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Focus Topics for CES in Math:

HQIR: Illustrative Math
Math Fact Fluency (Purple Book)
Professional Learning for Teachers at KCM workshops
Center Time scheduled separately in math classrooms with math fluency center(training and kits).
Monitoring of progress in fluency games through math interviews and data collection in math fluency trackers.
Instructional Norms
District Math PLC’s

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August 29th, 2024 - Enrollment: 285

May 9th, 2025 - Enrollment: 271

Very transient population in and out for a small enrollment school.

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Description of initiative/actions and any pre/post data

Teachers were noticing the delayed thinking and problem solving on more complex math problems, specifically word problems, due to lack of fluency in math facts.

What does someone need to know about the initiative if they were considering it for their own school?

STUDENTS do a lot of talking. The classroom will be a noisy place with students explaining their thinking on all problems. :) Teachers will need to encourage student talk and have expectations for center time developed to maintain a math focused discussion among students independently in the classroom. All grade levels can do this.

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Math Interview

Single Add-on Within 100

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Can I make a Near Double?

Why do different strategies matter?

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Fluency Check:

Combos of 20

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Lessons Learned

Needed ways to track fluency data.

Needed time to interview students and see the way our students were thinking.

Created a separate Center Time
Recruit help when completing interviews

Needed to structure lessons that required students to think about problems.

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