How to Use the Best Strategies from

SINGAPORE MATHEMATICS

to Strengthen Your Math Instruction (Grades K‑6)

2016 SCHEDULE Illinois Champaign – January 12 Chicago (Elk Grove Village) – January 13 5 IL PD Clock Hours Available

Missouri St. Louis (Clayton) – January 11 MO Inservice Credit Available with Prior District Approval 5 IL PD Clock Hours Available

New Hampshire Manchester (Bedford) – March 9

Seminar Presented by CASSY TURNER Singapore Mathematics Expert and International Presenter

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New Jersey Cherry Hill (Voorhees) – March 8 Newark (Parsippany) – March 7

Specifically Designed for Classroom Teachers, Special Education Staff, Title I Staff, Math Specialists, Instructional Assistants, and Administrators Who Teach Mathematics to Students in Grades K‑6

NJ Professional Development Hours Available with Prior District Approval

hhPractical ideas, tools and techniques to effortlessly incorporate the best of

NY CPE Hours Verification Available with Prior District Approval

math strategies from Singapore into your existing math curriculum hhAcclaimed, proven techniques to create positive math learning experiences

for all your students – which result in dramatic boosts in student achievement hhInnovative, engaging strategies to help your students master basic math

facts, mental math and problem solving hhReady‑to‑use tips, tools and an extensive resource handbook filled with a

wealth of meaningful ideas to put the power of Singapore mathematics to work in your own classroom

PA CPE Hours Verification Available with Prior District Approval in Cherry Hill Only

New York Albany (Troy) – March 11

Oregon Portland – January 14 OR Professional Growth Hours Verification Available WA Clock Hours Available

Rhode Island Providence (Warwick) – March 10 RI Five (5) Contact Hours Available CT Five (5) Contact Hours Available with Prior District Approval For MA, Contact Hours Verification Available

Washington Seattle (Bellevue) – January 15 WA Clock Hours Available

Practical Strategies Specifically designed for teachers of kindergarten through sixth grade, this exciting seminar presents an introduction to math strategies from Singapore that will change your approach to teaching mathematics and greatly enhance your students’ achievement. Highly talented math teacher and international instructor, Cassy Turner, will give you the tools, techniques and motivation to incorporate the best of Singapore mathematics into your current program. Using these extraordinary ideas, you will boost your students’ confidence as math learners, significantly improve their math skills and find that teaching mathematics can be the most rewarding part of your day. Singapore has consistently scored #1 in the world at both the fourth and eighth grade levels on the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). As you will see, there are concrete reasons why this is happening. And perhaps the best news of all is that every teacher, regardless of where you are teaching or what math program you are using, can use the same techniques to help your students. Throughout this fast‑paced seminar, participants will be focusing on the easy‑to‑teach and easy‑to‑learn techniques that make the use of math strategies from Singapore an outstanding way to ensure solid student achievement in mathematics. Cassy will fill the day with “right back to your classroom” methods you can use immediately for teaching mental math, problem solving, mastering basic math facts, and developing higher‑level thinking skills. You’ll leave with new insights, innovative teaching strategies, an extensive resource handbook, and a renewed enthusiasm for teaching mathematics. 22

Ten Key Benefits of Attending 1. Incorporate the Best Math Strategies from Singapore into Your Current Math Program Effortlessly incorporate these outstanding approaches for teaching mathematics into your current program … Practical, timesaving techniques that are easy‑to‑teach and easy‑to‑learn

2. Strengthen Your Students’ Mental Math Abilities Learn to teach your students to add and subtract mentally to 100 in first grade and to 1,000 by the end of second grade! … See how students with strong mental math skills develop strong number sense and confidence

3. Help Your Students Master Basic Math Facts Discover proven strategies that enable students to truly master basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts … Free up their mental energy to solve more challenging problems

4. Make Math More Engaging and Fun It’s true – see how you can get students excited about math. If students love math, they will practice it – and practice makes permanent!

5. Unlock the Power of the Singapore Model‑Drawing Approach Enhance your math lessons with the extremely powerful visual nature of bar modeling … Enable students – at all skill levels – to see, manipulate and understand how math works

6. Develop Your Students’ Fluency with Fractions, Decimals, Percentages, Ratios, and Proportions See how the “learning to mastery” component of Singapore mathematics allows students to manipulate numbers and move freely between fractions, decimals, percentages, ratios, and proportions in ways that many adults cannot

7. Replace Math Anxiety with Math Success Discover proven ways to decrease math anxiety, allowing your students to fully engage in learning math … The only option your students will have is to be successful

8. Learn Multiple Methods for Informal Assessment Learn practical ideas that are efficient and accurate for assessing your students’ progress and can be implemented immediately … How to keep yourself tuned in to all of your students, all of the time

9. Make Your Students Phenomenal Problem Solvers How to introduce problem‑solving skills and strategies appropriate for all types of learners, whether visual, auditory or kinesthetic … Equip your students with the skills to solve complex, multi‑step problems – skills that really work

10. Ensure that Every Child Learns Learn ways to encourage all students in your class, regardless of gender, race or ability level to feel mathematically confident … See how math strategies from Singapore naturally differentiate your instruction and enable students to take on greater math challenges

Outstanding Strategies You Can Use Immediately hhHow to incorporate the best math strategies from Singapore into your

existing math program hhProven techniques to create positive math learning experiences for all

your students hhEngaging strategies that enable students to master basic math facts in

addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division hhStep‑by‑step techniques to strengthen your students’ mental

math abilities hhHow to build students’ confidence as capable math learners hhWhat it means to teach to mastery rather than constantly spiral in

math instruction

What an awesome

seminar! This is a great mixture of instruction

and practice. Cassy did an excellent job of modeling!”

– MADELINE HALL, GIFTED RESOURCE TEACHER

hhPractical techniques to informally assess all of your students, all of the time hhOutstanding ways to teach fractions and decimals for understanding hhHow to use number bonds, where a picture replaces four mathematical

sentences hhInnovative questioning techniques that create deeper understanding

for students hhA clear demonstration of how to teach the powerful bar model approach to

problem solving hhLearn how Singapore strategies support your state’s math practice and

content standards hhInnovative ways to differentiate your instruction to meet the needs of all

your math learners hhNumerous techniques to develop logic and number sense – even in your

youngest students! hhHighly effective problem‑solving techniques that encourage students

to find many ways to solve challenging problems hhProven ways to use common manipulatives to best advantage hhIdeas that you and your students can use to celebrate math in

your classroom hhMultiple ideas to encourage parents to help their children in math –

in ways that will help you, too! hhSimple, effective methods for teaching place value so that students

truly understand hhHow to extend word problems to challenge your most talented students hhEffective ways to encourage all students mathematically,

regardless of gender, race or ability

To Register, Call Toll-Free 1-800-735-3503

hhDozens of practical teaching techniques used in Singapore that have

consistently made their students #1 in the world on international math tests

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Bureau of Education & Research

A Message From Your Seminar Leader, Cassy Turner

915 118th Avenue SE • PO Box 96068 • Bellevue, WA 98009-9668 Phone (800) 735-3503 • Fax (425) 453-1134 • www.ber.org

Dear Colleague: It’s wonderful to teach students who truly love math! As a teacher, I’ve been fortunate to work with students who can’t wait for math class. Why are they so engaged, excited and energized? Thanks to Singapore mathematics, my students have developed a deep understanding of math that creates confidence in their math skills and leads to successful thinking and problem solving. I have taught the math program from Singapore at all grade levels, from kindergarten through sixth grade and regardless of the ability of my students, the same impressive results have occurred each year. Students have learned to truly master basic math facts, they have developed extraordinary mental math abilities, they manipulate numbers and move freely between fractions, decimals, percentages, ratios, and proportions in ways that many adults can’t do, and they are confident about tackling even the most challenging multi‑step word problems. While Singapore’s math students lead the world, the best aspects of its curriculum may be extracted and used to accelerate math comprehension for all students. Inspired by the success of my students, I realized the impact that Singapore’s approach to math could have for all learners and developed this practical, hands‑on seminar to share the top strategies of Singapore mathematics. These techniques are easily used in any classroom, regardless of the curriculum, and can help every teacher achieve impressive results. It will be my pleasure to share these easy‑to‑teach and easy‑to‑learn strategies that have dramatically boosted student achievement in my classroom, just as they will in yours. As teachers, we know that students learn best when they are successful. Not only does success reduce their anxiety about learning math, but it encourages students to be fully engaged in learning, whether they are performing at top levels or need additional support. The strategies I’ll share with you will give your students the self‑confidence they need to perform at higher levels, with a true understanding of math basics as well as the tools they need to tackle more challenging math problems.

It will be my pleasure

to share these easy‑to‑teach

and easy‑to‑learn strategies that have dramatically

Please join me for an information‑packed day filled with the best, ready‑to‑use math strategies from Singapore that will significantly increase the achievement of your students. I have no doubt that your students, just like mine, will love math! I look forward to meeting you at the seminar.

boosted student achievement

Sincerely,

will in yours.”

Cassy Turner

in my classroom, just as they

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P. S. Remember, the day will focus on the power of practical, easy‑to‑teach and easy‑to‑learn math strategies from Singapore that can be used with any math program.

What Your Colleagues Say About Cassy Turner “I can take these activities straight to my classroom and use them now! Cassy made her learning strategies easy to use!” – Melinda Reiss, 5th Grade Math Teacher

“Cassy is so energetic! There is so much for me to take back to the classroom and use right away!” – Karen Fonte, 1st Grade Teacher “Great, practical activities that I will be able to use in my own classroom immediately!” – Kathy Preston, 3rd Grade Teacher “This is a very valuable seminar! Cassy is outstanding. You can tell she is passionate about what she teaches!” – Wendy Cauble, 4th Grade Teacher “Very inspiring and motivating! It felt good to be thinking and learning about math!” – Jayne Garlapow, Remedial Math Teacher “Highly informative! Thought provoking. Passionate presenter. Thank you so much!” – Brenda Daigler, Remedial Math Teacher “Cassy is excellent – an enthusiastic and knowledgeable presenter! I am walking away with many constructive techniques for teaching math!” – Annmarie Greenberg, Math Teacher, Grades 4, 5, 6

“Math is not my favorite subject but I was very interested and very enthused by this seminar! I can see my students being very excited to do some of the activities we did today!” – Jeanne McElwee, 2nd Grade Teacher “This seminar will change the way I teach my exceptional children. I know it will increase their rate of success in math!” – Tara Wittrock, 2nd Grade Special Education Teacher

Outstanding Teacher and Seminar Leader CASSY TURNER is an outstanding teacher who is well known for her high energy and practical, engaging seminars chock‑full of ideas that teachers can use immediately to implement math strategies from Singapore in their own classrooms. Cassy has taught Singapore mathematics for several years and has been involved in training teachers in math strategies from Singapore both nationally and internationally. Cassy recently traveled to Singapore, visiting schools and talking with officials in their National Institute of Education and the Ministry of Education. She is a member of the team that authored the only approved training manual for Singapore mathematics for the state of California. In addition, Cassy is the author of How to Use the Best Strategies from SINGAPORE MATHEMATICS to Strengthen Your Math Instruction (Grades K‑6), the extensive resource handbook each participant will receive at the seminar. Cassy’s seminars are fast‑paced, fun and full of ideas and resources you can use immediately to implement math strategies from Singapore in your own classroom.

“Great! I received a lot of valuable ideas and tools that I can’t wait to use in my own classroom.” – Adrienne Ehrlich, 5th Grade Teacher “Wonderful ideas! Loved the enthusiasm of the presenter! Terrific ideas and concepts to take back to the classroom!” – Cynthia Arieno, 5th Grade Teacher “So useful! I loved this seminar because it is so visual and makes math easy to teach!” – Margaret Olivia, Special Education Teacher “Cassy is awesome! She makes Singapore mathematics understandable and fun!” – Anna Warren, 5th Grade Teacher 55

Extensive Resource Handbook

Special Benefits of Attending

Each participant will receive an extensive resource handbook designed specifically for this seminar. The handbook includes:

••A wealth of mental math strategies used

How to Use the Best Strategies from SINGAPORE MATHEMATICS to Strengthen Your Math Instruction

throughout the Singapore mathematics (Grades K‑6) program ••Numerous suggestions for differentiating RESOURCE HANDBOOK instructional strategies from Singapore by Cassy Turner in a heterogeneous classroom ••New ways to challenge your most capable math students Bureau of Education & Research ••Specific ideas that work well with struggling math learners, including the use of manipulatives and pictures to aid their understanding ••Easy‑to‑teach and easy‑to‑learn ways to help your students master basic math facts ••Step‑by‑step instructions, demonstrations and models for creating lesson plans that incorporate the best math strategies from Singapore

Meet and Share

This seminar provides an excellent opportunity for participants to meet and share ideas about using math strategies from Singapore to enhance the teaching of mathematics.

Semester Credit Option

  Online Learning BER offers educators a wide range of online courses that are affordable, fun, fast, and convenient. BER is now offering On Demand Video‑Based courses as well as Scheduled Instructor‑Led courses. You also may earn optional graduate‑level credits for most courses. See the catalog of available courses at www.ber.org/onlinelearning

On‑Site Training Most BER seminars can be brought to your school or district. See the options at www.ber.org/onsite or call 877‑857‑8964 to speak to one of our On‑Site Training Consultants.

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One graduate level professional development credit is available with an additional fee and completion of a follow‑up practicum project. Details for direct enrollment with Brandman University, part of the Chapman University system, will be available at the seminar.

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At the end of the program, each attendee will receive a certificate of participation that may be used to verify hours of participation in meeting continuing education requirements.

Can’t Attend? Other Professional Development Options:   Related Online Courses Related On Demand Video‑Based Online Learning courses, Using Guided Math to Strengthen Students’ Math Learning, Increasing Students’ Mastery of Math Facts, and Developing Math Problem-Solving Strategies, for Grades K-2 and Grades 3-6, are available for immediate registration. To enroll, visit http://goo.gl/VM8GMZ

  Related Staff Development Audio Training A related BER seminar, Guided Math: Practical Strategies to Differentiate Your Math Instruction Using Small Group Instruction and Math Learning Centers (Grades 3-6), presented by another math expert, Barbara Blanke, is available on CDs with a comprehensive resource handbook at a cost of $99.00 plus $9.00 shipping and handling; for WA state deliveries, please add 9.5% sales tax to the total amount. To order, call toll‑free 1‑800‑735‑3503 (Stock #A‑MUB‑1535) or use the order form on the back page.

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