This eWorkshop, Math Fractions, is suitable for mathematics teachers in grades 3-5. It'll begin on January 22nd (Monday) and it'll last 13 weeks. The first week will be considered as the on boarding week, so participants can get ready for the eWorkshop, and the first unit of the eWorkshop will start the following week. The eWorkshop has 6 units, with each unit requiring ~3 hours of a participants' time. Participants will work in groups of 5-6 people collaboratively and will have 2 weeks to complete each unit. Therefore, the entire eWorkshop will be ~18 hours of Professional Development (documented with a certificate for those who complete it) and will finish in early April. For those who wish to have their eWorkshop participation count towards graduate level credit will also have the opportunity to take a 1 credit class building off the work of the eWorkshop at UNL.
The author of this eWorkshop is designed by Nicole Rusell, Jacqueline Leonard and Boni Hamilton. This eWorkshop is created to help you think more about how to use language to learn and communicate about fractions. Some of the topics include content in fractions, mathematic teaching and learning in a linguistic and culturally responsive classrooms and effective instruction for multilingual learners.
The eWorkshop was designed around the following essential question:
What is the language of fractions and how can all students have access to it?
Each unit was designed around a guiding question that in sum will help you to answer the essential question. Here are each of the guiding questions for the units in this eWorkshop.
Guiding Questions:
Unit 1: What does mathematics teaching look like in a linguistically and culturally responsive classroom?
Unit 2: What should teachers know to effectively teach fractions to multilingual learners?
Unit 3: How can I make the teaching of comparing and contrasting fractions linguistically responsive?
Unit 4: How can I help multilingual students understand the concepts of adding and subtracting fractions?
Unit 5: How can I teach multiplication and division of fractions effectively in a linguistically diverse classroom?
Unit 6: Answer the Essential Question
Download here the eWorkshop's flyer:
https://cehs.unl.edu/tlte/ICMEE/Flyers/Math%20Fractions.pdf
If you would like to be a participant in this eWorkshop, please contact Araceli Lobato (araceli.ld@huskers.unl.edu). The first 20 people who register for this eWorkshop will qualify for a stipend of $200 if they complete the eWorkshop on the agreed upon timeline as well as the surveys and agreements at the beginning and end.
More details at: https://cehs.unl.edu/icmee/frequently-asked-questions/