
Do not delay, act promptly to guarantee yourself a comfortable stay at
the Green Lake Conference Center.
Meals And Food At The Green Lake Conference Center:
TAKE NOTE: You will receive a lunch ticket for each conference day you are registered for. IF YOU FORGET OR LOSE YOUR
TICKET, you will need to purchase another ticket at the Kraft Centre lobby. The banquet on Thursday at the Royal Ridges of Ripon is
included in your registration fee. A ticket is not needed. You do, however, need to find a ride.
Meals on the Green Lake grounds are served in the new Kraft Centre Dining Room. In addition to the cafeteria style lunches provided in the
Dining Room, box lunches will be available in the Big Top Tent on Thursday and Friday. Hours for lunch are from 11 AM-1:30 PM.
Meals not included in your registration fee (Wednesday dinner, Thursday and Friday breakfast): Breakfast is
available for purchase from the Green Lake Conference Center on Thursday and Friday. Tickets are required for breakfast and dinner in the
Kraft Centre Dining Room and can be purchased in advance through separate payment by using the Green Lake reservation form included
at the back of this booklet. Dinner will not be available in the Green Lake Dining Room on Thursday because of the WMC Banquet that
evening. Thursday and Friday breakfast hours are 7-9 AM. Wednesday dinner is 4:30 to 6:00 PM.
Wednesday Pre-conference: Continental breakfast and lunch are included for all participants of the pre-conference on Wednesday.
If you plan to eat dinner in the Kraft Centre Dining Room on Wednesday, you can purchase a dinner ticket in advance through separate
payment by using the Green Lake reservation form included at the back of this booklet. Dinner hours on Wednesday are 4:30-6:00 PM.
Internet Café: The Internet Café is located in the Kraft Administrative Building between the room reservation area and the
cafeteria. If you bring your wireless laptop computer, you are free to log in and check your e-mail in the Internet Café. The Café will also have
refreshments for purchase, including cappuccino and other specialty coffees. Be sure to check out the new surroundings.
Otherwise, vending machines are located on each floor of the lodging facilities for your convenience.
2008 Green Lake Committees
Planning
Committee
Co-Chairs
Barb Borgwardt, Galesville
Elementary School, Galesville
Kathi Snyder, Southern Bluffs
Elementary School, LaCrosse
Program Chairs
Linda Uselmann, Edgewood
College, Madison
Program
Committee
Corey Andreasen, Sheboygan
North High School, Sheboygan
Barb Borgwardt, Galesville
Elementary, Galesville
Jane Fazio, Waunakee Middle
School, Waunakee
Corey Andreasen, Sheboygan
North High School, Sheboygan
Pre-conference
Rosann Hollinger, Milwaukee
Public Schools, Milwaukee
Astrid Wagner, Milwaukee Public
Schools, Milwaukee
Calculators
Mike Tamblyn, Whitewater High
School, Whitewater
Computers
Orientation
Mike King, St. Francis High
School, St. Francis
Membership and Marketing
Committee
Building Support
Pages
Chris Bamberg, Milwaukee Public
Schools, Milwaukee
Mark Getz, Madison
Steve Murphy, North Fond du
Lac High School, Fond du Lac
Jane Patterson Mlenar,
Greendale Schools, Greendale
Susan Kidd, University
of Wisconsin Whitewater,
Whitewater
Claudia Giamati,
University of Wisconsin-Eau
Claire, Eau Claire
Karen Thomas, Edgewood
College, Madison
Angela Ford Patton, Milwaukee
Public Schools, Milwaukee
Karen Thomas, Edgewood
College, Madison
Vicki Hay, Mosinee Middle
School, Mosinee
Linda Uselmann, Edgewood
College, Madison
Steve Murphy, North Fond du
Lac High School, Fond du Lac
Jane Patterson Mlenar,
Greendale Middle School,
Greendale
June Wilhelm, Lincoln
Elementary, Wausau
Elaine Zarcone, Oxford
Elementary, Oxford
2007–2008 Board of Directors
President
Jane Fazio
Waunakee Middle School,
Waunakee
Past President
Grades PK-2
Representative
Statewide
Representatives
Sharonda Harris
Milwaukee Public Schools,
Milwaukee
David Ebert
Oregon High School, Oregon
Mary Walz
Sauk Prairie High School, Prairie
du Sac
Sue Hanson-Otis
Franklin High School, Franklin
Grades 3-5
Representative
Secretary
Kathi Snyder
Southern Bluffs Elementary,
LaCrosse
Wisconsin Technical
College System
Representative
Grades 6-8
Representative
Mary Bartholomew
Madison Area Technical College,
Madison
Michael Tamblyn
Whitewater High School,
Whitewater
Treasurer
Michael Weidner
Nicolet High School, Glendale
Jane Patterson Mlenar
Greendale Middle School,
Greendale
Grade 9-12
Representative
Corey Andreasen
Sheboygan North High School,
Sheboygan
College/University
Representative
Linda Uselmann
Edgewood College, Madison
Administrator/
Supervisor
Representative
Tony Pickar
D.C. Everest School District,
Weston
Ex officio Members
Diana Kasbaum
Wisconsin Department of Public
Instruction, Madison
Jim Marty
Wisconsin Department of Public
Instruction, Madison
Michelle Parks
CESA 10, Chippewa Falls
June Wilhelm
Lincoln Elementary, Wausau
Jane Wucherer
WMC Administrative Services,
Germantown
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Meetings and Events Overview
WI Mathematics Leadership Council Networking Dinner
Wednesday, April 30, 6:00-7:30 PM
Kraft Centre Tower Dining Room
Anyone serving in a leadership capacity is invited to attend and network with colleagues.
Pick up your dinner in the Kraft Centre Tower Dining Room (ticket required, use the
Green Lake meal order form in the back of this book) or bring your own dinner to the
Kraft Centre Tower Dining Room.
Welcome Reception
Wednesday, April 30, 7:00-9:00 PM
Kraft Centre Mitchell Dining Room
Warm up to the excitement of Green Lake with refreshments, door prizes and
conversation. Join your colleagues in the Kraft Centre Mitchell Dining Room for a few
hours of fun before the conference gets in full swing. The 25 Year Awards and Math
Contest winners will be recognized at 8 p.m. Look for the red and white balloons
marking the spot to celebrate the opening of the Green Lake Conference.
7:30 AM
Pre-conference
Check-in (Bauer-Morehouse B/C)
8:30 AM–12:00 PM
Morning Sessions
12:00–1:00 PM
Pre-conference Lunch
12–10 PM
Exhibitor Check-in (Pillsbury)
1:00–3:45 PM
Afternoon Sessions
4 PM
Check-in for Green Lake Lodging
4:30–6:00 PM
Dinner served in Kraft Centre
Dining Room (requires separate
ticket purchased from Green Lake
Conference Center)
Notes
6–7:30 PM
WI Mathematics Leadership Council
Networking Dinner (Kraft Centre
Tower Dining Room) (requires
separate ticket purchased from
Green Lake Conference Center)
6–10 PM
On-site Registration (Kraft Centre
Lobby)
7–9 PM
Welcome Reception (Kraft Centre
Mitchell Dining Room)
ALL Conference participants are
invited to join in the food, fun and
friendship to kick-off the 2008
Annual Conference. Look for the red
and white balloons!
If a session you wanted to attend is full, look for posters in the
lobbies of main conference buildings for session alternatives.
8 PM
25-year Awards, Math Contest
Winners, door prizes at the Welcome
Reception
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Leadership Pre-conference
Bauer-Morehouse B/C Full-day Session
Build Capacity for School Leadership in Mathematics Assessment
Assessment Practices:
What We’ve Learned, What We Know,
and How it Impacts Our Schools
Presented by the Milwaukee Mathematics Partnership
Classroom Assessments Based Analyzing & Learning from
Student Work: A Protocol
on Standards (CABS)
Examine classroom assessments aligned to the State
Mathematics Assessment Framework. Learn how
a mathematics task requires students to apply their
mathematics knowledge at different cognitive levels.
CABS for all mathematics content strands will be shared
with district leaders.
Descriptive Feedback:
Moving to the Next Level
Writing descriptive feedback is more than putting
grades, stickers or comments on student papers. Using
student work samples from classroom assessments,
participants will practice writing descriptive feedback
and deepen their understanding of feedback that
guides student learning. This formative assessment
strategy, based on the research of Richard Stiggins,
will address closing the achievement gap.
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Working in small groups, experience a protocol
that supports collegial discussion focused on
evidence of student learning. This process encourages
teachers to analyze student work and to discuss
teaching strategies to guide classroom practice. A
video of Milwaukee Public School teachers using
the protocol will be viewed in this session.
A Guide to Formative
Assessment
Learn ways classroom assessments are used to guide the
work of grade level teachers and school learning teams
based on research from Black and Wiliam. Share in
discussion while examining:
1) Student work samples from classroom assessments
2) Templates teachers use to summarize student
learning and plan for classroom instruction.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Leadership Pre-conference
Bauer-Morehouse B/C Full-day Session
Leadership
Pre-conference
Schedule 7:30 AM: Check-in and
Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM–9:00 AM: Welcome and Introductions
9:15 AM–10:30 AM: Group Sessions
10:45 AM–12:00 PM: Group Sessions
Separate
registration
required.
Participants must
register for the
day. Drop-ins for
various parts are
not possible.
12:00 PM–1:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 PM–2:15 PM: Group Sessions
2:30 PM–3:45 PM: Group Sessions
3:45 PM: Adjourn
Who Should Attend?
Sessions will be
available at both
the elementary
(grades K-8)
and secondary
(grades 9-12)
levels
Goals and
Expectations:
n Participate in sessions
focused on formative
assessment strategies
in mathematics
n Provide participants
with resources
to use in their
districts, schools and
classrooms
nAdministrators
nMath Coordinators
The Annual Conference’s Leadership Pre-conference is
designed to support leaders in mathematics education.
Leaders in mathematics will provide practical information,
strategies and ideas that can be used to improve the
teaching and learning of mathematics. All participants will
attend the morning opening session and then will rotate
through the three breakout sessions.
nMath Resource Teachers
nHigh School Math Department Chairs
nGrade Level Team Leaders
nMath Committee Members
nSchool-Based Teams
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
Meetings and Events Overview
7 AM–4:30 PM
On-site Registration
(Kraft Centre Lobby)
First Timers Welcome/Orientation
Thursday, May 1, repeated Friday, May 2, 7:00-7:45 AM
Kraft Centre Mitchell Dining Room
Meet new friends and get acquainted with the conference ins and outs. The Membership
7–7:45 AM
Committee will provide an overview of the conference program, answer questions and
First Timer Orientation
(Kraft Centre Mitchell Dining Room). Look help you select appropriate sessions. Bring your breakfast or just drop in for valuable
information to make the most of your first WMC Annual Conference experience. Red
for the red and white balloons!
and white balloons will mark the spot for newcomers to learn about the Conference.
7–9 AM
Breakfast served in Kraft Centre
WMC President’s Breakfast
Dining Room (requires separate ticket
purchased from Green Lake Conference Thursday, May 1, 7:30-8:30 AM
Kraft Centre Tower Dining Room
Center)
8 AM–4 PM
Visit the expanded Exhibit Hall
(Pillsbury)
8 AM
Sessions Begin
7:30–8:30 AM
WMC President’s Breakfast
(Kraft Centre Tower Dining Room)
10 AM
Check out time for Green Lake Lodging
11 AM–1:30 PM
Lunch
WMC’s President cordially invites all past presidents of the Wisconsin Mathematics
Council to bring their breakfast to the Kraft Centre Tower Dining Room. Meet with
old friends and explore new ideas.
Wisconsin Mathematics Council Student Meeting
Thursday, May 1, 3-4:00 PM
Kraft Centre Mitchell Dining Room
Future teachers—come and meet with other students from around the state, as well
as veteran teachers and members of WMC. We will have food on hand of course, and
also some free classroom materials that you can take with you to help get your future
classrooms rolling! See you there!
Wisconsin Mathematics Council Annual Meeting
Thursday, May 1, 4-5:00 PM
Kraft Centre Mitchell Dining Room
ALL ARE INVITED to learn about the business of the Wisconsin Mathematics
Council. Enjoy refreshments and conversation with WMC board and committee
members as they share plans and review the past year’s accomplishments. A short
4–5 PM
Wisconsin Mathematics Council Annual business meeting beginning at 4:15 PM will enlighten you about the inner workings of
the WMC and stimulate you to get more involved.
Meeting
3-4:00 PM
Student Meeting (Kraft Centre
Mitchell Dining Room)
(Kraft Centre Mitchell Dining Room)
4 – 5 PM
Milwaukee Public Schools Share Social
(RWI-Crystal Room)
4–4:30 PM
Sessions conclude
5:30 PM
Annual Banquet
(Royal Ridges of Ripon)
6:30 PM
Dinner Served at Annual Banquet
8 PM
Port Washington High School’s vocal
jazz ensemble, Shades of Grey at
Annual Banquet
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Milwaukee Public Schools Share Social
Thursday, May 1, 4-5:00 PM
RWI-Crystal Room
Let’s talk! This is a gathering of all Milwaukee Public Schools teachers who would like
to share the day’s highlights with their colleagues. Come, relax, have some fun, and join
in the activities planned for you!
Wisconsin Mathematics Council Annual Banquet
Thursday, May 1, 5:30 PM Doors open.
6:30 PM Dinner and entertainment by Shades of Grey
Royal Ridges of Ripon
Head out to the Annual Banquet where you will have dinner, friendly talk and fun with
old and new friends. Share dinner and a few laughs with the Wisconsin Mathematics
Council and enjoy entertainment by Port Washington High School’s vocal jazz
ensemble, Shades of Grey.
7:00 AM–7:45 AM • 8:00 AM–9:30 AM
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Breakfast Meetings
Location
Title and Description
7:00 AM–7:45 AM
First Timers Welcome/Orientation
Kraft Centre—
Mitchell Dining Room
7:30 AM–8:30 AM
Kraft Centre—
Tower Dining Room
A note about reading
the room locations:
Throughout the
book, the first name
indicates the building.
The name after
the dash indicates the
room in the building.
Meet new friends and get acquainted with the conference ins and outs.
The Membership Committee will overview the conference program, help
you select appropriate sessions and answer questions. Bring your breakfast
or just drop in for valuable information to make the most of your first
WMC Annual Conference experience. Red and white balloons will mark
the spot for newcomers to learn about the Conference. (repeated Friday)
WMC President’s Breakfast
WMC’s President cordially invites all past presidents of the Wisconsin
Mathematics Council to bring their breakfasts to the Kraft Centre
Tower Dining Room. Meet with old friends and explore new ideas.
90 Minute Workshops
8:00 AM–9:30 AM
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Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
Kern-Brayton
Case A
(60)
2-3
4-6
6-8
9-12
Assessing Students with Special Needs: Insights into WKCE
Accommodations and the Wisconsin Alternate Assessment
Diana Kasbaum, Department of
Public Instruction, Madison, WI
Sandy Berndt, Department of
Public Instruction, Madison, WI
BauerMorehouse A
(60)
PK-1
2-3
4-6
Get on Board With a SMART Board!
This session will provide an opportunity for participants to gain
an understanding of allowable accommodations for students with
disabilities, as well as tips that can benefit all students. Development
of the WI Alternative Assessment Framework and test items will
be addressed. Participants will have hands-on experiences with item
development and scoring.
Looking for ways to totally engage your students? An interactive
SMART Board will give each member of your class the opportunity
to participate in lessons and activities that correlate to your current
curriculum. You will discover many resources available online to
help you deliver awesome lessons that your kids will love. Teachers
will have the opportunity to actually participate in a SMART Board
lesson. Come and see what your kids will be excited about!
Pat Koniecki, Racine Unified
School District, Racine, WI
session Key (description on page 4)
Keynote speaker
Featured speaker
Exhibitor session
Create your schedule for the day on the Planning
Pages in this booklet.
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8:00 AM–9:30 AM
Thursday, May 1, 2008
8:00 AM–9:30 AM
#
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
Bauer-Boddie
(30)
2-3
4-6
6-8
9-12
13-16
Managing Mathematics Manipulatives—Virtually
Karen Corlyn, NBCT,
Milwaukee Public Schools/
University of WisconsinMilwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Nancy Jo Grochowski, Milwaukee
Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI
Kern-Brayton
Case B
(60)
2-3
4-6
Descriptive Feedback in Mathematics: Moving to the
Next Level
105
Youth CenterHuber/Evans
Room
(50)
4-6
6-8
9-12
106
RWI-Veranda A 6-8
(48)
9-12
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104
If you can say “yes” to any of the following, then you need to join us for
this workshop:
1) Are you tired of rubber bands shooting across your classroom?
2) Have all of the units cubes in your algebra tiles disappeared?
3) Have all your centimeter cubes acquired dots in the same
configuration as dice?
4) Do you have 36+ students in your class with manipulatives for 24?
5) Do you have a great computer lab in your school, but don’t have the
money to purchase Mathematics programs for it?
This workshop will explore sites where you may access virtual
manipulatives for use with your students. All manipulatives are free
and all activities will be linked to constructivist NSF curricula.
Participants will engage in a process for providing effective descriptive
feedback to increase students’ achievement in mathematics. By looking
at student work samples, participants will gain an understanding of how
to move students’ thinking to the next level. Using descriptive feedback
promotes students’ learning and helps plan classroom instruction.
Pandora Bedford, Milwaukee
Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI
Astrid Fossum, Milwaukee
Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI
Don ‘t Slow Me Down with that Calculator
Part 1: emphasizing addition, subtraction, and fractions
Cliff Petrak, Brother
Rice High School (Teacher
Learn to master a multitude of little-known super-shortcut computational Emeritus), Chicago, IL
techniques and strategies involving addition, subtraction, fractions,
squaring and multiplication that will leave your calculator dependent
friends in the dust.
Using Effective Study Teams in the
Mathematics Classroom
Tracy Frank, CPM Educational
Program, Deerfield, WI
Believing that students should work in teams and getting them to
work effectively are two different things. Come learn strategies to
help teams of students value one another and work together to solve
mathematics problems!
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Youth Center- 6-8
Oliver DeWolf 9-12
Cummings Rm
(50)
Struggling with the Language of Mathematics
Grant Goettl, Madison
Mathematics, with its own meanings, significances, symbols and structures, Metropolitan School
District, Madison, WI
can be a daunting foreign language for some students. By experiencing
a set of activities that places us in the shoes of “mathematics”-language
learners, we will compile a list of strategies that can be used with students
who are struggling with the language and symbols of mathematics.
Each day’s addendum will list session cancellations that we are made aware of in advance.
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8:00 AM–9:30 AM • 8:00 AM–9:00 AM
Thursday, May 1, 2008
8:00 AM–9:30 AM
#
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109
Location
(Capacity)
BauerLightbody
(35)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
9-12
The Many Uses of TI-Navigator in the Algebra Classroom
Lauren Jensen, Wisconsin Heights
High School, Mazomanie, WI
Participants will experience the use of TI-navigator in the mathematics
classroom. Emphasis will be placed on how it is used in the classroom for
formative assessment of student learning.
RWI-Veranda C 9-12
(48)
Using Instructional Strategies to Motivate Students
We will model a variety of instructional strategies that have been
successfully used to motivate urban high school students to increase
engagement and achievement.
Bridget Schock, Bradley Tech
High School, Milwaukee, WI
Laura Maly, Bradley Tech High
School, Milwaukee, WI
60 Minute Sectional
8:00 AM–9:00 AM
#
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
Bauer-Beaty
(40)
PK-1
2-3
4-6
6-8
Effective Team Teaching
Daniel Swartz, Cooper Middle
School, Buffalo Grove, IL
Marsha Swartz, Woodland
Elementary East, Gurnee, IL
Kern-Boehr
(40)
PK-1
Developing Number Sense for Kindergartners
113
Kern-Johnson
(40)
PK-1
Literacy Links to Meaningful Math
114
Kern-Brown
(40)
2-3
4-6
We are 100% Smart
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112
Team teaching takes planning, practice and patience. This workshop
is designed to give teachers strategies for planning, instructing, and
assessing in team teaching situations. We will model effective team
teaching strategies that you can take right back to your classroom
and share with your colleagues. Sesame Street has taught us that
“two heads are better than one” and we take that philosophy into the
classroom. All levels of experience with team teaching are welcome.
This session will focus on methods and activities that develop number
sense for kindergartners or primary students needing beginning number
sense strategies. These activities are easy to implement into any classroom.
This will be an interactive session. Come ready to learn about numbers!
Faye Klismet, Chain
O’Lakes, Waupaca, WI
Lynda Thompson, Chain
O’Lakes, Waupaca, WI
Michelle Klug, Wausau School
District, Wausau, WI
We all know the power of books and how they engage children’s critical
thinking skills. Through literacy links and interactive games students gain Shari Paulson, Wausau School
opportunities to make meaningful math connections at home and at school. District, Wausau, WI
Build classroom community tolerance and data analysis skills with
this hands-on activity for the 3-6 classroom. Using Gardner’s 9
intelligences, students realize that everyone is 100% smart, but
intelligence is different for each of us. Students graph their own
intelligence and compare data of classmates. This activity creates
an excellent foundation for tolerance of all skill levels, it builds a
community of acceptance, and launches other data activities.
Dawn Weigel-Stiegert, Chavez
Elementary, Madison, WI
Kimi Ishikawa, Chavez
Elementary, Madison, WI
Quinn Johnson, Chavez
Elementary, Madison, WI
The WMC booth is located in the Kraft Centre Lobby. If you find or lose anything, please check at the
WMC booth.
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8:00 AM–9:00 AM
Thursday, May 1, 2008
8:00 AM–9:00 AM
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Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
Bauer3-5
Morehouse B/C 6-8
(200)
“Instructed Response”: Developing Reading, Writing
and Thinking Skills with Non-Routine Problems
Kari Augustine, CESA 5
Curriculum Specialist, Portage, WI
RWI-McGarvey 6-8
(40)
Developing a Standards Based Report Card
Through a Standards Based Grading System
The Wisconsin Assessment Framework for Mathematics says, “the best
test preparation (for WKCE-CRT) involves a rich, engaging curriculum
coupled with ongoing assessment that is integrated into instruction.” 20%
of the WKCE-CRT mathematics score points come from “constructed
response” questions, with 80% of those points earned by a true written
response. This sectional will focus on the use of rich, non-routine
problems as the focus for mathematics instruction that develops critical
reading and writing skills as part of assessment for learning, as well as
addressing the opportunities for score growth on WKCE. A bibliography
of links to current problems, rubrics, and student work will be shared.
Ruth Bartzen, Urban Middle
School, Sheboygan, WI
I have been a member of the Sheboygan Area School District’s standards
based middle school report card pilot committee for the past two years.
I will share how I have implemented this assessment “of ” learning grading
system into my mathematics classroom by using homework only as
practice. The assessment of my student’s mathematical proficiency
is based upon the Wisconsin State Standards of A. Mathematical
Processes, B. Number Operations and Relationships, C. Geometry, D.
Measurement, E. Statistics and Probability, F. Algebraic Relationships.
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119
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Kern-Hanson
(50)
6-8
RWI-Crystal
Room
(60)
6-8
9-12
More Powerful Mathematics Teaching
RWI-Mahaney
(40)
6-8
9-12
Concept Retention
Think, Write, Reflect, Repeat
Teachers who practice self-assessment on their own find it easier
to help their students understand this learning tool. Participants
will learn practical techniques to help them reflect on their own
teaching as well as take home ideas to use with their students!
This session will describe and show video of our classroom using literacy
practices that enhance the learning of mathematics content, occur early in
the lesson, enhance retention, increase involvement of each student, and
promote more powerful learning than whole class discussion or lecture.
Many students attempt to learn mathematics through rote
memorization of formulas, steps, and procedures as a way to solve
regular routine problems. We will discuss the dangers of learning
mathematics through rote memorization and the many benefits of
driving our instruction towards concept retention. Specific examples
of lessons geared towards concept retention will be shared.
Jody Pankratz, Waupaca
Middle School, Waupaca, WI
Kate Gile, Waupaca Middle
School, Waupaca, WI
Robert Arkens, Secondary
Reading Specialist, Clintonville
Public Schools, Clintonville, WI
Amy Krolow, High School
Mathematics Teacher, Clintonville
Public Schools, Clintonville, WI
Ben Mueller, Hinckley-Big Rock
High School, Hinckley, IL
8:00 AM–9:00 AM • 9:30 AM–10:30 AM
Thursday, May 1, 2008
8:00 AM–9:00 AM
#
120
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Kern-Stansbury 9-12
(50)
Title and Description
Presenter
Using Geometer’s Sketchpad and Student
Presentations on the SMART Board
Molly Olson, Prairie Farm High
School, Prairie Farm, WI
A great professor of mathematics education once said, “Don’t do
anything that your students can do for you.” Taking that message
to heart, this session will focus on ways to involve students in
their own learning through exploration and using technology.
Sketchpad offers ways for students to explore concepts, and the
SMART Board allows the whole class to explore together. Learn
how to maximize the technology potential in your classroom!
121
Bauer-LaDue
(30)
9-12
13-16
How to use Aleks to Provide One-on-One
Mathematics Instructions 24/7
Milton Bond, Rufus King
High School, Milwaukee, WI
I will demonstrate how to use Aleks to determine exactly what a
student knows and does not know, so students can master high school
and college algebra.
122
Kern-Cary
(50)
9-12
13-16
Introduction to Mathematical Sciences—The Results of a
Pilot Course for ‘Non-Mathematics’ Students
Glen Richgels, Bemidji State
University, Bemidji, MN
This course was piloted at Bemidji State University and two local
high schools. The target population was seniors who stop taking
mathematics and university students who score low. Results shared.
60 Minute Sectionals
9:30 AM–10:30 AM
#
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
Keynote—Greg Tang
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BauerPK-2
Morehouse B/C 3-5
(200)
6-8
9-12
Algebraic Thinking—More Than Just a Buzzword
Quick, can you explain what algebraic thinking means? It’s hard to
define and even harder to teach. The secret? Algebraic teaching!
Join bestselling Grapes of Math author Greg Tang in exploring the
difference between algebraic and non-algebraic teaching, and see
why traditional methods based on memorizing facts and formulas
can’t possibly teach kids what they really need to know.
Greg Tang, Author of
“The Grapes of Math”
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9:30 AM–10:30 AM
Thursday, May 1, 2008
9:30 AM–10:30 AM
#
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
RWI-Crystal
Room
(60)
PK-1
2-3
4-6
6-8
9-12
13-16
“Got PDP?” A Look at Professional Development
Planning for Math Educators
Kari Augustine, CESA 5
Curriculum Specialist, Portage, WI
Karen Reiss Wilcox, Germantown
School District, Germantown, WI
Kern-Cary
(50)
PK-1
2-3
4-6
6-8
Think Alouds in Mathematics
126
Kern-Brown
(40)
PK-1
2-3
4-6
Assess Your Way to Success
127
Kern-Boehr
(40)
4-6
6-8
9-12
13-16
Mathematics Anxiety
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125
128
RWI-McGarvey 4-6
(40)
6-8
Step up to the challenge of putting mathematics at the center of your
professional development plan (PDP). Whether you are an Initial
Educator creating or working on verification of your first PDP, or
a Professional Educator considering how a PDP might fit in with
your future license renewal, this session will help connect you with
information and resources to develop a rich and meaning-filled PDP.
In this session we will focus on a strategy that will help students think
through a mathematics problem. A Think Aloud is a strategy that
incorporates students sharing and discussing in small groups as well as in
whole group situations. By sharing mental solution strategies aloud, your
students are exposed to how mathematics concepts are used and applied.
Astrid Wagner, Milwaukee
Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI
Sherry Anderson, Millwaukee
Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI
Kathie Quarles, Garland
School, Milwaukee Public Schools
Classroom Assessment Based on Standards (CABS) helped one school
(retired), Milwaukee, WI
with a large non-English speaking population raise its Mathematics
proficiency percentage from 30% to 95% over a six-year period. Redesigning
our report cards, consistent use of CABS over grade levels, accurate
recordkeeping, and putting an emphasis on remediation allowed this
tremendous growth. Come hear the philosophy and some practical tips
that allowed us to become a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence!
What is it? Who has it? How can teachers deal with it? Resources
and ideas for answering these questions will be presented.
How’d They Do That? Score the Constructed
Response Items on the WKCE
Robert Kleckner, Two Rivers
High School, Two Rivers, WI
Tony Pickar, D.C. Everest
School District, Weston, WI
Workshop participants will examine one constructed response item
similar to WKCE items from start to finish as we develop a scoring
guide to ensure consistency in scoring. Participants will receive the same
training that scorers for the test receive, and will have the opportunity
to prove their proficiency scoring items at the end of the workshop.
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Bauer-LaDue
(30)
6-8
Middle School Mathematics Can Be Fun!
Want to do more hands-on activities? Don’t know what to do in
the lab? Come find some middle school mathematics activities,
games, songs, and websites to use in your mathematics classroom
or resource room. Bring ideas to share too! Prizes to be given!
Mary Greene, Neenah Joint
School District, Neenah, WI
Jodi Stanchik, Neenah Joint
School District, Neenah, WI
Lunch tickets come with your registration materials. If you forget or lose one, you can purchase a
replacement at the Kraft building front desk.
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9:30 AM–10:30 AM • 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Thursday, May 1, 2008
9:30 AM–10:30 AM
#
130
Location
(Capacity)
Kern-Johnson
(40)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
9-12
Projecting the Way: Rising to the Challenge
through Technology
Eric Arnold, Madison East
High School, Madison, WI
Phil Galarowicz, Madison East
High School, Madison, WI
Technology is an ever pervasive element in our modern day classrooms.
Admittedly, all are not as effective in enhancing classroom instruction as
others. In this presentation we aim to share with the audience a taste of
how ELMO (Electronically Linked Mission Overlay) document projectors
are capable of increasing student ownership through positive engagement,
all the while, making class time more effective. NOTE: No fuzzy red
creatures were harmed during the production of this presentation.
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RWI-Mahaney
(40)
9-12
Bauer-Beaty
(40)
9-12
New Teachers Stepping Up to the PI-34 Challenge
Come and see how connections can be made from classroom activities
to meet your PI-34 goals and objectives. We will share 3-4 hands-on
learning activities and discuss how we are using them not only to “hook”
students, but meet our professional PI-34 goals. As 3rd year teachers
we are stepping up to this challenge and look forward to discussing
the triumphs and obstacles that we are experiencing with you!
Data, Algebra, and Technology
Data can be used to connect algebra and statistics and make both
more meaningful for students. Technology such as TI-Nspire can help
students understand concepts more deeply in ways that make sense.
Participants will think about designing experiments, jawbreakers,
and formulas using student work to stimulate their own analyses.
Kern-Stansbury 9-12
(50)
Using a SMART Board to Teach Mathematics
Kern-Hanson
(50)
How To Implement a Mathematics
Co-Teaching Program in Your School
9-12
This workshop is not about how to use a SMART Board, but an
experienced teacher will demonstrate SMART Board lessons that engage
students in learning concepts in general mathematics and geometry.
Are you looking for a way to improve student achievement in your Algebra
classes? How about a way to increase your upper-level mathematics
students’ involvement in your school? You can do both by having your
upper-level mathematics students work as co-teachers in your entry-level
classes. Come find out how we implemented this program in our school.
Lexi Ballweg, Sun Prairie High
School, Sun Prairie, WI
Kent Wedemeyer, Sun Prairie
High School, Sun Prairie, WI
Gail Burrill, Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI
Luke Coenen, D.C. Everest
School District, Weston, WI
Tracey Rosemeyer, Oregon
School District, Oregon, WI
David Ebert, Oregon School
District, Oregon, WI
90 Minute Workshops
10:00 AM–11:30 AM
#
135
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
Kern-Brayton
Case A
(60)
PK-1
2-3
4-6
Title I and Special Education Mathematics Network
Diana Kasbaum, Wisconsin
Department of Public
Instruction, Madison, WI
Sandy Berndt, Wisconsin
Department of Public
Instruction, Special Education
Consultant, Madison, WI
Networking session for anyone interested in developing a Title I/Special
Education mathematics network. We will share ideas and brainstorm
how we can learn from each other and develop a professional learning
community around mathematics for Title I and special education.
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10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Thursday, May 1, 2008
10:00 AM–11:30 AM
#
136
Location
(Capacity)
Kern-Brayton
Case B
(60)
Grade
PK-2
Title and Description
Shuffling Into Mathematics—Primary
Mathematics Games
Youth Center- 4-6
Oliver DeWolf 6-8
Cummings Rm 9-12
(50)
Vocabulary and Mathematics Achievement:
What’s the Connection?
138
Youth CenterHuber/Evans
Room
(50)
4-6
6-8
9-12
Don ‘t Slow Me Down with that Calculator
Part 2: emphasizing squaring and multiplication
BauerMorehouse A
(60)
6-8
BauerLightbody
(35)
9-12
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141
Joyce Evans, Box Cars & OneEyed Jacks, Edmonton, Alberta
Come prepared to play and learn card and dice games that help your
primary students achieve success in basic numeration, place value operations
and graphing. Excellent take home ideas and reproducible game boards.
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Presenter
Cynthia Cuellar, Milwaukee
Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI
Rosann Hollinger, Milwaukee
Sample space, outcomes, theoretical probability... having kids copy
definitions from the glossary, is that not working for your students? Research Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI
Sharonda M. Harris, Milwaukee
indicates knowledge of important terms is critical to understanding any
Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI
subject. Come to this interactive session and gain knowledge of Robert
Marzano’s research based 6-step process for building academic vocabulary.
Various games and activities for building academic vocabulary will be
shared. Come have fun with us as we make the 6 steps come alive!
Learn to master a multitude of little-known super-shortcut computational
techniques and strategies involving addition, subtraction, fractions,
squaring and multiplication that will leave your calculator dependent
friends in the dust.
The Power of Descriptive Feedback…Improving
Student’s Achievement in Probability and Statistics
Experience the power of what feedback can do to boost students’
confidence and achievement in any mathematics area. Teachers
will receive training using students’ work samples.
RWI-Veranda C 9-12
(48)
TI-Nspire: the Newest in Calculator Technology (Beginner)
Participants will experience the use of TI-Nspire in the mathematics
classroom. Come see the newest handheld technology that empowers
students to learn across different visual representations of a problem,
developing a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts.
Developing Effective Descriptive Feedback with Classroom
Assessments to Improve Student Achievement
Experience the process mathematics coaches use with teachers to
1) identify key mathematics features, 2) anticipate misconceptions,
3) analyze student work samples, 4) give descriptive feedback,
and 5) determine next steps for classroom instruction.
Cliff Petrak, Brother
Rice High School (Teacher
Emeritus), Chicago, IL
Shunda Allen, Audubon
Technology & Communication
Center, Milwaukee, WI
Latricia Johnson, Milwaukee
Public Schools, MIlwaukee, WI
Lauren Jensen, Wisconsin Heights
High School, Mazomanie, WI
Laura Maly, Milwaukee Public
Schools, Milwaukee, WI
Henry Kranendonk, Milwaukee
Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI
WMC is requiring that attendees wear their WMC Conference name badges at all times during Conference
hours.
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10:00 AM–11:30 AM • 11:00 AM–12:00 PM
Thursday, May 1, 2008
10:00 AM–11:30 AM
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144
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
RWI-Veranda A 9-12
(48)
Paperplate Trigonometry
Laurie Schroeder, Pacelli High
School, Stevens Point, WI
Bauer-Boddie
(30)
Integrative Discovery with Applets
9-12
Find out how a paperplate can be a fun trigonometry teaching tool!
Topics include; Unit circle, radians, trigonometric functions, graphing
sine and cosine.
Explore the use of algebraic, geometric, trigonometric, statistical and
discrete mathematics applets. Learn about how to download and use
preloaded data.
Lawson-Martin 9-12
Luther King, Jr. 13-16
(40)
Activities from the Introduction to Mathematical Sciences
Pilot Course
Mary Walz, Sauk Prairie High
School, Prairie Du Sac, WI
Glen Richgels, Bemidji State
University, Bemidji, MN
We will do some activities from the course and discuss the
course philosophy.
60 Minute Sectionals
11:00 AM–12:00 PM
#
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147
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
BauerPK-2
Morehouse B/C 3-5
(200)
6-8
9-12
13-16
Kern-Brown
(40)
Bauer-LaDue
(30)
PK-1
2-3
4-6
6-8
9-12
PK-2
3-5
6-8
Title and Description
Presenter
Students’ Mathematical Reasoning: Throughout
the Focal Points and Beyond
Henry S. Kepner, Jr., University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
President, National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics
We must prepare ALL our students in sound mathematical thinking,
ready-to-use competencies in facts and procedures, and a
disposition of intensity and persistence in the recognition and
attack of real-world problems requiring mathematical analysis.
The New Key Mathematics 3 with
Integrated Responses to Intervention
Larry Hanken, Ph.D., National
Consultant, Pearson Assessments
Key Mathematics is a “new” diagnostic norm- and criterion- referenced
assessment of general mathematical development and achievement with
RtIs for ages 4.5 through 22 years. A vital and integrated component of
this new assessment is the inclusion of “Essential Resources” which are
curriculum based responses to intervention.
Meeting The Challenge For Effective Communication
Effective communication is essential between home and school. This
goal can be met easily with the use of a classroom website. Come and
explore the features of TeacherWeb - a site which allows teachers to
post daily announcements, homework, lunch menu, calendar, and other
classroom information. This site also allows teachers to create practice
assessments which students can access from home. Feel free to attend
this session whether you are a beginner or an advanced computer user.
Joy Spatchek, Reedsville
Elementary School, Reedsville, WI
Michelle Butturini, Reedsville
Elementary School, Reedsville, WI
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11:00 AM–12:00 PM
Thursday, May 1, 2008
11:00 AM–12:00 PM
#
148
Location
(Capacity)
Kern-Boehr
(40)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
3-5
Develop Number Sense and Practice Facts Using
Hands-on Activities
Lori Long, Neenah School
District, Neenah, WI
Enthusiastic, experienced Title One Mathematics specialist presents a
hands-on approach to mathematics facts and number sense. Teachers
will leave with a packet of great ideas and games to motivate students
and increase skills. Demonstrations include warm-up routines and
activities to get your class excited for mathematics each day.
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150
Bauer-Beaty
(40)
4-6
Kern-Cary
(50)
4-6
6-8
The Impact of Calculators on Primary Mathematics Learning Ibha Das, Milwaukee Public
This session will present the research findings on calculator use and
achievement. This session will also share ideas about how calculator
use benefits learning and teaching mathematics in primary school.
Schools, Milwaukee, WI
Time to Teach!—Creating a Climate for
Learning in the Mathematics Classroom
David Hyatt, Oak Creek High
School, Oak Creek, WI
Are you tired of having to give repeated warning and multiple requests
to your students? Are you often worn out at the end of the workday
from dealing with kids misbehaving in your class? Come and find
out how using REFOCUS and other Time to Teach! principles
can help you handle frustrating classroom situations so that you’ll
have more time to do what you love… teach mathematics!
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Kern-Johnson
(40)
4-6
6-8
9-12
13-16
Mathematics Literacy: What is it? and Why do we Need it?
RWI-Crystal
Room
(60)
5
6-8
9-12
Five Real-Life Mathematics Investigations That
Will Astound Teachers and Students
Many have focused on language and reading literacy for decades. In
the wake of the first run of NCLB we must ask the question, “Are we
really preparing all students for successful use of mathematics in all
aspects of their lives?” This discussion-based presentation will offer
current research into the topic of mathematics literacy while also
allowing opportunity for participants to discuss and share strategies
to achieve long term mathematics literacy in our students.
Gifted children typically are not given the opportunity to see the
wondrous side of mathematics because it is often taught as all scales and
no music. Help your students discover the power of mathematics as the
danger of short-term loans is exposed in a dramatic fashion. Watch as
mathematics shows the futility of depending on corn-based ethanol to
lower our dependence on oil imports. Learn the surprising answer to
how much money a hybrid car will save its owner because of reduced
gasoline usage. Investigate mathematics mistakes in the news media and
their potential consequences. These and other fascinating mathematics
investigations will allow the mathematically gifted student to see the
power of mathematics as it cuts through deception and flawed thinking.
Annette Homan, Fox Valley
Technical College, Appleton, WI
Ed Zaccaro, Author/Math
Consultant, Bellevue, IA
11:00 AM–12:00 PM • 12:30 PM–2:00 PM
Thursday, May 1, 2008
11:00 AM–12:00 PM
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155
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
Kern-Stansbury 9-12
(50)
Using your SMART Board Effectively
Tim Borud, Wautoma High
School, Wautoma, WI
RWI-Mahaney
(40)
9-12
To Infinity and Beyond
Kern-Hanson
(50)
9-12
This session will include using your SMART Board to assist
in running class more smoothly, help with attendance issues by
posting recorded classroom lessons online and also include tips
and tricks for making the SMART Board work for you.
The concept of infinity is a difficult but important concept for students
to understand. In this presentation, we will discuss several ways to get
students to better understand infinity. We will also discuss several real life
applications of infinity that will dazzle the minds of mathematics students.
Logarithms: What are they and Why care?
Logarithms are exponents—the challenge is to help students see this
and understand what it means for their work in mathematics.
Participants will engage in activities that motivate the need for
logarithms and will investigate examples of why logarithms
are useful and important Mathematical concepts.
Ben Mueller, Hinckley-Big Rock
High School, Hinckley, IL
Gail Burrill, Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI
90 Minute Workshops
12:30 PM–2:00 PM
#
201
Location
(Capacity)
Bauer-LaDue
(30)
Grade
Title and Description
PK-1
2-3
4-6
6-8
9-12
Enhancing Mathematic Learning through Interactive
Internet Tools
Presenter
Stephen Sanders, Wisconsin
Department of Public
Interactive internet tools provide engaging hands-on experiences in learning Instruction, Madison, WI
Chrystyna Mursky, Wisconsin
mathematics. Virtual learning experiences enhance the understanding
Department of Public
of hard-to-teach, difficult-to-learn concepts in mathematics. Flexible
Instruction, Madison, WI
and easily adapted digital learning objects and online interactive learning
Donna Steffan, Wisconsin
activities meet the learning challenges of all learners—anytime, anyplace.
Department of Public
Participants will explore virtual manipulative websites and online digital
Instruction, Madison, WI
tools supported by leaders in mathematics instruction, including NCTM
Illuminations (a Thinkfinity content partner), Intel Teach to the future,
NEIRTEC Mathematics Portal, National Library of Virtual Manipulatives,
Project Interactivate, Explore Learning, PBS Teacherline Interactive
Applets, and Wisconsin’s Digital Districts Online Learning Object Project.
The bus makes a loop approximately every 15 minutes from the front of Pillsbury Hall, to the Youth
Center, and the Kraft Centre.
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12:30 PM–2:00 PM
Thursday, May 1, 2008
12:30 PM–2:00 PM
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203
204
205
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
Kern-Brayton
Case B
(60)
2-3
Math Games for 2nd and 3rd Grades
Linda Uselmann, Edgewood
College, Madison
BauerMorehouse A
(60)
2-3
4-6
6-8
Hey! How about some flexibility, fun, and focus in your math class?
Come and experience quality games for teaching and assessing concepts
in grades 2-3. We’ll be trying out as many as possible in the time
allotted, and you’ll get a packet of reproducibles to take home.
Youth Center- 4-6
Oliver DeWolf
Cummings Rm
(50)
RWI-Veranda C 4-6
(48)
6-8
Using Children’s Literature and Tangrams in the
Mathematics Classroom
This hands-on workshop will provide a new approach to mathematics
using children’s literature, writing, and tangrams. Participants
will have the opportunity to explore tangram interactive websites
and will leave this session with many handouts including lesson
plans, activities, templates for tangram pieces and resource lists for
incorporating children’s literature in the mathematics classroom.
The ClockWise System: Mental Mathematics
for Fractions, Decimals, Percent and Degrees
Amy Clark-Wickham,
MathWonders, LLC, Eagan, MN
Come ready to run a relay race and play card games while
mastering pie charts, adding/subtracting fractions, converting
fractions to decimals or percents, and miles/kilometers, and
endless other applications of the ClockWise System.
Numb3rs in N8ture
Discover how to use the natural world as a tool to teach mathematics
to students with a variety of learning styles in a fun, hands-on way.
Participants will learn how to use mathematics related activities from
the award-winning Project Learning Tree activity guide and other
Wisconsin DNR education resources to teach topics such as graphing,
percentages, measurement, and geometry. As part of the workshop
participants will receive a copy of the the Project Learning Tree activity
guide and a collection of educational resources from the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources that complement the activities
presented in the guides. These programs meet state teacher and academic
standards, are eligible for inclusion in an initial educator plan, and can
be used in renewal of your licensure. Thanks to the Hardwood Forest
Foundation for providing financial support to cover workshop costs.
Please bring this program book with you to the Conference.
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Stephanie Haasl, University of
Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
Sheila Dux, University of
Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
Christal Campbell, Wisconsin
DNR, Madison, WI
12:30 PM–2:00 PM • 1:00 PM–2:00 PM
Thursday, May 1, 2008
12:30 PM–2:00 PM
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207
Location
(Capacity)
Youth CenterHuber/Evans
Room
(50)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
6-8
Keeping the Middle School Student “Thinking” in
Mathematics Class
Kim Green, Bay Lane
Middle, Muskego, WI
Gail Kardus, Bay Lane
Middle, Muskego, WI
This will be a collection of various activities to engage middle school
students in learning and understanding mathematics. All activities
will be related to brain-based research with objectives and rationale.
After a short introduction, participants will move through several
stations to experience the activities that are designed to keep the
students moving, thinking and understanding the mathematics
concepts. Come prepared to take part in the activities.
RWI-Veranda A 6-8
(48)
9-12
Using Multiple Representations to
Make Connections in Algebra
Tracy Frank, CPM Educational
Program, Deerfield, WI
Participate in activities at the Algebra level that help students find
the connections between an equation, graph, table, and context.
Learn to help students move from each representation to the others,
developing a deep understanding of multiple ways to solve problems.
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Bauer-Boddie
(30)
6-8
9-12
Visual Programming: Beyond Just Code
Joins us for an adventure in programming. Learn the basics of Scratch,
a friendly programming environment for grades 6-9. Create animations,
games, and interactive stories…and learn some mathematics too!
Daniel Pochinski, Washington
High School of Information
Technology, Milwaukee, WI
60 Minute Sectionals
1:00 PM–2:00 PM
#
210
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Bauer3-5
Morehouse B/C 6-8
(200)
9-12
Title and Description
Presenter
Keynote Follow-up
An Algebraic Approach to Teaching Place Value
zPlace value is the key to working with big numbers and understanding
traditional algorithms. But do kids really understand what they’re
doing or do they know just enough to almost get by? In this mindstretching session, we’ll see how place value can be taught in an
algebraic way, and how it leads to true understanding and fluency.
Greg Tang, Author of
“The Grapes of Math”
Visit the NCTM booth, located in the exhibit hall for books and information on national memberships.
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1:00 PM–2:00 PM
Thursday, May 1, 2008
1:00 PM–2:00 PM
#
211
212
213
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
PK-1
2-3
4-6
6-8
9-12
13-16
Assessment-Assessment-ASSESSMENT
(Formative-Summative-LARGE GROUP)
Jim Marty, Wisconsin Department
of Public Instruction, Madison, WI
BauerLightbody
(35)
1-3
Differentiated Learning in Elementary Mathematics
Kern-Brown
(40)
2-3
4-6
Kern-Boehr
(40)
We will examine what formative assessment looks like in a
mathematics classroom. Do not be surprised to see something
you may be currently doing along with many other ideas.
Learn how to use centers to differentiate learning in your
primary classroom. This is a “make and take” session.
Accommodations for Students with Special
Needs in Mathematics: Are They Really Helping
to Improve Mathematics Understanding?
Speak slower and louder, color code tens and ones and identify key words.
These are some of the accommodations recommended for assisting students
identified with special needs in mathematics. Are they helping students
build understanding? During this session, participants will engage in
conversation around these central ideas. Participants will engage in a
mathematics activity, analyze student work samples and practice developing
instructional feedback statements to help build student understanding.
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Bridget Kilmer, Menasha
School District, Menasha, WI
Christine Steeno, Menasha
School District, Menasha, WI
Beth Schefelker, Milwaukee
Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI
Lee Ann Pruske, Milwaukee
Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI
RWI-Mahaney
(40)
4-6
6-8
Making It Stick!
RWI-Crystal
Room (60)
5
6-8
9-12
The 15 Most Perplexing Mathematics Problems Ever Devised Ed Zaccaro, Author/Math
The solutions to these problems seem straightforward and simple,
but the obvious answers are incorrect. To find the correct solutions,
students must change their normal thinking patterns and approach
each problem in a different way. You will leave this session with
many unique problem-solving strategies and the ability to challenge
and interest even your most gifted mathematics students.
Consultant, Bellevue, IA
Kern-Brayton
Case A
(60)
6-8
Not so Standard-Standards
Jane Armstrong, Greenfield
Middle School, Greenfield, WI
Elizabeth Trochil, Park Falls
School District, Park Falls, WI
RWI-McGarvey 6-8
(40)
How teachers can use “lesson study” to address multiple topics that
reoccur at many grade levels? You taught the lesson, so why didn’t
it stick? “Lesson study” can help you answer that question.
This session will feature hands-on games, activities, and projects that
implement Wisconsin Model Academic Standards for Mathematics
in a nonstandard way. It is primarily geared for the middle grades,
but modifications for special education and primary grades will be
shown. Participants will receive packets of activities and the standards
that they address.
Jammin’ Mathematics Jingles
In this hands-on session, participants will explore jingles, chants and
cheers to encourage students to remember mathematical formulas and
rules. What better way to motivate middle school kids than to sing
and dance? Concepts include: integers, decimals, volume, percents and
more. Come and learn jingles and dances to use in your classroom.
Jan Wickboldt, Clayton School
District, Clayton, WI
Terri Magnuson, Clayton
School District, Clayton, WI
Sandy Johnson, JR Gerritts
Middle School, Kimberly, WI
1:00 PM–2:00 PM • 2:30 PM–4:00 PM
Thursday, May 1, 2008
1:00 PM–2:00 PM
#
218
219
220
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Lawson-Martin 6-8
Luther King, Jr. 9-12
(40)
Title and Description
Algebra Readiness: Bridging the Gap
Remediate basic skills while developing algebraic thinking
in students who are experiencing difficulty as they prepare
for high school mathematics. We will explore ways to build
confidence for the future while revisiting prerequisite skills.
Kern-Cary
(50)
6-8
9-12
13-16
Greening Your Curriculum
Bauer-Beaty
(30)
9-12
Teaching Mathematics for Understanding—
Our Shared Experience
I will provide participants with data on global warming and
discuss how we can use graphing calculators to construct
mathematical models that illustrate issues of climate change.
A panel of mathematics teachers discusses their experience teaching
mathematics for understanding. The teachers will present a studentcentered framework they used throughout the school year to focus
instruction on important mathematical connections. They will share
sample lessons, activities and assessments that they used during the year.
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Kern-Stansbury 9-12
(50)
Mathematical Amusements
Kern-Johnson
(40)
NSpiring Your Classroom!
9-12
Mathematical tricks, puzzles and paradoxes will be discussed
and shared with the group. A repeat from last year’s session.
Learn how to use the new TI-Nspire in your algebra classroom.
Participants will leave the session with ready to use activities.
Presenter
Gary Belman, Mcdougal
Littell, Evanston, IL
Claudia Giamati, University
of Wisconsin-Eau Claire,
Eau Claire, WI
Rebecca Chaouki, Onalaska
Middle School, Onalaska, WI
Doug Burge, Holmen High
School, Holmen, WI
Stephanie Lenz, Pioneer Westfield
High School, Westfield, WI
Jennifer Kosiak, University of
Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI
Timothy Deis, University of
Wisconsin-Platteville, Platteville, WI
Julie McDonald, University of
Wisconsin-Platteville, Platteville, WI
Jason Thrun, University of
Wisconsin-Platteville, Platteville, WI
Jessica Kachur, Case High
School, Racine, WI
90 Minute Workshops
2:30 PM–4:00 PM
#
223
Location
(Capacity)
Youth CenterHuber/Evans
Room
(50)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
PK-1
2-3
4-6
6-8
9-12
The Mentoring Program Your New Teachers Deserve
Julie Roidt Olson, Phillips
School District, Phillips, WI
While you realize that your new teachers need a quality mentoring
program, perhaps you didn’t know that you could lead your district
in achieving it. We will provide you with the tools to accomplish this
through our complete mentoring program with step-by-step instructions
for implementation, including, but not limited to, mentor training and
selection, ongoing seminars based on the State Standards, and sample
contract language. You can be the deciding factor in creating and retaining
great teachers in your district!
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2:30 PM–4:00 PM • 2:30 PM–3:30 PM
Thursday, May 1, 2008
2:30 PM–4:00 PM
#
224
225
226
227
Location
(Capacity)
Kern-Brayton
Case B
(60)
Grade
3-5
Title and Description
Operation Box Cars - Elementary Mathematics Games Joyce Evans, Box Cars & OneCome prepared to play card and dice games that help
students achieve success in basic operations. Excellent take home
ideas and reproducible game boards will be provided. Help
close the achievement gap and get your program rolling.
Youth Center- 6-8
Oliver DeWolf
Cummings Rm
(50)
The ClockWise System: Mental Mathematics
for Fractions, Decimals, Percent and Degrees
Come ready to run a relay race and play card games while
mastering pie charts, adding/subtracting fractions, converting
fractions to decimals or percents, and miles/kilometers, and
endless other applications of the ClockWise System.
RWI-Veranda C 6-8
(48)
Calculating Our Ecological Footprint
Bauer-Boddie
(30)
When Am I Ever Going to use Trigonometry?
9-12
Presenter
Enhance middle school mathematics skills while increasing understanding
of human population growth trends, rates of resource use and each person’s
impact on the natural environment. Free CD-ROM of activities and
data charts!
Discover the answer to the above question. We will look at finding
the earth’s circumference, biorhythms, make and use an astrolabe.
Eyed Jacks, Edmonton, Alberta
Amy Clark-Wickham,
MathematicsWonders,
LLC, Eagan, MN
Dr. Annette Nelson, Northland
College, Ashland, WI
Laurie Schroeder, Pacelli High
School, Stevens Point, WI
60 Minute Sectionals
2:30 PM–3:30 PM
#
228
229
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Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
Kern-Cary
(50)
PK-2
3-5
Problem Solving Strategies for K-5
Karen Reiss Wilcox, Germantown
School District, Germantown, WI
Kern-Johnson
(40)
PK-1
2-3
4-6
6-8
9-12
Resources for Teaching about Computers
Numerous and varied experiences with problem solving to support
young mathematicians in grade K-5. How to include problem solving
into the Math content. Participants will receive a problem solving
bulletin board to promote this process in their classrooms.
During a portion of this time we will explore the CSTA CS Web
Repository of lessons and other materials to help teach CS in K-12.
We will also briefly look at other resources and upcoming workshops.
During the other portion of this session all participants will be
encouraged to talk about issues, concerns and needs for teaching
about computers (including computer science) and the possibility
of developing a statewide chapter of the national CSTA group.
Joe Kmoch, Milwaukee Washington
High School, Milwaukee, WI
2:30 PM–3:30 PM
Thursday, May 1, 2008
2:30 PM–3:30 PM
#
230
231
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
Kern-Brown
(40)
PK-1
Teaching Mathematics with the Arts: Waldorf Education
Christine Korpal, Milwaukee
Public Schools/Urban
Waldorf, Milwaukee, WI
Kern-Boehr
(40)
PK-1
2-3
Want to make a lasting impression when teaching the four
processes? Use storytelling, drawing, painting, and modeling
beeswax to enrich your classroom mathematics lessons.
Learn Basic Addition and Subtraction Facts Using
Mathematics Partners
Andrea Fossum-Grall, Waupaca
Learning Center, Waupaca, WI
Are your students having problems with basic addition and
subtraction facts? This session will focus on successful techniques
using the “mathematics partners” concept. In this session you
will learn and participate in some “mathematics partners”
activities that have been very successful within our school.
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236
237
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Lawson-Martin PK-1
Luther King, Jr. 2-3
(40)
Kern-Hanson
(50)
PK-1
2-3
4-5
Mastering Strategies
Implementation ideas using computational strategies
will be presented to support classroom teachers.
MATHEMATICS EXPRESSIONS:
The Next Generation
Shi Hae Kim, University of
Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
Darlene Kramer, Houghton
Mifflin Co., WI
The presentation will feature Houghton Mifflin’s NSF
program: Mathematics Expressions 2009.
Kern-Stansbury 4-6
(50)
Real Life Economics for Fifth Graders
Bauer-Beaty
(40)
6-8
Gee! I Wish I’d Said That
Bauer-LaDue
(30)
6-8
9-12
Padowan.dk… May the Force be You
Kern-Brayton
Case A
(60)
9-12
Integrating “The Arts” Into Your Mathematics Classroom
RWI-Crystal
Room
(60)
9-12
5th grade students have an opportunity to understand money and finances
as they prepare a budget, go through monthly expenses, and try to prepare
for life’s unexpected events (flat tires, lost job, injury, etc.). This is a teamtaught lesson emphasizing financial responsibilities of all learners.
Jill Ebersold, Wausau School
District, Wausau, WI
Deb Heilmann, Wausau
School District, Wausau, WI
Jane Howell, Retired
The presenter will share a variey of famous quotes and discuss how they
may affect and lead teaching.
Master this easy to use free graphing program (windows) to enhance
student projects and customize graphs for classroom use.
Arouse the aesthetic sense of your students as you involve them in
diverse activities such as interpretive poetry, fractal greeting cards,
and an interactive play.
Financial Literacy and Paycheck Mathematics
This presentation will explore the mathematics used by employers to
withhold income tax from paychecks. Through mathematics, an employee
will find they have more control over their paycheck than thought.
Participants will receive ideas and ready to use materials. Information on
the Wisconsin Personal Financial Literacy Standards and the National
Institute of Financial and Economic Literacy will also be given.
Jim Zillmer, West De Pere
High School, De Pere, WI
Paul Kraft, West De Pere
High School, De Pere, WI
Tim Fox-Meyer, Chippewa Falls
High School, Chippewa Falls, WI
Bill Martinson, Tomah
High School, Tomah, WI
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2:30 PM–3:30 PM
Thursday, May 1, 2008
2:30 PM–3:30 PM
#
239
240
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
Bauer9-12
Morehouse B/C
(200)
Townships, Maps, and Mathematics
Rose Peters, Marshfield High
School, Marshfield, WI
RWI-Veranda A 9-12
(48)
Trig Star: Acquaint Students With a Practical Use
of Trigonometry
Explore the townline-rangeline system used in land surveying. Use
maps to show applications of coordinate systems, proportions, unit
conversions, trigonometry, spherical geometry, fractions, measurement,
and more. Get hands-on activities for the 9-12 classroom.
Allen Schneider, Wisconsin Society
of Land Surveyors, Mequon, WI
Learn about a high school mathematics contest involving a timed
exercise in solving trigonometry problems. This state-wide program
is presented by the Wisconsin Society of Land Surveyors.
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RWI-McGarvey 9-12
(40)
Jabbering About Java
RWI-Mahaney
(40)
Placing Students at the University Level: A Detailed Look
at the University of Wisconsin System Mathematics
Placement Exam
9-12
Computer Science teachers: Let’s talk about AP Computer
Science, course enrollments, introduction courses, innovative
lessons… or whatever else is on your mind.
This session will provide a brief overview of the UW Mathematics
Placement Exam, which is used by all UW campuses to determine
the appropriate course(s) for students to take to begin their
mathematics education at the university. Presenters will describe
the purpose and content of the test, the test validation process, and
the placement process. There will also be time for questions.
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BauerMorehouse A
(60)
9-12
13-16
Using Flow Theory to Inform Homework Decisions
BauerLightbody
(35)
9-12
13-16
Teaching and Learning Algebra with ALEKS
We discuss a project executed in a college level calculus course
over four weeks. Students provided feedback on homework items
based on Flow Theory. These responses were used to modify
each week’s homework assignments with the goal of providing
homework at the appropriate student level. Student responses
will be discussed as will the relationship to achievement.
Every student has a different learning style. Does using ALEKS help
students to learn mathematics better? Can we, as teachers, teach
better with ALEKS? ALEKS is a web-based artificially intelligent
assessment and learning system. The presenter will show how
ALEKS works and how she implements ALEKS into her traditional
Algebra class. She will also share her experience about students
who took ALEKS course and results from previous semesters.
Make sure to fit at least one keynote session into your schedule.
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Mike Weidner, Nicolet High
School, Glendale, WI
James Wollack, University of
Wisconsin Center for Placement
Testing, Madison, WI
Sheryl Wills, Mathematics
Dept. University of WisconsinPlatteville, Platteville, WI
Christopher Hlas,
University of Wisconsin-Eau
Claire, Eau Claire, WI
Mark Frie, University of WisconsinEau Claire, Eau Claire, WI
Meg Onoda, University
of Wisconsin-Manitowoc,
Manitowoc, WI
1:00 PM–5:30 PM
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Special Meetings
Time and Location
Title and Description
1:00 PM–2:00 PM
Kraft Centre Mitchell Dining Room
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching —Reunion of
State and National Awardees and Other Interested K-12 Teachers
State and national awardees of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching
are invited to this opportunity to network, share experiences and discuss future leadership
directions. The collective energy and knowledge of Wisconsin’s Presidential Awardees needs to
be shared. Anyone interested in learning more about the program is also invited to attend.
Diana Kasbaum, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Madison, WI
3:00 PM–4:00 PM
Kraft Centre Mitchell Dining Room
Wisconsin Mathematics Council Student Meeting
Future teachers—come and meet with other students from around the state, as well as veteran
teachers and members of WMC. We will have food on hand of course, and also some free classroom
materials that you can take with you to help get your future classrooms rolling! See you there!
4:00 PM–5:00 PM
Kraft Centre Mitchell Dining Room
Wisconsin Mathematics Council Annual Meeting
ALL ARE INVITED to learn about the business of the WI Mathematics Council. Enjoy refreshments
and conversation with WMC board and committee members as they share plans and review the
past year’s accomplishments. A short business meeting beginning at 4:15 p.m. will enlighten you
about the inner workings of the Math Council and stimulate you to get more involved.
4:00 PM–5:00 PM
RWI-Crystal Room (60)
Milwaukee Public Schools Share Social
Let’s Talk! This is a gathering of all MPS teachers who would like to share the day’s highlights
with their colleagues. Come relax, have some fun, and join in the activities planned for you.
MPS Meeting,
5:30 PM–9:00 PM
Royal Ridges of Ripon
Wisconsin Mathematics Council Annual Banquet
Head out to the Annual Banquet at the Royal Ridges of Ripon where you will have dinner,
friendly talk and fun with old and new friends. Join us for a short awards ceremony followed
by entertainment by Port Washington High School’s vocal jazz ensemble, Shades of Grey.
If you bring your wireless laptop computer, you are free to log in and check your e-mail in the Internet Café.
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Thursday, May 1, 2008
Personal Planner
When planning your session choices, write down the session
number, building and room. Also select a nearby alternative
in case your first choice is full.
7:00 AM
First Timers Orientation, Breakfast served 7:00-9:00 AM
8:00 AM
Exhibit Hall opens
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
Lunch served till 1:30 PM
12:00 AM
1:00 PM
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching
(Kraft Centre Mitchell Dining Room)
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
WMC Student Meeting (Kraft Centre Mitchell Dining Room)
4:00 PM
WMC Annual Meeting (Kraft Centre Mitchell Dining Room)
5:00 PM
WMC Annual Banquet (Royal Ridges of Ripon)
Doors open at 5:30 PM
6:00 PM
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Notes
Friday, May 2, 2008
Personal Planner
When planning your session choices, write down the session
number, building and room. Also select a nearby alternative
in case your first choice is full.
7:00 AM
First Timers Orientation, Breakfast served 7:00-9:00 AM
8:00 AM
Exhibit Hall opens
Notes
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
Lunch served till 1:30 PM
12:00 AM
1:00 PM
1:30 PM
Exhibit Hall closes
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
Conference closes
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Friday, May 2, 2008
Meetings and Events Overview
First Timers Welcome/Orientation
Friday, May 2, 7:00-7:45 AM
Kraft Centre Mitchell Dining Room
Meet new friends and get acquainted with the conference ins and outs. The Membership
Committee will provide an overview of the conference program, answer questions and
help you select appropriate sessions. Bring your breakfast or just drop in for valuable
information to make the most of your first Green Lake Conference experience. Red and
white balloons will mark the spot for newcomers to learn about the Conference.
IHE Network/NPRIME Reunion
Friday, May 2, 7:00-8:00 AM
Kraft Centre Tower Dining Room
Bring your breakfast and join us for some networking time. Presentation to follow
from 8:00 to 11:00am in the RWI-Veranda A Room. More information regarding the
presentation can be found on page 35 (session 301).
Notes
7 AM–1 PM On-site Registration
(Kraft Centre Lobby)
7–7:45 AM
First Timer Orientation
(Kraft Centre Mitchell Dining Room)
Look for the red and white balloons!
7–8 AM
IHE Network/NPRIME Reunion
(Kraft Centre Tower Dining Room)
7–9 AM
Breakfast served in Kraft Centre
Dining Room (requires separate
ticket purchased from Green Lake
Conference Center)
8 AM–1:30 PM
Visit the Exhibit Hall (Pillsbury)
8 AM
Sessions Begin
10 AM
Check out time for Green Lake
lodging
11 AM–1:30 PM
Lunch
4 PM
essions conclude
S
Be sure to visit the Exhibit Hall located in Pillsbury. Visiting the
Exhibit Hall is a good alternative when sessions are full.
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7:00 AM–9:00 AM • 8:00 AM–11:00 AM
Friday, May 2, 2008
Breakfast Meetings
A note about reading the room
locations: Throughout the book, the
first name indicates the building.
The name after the dash indicates
the room in the building.
7:00 AM–7:45 AM
Location
Title and Description
Kraft Centre—
Mitchell Dining Room
First Timers Welcome/Orientation
Meet new friends and get acquainted with the conference ins and outs.
The Membership Committee will overview the conference program,
help you select appropriate sessions and answer questions. Bring your
breakfast or just drop in for valuable information to make the most of
your first WMC Annual Conference experience. Red and white balloons
will mark the spot for newcomers to learn about the Conference.
7:00 AM–8:00 AM
Kraft Centre—
Tower Dining Room
IHE Network/NPRIME Reunion
Bring your breakfast and join us for some networking time. Presentation
to follow from 8:00 to 11:00am in the RWI-Veranda A Room
(see session 301 for more information about the presentation).
3 Hour Extended Workshop
8:00 AM–11:00 AM
#
301
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
RWI-Veranda A
(48)
Title and Description
Presenter
8:00-8:30
Introductions and announcements by Kevin McLeod and DeAnn
Huinker, IHE, Milwaukee Mathematics Partnership
8:30-10:00
Thomas H. Parker, Michigan State University & Scott
J. Baldridge, Louisiana State University
10:00-11:00
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh pre-service courses
session Key (description on page 4)
Keynote speaker
Featured speaker
Exhibitor session
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8:00 AM–9:30 AM
Friday, May 2, 2008
90 Minute Workshops
8:00 AM–9:30 AM
#
302
303
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Kern-Brown
(40)
PK-2
3-5
Constructed Response: How do I Get My Kids to Build One! Karen Reiss Wilcox, Germantown
Bauer-LaDue
(30)
2-3
4-6
Strategies used to support the use of language of mathematical
ideas precisely. Build skills to improve students constructed
response in assessment. Ideas from Bob the Builder make it
fun! Writing ideas from Marilyn Burns work is shared.
Everyday Mathematics Teacher’s Assessment Assistant
CD-Customized Assessments are a Few Clicks Away!
Presenter
School District, Germantown, WI
Mary Freytag, Math Matters,
LLC, Sun Prairie, WI
The Everyday Mathematics Assessment Assistant CD for grade 1-6
teachers provides everything you need to make customized assessments.
With just a few clicks, you can utilize a library of existing assessments that
are aligned to the learning goals of the Everyday Mathematics curriculum.
In minutes you can also create assessments like pre-and post-tests, or
review and practice opportunities for your students. Participants will
learn how to format and edit their document to meet student needs and
to create “different but equivalent” assessments for differentiation.
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305
306
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RWI-Crystal
Room
(60)
2-3
4-6
Kern-Brayton
Case B
(60)
4-6
6-8
9-12
Becoming a Reflective Practitioner
Youth CenterHuber/Evans
Room
(50)
6-8
9-12
Are you Game? Luck, Skill and Mathematics
Peeling the Onion
Mathematics is sequential and builds on itself. In this interactive
session, we will look at how Marilyn Burns’, one of America’s leading
mathematicians, has pealed back the mile-wide, inch-deep curriculums
in the U.S. to what is core, and then look at the implications this had
for the creation of her new intervention and prevention program,
Do the Math, for teachers of struggling students in grades 2-6.
Based on the belief that the only way to improve student achievement
is to improve teacher performance, this session provides teachers
with tools and procedures for improving their own practices through
effective productive reflection. Teachers learn to maximize their personal
strengths and identify areas for improvement. Teachers learn to apply
research conclusions from TIMSS (Third International Mathematics
and Science Study) video study to their own personal practices. In
this session participants will view effective mathematics lessons from
classrooms around the world and by focusing on the mathematics content
of these lessons, learn why these lessons result in improved student
achievement and how they can adapt the models for their own use.
Ready for some fun and excitement in your mathematics class?
This presentation will have you create and play casino games, which
facilitate and describe theoretical and experimental probabilities.
A hands-on presentation will demonstrate how you can enable
your students to do the same. With youth gambling on the
rise, this activity provides for some insightful discussions.
Marilyn Trow, Scholastic,
Westmont, IL
Michelle Parks, CESA 10
(Mathematics & Science
Consultant), Chippewa Falls, WI
Lorna Vasquez, Granton Public
School District, Granton, WI
Mike Flory, School District of
Brodhead, Brodhead, WI
8:00 AM–9:30 AM
Friday, May 2, 2008
8:00 AM–9:30 AM
#
307
308
309
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
Bauer-Boddie
(30)
6-8
9-12
13-16
Visual Basic Workshop: Not Your Father’s Basic Anymore
Jim Kasum, Thiensville, WI
BauerLightbody
(35)
9-12
TI-Nspire: the Newest in Calculator Technology (Advanced)
Kern-Johnson
(40)
9-12
Described by some as a cross between a multimedia authoring
tool and a programming language, this powerful, easy-to-learn
language makes a wonderful first language experience.
Participants will experience the use of TI-Nspire in the mathematics
classroom. Come see the newest handheld technology that empowers
students to learn across different visual representations of a problem,
developing a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts.
AP Calculus: Getting Ready for the AP Test
and WHAT TO DO AFTER IT!
The AP test is coming up on Wednesday, so how do I finish my review?
We will look at some last minute review ideas, and also go over the dos
and don’ts that your students should be aware of. Then, we will look
at some of the topics that you can cover for the month of school that
remains. If you have any pet projects or topics that you have had success
with in the past, please feel free to share with the rest of the group.
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311
RWI-Veranda C 9-12
(48)
Youth Center- 9-12
Oliver DeWolf 13-16
Cummings Rm
(50)
Proof! Finally a Logical Approach
We will start with non-geometric concepts to introduce the
idea of proof, so students can develop strategies, draw conclusions,
think logically, communicate and justify their reasoning. Then
we will establish 3 types of proofs, using geometry concepts.
Exploring Mathematics with the TI-Nspire
Participants will have a chance to explore the TI-Nspire
and the document model as a tool for presentation. The
Calculation, Graphs & Geometry, Lists & Spreadsheets, and
Data & Statistics Applications will be investigated.
Lauren Jensen, Wisconsin Heights
High School, Mazomanie, WI
Vic Levine, James
Madison Memorial High
School, Madison, WI
Melissa Thomley, CPM
Educational Program,
Sacramento, CA
Daniel Hackberth, Greendale
High School, Greendale, WI
Participants are asked to turn off all cell phones and pagers during Conference events.
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8:00 AM–9:00 AM
Friday, May 2, 2008
60 Minute Sectionals
8:00 AM–9:00 AM
#
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
Kern-Cary
(50)
PK-1
2-3
4-6
6-8
9-12
The Challenges of Implementing NCLB
Maeve Quinn, Board of
Education, Sheboygan Area
School District, Sheboygan, WI
Kern-Brayton
Case A
(60)
K-1
2-3
4-5
Improving Constructed Response Skills Through
Mathematics Talk
BauerMorehouse A
(60)
2-3
4-6
6-8
9-12
Educators, parents and community members need to work together to
change the federal law, No Child Left Behind. This presentation will
highlight the positive and challenging components of this federal law.
NCTM and two recent National Research Council reports
(Adding It Up; Helping Children Learn Mathematics and How
Students Learn Mathematics in the Classroom) emphasize the
need for students to discuss their mathematics thinking as a
way to increase understanding. This session will focus learning,
engaging, and nurturing meaningful math talk in the classroom.
Mathematics Intervention-Helping Every Student to
Reach Their Full Potential
Cynthia Sagues, Education
Technology Partners, Waunakee, WI
Participants will be shown several technological solutions that are
proven to help students become more proficient in mathematics. The
programs that will be shown provide differentiated instruction, build
computational fluency, and engage higher order thinking skills. We will
discuss which programs are appropriate for the various grade levels.
Lawson-Martin 4-6
Luther King, Jr.
(40)
Developing Fraction Concepts
This session will focus on developing conceptual understanding of
fractions through the use of manipulatives and problem solving.
Patricia Jaberg, University
of Wisconsin-Stevens Point,
Stevens Point, WI
RWI-McGarvey 6-8
(40)
Let’s Get The Whole School Doing Mathematics!
Jim Jarvis, NCSS, Rhinelander, WI
Kern-Hanson
(50)
9-12
Our Road to Standards-Based Grading in Algebra 1
RWI-Mahaney
(40)
9-12
Three school - wide activities will be shared: 1) A school-wide
problem solving format and assessment. 2) A school-wide problem
solving activity called: “The Most Clever Homeroom Activity”. 3)
A school-wide probability activity called: “Let’s Play Fair”.
Madison Memorial High School has adopted Standards-Based
Grading in all of our Algebra 1 classrooms. We will recount our
path and reflect on what we have learned from the obstacles
that we encountered. We will also discuss the power of group
planning time and collaboration in making this vision a reality.
Organizing and Correlating your Mathematics Curriculum
to your Mathematics Classroom
This presentation will provide curriculum and instruction alignment
tools and research-proven strategies to assist in organizing a secondary
mathematics class.
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Elaine Zarcone, Westfield
High School, Westfield, WI
Stacey Hartsfield, Memorial
High School, Madison, WI
Signe Carney, Memorial
High School, Madison, WI
Latricia Johnson, Milwaukee
Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI
8:00 AM–9:00 AM • 9:30 AM–10:30 AM
Friday, May 2, 2008
8:00 AM–9:00 AM
#
319
320
321
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
9-12
Teaching Mathematics for Understanding—
Our Shared Experience
A panel of mathematics teachers discusses their experience teaching
mathematics for understanding. The teachers will present a studentcentered framework they used throughout the school year to focus
instruction on important mathematical connections. They will share
sample lessons, activities and assessments that they used during the year.
Jennifer Kosiak, University of
Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI
Jamie Jones, Richland Center High
School, Richland Center, WI
Shane Lilly, Pittsville High
School, Pittsville, WI
Chris Mulholland,
Richland Center High School,
Richland Center, WI
Bauer9-12
Morehouse B/C
(200)
Are High School Students and Parents Ready for
Standards Based Grading?
Jeff Ziegler, East High
School, Madison, WI
Kern-Stansbury 9-12
(50)
13-16
The Numeracy Project
Bauer-Beaty
(40)
This year I implemented a standards based grading plan in my high
school mathematics classes so that a student’s grade would better
represent their achievement. In this session I will share some of
the successes I have had and the difficulties I have encountered. In
particular, I will focus on how students and parents have reacted to
this very different way of grading. This information would be useful to
any teacher thinking about changing their own grading practices.
Caroline Geary, University
of Wisconsin-Manitowoc,
Chemists and mathematicians from the UW colleges will share their
Manitowoc, WI
work from “The Numeracy Project.” This project stems from the
Meg Onoda, University
Chemistry Department’s efforts to improve teaching and learning of
of Wisconsin-Manitowoc,
mathematics-based science concepts in introductory chemistry courses.
Manitowoc, WI
In this presentation, we will discuss our findings prior to this project, our
Amy Kabrhel, University
work with mathematicians to generate ideas to improve numeracy, some
of Wisconsin-Manitowoc,
numeracy-improvement strategies that individual chemistry department
Manitowoc, WI
members have implemented within their respective classrooms, and resulting
Roxanne Alvarez, University
findings by individual instructors and the numeracy team as a whole.
of Wisconsin-Manitowoc,
Manitowoc, WI
60 Minute Sectionals
9:30 AM–10:30 AM
#
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
Keynote—Miki Murray
323
BauerK-1
Morehouse B/C 2-3
(200)
4-6
6-8
Building a Powerful Mathematics Vocabulary:
The Challenge and the Opportunity
Helping students build powerful mathematics vocabularies leads them to
deeper conceptual understanding and the improved ability to interpret,
act upon, and communicate in mathematical situations. This presentation
considers the rationale for vocabulary immersion and outlines a program
that utilizes the natural mathematics contexts of the classroom to optimize
Miki Murray, Mainely
opportunities for all students: not more to teach but a way to teach.
Math, Chamberlain, ME
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9:30 AM–10:30 AM
Friday, May 2, 2008
9:30 AM–10:30 AM
#
324
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Lawson-Martin 6-8
Luther King, Jr. 9-12
(40)
Title and Description
Presenter
Keynote Follow-up
The Top Ten Reasons Why We Use the Standard
Deviation to Measure Spread
Do your students ask why we use the standard deviation for
measuring spread? Receive activities that you can give to convince
them that the standard deviation wasn’t thought up just to
torture them when something more simple would do.
Ann Watkins, California State
University, Northridge, CA
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326
Kern-Brayton
Case A
(60)
PK-1
2-3
4-6
Algebra in the Elementary Grades: Practice and Theory
Kern-Hanson
(50)
6-8
Activities and Applications for Middle School
Math Thematics
This session will introduce activities that develop algebraic
thinking that reflect the NCTM Principles and Standards.
David Harpster, University
of Wisconsin-Stevens Point,
Stevens Point, WI
Patricia Jaberg, University
of Wisconsin-Stevens Point,
Stevens Point, WI
Rick Billstein, University of
Montana, Missoula, MT
This session will provide applications and activities for middle
school mathematics. Several activities from the new Math
Thematics middle school program will be shared.
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Kern-Stansbury 6-8
(50)
Stepping up to the SMART Board: Increasing Active
Learning and Engagement for All Students
Laura Godfrey, Madison
Metropolitan School District, WI
We know that SMART Boards make teaching easier, but here you will see
how to increase actual student learning and motivation with the SMART
Board. Use multi-sensory and interactive instruction for all types and ranges
of learners. Learn strategies for student use of this technology without
losing the engagement of the rest of the class or excessive amounts of time.
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40
Kern-Cary
(50)
6-8
Using Children’s Literature in the Junior High Classroom
There are many children’s stories that can be used to introduce
mathematics concepts in the junior high classroom such as Paul Bunyan for
circumference, Little Red Hen for order of operations and Sundae Scoop
for probability. My students love to hear these short stories and many
even remember the mathematics concepts taught afterwards. Take home
copies of my lessons and lists and we’ll share lots of ideas to incorporate
children’s literature into your junior high mathematics curriculum.
Debbie Hall, New Lisbon
Schools, New Lisbon, WI
9:30 AM–10:30 AM • 10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Friday, May 2, 2008
9:30 AM–10:30 AM
#
330
331
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
RWI-Mahaney
(40)
6-8
9-12
Introducing the Graphing Calculator into your Classroom
Kurt Krizan, Carl Traeger
Middle School, Oshkosh, WI
RWI-McGarvey 6-8
(40)
9-12
For students to be comfortable using a graphing calculator, their teacher
must be comfortable first! We will look at how to use some of the basic
functions of the TI-84 graphing calculator, while also providing tools
and strategies to help teach students how to use these calculators.
Five Ways to Get Your Students’ Attention in
Mathematics Class
Doris Wallace, Tutor/Retired
Educator, Milwaukee, WI
Students may or may not have a high level of understanding of mathematics
or even appreciate mathematics. Five practical, interesting ways to gain
the attention of young mathematics students will be demonstrated.
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333
Bauer-Beaty
(40)
9-12
BauerMorehouse A
(60)
9-12
How to Design a SMART Notebook Lesson
Tips for designing engaging lessons using Notebook on SMART
Board will be presented. Attend this session if you want to learn some
cool techniques or if you want to share some of your own ideas.
Trig Star Surveying
Find out about trigonometry application problems related to the
career of surveying, including sample problems from the Trig-Star
mathematics contest and the use of the law of sines and cosines.
Sue Popelka, River Falls High
School, River Falls, WI
Mary Walz, Sauk Prairie High
School, Prairie Du Sac, WI
90 Minute Workshops
10:00 AM–11:30 AM
#
334
335
336
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
RWI-Veranda C 4-6
(48)
Multicultural Games of Chance
Kathy Ernie, University
of Wisconsin-River Falls,
River Falls, WI
Kern-Brayton
Case B
(60)
4-6
Visualization, Spatial Reasoning and Geometric Modeling
Youth CenterHuber/Evans
Room
(50)
4-6
6-8
Data and chance activities will be explored as we play games from many
cultures, including Korea, Hawaii, Nigeria, and Native America.
Come and explore activities that will help your students develop
visualization and spatial reasoning. Activities for two- and threedimensional models will be presented.
Vicki Hay, University of Wisconsin
Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI
Chances are You should be Here!
Paige Richards, Milwaukee Public
Trying to make sense of probability instruction in your classroom? Join us as Schools/University of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
we delve into the mathematics of uncertainty through games and discussion.
Lee Ann Pruske, Milwaukee Public
Schools/University of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Like the shirts the pages are wearing? Similar shirts are for sale at the WMC booth in the Kraft lobby.
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10:00 AM–11:30 AM
Friday, May 2, 2008
10:00 AM–11:30 AM
#
337
Location
(Capacity)
Kern-Johnson
(40)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
6-8
Sample Simulations for Practical Probability
with Particularly Poignant Problems
Gary Luck, University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
Milwaukee, WI
Karen Corlyn, NBCT,
Milwaukee Public Schools/
University of WisconsinMilwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Whether you’re tossing coins, rolling number cubes, picking
marbles, spinning spinners, drawing cards, or generating random
numbers, the Probability Simulator on the graphing calculator
has reality beat. Constructivist activities include determining
the fairness of games with unequally weighed outcomes.
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Bauer-LaDue
(30)
9-12
Greenfoot - Simulation/Gaming Environment for
Learning JAVA
Joe Kmoch, Milwaukee Washington
High School, Milwaukee, WI
We will briefly explore this rather new environment developed by
the creator of BlueJ, Michael Kolling, using materials developed and
presented by Professor Kolling at his sessions at NECC in Atlanta, GA.
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340
341
342
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RWI-Crystal
Room
(60)
9-12
Connecting Algebra to the Real World
This workshop will explore activities that connect algebra to real world
applications. We will use a graphing calculator and a CBR in the activities.
Youth Center- 9-12
Oliver DeWolf 13-16
Cummings Rm
(50)
Enhancing the Understanding of Trigonometry
Using Technology
Bauer-Boddie
(30)
9-12
13-16
Kids + HTML = Problem Solving + Web Pages
Kern-Brown
(40)
PK-1
2-3
4-6
Developing a Title I Math Program: Perspectives
from TWO School Districts
Tony Pickar, D.C. Everest
School District, Weston, WI
Daniel Hackberth, Greendale
High School, Greendale, WI
Classroom activities centering around the unit circle, trig functions,
and sinusoids will be explored and discussed. The STAT LIST, STAT
PLOT and Parametric mode of the TI-83/84 will be integrated into this
hands-on session.
Jim Kasum, Thiensville, WI
Using HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) to create web pages
provides a great problem-solving experience. Come and learn some
HTML is and see some examples including WIKI MAKING.
This session will provide insights into the elements of an effective Title
I mathematics program from the perspectives of two different school
districts. Staff from the Waupaca and Germantown School Districts
will share their successes and challenges in building a Title I mathematics
program, including developing assessment screeners, supporting
student learning with effective instructional practices, monitoring
student progress, parent involvement, evaluating program effectiveness,
and the relationship of Title I to RtI (Response to Intervention).
Diana Kasbaum, Wisconsin
Department of Public
Instruction, Madison, WI
Karen Reiss-Wilcox, Germantown
School District, Germantown, WI
Mary Richards, Waupaca
School District , Waupaca, WI
11:00 AM–12:00 PM
Friday, May 2, 2008
60 Minute Sectionals
11:00 AM–12:00 PM
#
343
Location
(Capacity)
Kern-Boehr
(40)
Grade
K-1
2-3
4-6
6-8
Title and Description
Presenter
Keynote Follow-up
Teaching and Learning Mathematics Vocabulary
in Context
In this workshop we’ll first sample excerpts from several lessons
and “mine” for related vocabulary. Then we’ll use strategies that
represent the “windows, doors, and secret passageways” available for
immersing students in rich vocabulary building environments.
Miki Murray, Mainely
Math, Chamberlain, ME
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345
346
RWI-Mahaney
(40)
PK-1
2-3
4-6
6-8
9-12
13-16
PDP Connections
Kern-Brayton
Case A
(60)
PK-1
2-3
Mathematics Game Mania… Take 2
Bauer4-6
Morehouse B/C 6-8
(200)
After a brief overview of PI34 and the PDP, Initial and Professional
Educators will have an opportunity for questions, clarification, and
feedback on a current or future PDP. We hope to provide a strong
link for teachers who are seeking to make mathematics a focus of their
PDP in the best spirit of Wisconsin Teacher Standard 10 which reads:
Teachers are connected to other teachers and to the community!
We’re back!... with new interactive mathematics games and
plenty of handouts to fill your teacher handbag.
Transitional Algebraic Activities
In this session, participants will explore various activities to foster
algebraic thinking. The activities have components that can be
used at various grade levels or for differentiated teaching.
Kari Augustine, CESA 5
Curriculum Specialist, Portage, WI
Karen Reiss Wilcox, Germantown
School District, Germantown, WI
Elaine Zarcone, Westfield
School District, Westfield, WI
Lisa Harvatine, Andrew Jackson
Elementary, Manitowoc, WI
Dean Sleger, Andrew Jackson
Elementary, Manitowoc, WI
Sherrie Serros, University
of Wisconsin-Eau Claire,
Eau Claire, WI
Weather has ranged from snow and rain to beautiful and sunny. Dress in layers and bring an umbrella.
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11:00 AM–12:00 PM
Friday, May 2, 2008
11:00 AM–12:00 PM
#
347
348
349
350
351
Location
(Capacity)
BauerLightbody
(35)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
6-8
9-12
Sharing Teaching Ideas
Serena Conway, Preservice
Teacher University of WisconsinPlatteville, Platteville, WI
Drew Gossens, Preservice
Teacher University of WisconsinPlatteville, Platteville, WI
Brianne Otte, Preservice
Teacher University of WisconsinPlatteville, Platteville, WI
Megan Schultz, Preservice
Teacher University of WisconsinPlatteville, Platteville, WI
Michael Walhovd, Preservice
Teacher University of WisconsinPlatteville, Platteville, WI
UW-Platteville preservice teachers will be presenting several practical
teaching ideas based on articles from the NCTM magazine “Mathematics
Teacher”. Participants will be encouraged to share their own ideas.
RWI-McGarvey 6-8
(40)
9-12
What is Mathematics?
Lawson-Martin 9-12
Luther King, Jr.
(40)
I WILL Need Mathematics for That Job!
BauerMorehouse A
(60)
9-12
The Impact of Assessment on Teaching and Learning
Bauer-Beaty
(40)
9-12
The question “What is mathematics?” is an important one for teachers,
because it guides what we do in the classroom. This talk provides
a simple answer and also provides four interactive explorations for
use in middle school or high school. The explorations are available
on a CD that will be distributed free at the presentation.
This session will showcase a project in which students create a
Career Poster. Emphasis is placed on the need to use mathematics
in the career of the student’s choice. The presentation will include
a handout with directions,resources, and a rubric for grading.
Examples of student created posters will be displayed.
Ron Larson, Penn State
University, Erie, PA
Mary Clausen, New Holstein
High School, New Holstein, WI
What are the best practices of assessment and grading? Learn how our
high school mathematics department is utilizing them to improve
teaching and learning.
Sue Hanson-Otis, Franklin
Public Schools, Franklin, WI
Amy Cowell, Franklyn High
School, Franklin, WI
Are you a Student at UW-Madison? No?
You Owe the University Two Dollars!
Sue Popelka, River Falls High
School, River Falls, WI
This session will explain why. Several activities using tuition data will
be presented. Lessons using these activities promote student-generated
discussions and are thought-provoking.
It is wise to select alternative sessions in advance so that you can quickly move to another session. Popular
sessions often fill up 20 minutes before the starting time. All sessions fill on a first-come, first-served basis.
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11:00 AM–12:00 PM • 12:30 PM–2:00 PM
Friday, May 2, 2008
11:00 AM–12:00 PM
#
352
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Kern-Stansbury 9-12
(50)
Title and Description
Presenter
Using a SMART Board with Geometer’s
Sketchpad, TI Smartview, and a Virtual TI89
to Teach Secondary Mathematics?
Mike Tamblyn, Whitewater
High School, Whitewater, WI
Butch Bretzel, St. Francis
High School, St. Francis WI
Find out how the first year using a SMART Board went for these
two teachers. The students were very excited to start the year. Let’s see
how it ended.
90 Minute Workshops
12:30 PM–2:00 PM
#
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
Featured Speakers—
Larry and Ros Krajewski
401
Kern-Brown
(40)
K -2
3 -5
Linking Literacy and Mathematics
Comprehension is key to being a successful reader and
the same standard holds true for mathematics. The challenge is to
help math students develop meaning and make sense of what they
do just as it is imperative that a reader not just decode words but
attach meaning at the literal, interpretive, and evaluative level.
Larry Krajewski, Viterbo
Choosing problems for conceptual richness is like choosing an appropriate University, La Crosse, WI
book to fit the student and the concepts to be learned. This session
will use children’s literature to explore ways to link current research on
cognition and language to helping students “do” math and get it too.
The various strategies that will be shared will help your students learn
to connect math to their everyday experiences, to visualize, to make
predictions, and to ask questions so that they can determine what is
important and to summarize and retell in order to synthesize their learning.
Ros Krajewski, West Salem
School District, West Salem, WI
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12:30 PM–2:00 PM
Friday, May 2, 2008
12:30 PM–2:00 PM
#
402
403
Location
(Capacity)
Bauer-Beaty
(40)
Kern-Boehr
(40)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
PK-1
2-3
4-6
6-8
9-12
13-16
Stepping Up to the Challenge: Developing
Mathematics Interventions that Work!
Jodean Grunow, Ph.D.,
University of WisconsinPlatteville, Platteville, WI
1
Literacy-based Mathematics Workshop
Approach for 1st Grade
Using assessment data gathered from authentic constructed-response
data and WKCE analysis, participants in an ESEA Improving Teacher
Quality Grant, “Developing Interventions”, are developing, using, assessing,
revising, and sharing prompt and effective interventions that address
both strengths and identified needs. Participants will share assessment
procedures, developed interventions, and results of their action research.
This workshop will demonstrate the use of big books, literature,
and poetry to support first grade math standards. Participants will
learn how to incorporate a mini-lesson, guided practice, independent
practice, and share time into daily mathematics instruction.
404
Bauer-Boddie
(30)
4-6
6-8
Yes Younger Students Can Handle Data!
Come Experience First Hand
Doreen VandeWater, Sheboygan
Area School District, Sheboygan, WI
Jessica Gruber, Sheboygan Area
School District, Sheboygan, WI
Kathy Guldenzopf, SheboyganArea
School District, Sheboygan, WI
David Kapolka, Retired/Key
Curriculum Press, CA
Using TinkerPlots (software designed for grades 4-8) students order,
stack and separate data icons on the screen, and the icons animate into
position creating different graphs. Come explore topics in mathematics,
science, social studies, environment and more.
405
RWI-Veranda C 6-8
(48)
9-12
Helping All Algebra Students Recognize
that They Are SMART
Tracy Frank, CPM Educational
Program, Deerfield, WI
Participate in sample lessons in which all students learn rich
mathematics. Practical ideas and strategies that have shown
success with heterogeneous groups of students will be shared.
406
RWI-Veranda A K-2
(48)
3-5
6-8
The Singapore Mathematics Curriculum and Common
Sense: Math Makes Sense (repeated as session #426)
Are you tired of all of the education fads over the last 25 years? Wouldn’t
it be nice to find a solid math curriculum based upon a common sense
approach to teaching mathematics that has a long term reputation for
success? The Primary Mathematics Curriculum was created in Singapore
in 1983 and has since then spread to many countries around the world,
including the United States. Its popularity is due to the fact that students
in Singapore in the fourth grade and eighth grade scored the highest in
the world on international exams when using this curriculum. In this
lecture I will talk about the common sense themes found in the Primary
Mathematics Curriculum and how you can use them to help your students.
Please bring this program book with you to the Conference.
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Scott Baldridge, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, LA
1:00 PM–2:00 PM
Friday, May 2, 2008
60 Minute Sectionals
1:00 PM–2:00 PM
#
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
Keynote—Ann Watkins
409
Bauer6-8
Morehouse B/C 9-12
(200)
Fallacies About the Mean, Median, and Mode
The mathematics behind some lovely examples commonly
used to illustrate the mean, median, and mode shows that these
concepts are not as simple as they appear. No previous experiences
with statistics necessary. Handouts will be provided.
Ann Watkins, California State
University, Northridge, CA
410
411
412
Kern-Brayton
Case B
(60)
PK-1
2-3
4-6
6-8
9-12
13-16
What We Have Learned From the MSP Grants
The DPI administers a NCLB grant program, Mathematics and Science
Partnerships, which matches college and university faculty with districts
that are considered (based on WKCE scores) to have high needs in
the areas of mathematics and science. This session will describe the
program and show what results the grants are getting in the areas of
growth in teacher content knowledge and student achievement.
Kern-Stansbury PK-1
(50)
2-3
4-6
6-8
9-12
13-16
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
Certification—The Recognition You Deserve
Kern-Brayton
Case A
(60)
Accommodations for Students with Special
Needs in Mathematics: Are They Really Helping
to Improve Mathematics Understanding?
2-3
4-6
Great teachers convey a passion for the subjects they teach, captivating
their students with that passion. They approach their work with
creativity and imagination. If this describes you, then consider
National Board Certification. Find out about incentives, grants,
mentors, benefits, and support available for the process. If you know
in your heart that you have made a difference in the lives of children,
then you deserve this validation of your professional expertise.
Speak slower and louder, color code tens and ones and identify key words,
are some of the accommodations recommended for assisting students
identified with special needs in mathematics. Are they helping students
build understanding? During this session, participants will engage in
conversation around these central ideas. Participants will engage in a
mathematics activity, analyze student work samples and practice developing
instructional feedback statements to help build student understanding.
Abdallah Bendada, Wisconsin
Department of Public
Instruction, Madison, WI
Jim Marty, Wisconsin Department
of Public Instruction, Madison, WI
Karen Corlyn, NBCT,
Milwaukee Public School/
University of WisconsinMilwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Beth Schefelker, Milwaukee
Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI
Lee Ann Pruske, Milwaukee
Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI
Each day’s addendum will list session cancellations that we are made aware of in advance.
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1:00 PM–2:00 PM
Friday, May 2, 2008
1:00 PM–2:00 PM
#
413
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Kern-Hanson
(50)
4-6
6-8
Fractions and Thinking Multiplicatively
Presenter
Robert Moore, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Dept. of
Much can be made clearer if fractions are related to multiplicative ideas
Math Sciences, Milwaukee, WI
at an early stage. For example, from a ruler we see easily that 4 times 3/4
inch is 3 inches. This says 3/4 is the solution to the missing factor equation
4 x N = 3. Thus 3/4 = 3 divided by 4 from the relation of division and
multiplication. Nothing about the rule for addition of fractions is needed for
this, so it can be discussed and used before that more complex rule.
In growth, such as 10% interest earned annually on an investment,
we may think of multiplying by 11/10 (or by 1.1) for each year,
rather than finding ten percent of the beginning annual value and
adding to get the final annual value, and repeating for each year. A
quick calculation of (1.1)n shows that the value doubles in between
7 and 8 years - not in 10 years as a naive guess might be.
The notion of two variables changing in a constant ratio to one another
is a multiplicative concept and leads quickly to fractions. Perspectives
such as the above help in the fundamental role of mathematics, namely
understanding a topic.
414
RWI-Crystal
Room
(60)
6-8
Ready, Set, Up and Review!
415
Kern-Cary
(50)
6-8
Vocabulary Strategies for Diverse Learners
BauerLightbody
(35)
6-8
9-12
416
417
418
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Laura Davies, Greendale
Middle School, Greendale WI
Looking for ways to actively engage your students in your mathematics
classroom? I will share a variety of ways to get your students reviewing,
processing, and practicing the mathematics concepts and skills they are
learning in your classroom. These strategies will benefit all levels of learners.
Learn why direct vocabulary instruction is so important and participate in
some classroom activities to engage all types of learners in the classroom!
PI in the SKY
What is PI? What is a radian? How do I know how far it is to the
nearest star? Use free hands-on NASA activities to make mathematics
interesting and real.
Lawson-Martin 9-12
Luther King, Jr.
(40)
Making Function Composition Fun and Real
BauerMorehouse A
(60)
What is that APPS Button on my Calculator Anyway?
9-12
In this session we will discuss how to make function composition come to
life for your students. Topics like Rube Goldberg comics, “Tom and Jerry”
cartoons and realistic problems that show how functions are combined
will be discussed and solved using current technology. Come and have
some fun getting your students involved in function composition.
In this session we will explore a number of applications that are preloaded in TI-84+ Silver Edition calculators and can be loaded on TI83+ and TI-84+ calculators. We will explore the Cabri Jr., Inequalz,
ProbSim, SciTools, and Transform Applications, among others.
Billie Rau, Sheboygan Area
School District, Sheboygan, WI
Mary Garrett, Educator
Ambassador for NASA
EPO, Madison, WI
Larry Droogsma, Melrose Area
High School, Melrose, MN
David Ebert, Oregon School
District, Oregon, WI
1:00 PM–2:00 PM • 2:30 PM–4:00 PM
Friday, May 2, 2008
1:00 PM–2:00 PM
#
419
Location
(Capacity)
Bauer-LaDue
(30)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
9-12
Learn How Geometer’s Sketchpad Can Improve
Any Secondary Mathematics Class
Mike Tamblyn, Whitewater
High School, Whitewater, WI
Effective use of Sketchpad improves student understanding, motivation,
and excitement for mathematics. Learn how to use this software to help
your students.
420
421
RWI-Mahaney
(40)
9-12
Kern-Johnson
(40)
9-12
Building a Bridge to Transcripted Credit
Madison Metropolitan School District is in its first year of offering
a mathematics course at the high school level for transcripted
credit. As teachers of this course we will discuss how we have
modified and augmented the curriculum so that it fills an entire
year, combats misconceptions, and prepares students for technical
college by pulling in applications from their chosen fields.
A Practical Guide to Standards Based Grading
Standards based grading is about making a stronger connection between
student achievement and grades. The ideal standards based grading
system would only consider student achievement when determining
a grade. This workshop will examine some of the issues that arise
when this ideal meets the reality of real students in real schools. Ideas
will be shared that can help teachers deal with their reality while
still working towards the idea of true standards based grading.
Jenny Ruef, East High
School, Madison, WI
Signe Carney, Memorial
High School, Madison, WI
Jeff Ziegler, East High
School, Madison, WI
90 Minute Workshops
2:30 PM–4:00 PM
#
423
424
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
Kern-Brayton
Case A
(60)
PK-1
2-3
4-6
6-8
9-12
13-16
Wisconsin’s NEW Computer Science Standards
Joe Kmoch, Milwaukee Washington
High School, Milwaukee, WI
Jim Marty, Wisconsin Department
of Public Instruction, Madison, WI
Steve Sanders, Wisconsin
Department of Public
Instruction, Madison, WI
Bauer-Beaty
(40)
6-8
Rich Experimental Probability Tasks That
Promote Mathematical Thinking
The last DPI work in the area of computer science resulted in a
ten page article in a book titled “Computer Education” which was
published in 1987 and reprinted in 1992. Things have CHANGED
GREATLY since then! Join us for the unveiling of the Wisconsin
Model Academic Standards for Computer Science.
Are you looking for innovative methods to teach probability
at the middle school level? Participants will experience
standards based activities that help students make connections
between experimental probability and chance events.
Cheryl Nelson, Winona State
University, Winona, MN
Nicole Williams, Winona State
University, Winona, MN
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2:30 PM–4:00 PM
Friday, May 2, 2008
2:30 PM–4:00 PM
#
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
425
Kern-Cary
(50)
Early Childhood Math Connections that Make a Difference
426
RWI-Veranda A K-2
(48)
3-5
6-8
The Singapore Mathematics Curriculum and Common
Sense: Math Makes Sense (repeated from session #406)
Bauer-Boddie
(30)
You Have the Data, You’ve Made A Graph,
Now Find the Mathematics!
427
428
Bauer-LaDue
(30)
Presenter
Chris Lueck, Sharon Community
This presentation will include selected games and activities that provide for School, Sharon, WI
scaffolding the state Early Learning Standards. Lessons include connections
to children’s literature, music and movement along with daily calendar
routines that build monthly throughout the year. Components include
questioning for deeper understanding, parent connections and assessment.
9-12
9-12
13-16
Scott Baldridge, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, LA
Are you tired of all of the education fads over the last 25 years? Wouldn’t
it be nice to find a solid math curriculum based upon a common sense
approach to teaching mathematics that has a long term reputation for
success? The Primary Mathematics Curriculum was created in Singapore
in 1983 and has since then spread to many countries around the world,
including the United States. Its popularity is due to the fact that students
in Singapore in the fourth grade and eighth grade scored the highest in
the world on international exams when using this curriculum. In this
lecture I will talk about the common sense themes found in the Primary
Mathematics Curriculum and how you can use them to help your students.
Using Fathom Dynamical Data Software, let’s explore meaningful
mathematics problems for algebra and advanced algebra.
David Kapolka, Retired/Key
Curriculum Press, CA
Corey Andreasen, Sheboygan
North High School, Sheboygan
Teaching Advanced Topics with WinPlot:
A Free Graphing Program
Mike Zittlow, Southern Door
High School, Brussels, WI
You do not need a large budget to acquire high quality, powerful graphing
software. WinPlot is a FREE alternative to commercial software that lets
schools bring the power of technology into the classroom for no cost.
WinPlot can simultaneously graph functions, implicit relations, and
parametric equations, work in rectangular and polar coordinates, and graph
in 2 and 3 dimensions. Participants will use WinPlot to work with conic
sections, transform functions, and build 3D models for solids of revolution
and solids of similar cross-sections to witness the power of the software.
Due to the new Kraft Centre Dining Hall, some of the parking areas that were accessible to participants in
the past have been reassigned.
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2:30 PM–3:30 PM
Friday, May 2, 2008
60 Minute Sectionals
2:30 PM–3:30 PM
#
431
432
433
434
435
Location
(Capacity)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
BauerPK-1
Morehouse B/C 2-3
(200)
4-6
6-8
9-12
13-16
Steps toward the “American Diploma Project” and a
“Partnership for 21st Century Skills” in Wisconsin
Mary Walz, Sauk Prairie High
School, Prairie Du Sac, WI
Tony Pickar, D.C. Everest
School District, Weston, WI
BauerMorehouse A
(60)
2-3
4-6
What Do You Mean One Isn’t Prime?
Mathematical Misconceptions
Kern-Brayton
Case B
(60)
2-3
4-6
6-8
9-12
13-16
Learn about the progress and involvement of the mathematics design
team in the American Diploma Project (ADP) and partnership for 21st
Century Skills (P21). The team critically looked at the Wisconsin Model
Academic Standards in mathematics, aligning them with postsecondary
and workforce expectations and in search of recommendations to
ensure that our standards show rigorous content and relevancy for what
our students need to know and be able to do in the 21st Century.
Damon Pisticelli, McFarland
School District, McFarland, WI
Join a middle school mathematics teacher in debunking some common
mathematics myths like seven divided by zero is seven, or that the
greater than/less than symbol is related to ducks and alligators.
Why do Students HATE Mathematics? A Qualitative
Analysis of Actual Students Responses
The focus on my research, and this talk, is to determine where, when,
and why students form a dislike toward mathematics. I propose that
no one is born with a dislike of mathematics; it must have come to
fruition somewhere along an individual’s educational experiences. This
talk will look at student responses and qualitative analysis of five openended questions regarding a student’s attitudes toward mathematics.
Dr. Mike Simmers, University
of Wisconsin-Stevens Point,
Stevens Point, WI
Kern-Stansbury 4-6
(50)
Assist Students in Learning Multiplication and Division Facts Melisa Ellingson, Ashwaubenon
RWI-Crystal
Room
(60)
Board Games Beat Boredom: Teaching Strategy and
Probability in the Middle School Classroom
6-8
Do your students struggle with learning their multiplication and
division facts? This session will focus on successful techniques to
assist students with understanding their multiplication and division
facts. It will also provide activities for developing fluency.
School District, Ashwaubenon, WI
Ryan Verrier, Ashwaubenon School
District, Ashwaubenon, WI
Judith Andrus, Student, University
of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
Have you ever wondered if board games are related more closely to skill or Dana Hasen, Student, University of
chance? Chances are there are more mathematics involved than you realized! Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI
At this workshop, we’ll play and analyze games appropriate in the middle
level and give you the tools to take this unit into your classroom next week!
Be sure to plan your routes and leave enough time to get a seat.
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2:30 PM–3:30 PM
Friday, May 2, 2008
2:30 PM–3:30 PM
#
436
437
438
439
440
Location
(Capacity)
Kern-Boehr
(40)
Grade
Title and Description
Presenter
2-3
Primarily Probability
Elaine Zarcone, Westfield
High School, Westfield, WI
Probability activities can and should be experienced in the
primary grade levels. Plan to participate in sample activities.
RWI-McGarvey 6-8
(40)
9-12
Area and Volume Through The Years
BauerLightbody
(35)
6-8
9-12
Scaling the Universe with Mathematics
Kern-Brown
(40)
9-12
Mathematics Song Sing-a-Long
Kern-Johnson
(40)
9-12
A treatment of area and volume starting with rectangles and going to
pyramids and spheres will be given.
How big is big? How small is small? Students often have difficulty
comprehending orders of magnitude. Let us “Scale the Universe” as we
investigate the powers of 10 with free hands on materials from NASA EPO.
Relax after a full day of sessions to sing songs from the unofficial Illinois
Council of Teachers of Mathematics songbook. Please bring your own
songs to share.
Teaching Mathematics for Understanding
—Our Shared Experience
A panel of mathematics teachers discusses their experience teaching
mathematics for understanding. The teachers will present a studentcentered framework they used throughout the school year to focus
instruction on important mathematical connections. They will share
sample lessons, activities and assessments that they used during the year.
441
RWI-Veranda C 9-12
(48)
Tesselations to Tickle your Geometric Fancy
This hands-on session will take you through a tessellation unit that
reinforces transformations (rotations, translations, and reflections),
the angle sum around a vertex, and properties of regular polygons.
Richard Askey, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Mary Garrett, Educator
Ambassador for NASA
EPO, Madison, WI
Dane Camp, New Trier High
School, Winnetka, IL
John Carter, Stevenson High
School, Lincolnshire, IL
Diane Mueller, Augustana
College, Rock Island, IL
Jon Hasenbank, University of
Wisconsin-La Crosse, La Crosse, WI
Marlis Downs, Pittsville
High School, Pittsville, WI
Nick Hable, Mauston High
School, Mauston, WI
Barb Whyte, Mauston High
School, Mauston, WI
Jennifer Neuenschwander, Rufus
King High School, Milwaukee, WI
Bonnie Best, Rufus King High
School, Milwaukee, WI
Kyle Garland, Rufus King
High School, Milwaukee, WI
Conference padfolios are available at the WMC booth in the Kraft lobby. Stop by
and pick one up anytime! If you want a bag, bring one from home or check to see if exhibitors have them.
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Exhibit Hall Information
The Wisconsin Mathematics Council
is proud to host a comprehensive
mathematics education Exhibit Hall
located in the Pillsbury building.
Exhibits by commercial producers of
instructional materials are an integral
2008
Green Lake
Exhibitors*
Book Look
Box Cars & One Eyed
Jacks
Growing with Math
Prentice Hall)
Holt, Rinehart and
Winston
Scholastic, Inc.
Houghton Mifflin
Company/McDougall
Littell
Singapore Math
Sopris West Educational
Services
It’s About Time
The Science TeeCHER
CPM Educational
Program
Lakeshore Learning
Materials
Curriculum Associates,
Inc.
University of Wisconsin
Center for Placement
Testing
Learning Multi-Systems,
Inc.
the Exhibit Hall to examine the wide
Delta X Industries
variety of new materials available, and
ETA Cuisenaire
Macmillan/McGrawHill
to speak with representatives of the
Everyday Math
part of the Annual Conference.
Textbooks, teaching aids, hardware,
software and more are on display each
year. We urge you to schedule visits to
exhibiting organizations.
Great Source
Marian College
Math Wonders, LLC
Thursday 8 AM–4 PM
Friday 8 AM–1:30 PM
Western Governors
University
*As of December 31, 2007
Acceptance as an exhibitor
NASCO
Exhibit Hall hours:
University of Wisconsin
Learning Innovations
at Wisconsin Mathematics
Council Conferences
National Board
Certified Teachers
should not be construed
as an endorsement of
textbooks, programs or
Pearson Curriculum
(Scott Foresman and
products exhibited or sold
by companies exhibiting.
Special Thanks to our
Advertisers:
A Special Thank You to:
Pearson Education for providing the Conference Padfolios
Houghton Mifflin/McDougal Littell for providing the laptop work
CPM Educational Program
stations for sessions without tables
Houghton Mifflin/McDougal
Houghton Mifflin Company/McDougall Littell for providing the Page
Littell
T-shirts
Math Wonders, LLC
Everyday Math/Growing With Math for providing a Conference Grid
and Banquet Awards
Pearson Curriculum
(Scott Foresman/Prentice Hall) Key Curriculum Press for providing the Annual Banquet Table Favors
Texas Instruments for providing the calculators
University of Wisconsin
Learning Innovations
InfoCor for providing the SMART Boards
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MathWonders
360ª
®
9 inches = 0.75 feet
Presents
®
1 1/3 minus 1/2
A fun and easy way to
visualize fractions, decimals,
percent and degrees
on a clock face.
Our book, cards and games
are great for visual learners, math
junkies and anyone who struggles
with math!
1/6 + 1/4 = 5/12
Come play
these
games
in our
ClockWise
Workshop!
www. mathwondersonline.com
An Exemplary Mathematics Program
--U.S. Department of Education
Get samples of each course
at the CPM booth.
CPM courses will engage your students in structured explorations and mathematical dialogues
using student-centered materials. The courses incorporate the research-based principles of problembased learning, structured student study teams, and spaced practice that support deeper, long-term
retention of skills and concepts.
CPM offers a middle grades program, Foundations for Algebra: Years 1 & 2, that prepares
students for Algebra 1, and a complete high school series, Algebra 1 through Calculus. Each
course is supported with several days of funded professional development.
Visit the CPM booth and meet Tracy Frank, a CPM mentor teacher and CPM’s Wisconsin
Regional Coordinator, see the materials, and pick up course samplers. Learn the details about
cost-free on-line tutorial homework help from Hotmath.com. Information about the program is
available at www.cpm.org.
Houghton Mifflin and McDougal Littell
Houghton Mifflin Math Expressions ©2009
grades K–5
McDougal Littell MathThematics New Editions!
grades 6–8
Your K–8 Solution to Standards-based Math Instruction!
Your Wisconsin Team
Houghton Mifflin
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Diane McGinn
Northern WI
920-725-7488
[email protected]
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414-778-2116
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920-731-3058
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[email protected]
©Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. 11/07 SS06501
National Director of Teacher Education: Christine (Chris) Mikles
(888) 808-4276 email: [email protected]
Conference Registration Information
Everyone attending the conference must register
including speakers, pages and committee members.
If we receive your registration by April 15, you will receive a
confirmation letter and your name badge by mail.
After April 15, you can still register but you will not receive the early
bird discount pricing (does not apply to students) and you will pick
up your name badge on-site in the Kraft Centre Lobby. On-site
registration will be available beginning at 6-10 PM on Wednesday
evening through 1 PM on Friday.
Registration for Green Lake Lodging and Meals is separate from
registration for the conference and requires separate payment.
DO NOT SEND THE GREEN LAKE LODGING FORM OR
PAYMENT TO THE MATH COUNCIL OFFICE, IT WILL
BE RETURNED TO YOU AND DELAY YOUR HOUSING
RESERVATION. Daily lunches and the Thursday evening
banquet are included in your registration fee. To make a Green
Lake Conference Center lodging reservation, use the form on the
following pages and mail or fax the form directly to the Green Lake
Conference Center.
Alternative Lodging Options:
For those conference participants who wish to arrange overnight accommodations outside the
Green Lake Conference Center, the following hotels are offering conference attendees special rates.
Reservations at these hotels must be made on your own. When calling, let them know you are
attending the Mathematics Conference.
AmericInn
10 min. from conference grounds
1219 W Fond Du Lac Street
Ripon, WI 54971
Ripon
$59.00 single occupancy
$64.00 double occupancy
920-748-7578
Green Lake
$63-$73 double
occupancy
$150 4/person suite
920-294-6504
Best Western Countryside
15 min. from conference grounds
227 Ripon Road
Berlin, WI 54923-2167
Berlin
$62.00 double occupancy
(includes continental
breakfast)
920-361-4411
Comfort Suites
10 min. from conference grounds
2 Westgate Drive
Ripon, WI 54971
Ripon
$75.00 double occupancy
920-748-5500
Green Lake
$89 standard
$119 deluxe
$149 one bedroom
920-294-3344
Green Lake
$68.00-$75.00 queen,
king, or 2 doubles
(includes tax)
920-294-3318
Bay View Motel and Resort
5 min. from conference grounds
439 Lake Street
Green Lake, WI 54941
Heidel House
5 min. from conference grounds
643 Illinois Avenue
Green Lake, WI 54941
Lakeside Motel
5 min. from conference grounds
488 South Street
Green Lake, WI 54941
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Cancellations
Registration fees include
a $25.00 non-refundable
processing fee. All
cancellations must be
made in writing (fax or
e-mail is acceptable)
Refunds will be issued
(minus the $25.00
processing fee) for
cancellations received
through April 23.
No registration fees
will be refunded after
April 23, 2008. Also, no
refunds will be issued if
the fee being paid is less
than $25.00.
Send the Green Lake Lodging
and Meal Ticket form (p. 59)
to the Green Lake Conference
Center, not to the Wisconsin
Mathematics Council office.
40th Annual Green Lake Conference
Registration Form
May 1-2, 2008, All-day Pre-conference April 30
Green Lake Conference Center, Green Lake, WI
Lunches and Thursday banquet are included in
your registration fee. Lodging and extra meals at
the GLCC require separate payment directly to the
Green Lake Conference Center. See form on
following pages.
Important: Conference materials will be mailed to you after April 15. If we receive your registration after
April 15, you must pick up your materials on-site in the Kraft Centre Lobby. Only one registrant per form.
Name (as you wish it to appear on your badge)
Home address
City, State, ZIP
School/Organization
School/Organization Address
City, State, Zip
Phone
Fax
Email
Home phone
conference Registration: (check all that apply)
Annual Conference
Wednesday
Pre-conference
oFull Conference
(Thursday and Friday)
oLeadership
Pre-conference
oThursday Conference Only
oFriday Conference Only
This is my first Green Lake Conference.
I will attend the Orientation Session at 7 AM on
o Thursday
Thursday Banquet:
oI plan to attend.
oI do not plan to attend.
oI am a vegetarian.
oI am bringing a guest ($20).
Continue on reverse side for payment info and
NCTM Application form. g g g
o Friday
oI am a presenter.
Mail or fax registration forms,
with the check, purchase order,
or credit card information to:
Wisconsin Mathematics Council
W175 N11117 Stonewood Dr., Ste. 204
Germantown, WI 53022
Fax: 262-532-2430
Register online at:
www.wismath.org
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Application Form
A. Membership Dues/Primary Journal
B. Student E-Membership – $39.00
Individual Membership includes a subscription
to one of the NCTM journals. Please note the
membership dues cost difference if the selected
journal is the Journal for Research in Mathematics
Education (print or online version). Choose one
option below:
Includes a print subscription to the NCTM News Bulletin and an ONLINE
subscription to one NCTM Journal. Select ONE journal:
o (Online) Teaching Children Mathematics (PreK-6)
o (Online) Mathematics Teaching in Middle School (5-9)
o (Online) Mathematics Teacher (8-14)
o (Online) Journal for Research in Mathematics
$78.00 (includes one school journal)
o Teaching Children Mathematics (PreK-6)
o Mathematics Teaching in Middle School (5-9)
o Mathematics Teacher (8-14)
C. Emeritus Membership – $28.00
$105.00 (includes one research journal)
o Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
All NCTM journals are available to individual members at the prices listed below. To
select subscriptions to different titles, please check the box and total applicable costs.
o $33 Teaching Children Mathematics (PreK-6)
o $33 Mathematics Teaching in Middle School (5-9)
o $33 Mathematics Teacher (8-14)
o $60 Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
This membership includes a print subscription to the NCTM News Bulletin and 10
article downloads from the NCTM online journal article archives.
D. Additional Journals
$53.00 E-Membership
E-Membership includes a printed NCTM News
Bulletin, access to the Members Only area of nctm.org,
and 10 journal article downloads per membership year
from any NCTM school journal. This option does not
allow for print journals.
$_______ NCTM Total with additional journal
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Student
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2-days
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the fee being paid is less than $25.
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(Place NCTM membership total here, complete application above)
$___________ Banquet Guest Fee
-$25
___________
Early Bird Discount if registered
on or before 4/15/2008
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$___________ Total
LODGING AND MEAL TICKET RESERVATION
Green Lake Math Conference, Green Lake Conference Center
Please make 2008 Reservations by mail or fax only.
For Information: 1-800-558-8898
Send To: Guest Services, Green Lake Conference Center
W2511 Highway 23, Green Lake, WI 54941
Fax To:
LAST NAME:
1-920-294-3686
FIRST NAME:
Daytime phone:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip:
Arrival Date:
Departure Date:
 I plan to room with:
1.
2.
3.
4.
**Roommates must send reservation sheets together in same envelope.**
2008 Room Rate:
Price Listed Is Per Room, Per Night. All rooms are on a first come, first served basis.
Lodging Choices ( See Reverse Side Of Sheet) Single/Dbl
Triple
Quad
Five Persons
Six
Roger Williams Inn, Kern, Bauer
86.00
101.00
116.00
131.00
N/A
Lawson Lodge Mini Suites
86.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Bauer Lodge Suites
106.00
121.00
136.00
151.00
166.00
Lone Tree Lodge
60.00
75.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
Robbins Student Centers
54.00
69.00
N/A
N/A
N/A
Homes and Cabins
Two night minimum. See reverse side for prices.
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Deposit: Rooms and Suites - 1 night’s room rate
Homes and Cabins - 1/2 total rental
Wednesday
Camping - full payment
 $11.75 Dinner
Thursday
 $7.50 Breakfast
Friday
 $7.50 Breakfast
Lunch is included with Conference Registration
Payment Options: You will receive a confirmation card upon receipt of deposit.
 Credit Card
 Visa
Card #
 Master Card
 Amex
 Discover
Signature ______________________________________________
C.I.D. _____________
Make check payable to ‘Green Lake Conference Center’
 Check
 Purchase Order
Exp. Date:
PO #
School District
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Green Lake Conference Center
Lodging Descriptions
*Bauer Lodge: Completed in May of 1998, Bauer is a
sixty-four room hotel. Rooms can accommodate up to four people
with two queen beds or one queen and two single beds.
Robbins Student Centers: These rustic accommodations
are the most affordable. In these two centers, two rooms share a
bathroom. Each room has a single bed and a bunk bed.
*Bauer Lodge Suites: These suites have a sitting area with
lounge chairs and a coffee table. Also includes a small refrigerator, sink
coffee maker and microwave. Suites have a queen sofa bed and two
queen beds or one queen and a single.
Homes and Cabins: Call Green Lake for descriptions.
*Kern Lodge: A modern hotel with 57 guest rooms
overlooking Green Lake. Rooms can accommodate up to four people
with two queen beds or one queen and two single beds.
Home Capacities and Prices
Home
Capacity
Nightly Rate
*Roger Williams Inn: A lakeside hotel with old-time charm
and modern-day comfort. Rooms can accommodate one to four
persons. Queen beds and single beds available.
Bruce Kinney Lodge
16
$300.00
8
$136.00
20
$593.00
Christian Writing Center Apartment
4
$173.00
Dawson House
11
$263.00
Delmar Milner House
18
$593.00
9
$206.00
Montgomery Shaw
12
$469.00
Borden Cottage
10
$225.00
Oncken House
14
$450.00
Robbins House
14
$420.00
Stambaugh House
12
$450.00
White House
12
$225.00
*Lawson Lodge Mini Suites: A quaint ten-room lodge on
the
lakeAd:Layout
shore. Each 1room
has a capacity
with a1queen bed.
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*Located in main conference area.
Conwell House
Christina Writing Center
Hobley Cottage
Cabin Capacities and Prices
cabin
Capacity
Nightly Rate
Sunshine Cabin
9
$122.00
Albert IV, Wilson
6
$110.00
Howell, Killian, Tompkins and
Walbett Cabins
5
$110.00
Anderson Leader Cabin
8
$110.00
St. Louis I and IV Cabins
8
$110.00
St. Louis II and III
4
$85.00
Anderson Cabins (8)
6
$75.00
2008
Wisconsin Mathematics Council, Inc.
40th Annual
Conference
Attention Teachers
Are you cleaning out your files? Do you have books, manipulatives, free samples from past
conferences or other materials that might be of interest to new teachers? If so, help us reach out
to our future teachers! Please bring these items to the Green Lake Conference and drop them
off at the WMC Booth before 2pm on Thursday, May 1st. Please label any files with a grade
level. If you have nothing to toss, we would certainly accept a donation of a new item.
We are holding our third annual social for student attendees on Thursday, May 1st at
3pm in the Kraft Centre—Mitchell Dining Room and would like to make it a very
worthwhile experience. If you are available at this time to share your expertise with these
students, we invite you to drop by and check it out.
Visit www.wismath.org for conference updates
Wisconsin Mathematics Council
W175 N11117 Stonewood Drive, Suite 204, Germantown, WI 53022
Ph: 262-437 -0174 n Fax: 262-532-2430 n E-mail: [email protected]
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Presenter Index
A
Carter, John 52
G
Hollinger, Rosann 20
Allen, Shunda 20
Chaouki, Rebecca 27
Galarowicz, Phil 19
Homan, Annette 22
Alvarez, Roxanne 39
Clark-Wickham, Amy 24, 28
Garland, Kyle 52
Howell, Jane 29
Anderson, Sherry 18
Clausen, Mary 44
Garrett, Mary 48, 52
Hyatt, David 22
Andreasen, Corey 50
Coenen, Luke 19
Geary, Caroline 39
Andrus, Judith 51
Conway, Serena 44
Giamati, Claudia 27
Arkens, Robert 16
Corlyn, Karen 14, 42, 47
Gile, Kate 16
Armstrong, Jane 26
Cowell, Amy 44
Godfrey, Laura 40
Arnold, Eric 19
Cuellar, Cynthia 20
Goettl, Grant 14
Askey, Richard 52
Gossens, Drew 44
Augustine, Kari 16, 18, 43
Green, Kim 25
D
Das, Ibha 22
B
Davies, Laura 48
Baldridge, Scott 46, 50
Deis, Timothy 27
Ballweg, Lexi 19
Downs, Marlis 52
Bartzen, Ruth 16
Droogsma, Larry 48
Bedford, Pandora 14
Dux, Sheila 24
Berndt, Sandy 13, 19
Best, Bonnie 52
Billstein, Rick 40
Bond, Milton 17
Borud, Tim 23
Bretzel, Butch 45
Grochowski, Nancy Jo 14
Gruber, Jessica 46
Grunow, Jodean 46
Guldenzopf, Kathy 46
E
Ebersold, Jill 29
Ebert, David 19, 48
Ellingson, Melisa 51
Ernie, Kathy 41
Evans, Joyce 20, 28
Haasl, Stephanie 24
Hable, Nick 52
Hackberth, Daniel 37, 42
Hae, Kim Shi 29
Hall, Debbie 40
Hanken, Larry 21
Hanson-Otis, Sue 44
Harpster, David 40
Burrill, Gail 19, 23
Harris, Sharonda M. 20
F
Flory, Mike 36
Fossum, Astrid 14
C
Camp, Dane 52
Campbell, Christal 24
Carney, Signe 38, 49
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J
Jaberg, Patricia 38, 40
Jarvis, Jim 38
Jensen, Lauren 15, 20, 37
Johnson, Latricia 20, 38
Johnson, Quinn 15
Johnson, Sandy 26
Jones, Jamie 39
Burge, Doug 27
Butturini, Michelle 21
Ishiwawa, Kimi 15
H
Belman, Gary 27
Bendada, Abdallah 47
Greene, Mary 18
I
Fossum-Grall, Andrea 29
Fox-Meyer, Tim 29
Frank, Tracy 14, 25, 46
Freytag, Mary 36
Frie, Mark 30
Hartsfield, Stacey 38
Harvatine, Lisa 43
Hasen, Dana 51
Hasenbank, Jon 52
Hay, Vicki 41
Heilmann, Deb 29
Hlas, Christopher 30
K
Kabrhel, Amy 39
Kachur, Jessica 27
Kapolka, David 46, 50
Kardus, Gail 25
Kasbaum, Diana 13, 19, 42
Kasum, Jim 37, 42
Kepner Jr., Henry S. 21, 35
Kilmer, Bridget 26
Kleckner, Robert 18
Klismet, Faye 15
Klug, Michelle 15
Kmoch, Joe 28, 42, 49
Koniecki, Pat 13
Korpal, Christine 29
Kosiak, Jennifer 27, 39
N
Richards, Paige 41
Nelson, Cheryl 49
Richgels, Glen 17, 21
Krajewski, Ros 45
Nelson, Dr. Annette 28
Roidt Olson, Julie 27
Kramer, Darlene 29
Neuenschwander, Jennifer 52
Rosemeyer, Tracey 19
Kraft, Paul 29
Krajewski, Larry 45
Kranendonk, Henry 20
Krizan, Kurt 41
Krolow, Amy 16
Ruef, Jenny 49
Uselmann, Linda 24
V
VandeWater, Doreen 46
O
Olson, Molly 17
L
U
Vasquez, Lorna 36
S
Onoda, Meg 30, 39
Sagues, Cynthia 38
Otte, Brianne 44
Sanders, Stephen 23, 49
Verrier, Ryan 51
W
Larson, Ron 44
Schefelker, Beth 26, 47
Lenz, Stephanie 27
Schneider, Allen 30
Wagner, Astrid 18
Schock, Bridget 15
Walhovd, Michael 44
Levine, Vic 37
P
Lilly, Shane 39
Pankratz, Jody 16
Schroeder, Laurie 21, 28
Wallace, Doris 41
Long, Lori 22
Parks, Michelle 36
Schultz, Megan 44
Walz, Mary 21, 41, 51
Luck, Gary 42
Paulson, Shari 15
Serros, Sherrie 43
Watkins, Ann 40, 47
Lueck, Chris 50
Peters, Rose 30
Simmers, Dr. Mike 51
Wedemeyer, Kent 19
Petrak, Cliff 14, 20
Sleger, Dean 43
Weidner, Mike 30
Pickar, Tony 18, 42, 51
Spatchek, Joy 21
Weigel-Stiegert, Dawn 15
Pisticelli, Damon 51
Stanchik, Jodi 18
Whyte, Barb 52
Magnuson, Terri 26
Pochinski, Daniel 25
Steeno, Christine 26
Wickboldt, Jan 26
Maly, Laura 15, 20
Popelka, Sue 41, 44
Steffan, Donna 23
Williams, Nicole 49
Martinson, Bill 29
Pruske, Lee Ann 26, 41, 47
Swartz, Daniel 15
Wills, Sheryl 30
Swartz, Marsha 15
Wollack, James 30
T
Z
Tamblyn, Mike 45, 49
Zaccaro, Ed 22, 26
Mulholland, Chris 39
Tang, Greg 17, 25
Zarcone, Elaine 38, 43, 52
Murray, Miki 39, 43
Thomley, Melissa 37
Ziegler, Jeff 39, 49
Thompson, Lynda 15
Zillmer, Jim 29
Thrun, Jason 27
Zittlow, Mike 50
M
Marty, Jim 26, 47, 49
McDonald, Julie 27
Moore, Robert 48
Q
Mueller, Ben 16, 23
Quarles, Kathie 18
Mueller, Diane 52
Quinn, Maeve 38
Mursky, Chrystyna 23
R
Rau, Billie 48
Reiss Wilcox, Karen 18, 28, 36,
42, 43
Richards, Mary 42
Trochil, Elizabeth 26
Trow, Marilyn 36
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For your Professional Development Portfolio…
3. Teachers understand that children
learn differently.
The teacher understands how pupils differ in their approaches to learning
and the barriers that impede learning and can adapt instruction to meet the
diverse needs of pupils, including those with disabilities and exceptionalities.
4. Teachers know how to teach.
The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies,
including the use of technology, to encourage children’s development of
critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.
5. Teachers know how to manage a classroom.
The teacher uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and
behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social
interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
6. Teachers communicate well.
The teacher uses effective verbal and nonverbal communication techniques
The Green Lake Conference helps educators grow professionally within the
guidelines of the Wisconsin Standards for Teacher Development and Licensure under PI-34. Participants in the Green Lake Conference can pick up a
Participation Packet at the WMC booth in the lobby of Kraft Centre to help
them organize the many thoughts and ideas generated by the Conference
activities. This packet will include a Self-Reflection component to help you
with your Professional Development Plan (PDP). It also provides evidence
of your attendance at this program and helps you describe activities that will
impact your professional growth with the goal of increasing student learning.
Stop by the WMC booth to pick up your Green Lake Participation Packet.
Wisconsin Standards for Teacher
Development and Licensure
1. Teachers know the subjects they are teaching.
The teacher understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of
the disciplines she or he teaches and can create learning experiences that make
these aspects of subject matter meaningful for pupils.
2. Teachers know how children grow.
The teacher understands how children with broad ranges of ability learn
and provides instruction that supports their intellectual, social, and personal
development.
as well as instructional media and technology to foster active inquiry,
collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.
7. Teachers are able to plan different kinds
of lessons.
The teacher organizes and plans systematic instruction based upon knowledge
of subject matter, pupils, the community, and curriculum goals.
8. Teachers know how to test for
student progress.
The teacher understands and uses formal and informal assessment strategies
to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical
development of the pupil.
9. Teachers are able to evaluate themselves.
The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effects of
his or her choices and actions on pupils, parents, professionals in the learning
community and others and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow
professionally.
10. Teachers are connected with other teachers and the community.
The teacher fosters relationships with school colleagues, parents, and agencies
in the larger community to support pupil learning and well-being and acts
with integrity, fairness and in an ethical manner.
GLCC Building and Meeting Room Names
Bauer
Lodge
Beaty
Boddie
LaDue
Lightbody
Morehouse A
Morehouse B
Morehouse C
Kern Lodge
Boehr
Cary
Brayton
Case A
Brayton
Case B
Brown
Hanson
Johnson
Stansbury
Wisconsin Mathematics Council
W175 N11117 Stonewood Drive, Suite 204
Germantown, WI 53022
Kraft
Centre
Lobby
Dining Room
Mitchell
Dining Room
Tower Dining
Room
Lawson
Lodge
Martin Luther
King, Jr.
Pillsbury
Pillsbury Hall
(two levels)
RWI
(Roger
Williams
Inn)
Crystal
Mahaney
McGarvey
Veranda A
Veranda C
Youth
Center
Huber Evans
Oliver/
DeWolf
Cummings