Action Fractions
Learning Trajectories for Everyday Computing
Professional Development Workshop
No programming experience necessary!
Please join us for PD this Summer in the Chicagoland area.
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Chicago, IL
Tuesday, August 20th to Thursday, August 22nd
OR
Tuesday, July 30th to Wednesday, July 31st
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Elkhart, IN
Tuesday, July 23rd to Wednesday, July 24th
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Munster, IN
Wednesday, August 7th
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To register for Summer 2019 PD or request notification when we set dates for other PDs, please fill out this Online Interest Form.
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Cost:
Free of charge*
CPDU hours provided
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* Workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
What:
PD workshop for Action Fractions, an integrated mathematics- computational thinking curriculum, designed using Everyday Mathematics. This course focuses on 3rd and 4th grade fractions content, providing approximately 12 hours of instruction per year to augment any existing mathematics curriculum.
What is special about Action Fractions?
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All materials and PD are free of charge.
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It provides a variety of integrated lessons that use computing to build fractions fundamentals in 3rd and 4th grade while building computational thinking skills.
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It provides complete lesson plans, including discussion prompts, reflections, extension ideas, and assessments.
For more information, contact Carla Strickland at castrickland@uchicago.edu
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