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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402703
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Making Math Memorable - A “Hat-Trick” Review for STAAR
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Aspen Room
A "HAT-TRICK" is when a hockey player scores three goals, and we invite you to let this session be your “hat-trick” for mathematics learning! Join Rice University's OpenStax team as we engage in STAAR review activities. A fun way to make learning stick, these three-part activities were developed with the goal of helping students engage with the FREE Algebra 1 resource and then play games based on their work. Teachers can adapt the materials to support review for first-time test-takers or re-testers, as well as chunking it according to what their schedules allow. In addition, the activities are editable and licensed under a creative commons license, so even if you don’t teach Algebra 1, you might enjoy “stripping the puck” and using the resources for your own course!
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6-8
9-12
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3/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402654
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Making Math Memorable - Walls That Talk: Creating Visible Thinking
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Cypress Room*
Discover how Vertical Non-Permanent Surfaces (vertical boards) can boost engagement, collaboration, and deep problem-solving in your math classroom. In this fast-paced, hands-on workshop based on Building Thinking Classrooms, teachers will experience the strategies firsthand and leave with practical routines, ready-to-use tasks, and simple steps to start transforming student thinking tomorrow.
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6-8
9-12
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13/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402870
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Making Math Memorable - Sticking With It: Problem-Solving Routines That Build Perseverance
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Innovate* Room
Many students shut down when a problem feels “too hard,” but the right routines can keep them thinking. This session explores simple, high-leverage problem-solving routines that provide accessible entry points and support productive struggle.
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3-5
6-8
9-12
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19/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402868
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Making Math Memorable - Strengthening Mathematical Discourse and Argumentation
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Magnolia Room
Explore how explanation, argumentation, and justification strengthen student understanding in mathematics classrooms. Participants will analyze classroom examples and short video clips to identify key components of effective mathematical discourse and student responses. Teachers will leave with practical tools and structures they can use to support all students in constructing and defending mathematical ideas.
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6-8
9-12
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1/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402715
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Making Math Memorable - Let's Play Function Of The Day
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Maple Room
Do you want students engaged and talking about math the moment they enter the classroom? Try Function of the Day as an interactive bell work that fosters verbalization and collaboration as it builds students' confidence in math, their vocabulary, math fluency, retention, and test scores. This bell work teaches concepts and vocabulary related to functions and can be used in pre-algebra, Algebra, and all high school math classes. Learn how Function of the Day can be used in your classroom, how it will benefit students, and ways to make it fun and engaging.
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6-8
9-12
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2/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402875
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Making Math Memorable - Unlocking the Power of TCMPC: Your Toolkit for Success
10:30 AM - 11:10 AM
Pecan Room (Lab)
Discover how to maximize the potential of TCMPC tools to streamline lesson planning, align instruction with TEKS, and enhance student learning. In this session, you’ll learn practical strategies for navigating the platform, customizing resources, and leveraging built-in features to save time and boost instructional impact. Whether you’re new to TCMPC or looking to deepen your expertise, this session will equip you with tips, tricks, and best practices to make TCMPC your go-to resource for success.
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3-5
6-8
9-12
K-2
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2/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402680
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Making Math Memorable - Make it Happen with Elementary Problem Strings
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Cedar A/Cedar B/Cedar C*
The powerful teaching tool, Problem Strings, is a purposeful sequence of related problems designed to help students mentally construct math relationships. It is an intriguing routine where the power lies in the carefully crafted conversation as students solve problems, one at a time, and the teacher makes students' thinking visible and draws out important connections and relationships. Finally, a way to teach math that is not just showing and memorizing steps–and gets results.
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3-5
K-2
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15/240
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402711
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Making Math Memorable - Project SMART: Making Math Meaningful
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Aspen Room
Project SMART: Making Mathematics Meaningful is a Texas Title I, Part C summer math program created by the Texas Education Agency as part of the MEP Capacity Building and Curriculum Initiative Grant. The objectives and activities of Project SMART were designed for eligible Texas migratory students enrolled in summer programs. The overarching goal of the project is to improve the math skills of migratory students through scientifically based instruction, professional development, and parent involvement. It is used across Texas each summer.
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3-5
6-8
9-12
K-2
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1/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402702
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Making Math Memorable - Data-Driven Math Interventions: Remix, Rhythm & Rise!
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Cypress Room*
Empowering teachers and administrators to use the data that already exists (and new data collection ideas) to support all learners with quick, efficient interventions meant to identify misconceptions and errors and address the individual needs of students.
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6-8
9-12
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5/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402872
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Making Math Memorable - The Questions We Ask and Answer: Keeping the Thinking With Students
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Innovate* Room
When students pause and look to us for answers, the questions we ask and answer determine whether thinking continues. This session helps teachers sharpen everyday questioning decisions that keep students reasoning, talking, and making sense of mathematics.
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3-5
6-8
9-12
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16/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402828
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Making Math Memorable - Think. Talk. Try Again. Math Routines That Build Strong Learners.
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Magnolia Room
This interactive session is built around routines that help students think deeply, talk meaningfully, and try again with confidence. Participants will explore how purposeful questioning strengthens the “I Do,” how structured collaboration transforms the “We Do,” and how immediate feedback activities turn practice into true understanding. Educators will leave with a collection of versatile strategies they can easily adapt to support stronger mathematical thinking and learning in any classroom.
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6-8
9-12
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9/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402724
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Making Math Memorable - From Planning to Practice: Building Thinking Classrooms Through Rich Tasks and Guided Math
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Maple Room
This session supports secondary mathematics teachers in designing classrooms where all students actively think, question, and engage in meaningful mathematics. Participants will explore strategies for building a positive classroom culture that values reasoning, collaboration, and productive struggle. The session will highlight the use of rich tasks and inquiry-based approaches to deepen conceptual understanding, along with practical guidance for curriculum design and lesson planning. Drawing on the presenter’s experience with guided math practices, teachers will learn adaptable structures that support diverse learners and are effective across all secondary grade levels.
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6-8
9-12
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2/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402880
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Making Math Memorable - Diabolical With Desmos
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Pecan Room (Lab)
Explore how Desmos can support student understanding of algebra concepts commonly taught in middle and high school classrooms. From multistep equations to writing equations of a line to quadratics and everything in between, Desmos can be utilized to help students work through common struggle areas by visualizing and checking their thinking. Participants will also learn about the auto regression feature allowed on STAAR.
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6-8
9-12
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4/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402713
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Making Math Memorable - Project SMART: Making Math Meaningful
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM
Aspen Room
Project SMART: Making Mathematics Meaningful is a Texas Title I, Part C summer math program created by the Texas Education Agency as part of the MEP Capacity Building and Curriculum Initiative Grant. The objectives and activities of Project SMART were designed for eligible Texas migratory students enrolled in summer programs. The overarching goal of the project is to improve the math skills of migratory students through scientifically based instruction, professional development, and parent involvement. It is used across Texas each summer.
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3-5
6-8
9-12
K-2
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0/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402892
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Making Math Memorable - Math That Makes Sense: Build Math Thinkers with Math Stackers®
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM
Cypress Room*
his interactive session invites educators to experience how hands-on tools can spark rich math conversations and give students the freedom to explore, test ideas, and self-check their thinking. Participants will engage in three meaningful math experiences that help learners build connections, reason deeply, and make sense of mathematics across grade levels—without being told what to do or how to do it. You’ll leave with a clear vision for creating classrooms where students talk about math, learn from mistakes, and build understanding together. All attendees will receive a FREE set of Math Stackers® Mini Magnets to continue the learning back in their own classrooms.
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3-5
K-2
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15/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402699
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Making Math Memorable - Math Melodies with Counting the Math Way: Engaging Early Learners Through Music & Movement
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM
Innovate* Room
Make math come alive with music and movement! This hands-on session integrates Counting the Math Way with rhythmic patterns, songs, and instrument-based activities to deepen students' understanding of number relationships, place value, and operations. Aligned with TEKS standards, these engaging strategies help K-2 learners build fluency, strengthen subitizing skills, and make meaningful math connections. Walk away with ready-to-use activities and songs that will transform how students experience math in your classroom!
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K-2
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2/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402831
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Making Math Memorable - Think. Talk. Try Again. Math Routines That Build Strong Learners.
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM
Magnolia Room
This interactive session is built around routines that help students think deeply, talk meaningfully, and try again with confidence. Participants will explore how purposeful questioning strengthens the “I Do,” how structured collaboration transforms the “We Do,” and how immediate feedback activities turn practice into true understanding. Educators will leave with a collection of versatile strategies they can easily adapt to support stronger mathematical thinking and learning in any classroom.
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3-5
K-2
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8/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402815
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Making Math Memorable - Creating an Environment Where Productive Struggle is Productive!
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM
Maple Room
Explore how intentional routines, clear expectations, and a positive classroom culture create the conditions for productive struggle in math. Participants will experience strategies that help students persist through challenges, make sense of problems, and learn from mistakes through purposeful questioning and reflection. Teachers will leave with practical routines and language they can use immediately to help students think deeply, stay engaged, and grow as confident problem solvers.
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3-5
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15/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402881
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Making Math Memorable - Teaching Math with Picture Books
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM
Pecan Room (Lab)
In this session, teachers will explore how picture books can be used as engaging “math mentors” to strengthen both mathematics and literacy in K–5 classrooms. Participants will learn how to use read-alouds to spark inquiry-based math discussions that go beyond counting to include operations, patterns, measurement, data, and problem-solving. The focus is on representations and modeling, helping students show their thinking through drawings, manipulatives, equations, and math talk so students of any age can make sense of mathematics, ask questions, and justify their reasoning.
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3-5
K-2
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2/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402687
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Making Math Memorable - Make it Happen with Secondary Problem Strings
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Cedar A/Cedar B/Cedar C*
The powerful teaching tool, Problem Strings, is a purposeful sequence of related problems designed to help students mentally construct math relationships. It is an intriguing routine where the power lies in the carefully crafted conversation as students solve problems, one at a time, and the teacher makes students' thinking visible and draws out important connections and relationships. Finally, a way to teach math that is not just showing and memorizing steps–and gets results.
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6-8
9-12
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14/240
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402707
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Making Math Memorable - Work the Words, Ignite the Learning
1:50 PM - 2:30 PM
Aspen Room
Give your students the tools to crack open math terms instead of memorizing them. In this energetic, hands-on session, you’ll explore practical, high-impact word-analysis strategies that transform vocabulary from a barrier into a bridge. Discover easy routines that help students make sense of unfamiliar terms, retain them longer, and use language to support deeper reasoning and problem solving. You’ll leave with ready-to-use strategies that ignite thinking and make math terminology truly memorable.
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3-5
K-2
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6/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402696
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Making Math Memorable - Reaching for 1 More Point
1:50 PM - 2:30 PM
Cypress Room*
This session will focus on strategies for improving student achievement through intentional goal setting and data tracking. Participants will explore effective incentives, practical data-tracking formats, and free or low-cost tools currently being used to support student reflection and growth. The session will also address how to respond when students struggle with tests or daily work, highlighting strategies for intervention, reteaching, accountability, and academic growth while maintaining high expectations.
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3-5
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9/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402825
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Making Math Memorable - Math & Science Mini Mash-Up
1:50 PM - 2:30 PM
Innovate* Room
Come experience how to integrate math and science concepts to foster critical thinking and problem-solving. You'll learn how to create meaningful connections and make abstract concepts more tangible and engaging. Get ready to mash up your classrooms for a richer, more interconnected learning experience!
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3-5
K-2
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4/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402862
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Making Math Memorable - Talk That Counts: Enhancing Math Discourse for Deeper Conceptual Insight
1:50 PM - 2:30 PM
Magnolia Room
Ever feel like you're the one doing most of the talking during math class? Let’s change that! In this session, we’ll explore simple, effective ways to get students talking about math, sharing their thinking, asking questions, and really listening to each other. We’ll explore how to create a classroom culture where math talk feels safe, natural, and productive. You’ll walk away with easy-to-use strategies and ideas you can try out right away. Come ready to share, reflect, and maybe even have a little fun with math discourse!
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3-5
6-8
K-2
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3/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402890
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Making Math Memorable - Let them Struggle: Embracing a Thinking Classroom
1:50 PM - 2:30 PM
Maple Room
All students are mathematical thinkers who can engage in rich discussions that promote and normalize productive struggle. Empowering students to persevere through that struggle happens through meaningful math tasks, intentional questioning, and opportunities to interpret, plan, and communicate reasoning. See mistakes as opportunities for sense-making. Let’s embrace the struggle together!
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3-5
K-2
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15/30
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Wednesday March 04, 2026
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402879
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Making Math Memorable - Unlocking the Power of TCMPC: Your Toolkit for Success
1:50 PM - 2:30 PM
Pecan Room (Lab)
Discover how to maximize the potential of TCMPC tools to streamline lesson planning, align instruction with TEKS, and enhance student learning. In this session, you’ll learn practical strategies for navigating the platform, customizing resources, and leveraging built-in features to save time and boost instructional impact. Whether you’re new to TCMPC or looking to deepen your expertise, this session will equip you with tips, tricks, and best practices to make TCMPC your go-to resource for success.
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3-5
6-8
9-12
K-2
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3/30
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