Content and Instructional Practice: Part II

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Segment #	Video Title	Documents/Materials
1	Introduction- Goals and Norms
2	Student Sense-Making
3	The Value of the Productive Struggle	Condo Problem Handout/Slide
4	Building Understanding- The Power of Concrete, Representational, and Abstract	CRA Graphic Handout Always, Sometimes, Never handout
5	CRA meets CGI	CGI problems, chart paper, color tiles, counters, markers
6	Power of Estimation
7	Engaging Learners Through Messy Problems - 3-Act Tasks	3-Act Task Recording Sheet
8	Ratio and Proportion	Ratio 4-in-a-Row handout, 2 color counters, dice
9	Understanding and Approximating Square Roots	Color tiles
10	Scaffolding Algebraic Thinking	Paper, pencil
11	Resources for Algebraic Thinking
12	Neuroplasticity and the Backwards Bicycle

Presenter Biography

Mike Wiernicki has worked in education for over 20 years as a classroom teacher at the elementary and secondary levels, as a math coach and as an adjunct professor at Mercer University.  He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Oneonta where he earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary and Early Secondary Education with a concentration in Mathematics.  He also earned his M. Ed. In Middle Grades Mathematics from the University of West Georgia.  Mike has conducted numerous workshops and professional learning sessions at the local, district and state levels and has presented regional and national NCTM conferences.  Mike’s passion for teaching and learning mathematics is evident in his presentations and on his blog , Under the Dome, where he writes about learning, teaching, and coaching.

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