This course is the mandatory prerequisite overview for all other Making Math Real six-day courses.
This class provides simplified, comprehensive foundations for a practical, systematic, and multisensory structured program in basic mathematics that is aligned with the California State Standards. It is designed for educational therapists, special educators, and elementary and secondary classroom teachers. Parents and those who consider themselves non-math majors are especially encouraged to enroll. Participants learn to break math down to its concrete, core elements using hands-on, manipulatives-based activities demonstrated by the instructor.
Emphasis is on concept-procedure integration and sensory-cognitive development, the two principal strands essential for understanding and implementing the Making Math Real methodologies. During the two days, participants will learn about multisensory structured mathematics instruction, guiding students from the concrete to the abstract, and a focus on the 9 Lines, a multiplication fact acquisition strategy.
Also included are units on number concepts, addition with renaming, and an introduction to algebraic processing with a unit on integers. Additional focus is on the incremental, multisensory, structured techniques that guide students from the concrete to the abstract, thus helping them build essential development as they link their concrete experience to the symbolic notation of math rather than relying on rote memorization or tricks.
These techniques are designed to reach the full diversity of learning styles. Extensive color-coding is a critical element of the program. Please bring 4 colored markers or pencils in blue, green, red and black.
