Celebrating AVMR in Classrooms and Opportunities for Continued Learning

Celebrations

As I take time to reflect this holiday season, I am beyond thankful to work with an amazing group of educators who are committed to their students and continuing their own learning. This year Rose and I have been able to offer more AVMR professional development than ever before.  During the first trimester alone we had teachers continuing their learning in AVMR Course 1, AVMR Course 2, Fractions, a purple book study, and a TDP course that revisited AVMR Course 1. (If you are interested in continuing your own learning around AVMR or math, check out the end of this post for upcoming professional development and coaching opportunities.)

Showcase of AVMR in Classrooms (Bonus app and website to check out!)

A 3rd grade student uses equal grouping and a representational model to understand division. The phases of instruction for multiplication and division can help guide the teacher and student to more sophisticated strategies for solving this problem.

Two kindergarten students play Uno Mas (One More) by rolling a dot die, counting the number of spots on the die and then adding one more. What a great way to practice regular spatial patterns and counting during application time!

A kindergarten student works on sequencing numerals during application time. What do you notice about the way this student has placed the numbers on this worksheet so far?

A first grade classroom uses ten frames during a mini lesson around bridging to ten as an addition strategy. Student’s shared their ideas regarding how to fill the ten frame with the blue counters.  For an easy to use ten frame check out this web app! All students should also have this app available to them in self service shortly.

Continuing the Learning

If you would like to continue your own learning about AVMR this year please consider joining one of the upcoming professional development sessions we will be offering.  Still to come this year are:

• AVMR Course 1 (Starts April 9th)
• AVMR Course 2 (Starts February 20th)
• Fractions Course (Starts January 9th)
• TDP- Differentiation of AVMR Games and Activities (January)
• TDP- AVMR Course 1 Revisited- Planning for Instruction (February)
• TDP- AVMR Course 2 Revisited- Planning for Instruction (March)Red Book Study (Starts January 31st)

You can sign up for one or more of these PD’s by filling in the google form at the bottom of this CONNECT blog post.

Also remember that my role is a district wide AVMR coach which means that I am here to help you!  Some of the ways I have worked with teachers in the past have been:

• Attending grade level meetings to plan for upcoming instruction
• Observing a student who is struggling in class and providing possible next steps for instruction
• Modeling a small guided group or an intervention using AVMR
• Co-planning for AVMR instruction
• Observing AVMR instruction and providing feedback

If you would like to set up a meeting time to discuss one of these options or anything else AVMR related, please just email me at rkozicke@waukesha.k12.wi.us.

~Rachel Kozicke