Math AVMR Learning Opportunities Starting in January

There are many learning opportunities in AVMR that will be occurring second semester.

Please sign up now to reserve your spot. About one month before your class starts, you will

receive an email confirming your registration and any necessary information.

AVMR Trainings:

AVMR Course 1 involves teachers learning about Add+VantageMR assessments and focusing
on a continuum of learning in relationship to the Learning Framework in Number.  Teachers learn
to use a series of three assessments to develop a profile of number knowledge for children:
number words and numerals, structuring, and addition and subtraction.  The profile then assists
teachers in making informed instructional decisions to advance students' knowledge and skills.

• January 15th   8:00 - 3:30
• January 16th   8:00 - 3:30
• January 23rd   4:15 - 7:15
• February 1st    8:00- 3:30

AMVR Course 2 is a continuation of numeracy continuum of learning in regards to t

he Learning Framework in Number.  You will learn about place value and multiplication/division
assessments that can be administered to your neediest students to know exactly where they are i
n their numeracy development so you can make instructional decisions that will help to move
the students along in their learning. To sign up for this course, you need to have completed
AVMR Course 1.   

• January 22nd    8:00 - 3:30
• January 23rd     8:00 - 3:30
• February 5th     4:15 - 7:15
• February 12th   4:15 - 7:15
• February 19th   4:15 - 7:15

Fractions Course (AVMR Course 3) is the newest AVMR Course!  

Developing Fractions Knowledge by Amy Hackenberg, Anderson Norton, and Robert Wright
serves as the course text and provides a detailed and comprehensive guide to classroom and
intervention teaching of fractions.  This course combines online learning with team meetings.
The teaching approach for this course relies heavily on working with students and then observing
and documenting students' mathematical activity and thinking.  Instructional sequences take into
account detailed information about students' current levels of knowledge, as well as how students
reorganize their ways of working with whole numbers in order to meaningfully work with fractions.
It is highly recommended that you have completed AVMR Course 1 and 2 before signing up
for this course.

• January 22nd   4:15 - 6:30
• January 30th    4:15 - 6:30
• February 6th    4:15 - 6:30
• February 13th  8:00 - 3:30
• February 20th  4:15 - 6:30
• February 27th  4:15 - 6:30
• March 12th      8:00 - 3:30
• April 2nd         4:15 - 6:30
• April 9th         4:15 - 6:30

AVMR Book Studies

AVMR Book Study/Make 'n Take - Teaching Number in the Classroom with 4-8 Year Olds -
Sign up for this one by November 8th

This book study will read and discuss the purple book that teachers receive with course one of
Add+VantageMR.  The topics covered in this book are beginning number and early counting strategies,
multi-digit addition and subtraction, and early multiplication and division. This book study will look at
the various assessment tasks and teaching activities that can be used in your classroom. Participants
will make and share resources for the various activities.

Teaching Number in the Classroom with 4-8 Year Olds  - Purple Book Study

November 13th 4:15 - 6:30 November 25th 4:15 - 6:30 December 4th 4:15 - 6:30 December 11th 4:15 - 6:30 December 18th 4:15 - 6:30

AVMR Book Study/Make 'n Take - Developing Number Knowledge: Assessment,
Teaching and Intervention with 7-11 Year Olds

This book study will dig into the red book that teachers receive with course two of Add+VantageMR.  
The key domains of number instruction, conceptual place value, mental computation, written
computation methods, fractions, and early algebraic reasoning will be discussed.  We will look at
various activities that could be incorporated into your math instruction to help meet the needs of
students. Participants will make and share resources for the various activities.

Developing Number Knowledge: Assessment, Teaching and Intervention with 7-11 year olds  - Red Book Study

March 4th 4:15 - 6:30 March 11th 4:15 - 6:30 March 18th 4:15-6:30 April 1st 4:15-6:30 April 8th 4:15-6:30

AVMR Book Study - Developing Fractions Knowledge

This book study will dig into the orange book that teachers receive with the AVMR Fractions course.  
We will continue our learning by digging into the chapters and the activities that can be done with

students to build their fractional knowledge

Developing Fractions Knowledge - Orange Book Study

January 9th 4:15 - 6:15 January 20th 4:15 - 6:15 January 29th 4:15 - 6:15 February 13th 4:15 - 6:15 February 26th 4:15 - 6:15 March 12th       4:15 - 6:15 March 19th       4:15 - 6:15

TDP Courses:

The following TDP courses will be offered second semester of our 2019-2020 school year.

• Differentiation of Add+VantageMR (AVMR) Games and Activities (January 7th, 14th, 21st, and 29th)  How do you meet the needs of all students?  One way is to take a game or activity and consider how it can be tweaked for the different levels and constructs.  That is exactly what we will do in this course! We will look at several games across the various AVMR areas and discuss how they could be differentiated for our students.

• AVMR Course 1 Revisited (February 4th, 11th, 18th, and 25th)   Did you complete Add+VantageMR Course 1 and end up with more questions once you got back to your classroom?  This course will review the information learned in AVMR and provide the time to further develop your understanding.  We will take time to ask questions, share ideas with each other, and look at resources with activities to do with students.  We will focus on Number Words and Numerals, Structuring, and Addition/Subtraction. 

• AVMR Course 2 Revisited (March 3rd, 10th, 17th, and 31st) When learning something new, it is often hard to remember all of the key concepts.  This course will review the information learned in AVMR Course 2 and provide the time to further develop your understanding.  We will take time to ask questions, share ideas with each other, and look at resources with activities to do with students.  We will focus on Place Value and Multiplication/Division, as well as information in the red book. 

If you are interested in participating in any of these learning opportunities, please fill out
this Google Form and indicate your choices.   Since only a limited number of spots
are available for each course, sign up early to guarantee a spot.  You must attend all of
the dates/times for each particular course.