I can do it, but I can't explain it...this workshop focuses on computation strategies teachers could use to help bring a real understanding of number relationships and the meaning behind the math for their students. These strategies can be viewed as the bridge students needs to develop conceptual and procedural understandings that help lead to fluency and number sense. Participants will engage in multiple computation strategies for solving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems and practice applying these strategies to STAAR released items! This workshop models Number Talks. Teachers will share their thinking about how they solved a problem and have the opportunity to learn from each other! 

The computational strategies presented during this workshop can be used for scaffolding instruction for a student in an upper grade level who continues to struggle with the traditional algorithms.