Event Phone: 608-732-5460

Teaching mathematics is about more than just isolated lessons and topics to cover—it’s about building progressions that move students’ thinking forward and reveal the deep connections between concepts. In this session, we’ll explore how problem-based lessons can be intentionally sequenced across a unit to develop understanding that builds over time. By identifying strategies and engaging with tasks, we’ll examine how to create a coherent learning experience that balances application, conceptual understanding, and procedural fluency.

Participants will:
 Unpack the importance of application, conceptual learning, and procedural fluency and their role in moving student thinking through a mathematical progression.
 Engage in grade-appropriate 3-act tasks and understand how implementing low-entry, high-scalability tasks can reach all students. Participants will identify when and how these lessons can be used throughout the scope of a unit.
 Understand how problem-based lessons can be used within the instructional framework (opening, work session, close) and the purposeful moves required to orchestrate an effective closing session.
 Understanding the meaning of fluency and how it should be built through context.
 Unpack the components of a lesson string and the role coherence plays in building meaningful fluency.