2016

Welcome to CAMT!
We hope that while you are here you discover ways to become a better educator and that you find the support you need from our community.
First Timer’s Reception sponsored by Texas Instruments
Wednesday, June 29, from 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Stars at Night, Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center
Information Booth
The information booth is located at Registration in front of Exhibit Hall 4.
Website
The CAMT website, camtonline.org, has general conference information, a posting of exhibitors, program information, and information directed to First Timers.
Staff
The CAMT board, volunteers, and program committee (all designated by ribbons on their name tags) are always available to answer your questions.
Making the Most of Your Conference Experience
Make an effort to engage with someone else. Introduce yourself to the person waiting in line with you or sitting next to you in a session. Taking the time to focus on others opens our mind to new ideas.
Try sitting in different areas of the room rather than always sitting at the front or the back of the room. If you change where you are sitting throughout the day, you create a different context for yourself—things look different, they sound different.
Pay attention—thinking is hard work. Don’t try to multi-task.
In the breaks between sessions, reflect over the last session and summarize a key idea. Write it down.
Professional Credit
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Guidelines and use their session to sell a product will have their session stopped. Participants should report violations to the program committee or the registration desk.
Clear the Room Policy
To provide equal opportunity to sessions for each attendee, it is the policy of the CAMT Board that rooms are to be cleared of all participants at the end of each session. The Board respectfully requests voluntary compliance with this policy. We have made every attempt to provide adequate seating for participants at the conference, but for your safety and due to fire regulations, only those with seats will be allowed in meeting rooms.
To comply with fire codes, it will be necessary to ask any person sitting on the floor or standing to leave the room. Please remember:
All meeting rooms will be cleared between presentations.
All seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Reserving spaces in line or saving seats is not permitted.
Persons with disabilities and their assistants do not have to clear the session room as others do.
The CAMT 2016 logo was designed by Matt Carlsen. The CAMT 2016 print catalog was designed by Amy
Warren.

2016
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Secondary Teachers Enhancing
Performance for Students:
Best Lessons from Middle School
Mathematics Classrooms Wednesday:
Jo Boaler | James Tanton
You will want to visit the exhibit floor to see the latest in mathematics curriculum, manipulatives, technology, and many other resources.
Details on page 13.
Thursday:
Dan Meyer | Karen Karp
Exhibit Hall 4, Henry B.
Gonzalez Convention Center.
See page 6 for more information.
Friday:
Judy Willis | Uri Treisman
Texas Association of Supervisors of Mathematics Texas Section of the Mathematical Association of America

Board President
Lesa Beverly, Stephen F. Austin
State University, Texas Section of the Mathematics Association of America
Board Vice-President
Jennifer Hylemon, Grapevine-
Colleyville ISD, Texas
Association of Supervisors of
Mathematics
Board Secretary
Adam Hile, Hardin ISD, Texas
Association of Supervisors of
Mathematics
James Epperson, University of Texas at Arlington, Texas
Section of the Mathematics
Association of America;
Paul Gray, Independent
Consultant, Texas Council of
Teachers of Mathematics
Vince Schielack, Texas A&M
University, Texas Section of the Mathematics Association of
America
Cynthia Schneider, Independent
Consultant, Texas Council of
Teachers of Mathematics;
Treasurer
Linda Sams, Cypress-Fairbanks
ISD
CAMT
Debbie Perry, Midway
ISD, Texas Association of
Supervisors of Mathematics
Nancy Trapp, Independent
Consultant, Texas Council of
Teachers of Mathematics
Conference Chair
Paula Moeller
Executive Director
Anita Hopkins

Welcome ..................................... 2
CAMT Board of Directors .............. 4
Meetings of Organizations ............ 5
Exhibits ...................................... 6
Maps ........................................ 8
Featured Sessions ...................... 12
STEPS ...................................... 13
Wednesday Sessions .................. 14
Thursday Sessions ..................... 29
Friday Sessions ......................... 45
Speaker Index .......................... 57
Guidelines for Speakers .............. 59
CAMT 2016 Committee ............ 59
Conference Policies ................... 60
Special Access and Handicap Provisions
For Your Child’s Safety
Clear Air Policy
Cell Phone Use
Lost and Found
First Aid
Program Supplement
Name Tags
Fees
Continuing Professional Education Credit
CPE Form ................................. 61
Certificate of Attendance and Participation ....................... 62
CAMT 2017 Information ........... 63
TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 2016
The Pavillion (across the street from the Hilton
Palacio del Rio, 200 S. Alamo)
Reception 5:30 p.m.
Meeting: 6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Presider: Janet Nuzzie, TASM President
THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2016
4:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center
Reception: Tower Registration
Meeting: Room 217D
Presider: Martha Godwin, TCTM President
TCTM members are invited to the annual TCTM business meeting and reception. This meeting and reception is open to all paid registrants attending CAMT 2016 and dues-paying members of TCTM. No pre-registration or additional fee is required. During our brief business meeting, we will share information with members about recent actions of the national, state, and local councils.
Award recipients and state and local board members will be recognized. Door prizes will be awarded. We regret that children or other guests cannot be accommodated.
THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2016
215
3:45-4:45
The Association of Mathematics Teacher
Education-Texas Section will hold their regular business meeting. Members and interested individuals are welcome.

Commercial exhibits of instructional materials and teaching aids for mathematics instruction will be on display in Exhibit Hall 4.
Cosenza & Associates for providing bags for participants
ECS Learning Systems for providing neck wallets for participants
Texas Instruments for hosting the 1st Timers Reception
Texas Instruments for providing the t-shirts for our volunteers
4mulaFun Inc. .................................. 322
Academic Core Group, Inc. ................. 546
Agile Mind ........................................ 435
Algebra Readiness Educators,LLC ....... 307
Ascend Education .............................. 412
ATPE ................................................ 323
Bedford, Freeman & Worth ................. 207
Bedtime Math Foundation .................. 134
Big Ideas Learning, LLC ..................... 343
Borenson and Associates, Inc. ............ 408
Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks ............. 400
CAMT 2017 ...................................... 511
CanFigureIt ....................................... 443
Carnegie Learning .............................. 115
Casio America, Inc. ............................ 133
Catnip’s Word Walls ........................... 442
Center for STEM Education, UT Austin 512
Claire Lynn Designs ........................... 530
ClassroomIQ ...................................... 130
Cosenza & Associates, LLC ................. 212
CPM Educational Program .................. 522
Creative Mathematics ......................... 506
Curriculum Associates ........................ 116
D&H Distributing Company ................. 544
DeAlba Math Center ........................... 127
Dice and Bones Math ......................... 325
Didax................................................ 147
Dinah-Might Adventures ..................... 201
Dreambox ......................................... 449
DynaStudy, Inc. ................................. 306
EAI Education ................................... 333
ECS Learning Systems, Inc. ................ 401
Education 2000 ................................ 123
Education Galaxy ............................... 448
Edusmart .......................................... 434
Enovative Technologies ....................... 252
ESC, Region 4 ................................... 106
ETA hand2mind ................................ 230
Eureka Math ..................................... 126
Exemplars, Inc. ................................. 421
ExploreLearning ................................. 331
FACEing MATH .................................. 316
Family Math Night by Unity Math ........ 444
Frog Publications ............................... 446
Geyer Instructional Products ............... 216
GF Educators .................................... 246
Got2BlingIt ....................................... 542
Gourmet Learning .............................. 327
Green Apple ...................................... 445
Greg Tang Math ................................. 243
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt .................. 112
Infinite Trading .................................. 321
Integral Mathematics, Inc ................... 430
It’s A Hoot! ....................................... 416
IXL Learning ..................................... 308
Johnny’s Key ..................................... 209
KAMICO Instructional Media, Inc. ....... 407
Kaplan Elementary ............................ 526
Karen &Company, LLC ....................... 453
KP Mathematics ................................ 236
L&M Instructional Resources .............. 125
Lakeshore Learning Materials .............. 122
Lamar University ............................... 417
Learning Wrap-Ups ............................ 345
Lone Star Learning ............................ 500
MAA ................................................. 525
Marcy Cook Math ............................... 426
Mastery Education ............................. 215
Math GPS, LLC ................................. 223
Math Teachers Press, Inc. ................... 413
Math-Science-Tees.com...................... 534
Mathspace ........................................ 349
McGraw-Hill Education ...................... 406
Mentoring Minds ............................... 220
MOEMS ............................................ 354
Mountain Math/Language, LLC ............ 315
Music Notes ...................................... 414
Nasco ............................................... 224
Neufeld Learning Systems, Inc. .......... 520
Origami Owl ...................................... 132
ORIGO Education .............................. 420
Otto Trading, Inc................................ 436
Outstanding Guides, LLC .................... 424
Pearlized Curriculum .......................... 107
Pearson ............................................ 425
Perfection Learning ............................ 423
QEP Professional Books ..................... 254
RALLY! Education .............................. 124
Ramsey Solutions .............................. 516
Reasoning Mind ................................ 117
Renaissance Learning ........................ 309
Russells Educational Consulting .......... 353
Shmoop ............................................ 447
Singapore Math, Inc. ......................... 113
SmartSchool Systems ........................ 120
SpringBoard ...................................... 253
Sunrise Printery ................................. 454
Suntex International .......................... 317
Superior Products, Inc. ...................... 137
TCTM ............................................... 517
Texas A&M University-Commerce ........ 433
Texas Instruments .............................. 301
The Markerboard People ..................... 312
The Math Learning Center .................. 206
Think Through Math ........................... 213
TODOS ............................................. 527
Triumph Learning .............................. 121
UT Arlington (Academic Partnership) ... 452
UT Dana Center ................................. 437
Voyager Sopris Learning ..................... 131
Webassign ......................................... 313
WGU Texas ........................................ 524
Woot Math ........................................ 431
Wowzers ........................................... 352

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2016 THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2016
Featured Opening Sessions
Jo Boaler, The Mindset Revolution: Teaching
Mathematics for a Growth Mindset
8:00-9:30, Stars at Night
James Tanton, Going for the Gold: Uniting
K-12 Mathematics in One Fell Swoop!
8:00-9:30 Lila Cockrell
Featured Opening Sessions
Dan Meyer, Beyond Relevance and Real
World: Stronger Strategies for Student
Engagement 8:00-9:30 Stars at Night
Karen Karp, Intervention and Assessment
Strategies for Students with Disabilities
8:00-9:30 Lila Cockrell
FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2016
Featured Opening Sessions
Judy Willis, How Emotion Impacts the
Brain’s Successful Learning and What to
Do About It 8:00-9:30 Stars at Night
Uri Treisman, The Learning Mindsets
Movement — A Teacher’s View
8:00-9:30 Lila Cockrell
Featured General Interest Sessions
Marcy Cook, Provoke Thought with a Daily
Math Challenge Problem
10:00-11:00 Ballroom C 1
Greg Tang, A Model Approach to Word
Problems and Arithmetic
11:30-12:30 Ballroom C 1
Greg Tang, Critical Connections
2:30-3:30 303
Featured General Interest Sessions
David Molina, Using Rigor to Go for the
Gold 11:30-12:30 301
James Tanton, Exploding Dots: The Follow
Up 11:30-12:30 303
John Staley , Build a Foundation for
Powerful Problem Solvers 1:00 PM - 2:00
PM Lila Cockrell
David Barnes, What Teachers Need to Know and Do to Be Successful 2:30-3:30 301
Featured General Interest Sessions
Cathy Seeley, Yes, But ... Acting Like We
Say We Believe 10:00-11:00 303
Elham Kazemi, Planning and Leading
Productive Math Discussions
10:00-11:00 Lila Cockrell
Elham Kazemi, Transforming Practice:
Organizing Schools for Meaningful Teacher and Leader Learning 11:30-12:30 Lila
Cockrell
Featured Secondary Sessions
Jo Ann Bilderback, TEA High School Update
10:00-11:00 301
Alexander Overwijk and Bruce McLaurin,
Improving Student Success by Spiraling
Activity-Based Learning 1:00-2:00 303
Dinah Zike, Problem Solving, Word Problems, and Notebooking Strategies for Secondary
2:30-3:30 Hemisfair Ballroom 1
Featured Secondary Sessions
Guthrie, Julie and Jo Ann Bilderback, TEA
Update for Middle School 10:00-11:00 301
Bea Luchin, Achieving Excellence in
Mathematics Through a Social Justice
Curriculum 10:00-11:00 304C
Andrew Stadel, A Gateway to Better Number
Sense 10:00-11:00 216A
Marcy Cook, Problems with a Purpose:
Expect Students to Think 11:30-12:30
Hemisfair Ballroom 1
Dan Meyer, Algebra Is Power, Not
Punishment 1:00-2:00 Stars at Night
Bea Luchin, Integration of the Mathematical
Process Standards—Creating Daily
Opportunities for Problem Solving 1:00-
2:00 301
Kathy Mittag, Have Fun Teaching Middle School
TEKS Statistics Concepts 1:00-2:00 217D
Alexander Overwijk and Bruce McLaurin,
Spiraling Deeper with Activity-Based
Learning 2:30-3:30 217A
Featured Secondary Sessions
Andrew Stadel, The Problem Is We Need
Better Problem Solving 11:30-12:30 303
Kathy Mittag, A Hands-On Mathematics
Function Activity Integrating Science Gas
Laws and Technology 1:00-2:00 301

HEMISFAIR BALLROOM 2
Best Lessons from Middle School
Mathematics Classrooms
STEPS will provide an opportunity for secondary teachers to participate in activities that focus on best lessons from the middle school mathematics classroom. Six 25-minute sessions will be repeated five times so that a participant may attend five sessions in any order.
Participants who do not want to attend every STEPS session may enter and leave STEPS five minutes before the hour and half-hour during the breaks between sessions. Sessions begin on every hour and half-hour.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2016
Every half hour between 1:00 p.m.—3:30 p.m.
“Figure It Out”–Solving with Formulas
Erin McKinney and Melinda Gonzales, Northside ISD
Do your students struggle with identifying and applying formulas in geometry and measurement? If so, come participate in some engaging and hands-on strategies that focus on identifying and correctly setting up formulas.
Statistically Humanizing Pre-Teens
Kristen Alvarez and Kathy Villemain, Boerne ISD
Come experience an activity that allows your pre-teen students to explore the variance in human data. Students will collect, represent, summarize, and compare human data using dot plots and box plots while learning more about themselves.
Going MAD for M.A.D.
Shea Tomich and Christina Lora, Northside ISD
What is mean absolute deviation and what can it tell us? How can students collaborate using meaningful data collection and calculate the mean absolute deviation? Join us as we participate in an activity designed to answer these questions and more.
ABCs of Composite Figures
Nicole Rose and Mary Robinson, Cedar Hill ISD
Teaching measurement and geometry content without building conceptual understanding has its downfalls as kids progress to higher levels of mathematics. In this active session, we will present fresh ideas for teaching area in ways that appeal to the adolescent learner and prepare them for learning the more difficult concepts of composite figures and surface area. Join us as we create letter designs and make learning about composite figures as easy as ABC!
It’s All about the Squares
Kim Keebaugh, McAllen ISD and Leighann Guiterrez, Edinburg CISD
“There are so many area formulas, which one do I use? Oh no, there isn’t a formula for that weird shape. What do I do now?
What is lateral?” Too many questions! Come explore how to get a
“square deal” for you and your students.
Pythagorean Theorem in Motion:
Thinking Right
Andrea Dion and Deborah Kretschmer, Lamar CISD
Math stations are perfect for providing children a pleasurable way to practice and learn the Pythagorean Theorem. These customizable stations actively engage students as they demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the
Pythagorean Theorem. Leave this session with a complete set of stations to enhance the classroom experience.
THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2016
Every half hour between 10:00 a.m.—12:30 p.m.
Equations in Action!
Melissa Williams and Trisha Averkiades, Klein ISD
Students take center stage as they develop a deep understanding of equations. The learning script focuses on building models, inverse operations, and thinking stems. This session is rated BN:
Beyond n-solve!
Getting Ahead of the Game with Slope and y-Intercept
Angela Bernard and Brittany Ford, Lamar CISD
Everyone loves a little friendly competition, including YOU!
Transform your classroom into a fun factory by implementing individual, partnered, and team games. To your surprise, your students will become actively engaged lean, mean math machines!! Leave this session with various exciting and ready-touse activities that will surely enrich your classroom experience!
Amazing Trans-Formations of Functions
Nadine Herbst and Sheen Arthur, Eanes ISD
Are your students confused about transformations? Do they know the reason “why” graphs shift in the opposite direction for horizontal transformations? This interactive lesson will help students understand the horizontal and vertical translations, reflections, and dilations using the Desmos graphing calculator and a matching activity.
Which Way Do I Turn?
Paula Mathews and Ana Garcia, Dripping Springs ISD
Join us as we tackle the concept of rotations and the algebraic rules that represent these rotations. We will explore how to rotate figures clockwise and counterclockwise in 90 degree increments and write the algebraic rule, while making it easier for students to understand and make connections between geometry and algebra.
Completing the Square with Area Models
Karen Chong and Ashley Patterson, Eanes ISD
Factoring quadratic equations in mathematical situations isn’t always a viable option. In this session, we look at completing the square as an option to solve quadratic equations by using area models with a Kahoot exit ticket.
Frazzled about Factoring?
Using the Area Model and Algebra Tiles
To Factor Polynomials
Delaine Evans, Katy ISD and Donald Diehl, Channelview ISD
Discover the relationship among the product, area, factors, and dimensions of a rectangle using algebra tiles and connect that concept to the area model to factor polynomials. These connections should clear up any of your students’ “frazzled” thinking about factoring and give a more concrete idea about this very important algebra concept.

WEDNESDAY@
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
2000: Presentation (General Interest)
Lila Cockrell
Teaching Practices
James Tanton, The Mathematical Association of America
Let me share with you an astounding mathematical construct that, in one fell swoop, explains all the mathematics of arithmetic from grade school, all of the polynomial algebra from high school, elements of calculus and advanced number theory, and brings one and all to the forefront of unsolved mathematical research! Exploding
Dots will knock your socks off! Bring paper and pencil with you for this interactive mathematical ride of a lifetime!
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
2001: Presentation (General Interest)
Stars at Night
Teaching Practices
Jo Boaler, Stanford University
In recent years scientific studies have demonstrated that student and teacher “mindsets” have a profound impact on learning. Students with a “growth mindset,” (Dweck,
2006), who believe that intelligence and “smartness” can be learned and that the brain can grow from exercise, learn more effectively, display a desire for challenge, and show resilience in the face of failure. Such behaviors encourage greater math persistence, engagement, and high achievement. Mathematics teachers play a critical role in the development of mindsets.
This session will review the ways to teach for a growth mindset, including attention to classroom norms, math tasks, questions, and other aspects of the math classroom. We will also review the latest brain science and think about what that means for math learning.
WEDNESDAY@
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2002: Activity (9-12)
223
Teaching Practices
Tracie Ezell, Dew ISD
Factoring: Thinking Inside the Box Using Rectangles to Factor Trinomials
Are guess and check methods wearing you out? Come learn a different approach to factoring trinomials in the Algebra I classroom, increasing understanding while eliminating student stress. Leave with ready-to-go handouts and templates.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2003: Activity (General Interest)
007C
Teaching Practices
Sherry Morton, Region 7 ESC
Jane Tarr, Region 7 ESC
Do I Really Know What I
Am Supposed to Teach?
With all of the changes: new TEKS, new testing format, new Blueprint, new STAAR chart, and new teacher evaluation plan, how do I know what I am supposed to teach? Come learn how to use a purposeful planning tool to ensure you are teaching the standards and, at the same time, move your instruction to a student-driven, student-focused classroom in order to increase student success and accomplish some of the standards in the T-TESS evaluation plan.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2004: Activity (General Interest)
302B
Technology
Jerri LaMirand, Eanes ISD
STEM: A Way of Thinking,
Doing, Creating, Organizing, and Helping!
Eanes ISD has created a culture of
STEM teaching and learning at all grade levels. Come learn how our schools have integrated coding, engineering, projectbased learning, creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking into their curriculum.
Our elementary campuses incorporate
STEM carts, STEM days, and Imagination
Playground; middle school campuses have student experiments in space conducted on the Space Station; and high school students become entrepreneurs and compete in Robotics around the world.
STEM is a way of thinking, doing, creating, organizing, and helping!

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2005: Presentation (General Interest)
Stars at Night
Teaching Practices
Jo Boaler, Stanford University
In this session, we will consider ways to encourage equitable group work by working together in groups on multidimensional mathematics, using equity-focused grouping strategies.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2006: Activity (6-8)
217A
TEKS Content
Lauren Wooldridge, Bryan ISD
Mary Russ, Bryan ISD
Stations... Seriously?
Grades 6-8
Shift your way of thinking about stations.
Come learn time-saving, easy-to-implement techniques to turn old math ideas into new learning stations.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2007: Activity (6-8)
006C
TEKS Content
Johnette Monaghan, McKinney ISD
Dividing Fractions: Flipping
Not Needed
Have you had students say, “Don’t ask why, just flip and multiply”? Then, when asked why the strategy works, they are stumped?
Participants in this session will learn how to build on students’ prior knowledge, intuitive behaviors, and numeracy skills to teach fraction division.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2008: Activity (6-8)
214C
Ramona Davis, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Worksheet Makeover: From
Boring to Brilliant
Participants will be given ideas and instructions on transforming everyday worksheets into engaging activities for students. Before and after samples will be shared, along with complete instructions.
Come learn about all the creative ways you can transform that boring worksheet into a brilliant activity. All participants will have access to all electronic files used in this presentation.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2011: Activity (6-12)
206A
TEKS Content
TaMeka Martin, Splendora ISD
Engaging Matters:
Engagement Activities and
Strategies for the Secondary
Math Classroom
In a world of mass media and entertainment, how can we keep our students engaged? In this session, you will obtain strategies for engagement, whole brain teaching, checking for understanding, and much more! We will sing, dance, and have fun as we learn how to foster a positive student-centered learning environment. 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2009: Activity (6-8)
006A
Technology
Pam Littleton, Independent Consultant
Building Concepts in
Middle Grades for Statistics and Probability
This hands-on session will feature TI’s new Building Concepts in Mathematics resources and the TI-Nspire™ CX
Technology. Building Concepts in
Mathematics is a series of lessons that cover essential, foundational mathematics concepts—like statistics and probability.
Activities will focus on TEKS for Grades 5 through 8. Attendees will receive samples of lessons and activities that can be used with the TI-Nspire™ technology.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2012: Activity (6-12)
305
TEKS Content
Janice Magee, Palestine ISD
Fill the Gaps to Get the
Gold
Be a Math Champ on the way to the Gold by exploring gaps in the transition from middle school to high school. Students come to high school with gaps in their understanding of integers and radicals. We will look at proper mathematical language to use in helping fill these gaps—No “Keep it,” “Flip it,” “Change it” allowed here.
Come prepared to explore the number line and area models to be the champion for your students’ success.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2010: Activity (6-8)
304B
Teaching Practices
Cathryn Albrecht, Rockwall ISD
Megan Gist, Venus Britton, Rockwall ISD
Shining the Light on
Process Standards with
Middle School Teacher
Leaders: A Mentor Program in Rockwall ISD
In the spring of 2015, a math mentor program was developed to bring the K-12 math process standards to light in our middle school classrooms in Rockwall
ISD. We will share the bright spots and challenges in moving forward with our vision, an implementation structure that can be replicated, and a way to inspire teacher leaders to move beyond their classroom walls in collaboration.
Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the process standards.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2013: Activity (6-12)
221B
TEKS Content
Allen Antoine, Rice University Office of STEM
Engagement
Amber Szymczyk, Rice University Office of
STEM Engagement
Hanging in the Balance:
An Integrated Equations
Investigation
Math teachers talk about solving equations, and science teachers talk about balancing equations; isn’t it time the two teachers talked to each other? Experience a handson inquiry investigation into what it means to “solve” an algebraic equation and to
“balance” a chemical one using the same physical models! Find out how equations are the same and different in these two classes and how you can help students understand both by integrating your instruction.

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2014: Activity (6-12)
216A
Technology
Laura Rankin, Klein ISD
Jessica Keen, Klein ISD
Let’s Be Smart About This
If you can’t beat ’em, join ‘em! Instead of fighting our students to stay off their phones, let’s put them to good use! In this session, we will demonstrate different ways to integrate students’ smart phones that will be sure to pique interest and engagement. These student-friendly communication methods will open new ways for you to extract thoughts and ideas from your students!
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2017: Presentation (6-12)
218
Assessment
Alyona Atsalis, Northside ISD
Organizing Tips for Middle and High School Teachers
These organizing tips will help new and experienced teachers. They will save you time, so you have time for the important things. Handouts will be provided.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2015: Activity (6-12)
224
Technology
Victoria Soto, Northside ISD
Teaching with TI-Nspire™
CX Student Software and
Teacher NC Technology:
Can You Guess My Age?
Taking the popular “Guess the Age” activity and using the Nspire™ CX Student
Software in a 1-1 environment, the activity will be demonstrated on the calculator first, and then shown in Publish View as a student document. Come experience an activity collecting data, finding the line of best fit, and using the Linear Parent
Function to determine just how good of a guesser you are.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2018: Activity (6-12)
006B
Technology
Rick Sanchez, Goliad ISD
The TI-Nspire Navigator™
System—Activities for
Beginners
Do you have a TI-Nspire Navigator™
System, but don’t know how to use it, or are just starting to use it and want to learn more? This hands-on session will demonstrate many features of the TI-Nspire
Navigator™ classroom learning system to help you get started. Learn how to use screen captures—learn how to make and send quick polls—learn where to find
Navigator activities and how to transfer them to student handhelds. This session is for beginner, but even experienced users might learn something new.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2016: Activity (6-12)
221D
TEKS Content
Kathy Hale, Region 14 ESC
Why Can’t Students Use
Geometric Formulas? How
Can We Make It Better?
What is the root of the problem students have with using formulas? Maybe it starts with understanding definitions and names.
Participate in a hands-on activity that helps develop a more thorough understanding of geometric solids.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2019: Activity (6-12)
207B
Teaching Practices
Kay Neuse, Prince of Peace Catholic School,
Plano
Book It! Algebra 1
Notebooks
Interactive notebooks are used frequently in science, but have you thought of using one in Algebra 1? This session is for teachers who are looking for organization tips, note-taking strategies, and ways to chunk information for Algebra 1 classes. A ton of classroom-ready resources specific to
Algebra 1 will be available for download for teachers attending this session.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2020: Activity (9-12)
214B
TEKS Content
Julie Horn, Region 4 ESC
Completing the Square in
Algebra I
Algebra I students will be expected to solve quadratic equations by the method of completing the square. Come explore a lesson that teaches students the concept of completing the square with algebra tiles and making connections to the algebraic procedure.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2021: (Repeated 2108) Activity (9-12)
005
Gifted and Talented
Catherine Baker, Nederland ISD
Getting More “AP” Into
Your Pre-AP Classes
In this session, you will be learn simple additions you can make to your Pre-AP
Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, or PreCal classes to help your students be better prepared for the AP Calculus Exam.
(Repeat of session from CAMT 2015)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2022: (Repeated 2109) Activity (9-12)
217D
Gifted and Talented
Melody Young, Sherman ISD
Top 10 Things I Learned
While Grading AP Statistics
Exams
The presenter has been a grader for AP
Statistics for 6 years. We will look at the top 10 tips she has found during those 6 years to improve your AP Statistic scores.

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2023: Activity (9-12)
205
TEKS Content
Yvette Henry, Region 4 ESC
Transformations in Algebra
Students in Algebra 1 and Algebra 2 are learning functions using transformations.
Come experience multiple ways to formatively assess your students’ understanding of transformations using multiple representations and function notation.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2024: (Repeated 2076) Activity (9-12)
225B
College/Career Readiness
Melissa Heinz, SpringBoard,
The College Board
Shannon Hernandez, Betsy Norris,
Fort Worth ISD
Turn Summer Learning
Loss Into Your Gain and
Accelerate Math Success
The path to advanced high school math courses, including AP, can be rocky if students are not well prepared. Come hear about Fort Worth ISD’s innovative model for accelerating students with an engaging 6-week summer program using
SpringBoard from The College Board. The high rigor courses are raising retention and performance in this urban district. This session will offer best practices for building opportunities focused on college and career readiness.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2025: Activity (9-12)
006D
Technology
Kristen Arterbury, ESC Region 12
Geometry Activities with the
TI-Nspire™ CX Technology
During this hands-on session, attendees will use the TI-Nspire™ CX handheld to explore a variety of geometric concepts to support instruction of geometry
TEKS. The handheld features built-in interactive geometry capabilities and has additional unique functionality. The TI-
Nspire™ CX Navigator System will also be used for instruction. The TI-Nspire™
CX is acceptable for use on a variety of assessments including STAAR Algebra I
EOC, STAAR math Grade 8, SAT, ACT, and
AP exams.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2027: Presentation (9-12)
301
Jo Ann Bilderback, Texas Education Agency
Julie Guthrie, Texas Education Agency
This session will present the most current information regarding high school mathematics education.
Critical issues such as state and federal requirements, graduation requirements, new mathematics courses, revised TEKS, TxAiR, Project
Share, and STAAR will be discussed by curriculum and assessment staff.
Attendees will be given the opportunity to ask questions.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2026: (Repeated 2106) Activity (9-12)
304A
Teaching Practices
Cathy Banks, Texas Woman’s University
Jake Hammons, Texas Woman’s University
Using Different Methods to
Teach Proofs in High School
Geometry
We will look at teaching high school geometry proofs using three different methods as described in the TEKS; paragraph proofs, flow-chart proofs, and, of course, the 2-column proofs.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2028: Presentation (College)
215
Teaching Practices
Layne Heitz, Southeastern Oklahoma State
University
Questions for Questioning
Teachers and administrators want to improve student achievement. Research suggests that effective questioning in the classroom can improve both student achievement and involvement. Effective questioning can improve students’ engagement by shifting the learning responsibility from the teacher to the student. The purpose of this session is two-fold. The first is a sharing of current research on questions. The second is to provide a platform for an open discussion on how to improve the questioning techniques in our teacher education programs.

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2029: Activity (General Interest)
225A
Interventions
Kewanta Greer, Feed the Mind
Model, Lead, Test:
Systematically Teach
Behavior
We cannot assume that children will arrive in our classrooms well-behaved and ready to learn. Small behavior issues can waste valuable teaching time and even build into confrontations. Learn a researchbased, time-tested classroom management program that encourages, empowers, and promotes excellence. Stop negative behavior before it begins. Use class time for teaching math‚ not correcting behaviors.
This impossible dream is absolutely possible.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2030: Activity (General Interest)
218
Technology
Kim Caise, Kim.Caise.com
Mobile Devices in the
Mathematics Classroom
Many educators are constantly challenged to introduce new and innovative ways to reach their students to foster enthusiasm for the learning process. As an alternative to the textbook, mobile devices allow a unique approach to the educational process by introducing students to exciting and engaging apps and mathematics content.
Come join this national board-certified teacher for an exciting session about using mobile devices, including cell phones, in the classroom.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2031: Presentation (General Interest)
Hemisfair Ballroom 1
Teaching Practices
Greg Tang
Visual models are the key to making challenging arithmetic and word problems easier to solve. We will explore a strategic progression of models that develops the algebraic thinking skills kids need for higher math. The goal isn’t to make math easy—it is to give students the tools they will need when math gets hard.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2032 : Activity (6-8)
214B
Gifted and Talented
Rita Tellez, Ysleta ISD
Ysleta ISD Math Team
Hollywood Mathematics:
Lights, Action, Algebra!!
Summer camps provide a perfect setting for students to enrich their knowledge, prepare for next year, and become excited about learning. Students in this STEAM camp use mathematics and technology to develop, create, and present a short film to be shared with parents. Students are exposed to set and costume design, as well as movie-making software. Participants will engage in math activities that reveal the excitement and relevance of the camp as they learn about this camp’s production.
Additionally, participants will receive handouts and access to math lessons/materials online.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2033: (Repeated 2152) Activity (6-8)
223
Teaching Practices
Susie Hakansson, TODOS: Mathematics for All
Equity and Excellence:
Understanding Ratios and
Proportional Reasoning
We want all students to develop mathematical proficiency in using ratios and proportional reasoning. For this to occur, we must address the language needs of students, particularly English learners, and address our own understanding of ratios and proportional reasoning, thus focusing on equity and excellence. Be prepared to do some mathematics!
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2034: Activity (6-12)
213A
TEKS Content
Torrey Conerly, Houston A+ Challenge
Building an Environment for Learning
How do you build an environment where students feel like they are a part of a community? This session focuses on activities and lessons that build an environment where students can feel safe to take intellectual risks and work together to make sense of mathematics.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2035: Activity (6-12)
006B
TEKS Content
Christy Rollins, Northside ISD
Electrify with TI
Learn how to “electrify” your classroom by utilizing TI Nspire™ products. Using graphing calculators along with the
Navigator™ system you can engage students in your secondary mathematics classroom. Nspire™ calculators will be provided during the session.

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2036: Activity (6-12)
217D
TEKS Content
Julie Sandifer, Stephen F. Austin State
University
Michelle Adams, Nacogdoches ISD
Fill It Up!
It is always challenging to help our students reach their full potential when it comes to word problems in a math classroom. In this session, we will turn those words into hands-on activities, so that they might be able to fully understand concepts in a rich and meaningful way.
Leave this session “filled up to the top” with great ideas and resources to try in your own classroom.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2039: Activity (6-12)
217A
Technology
Maria Ellis, West Orange-Cove CISD
Teaching Math in Today’s
World
Project-Based Learning, Flipping the
Classroom or Blended Learning, Stations,
Differentiated Instruction, Research-Based
Lessons, STEM or STEAM, Interactive
Notebooks with Foldables or Cornell
Notes, Collaborating, Spiraling—so many choices—which one (or combination) do you choose? This session will help you find which strategies you could use to create a fun, productive classroom—no matter the income levels of the school. Even teachers in Title I schools can create lessons that develop higher-level thinking in a fun environment.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2037: Activity (6-12)
221D
TEKS Content
Jennifer Mascheck, Houston A+ Challenge
Getting Started with Talk
With every big idea in mathematics comes misconceptions and errors, and many of these misconceptions in our classrooms happen in silence. Come to this session to explore strategies and teacher moves that reduce the negativity associated with students making mistakes in front of their peers and promote student participation in mathematical conversations.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2038: Activity (6-12)
212A
Games
Megan Wright, North East ISD
Jennifer Austin, North East ISD
Manageable Tasks
“Was that the bell? I don’t want to leave!
I’m not done with my assignment!” If you’re not hearing these words at the end of your class, then this is the session for you! In this session, you will learn to transform ordinary worksheets into engaging, cooperative learning activities that allow students to help themselves, self-check, and celebrate success during class practice.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2040: Activity (6-12)
214A
TEKS Content
Monica Kendall, Discover Numbers! LLC
Aben Ellerbee, Neufeld Learning Systems, Inc.
The Algebra I Ironman:
A Three-Part Race to the
TEKS Finish Line
All Algebra I students can be successful, given a challenging, yet nurturing conditioning regimen in which they apply the Algebra I process and content standards with the help of a strategically designed three-part lesson. In this session, participants will explore Algebra I TEKS related to linear and quadratic functions through a model involving 1) blended instruction, 2) a tiered approach to R+I, and 3) differentiated instruction.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2042: Activity (6-12)
006C
Technology
Robb Wilson, Texas Instruments
Success On Day 1 with the TI-84 Plus Graphing
Calculator
Whether you are integrating the TI-84
Plus family into your classroom for the first time, or simply want to polish your skills for back to school, this session will highlight strategies for success on Day One.
We will explore basic technology skills on the graphing calculator, and you will also learn techniques for modeling technology skills in your classroom with the TI-84
Plus SmartView software. The upgraded
SmartView software includes all versions of the TI-84 Plus family.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2043: Activity (6-12)
007C
Teaching Practices
LaTonya Whitaker, Region 7 ESC
Sherry Morton, Region 7 ESC
I’m All Tapped Out!
Resources, Where Are You?
Where can a math teacher go to get good materials that will engage students and develop critical thinking? This session will give teachers resources and ideas that are easy to use in the classroom on a daily basis.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2041: Activity (6-12)
006A
Technology
Tom Reardon, Youngstown State University iPad Resources to Support
Instruction of Grade 8-12
TEKS
This demonstration session will feature TI-
Nspire™ activities that incorporate iPads, effective teaching practices, and interactive content into math classrooms. The session will explore using tablets for graphing, calculating, geometry, spreadsheets, statistics, note taking, and self-assessment.
Activities will focus on a variety of middle school and high school TEKS. Regretably, iPads will not be provided for the session, so please bring your own.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2044: Activity (9-12)
207A
TEKS Content, Commercial
Susan May, Charles A. Dana Center, UT Austin
Anne Joyoprayitno, Charles A. Dana Center,
UT Austin
A Transformational
Approach to Geometry
The 2012 TEKS emphasize a transformational approach to geometry.
During the session, participants will explore activities that support a transformational approach to geometric relationships and encourage students to think transformationally throughout the geometry course. These activities will draw from a variety of sources, including from an online teaching tool, available to schools on a subscription basis, developed by the Dana
Center in collaboration with Agile Mind.

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2045: Activity (9-12)
005
College/Career Readiness
Shayla Hoffman, Glen Rose ISD
Exploring with Trigonometry
Sometimes older students do not get time to explore in the mathematics classroom.
They can miss out on seeing how powerful math truly is. Through a few hands-on activities, students can get out of the classroom and make discoveries through trigonometry in their school. Links will be provided to all activities.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2046: Activity (9-12)
304C
Gifted and Talented
Robert Hanchett, Spring ISD
Fatal Vision ® Goggles and
Distract—A Match in the
AP Statistics and STEM
Classroom
Help build your program when teaching experimental design in your AP Statistics and STEM classroom. Test students’ motor skills while wearing Fatal Vision® goggles, which simulate the physical effects of alcohol intoxication. You will then conduct a test on the TI-84 to determine the validity of student hypotheses. You will make histograms on the TI-84 from data collected while playing Distract-A-Match.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2048: Activity (9-12)
302C
TEKS Content, Commercial
Debbie Sheridan, Frassati Catholic High
School
Solving Systems of
Equations Using the TI-84
Plus CE
In this hands-on session, participants will use the TI-84 Plus CE to explore systems of equations through a series of classroomready activities. Given a real-life context, you will solve problems by representing a problem situation using a system of equations, solve the system using a variety of solution strategies, and interpret the solution as it relates to the problem context.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2050: Activity (9-12)
209
TEKS Content
Julie Frizzell, Region 10 ESC
High School Statistics—It’s
Not Just for AP Anymore
Are you looking for ideas for your non-
AP Statistics class? Come experience classroom-ready activities that address a variety of statistics topics.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2049: Activity (9-12)
006D
Technology
Richard Parr, Rice University
Exploring Precalculus and
AP Calculus Activities with the TI-Nspire™ CX
In this session, participants will see how concepts from Precalculus and AP Calculus can be explored graphically, numerically, and analytically using TI-Nspire™ CX handheld technology. The TI-Nspire™ CX and TI-Nspire™ CX CAS units also come with companion teacher software featuring a built-in Ti SmartView emulator. The TI-
Nspire™ CX handheld is acceptable for use on AP exams.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2051: Activity (College)
215
Faye Bruun, Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Kimberly Moore
Going for the Gold Standard in Mathematics Teacher
Education
The Reformed Teaching Observation
Protocol (RTOP) was developed as an observation instrument to provide a standardized means for detecting the degree to which K-20 classroom instruction in mathematics or science was reformed. Reform was defined as signaling a paradigm shift from the traditional teacher-centered, lecture-driven class to a student-centered, activity-based learning environment that typically includes multiple opportunities for collaboration among students. We will discuss how this tool can be used by mentors to help novice mathematics teachers become student centered.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2047: Activity (9-12)
207B
TEKS Content
Patti Nicodemo, Region 4 ESC
Prove It!
Come experience activities incorporating the mathematical process standards that are designed to promote analyzing relationships and justifying mathematical ideas to make proofs in high school geometry accessible for all students.

WEDNESDAY@
1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Hemisfair Ballroom 2
See page 13
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2052: Activity (General Interest)
223
Teaching Practices
Lara Roberts, Pasadena ISD
Instructional Coaching in
Mathematics: Lessons
Learned and Next Steps
Are you new to your role as a mathematics coach? Are you an experienced mathematics coach looking for additional was to hone your craft? Join us as we explore the lessons learned from a veteran mathematics coach and explore strategies for getting started, building relationships, enrolling teachers, and guiding teachers through reflective practice.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2053 (Repeated 2207): Activity (6-8)
210A
Assessment
Trisha Averkiades, Klein ISD
Melissa Williams, Klein ISD
Assessing Your
Assessments: A Holistic
Approach to Test Writing
Feeling frustrated because your data doesn’t reflect all the hard work you’ve done? You’ve written lesson plans that include differentiation, high-yield engagement strategies, manipulatives, and formative assessments, and your student scores still seem to be missing the mark? During this session, participants will explore the backward design model by analyzing question stems and answer choices, editing existing questions to provide more diversity in thinking, and learning to evaluate assessments through a fresh perspective.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2054: Activity (6-8)
214C
Interventions, Commercial
Kimberly Rimbey, KP Mathematics
Harmonizing Decimals and
Fractions Through Problem
Solving
Making sense of decimal concepts and operations requires strong connections between fractions and place value. Come explore decimal fraction multiplication using concrete and visual models, connected to written work and grounded in problem solving.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2057: Activity (6-8)
206B
Interventions
Melody Lloyd, Region 10 ESC
Strategies for Effective
Math Instruction
How do you get your students engaged in math instruction? Come to this session and you will walk away with easy ways to differentiate your instruction to get maximum engagement and increase rigor within your math classroom! We will focus on several strategies for how to tweak your current lessons to engage all learners, while incorporating collaboration and some healthy competition!
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2055: Activity (6-8)
304B
TEKS Content
DeBorah Fillyaw, North East ISD
Sylvia Holguin, North East ISD
Holiday Math—Review of
Middle School Math TEKS
Right Before Winter Break
Do you want to learn how to keep your students excited about math right before the Thanksgiving and Winter Breaks? This session will present 2 projects that can help! The Thanksgiving activity, easily completed in two to five days, will cover middle school TEKS on fractions, decimals, and percents. The Winter Break activity will cover TEKS on scaling, measurements, and proportions. This project, lasting one to two weeks, calls for the students to build a scale model of holiday lights. Both activities are “hands-on,” have a rubric, and include graphs and charts which meet the technology TEKS.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2056: Activity (6-8)
007A
TEKS Content
Sherry Olivares, Region 4 ESC
Mean Absolute Deviation—
What? for Grade 8
Yes, mean absolute deviation is coming to the middle school mathematics TEKS!
Come explore both numerical and graphical representations and descriptions of data which include center, shape, and spread
(mean absolute deviation, IQR, etc.) to build your future students’ understandings of these concepts.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2058: Activity (6-8)
008A
TEKS Content
Lisa Kutsch, Manor ISD
Tricks Are Not For Kids!
Have you had students who knew a math trick but did not know why it worked, or when to use it? Participants will analyze several common math tricks used in middle school math and learn how to replace tricks with activities that build mathematical understanding.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2059: Activity (6-8)
225A
Interventions
Rebecca Atnip, Catnip’s Word Walls
Casey Pena, Cindy Hubbart, Judson ISD
Winning with Word Walls
Word walls work, but how do you work with word walls? Come learn some practical ways to set up and utilize a word wall in your classroom that will enhance instruction and increase student learning.
Let us make using word walls easier for you and more engaging for your students.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2060: Activity (6-8)
006A
Technology
Corina Srygley, Amarillo ISD
Fraction and Proportion
Reasoning Activities for
Grades 5-7 TEKS
This hands-on session will feature TI’s new Building Concepts in Mathematics resources and the TI-Nspire™ CX
Technology. Building Concepts in
Mathematics is a series of lessons that cover essential, foundational mathematics concepts—like fractions, ratios, and proportions. Attendees will receive samples of lessons and activities that can be used with the TI-Nspire™ technology.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2061: Activity (6-8)
Hemisfair Ballroom 3
Games
John Felling, Box Cars & One-Eyed Jacks
Double the Learning with
Middle Years Math Games
Come learn old favorites and many new math games that use double dice.
Participants will also learn ways to play the games when double dice aren’t available, so there won’t be anything that prevents participants from using these motivating and engaging games that focus on many of the math concepts at the middle years levels. Concepts include fractions, coordinate geometry, order of operations, linear equations, and many more. A handout with game boards will be provided and participants will have links they can use to download rules and many follow-up activities.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2062: Activity (6-12)
214A
Assessment
Beth Sarles, Huffman ISD
Tanna Padgett, Huffman ISD
Are You in Shape?
Formative Assessment
Techniques of Geometric
Concepts
A key component of instruction of any mathematical concept is formatively assessing students’ progress. This session will introduce some qualitative activities using geometric concepts designed to allow students to demonstrate their understanding. These activities are transferable to any mathematical concept.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2063: Activity (6-12)
302A
Interventions
April Burroughs, Klein ISD
Janet Vallejo, Klein ISD
It’s All About the Learning
Do you know how your students learn?
In this session, we will focus on student learning instead of teachers teaching.
We will share ideas and strategies to help the struggling student such as building relationships, encouraging selfefficacy, using individual data to guide individualized instruction, assessing informally instead of always formally, and differentiation for different types of learners. Join us to find out how to make it all about the learning.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2066: Activity (9-12)
206A
Gifted and Talented
James Fleetwood, San Antonio ISD
De-Fuzzifying Math Terms by Clarifying Their Latin
Roots
Did you ever wonder who in the world came up with our math terminology?
Perpendicular? Factor? Radius? Acute?
Tangent? Tessellate? Integer? Fraction?
Sinusoid? Area? Volume? Curriculum?
Fisbin? (I made that one up—but they all seem that way to our students!) All of these words come from Latin. With a minimum of linguistic understanding, your students will have both a visual, pictorial representation of the word, as well as a cognitive “click” of comprehension.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2064: Activity (6-12)
305
TEKS Content, Commercial
Wanda Edwards, Centerville ISD
Nancy Kindle, Anderson-Shiro ISD
Purposeful Problem Strands
Are you looking for ways to build thought-provoking strategies, while building numeracy in grades 6-12? Come investigate purposeful problem strands to see how they can be used to entice higher-level thinking, engagement, and success. The numerical power for students will develop new strategies in order to become better problem solvers.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2067: (Repeated 2107) Activity (9-12)
221A
TEKS Content
Jennifer Morgan, Coahoma ISD
Factoring Like a Champ
Do your students struggle with factoring?
Help them to factor like a champ! I’ll be showing different methods of factoring everything from trinomials to differences of cubes. The tic-tac-toe method of factoring trinomials with a coefficient other than one will be featured as well.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2065: Activity (6-12)
006D
Technology
John Ashurst, Independent Consultant
Programming and Coding with the TI-Nspire™
Technology
This session will introduce participants to TI-BASIC coding language for the TI-
Nspire™ technology. Attendees will learn how to use programming commands built into the TI-Nspire™ and begin to write a few simple programs of their own. A variety of resources will be shared. TI-Nspire™ handhelds will be provided, but feel free to bring your own.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2068: Activity (9-12)
214B
TEKS Content
Jane Silvey, Lindale ISD
Linda Bruton, retired
The Key to Unlocking
Student Thinking
Educational research supports the concept that learning is about making connections.
Connections and relationships lead directly to higher-level questioning in the math classroom. Come join us and feel the power created by linking connections from
Algebra to Calculus; thus promoting your students’ math thinking and analysis skills.
Leave with new problems and ideas ready to be implemented in your classrooms.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2069: (Repeated 2233) Activity (9-12)
006B
Technology, Commercial
Jennifer Kelly, Pearland ISD
Mathematical Modeling on the TI-Nspire™
Have you ever wondered how many
Tootsie Pops you could pick up with one hand? Participants will collect and model data using TI-Nspire™ CX and TI-Nspire
Navigator™ to find a linear relationship between the number of Tootsie Pops one can pick up and hand span. Come see how this activity can be adapted for Algebra 1,
Algebra 2, or Statistics.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2072: Activity (9-12)
005
Gifted and Talented
Todd Steckler, La Joya ISD
Probability Distributions and Sampling Distributions in AP Statistics
Some interesting discrete probability distribution problems will be discussed.
If time permits, we will also explore some continuous probability distribution problems. We will also discuss sampling distributions of the sample mean and of the sample proportion.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2070: Activity (9-12)
304A
TEKS Content
Penny Long, Nacogdoches ISD
Mission Possible: Problem
Solving in High School
Mathematics
This session focuses on inspiring teachers to purposely plan for problem-solving days in the classroom. Ideas for these problemsolving days, in which the students work independently to solve problems in a variety of ways, will be demonstrated.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2071: (Repeated 2235) Activity (9-12)
221B
TEKS Content
Paul Gray, Cosenza & Associates, LLC
New Courses, New
Opportunities: Algebraic
Reasoning
HB5 provides us with new opportunities to create learning pathways to better meet the needs of our high school students. How can the new Algebraic Reasoning course fit into your math program? Which students are best served by taking this course? Learn more about the new Algebraic Reasoning course, including sample lessons based on the Algebraic Reasoning TEKS.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2073: Activity (9-12)
304C
Gifted and Talented
Robert Hanchett, Spring ISD
Barbie Bungee Drop in the
AP Statistics Classroom
Everybody’s heard about it, but have you ever done the low-cost lab “Barbie Bungee
Drop” in the AP statistics classroom? Help build your program and prepare students for the AP Statistics exam. In this session, you will simulate a bungee jump using a
Barbie ® doll and rubber bands. Before you conduct the experiment, you formulate a conjecture on how long the bungee cord needs to be to give Barbie ® or GI Joe ® a thrilling ride without smashing their plastic head into the floor. I will have material that teachers can use to ramp this down to
Algebra I level.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2074: (Repeated 2302) Activity (9-12)
218
Upper-Level Math
Jeffrey Townsend, The University of Texas at
Austin
Authentic Inquiry: Make
Your Students Act Like
Professionals
Professional mathematicians have certain proficiencies that make them successful at what they do. What traits or skills make a professional mathematician successful, and what does it look like to foster those same abilities in a math classroom? In this session, learn about five proficiencies for authentic inquiry that you can apply to your classroom.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2075: Activity (9-12)
006C
Technology
Richard Parr, Rice University
Exploring Precalculus and
AP Calculus Activities with the TI-84 Plus
In this session, participants will see how concepts from Precalculus and AP Calculus can be explored graphically, numerically, and analytically using the TI-84 Plus family of graphing calculators. Feel free to come and share your ideas and resources. The
TI-84 Plus, TI-84 Plus C SE, and TI-84
Plus CE are all acceptable for use on AP exams.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2076: (Repeat of 2024) Activity (9-12)
225B
College/Career Readiness
Melissa Heinz, SpringBoard, The College
Board
Shannon Hernandez, Betsy Norris, Fort Worth
ISD
Turn Summer Learning
Loss Into Your Gain and
Accelerate Math Success
The path to advanced high school math courses, including AP, can be rocky if students are not well prepared. Come hear about Fort Worth ISD’s innovative model for accelerating students with an engaging
6-week summer program using SpringBoard from The College Board. The high rigor courses are raising students’ retention and performance. This session will offer best practices for building opportunities focused on college and career readiness.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2077: Presentation (9-12)
303
Teaching Practices
Alexander Overwijk, Glebe Collegiate
Bruce McLaurin, Glebe Collegiate
What began seven years ago as a determined effort to reach our most disenfranchised students, has developed into an innovative approach that benefits all levels of our students from grades 9 to 12. Rather than blocking the course material into units, we space the material out by shuffling topics. Students build on concepts throughout the course as they spiral deeper into the curriculum with each cycle. Visibly random groupings and vertical non-permanent surfaces are incorporated to promote critical thinking and accountable talk.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2078: Activity (College)
215
Rebecca Dibbs, Texas A&M–Commerce
Patching the Pipeline:
Keeping Female Students
Engaged in Mathematics
During Middle School
During elementary school, female students are most likely to list math as their favorite subject, but by the end of middle school, math is their least favorite subject. In this session, we will discuss how to identify stereotype threat in the mathematics classroom, and what teachers can do to address this challenge in their classroom.
WEDNESDAY@
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2079: Presentation (General Interest)
301
Sheila Collazo, Texas Education Agency
Are you ready to learn more about the new Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T-TESS)? This system will replace the current PDAS evaluation system as the new staterecommended appraisal system in the 2016-2017 school year. T-TESS is focused on providing teachers with more frequent, timely, formative feedback that incorporates multiple indicators of success, including measures of student learning.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2080: Presentation (General Interest)
303
Teaching Practices
Greg Tang
A strong, early foundation in mathematics predicts future success, but which skills and strategies are especially important to develop?
Join Greg in exploring the surprising connections between simple partwhole models, comparison word problems, and simultaneous systems of equations. See why making sense of problems really is the key to good teaching and effective learning.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2081: Activity (General Interest)
218
Gifted/Talented
Leann Rains, Cisco ISD
Standing On My Head: The
Flipped Classroom
Are you interested in flipping your class?
I will share my ups and downs and ins and outs! Are you asking what makes me unique? Well, I not only flipped my 7th grade class, but I was a student in a flipped classroom. Come learn how my experience as a student shaped my instructional decisions.

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2082: Activity (6-8)
225B
TEKS Content
Wendy Curtner, ESC Region 11
Nancy Trent, Faith Schwope, ESC Region 11
Let the Modeling Begin!
Math Models for Thinking
This session will focus on a variety of ways to model mathematical situations as described in the mathematics standards.
Participants will engage in representations, such as strip diagrams, ratio tables, and algebra tiles that lead to more engagement, confidence, and success in mathematics.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2083: Activity (6-8)
205
TEKS Content
Karen Haynes, ESC Region 18
Motivating Middle School
Mathematicians
Do your middle school math students look forward to math class? Do they feel that they can be successful in math on any given day? If the answer to either one of these questions is “no”, then this session is for you. During our time together, we will examine several engaging activities for specific 6-8 SEs that will encourage all students to willingly participate by sharing their own ideas about how they see mathematical concepts.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2084: Activity (6-8)
004
TEKS Content
Brad Fulton, Mistletoe STEM Institute
The 100’s Chart: Building
Algebra on the Arithmetic
Students encounter the 100’s chart in the primary grades. Learn how to build upon their understanding of simple arithmetic to foster a deep understanding of algebraic skills. A seamless transition from arithmetic to algebra will have all students engaged in learning. A classroom-ready handout is available.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2085: Activity (6-8)
221C
TEKS Content
Rudy Neufeld, Neufeld Learning Systems, inc.
Christi Byerly, Bryan ISD
Proportions in a “Smarter,
Not Harder” Blended RtI
Approach
This session will model a “Smarter, Not
Harder” blended learning approach to understand fractions and proportions.
We will model lessons on R+I and STEM on multiplying and dividing fractions, estimations, scale drawing, similar triangles, and linear relations for content and instruction. Participants will be given access to 3-part lessons for use in this session as well as in their own classes.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2087: Activity (6-12)
210A
Technology
Pareesa Shirazi, Texas Instruments
MathForward
Delivering Effective
Coaching that Counts
Explore a variety of strategies, tools, and tips that can make your coaching relevant and meaningful to the teachers you work with. Learn how to utilize free technology to help you connect with teachers, maintain communication, and improve organization, so your resources are accessible and easy for teachers to use. Engage in discussion with others in the field, and learn strategies for motivating resistant, novice, and veteran teachers. Reflect on opportunities for professional growth, and resources to improve your coaching practice.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2086: Activity (6-12)
214D
College/Career Readiness
Roxy Torres, ESC Region 20
Joel Rodriguez, ESC Region 20
Alamo STEM Workforce
Coalition—STEM
Externships for Teachers
Where does the M in STEM fit in the real world? The Alamo STEM Workforce
Coalition provided math teachers with an opportunity to see where math is applied in the workforce. This session will highlight the summer program where over 100 teachers attended to learn more about what industry is asking educators to share with students. Learn how to transform your mathematics classroom through Project
Based Learning and make meaningful math connections to the real world!
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2088: Activity (6-12)
304C
TEKS Content
Robert Hanchett, Spring ISD
Using Inexpensive Games to
Teach Geometry and More
Games bought at garage sales for 50 cents become a low-cost math manipulative,
What is the area of the Library on the
Clue board? How about the perimeter of the room? I teach Pythagorean theorem, distance formula, probability, and more using old games, LP records, and broken plates in my Geometry class. Come to this session and play without worksheets.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2089: Activity (6-12)
007A
TEKS Content
Michelle Adams, Nacogdoches ISD
Julie Sandifer, Stephen F. Austin State
University
Going in Circles
Do you feel like you are racing through the school year to get to the STAARstudded finish line? How can we help our students learn more rigorous and relevant mathematics while still helping them wave the checkered flag at the end? In this session, we will discuss how to help our students be engaged in foundational mathematics in an inquiry-based and engaging way.

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2090: Activity (6-12)
006B
Assessment, Commercial
Monique Chatman, Fort Bend ISD
Made You Look! Analyzing
Student Work with
Formative Assessment
In this session, we will use the TI Nspire™
Navigator as a formative assessment tool to gather data. Participants will look at the data and student work to determine the appropriate tools to persevere in problem solving, communicate mathematical ideas, and critique the reasoning of others using precise mathematical language.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2091: Activity (6-12)
214A
TEKS Content
Cody Patterson, The University of Texas at
San Antonio
Seeing Hidden Quantities:
The Modeling Cards Activity
What do we do when we encounter a problem that doesn’t contain all of the information needed to solve it? The
Modeling Cards activity is a fun and challenging group activity for middle and high school students (and teachers!) in which teams work together to solve quantitative problems by making appropriate assumptions, using ratio and rate reasoning in creative ways. Come experience the activity for yourself!
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2092: Activity (6-12)
224
Technology
David Surdovel, Manor ISD
LeShell Reeves, Manor ISD
Using Periscope for Math
Training
Periscope is a live streaming app that can be used for mathematics professional development. Come to this session to learn how David Surdovel, Manor ISD Curriculum
Director of Mathematics and Science, used
Periscope throughout the school year.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2093: Activity (6-12)
221D
Interventions
Kim Seymour, ESC Region 4
Humor in the Math
Classroom
Laughter is truly the best (and cheapest) medicine. Come enjoy a session that has the potential to increase your positive relationships with your students. Gather a few ideas on how to share your sense of humor with students. And enjoy a laugh or two along the way.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2094: Activity (6-12)
216A
Games
Rodelio Abuan, Houston ISD
Terrific Games, Puzzles, and Activities for Middle and High Schools
The session will show you how to make
8 unique, powerful, teaching and review tools that will generate immediate positive results in the quality and quantity of learning that takes place in your classroom.
These instructional tools and strategies can be tailor-made to your grade level and subject area, adjusted to fit any class size, and used as practice activities, review stations, warm-up, exit/entrance tickets, and more. We want to encourage teachers to incorporate games, puzzles, and activities as a teaching strategy, because students who find the classroom fun and stimulating become successful learners.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2095: Activity (6-12)
006D
Technology
Barbara Ward, Montgomery ISD
The TI-Nspire™ CX
Technology—Activities for
Beginners
This hands-on session will explore basic features of the TI-Nspire™ CX handheld technology to support classroom instruction of the TEKS. Several activities will be used to show a variety of functionality including the “Grab and Move” feature for translations and spreadsheets. Topics will include applications with graphing, geometry, and data and statistics. This session is truly for beginners.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2096: Activity (6-12)
006C
Technology
Margo Mankus, Texas Instruments
Teaching Algebra I with
Color Using the TI-84
Plus™ C SE and the TI-84
Plus™ CE
During this hands-on session, attendees will use the TI-84 Plus™ Color SE and the
TI-84 Plus™ CE graphing calculator to explore a variety of algebraic concepts to support instruction of the TEKS in algebra classrooms. The session will focus on ways to use color to enhance instruction.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2097: Presentation (6-12)
Hemisfair Ballroom 1
Teaching Practices
Dinah Zike, Dinah.com
Learn visual and kinesthetic techniques to help students become better problem solvers as they sequentially record their thinking and questioning processes in notebooks or journals. Whether tackling problems they have personally formulated, or solving problems presented to them by life situations, an instructor, or a text, there are strategies that can help students develop and apply their own problem-solving skills. Since it is often difficult or impossible to solve a word problem by a physical enactment, fun, alternative methods are incorporated into the presentation.

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2098: Activity (6-12)
217A
Math Literacy
Susan Hemphill, ESC Region 13
Snack Time! Using Data,
Ratio Tables, and Nutrition
Labels
Do you love to snack? Ever wonder how much you would need to eat of your favorite snack in order to meet FDA nutrition standards? In this session, participants will explore the data provided by food labels and use ratio tables to see if we can find a balance between YUM and daily allowances. Materials will be shared that can be used in the classroom which can then be extended into a project that encompasses many 6-8 TEKS.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2101: Activity (9-12)
008A
Gifted and Talented
Michael Ortiz, Sul Ross State University Rio
Grande College
Patricia Nicosia, Sul Ross State University Rio
Grande College
Beauty Both Ancient and
New: Geometry Beyond
“Geometry”
Too often algebra and geometry are viewed as airtight compartments, separate branches of human endeavor with little relation to one another. In this session, we explore ways of bridging the gap with parabolas, ellipses, and hyperbolas; combining ancient learning with modern technology through GeoGebra software.
Lesson ideas, hands-on experiments, tips and techniques for using GeoGebra, and links to online resources will be provided.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2103: Activity (9-12)
207A
Interventions
Anne Joyoprayitno, Charles A. Dana Center,
UT Austin
Kathi Cook, Charles A. Dana Center, UT Austin
Research-Based
Interventions for
Underprepared Algebra
Students
All students can succeed in algebra— including those who enter algebra instruction underprepared. These students may benefit from more time, but simply going more slowly is often not sufficient.
Learn about a comprehensive, cohesive approach to helping these students succeed, incorporating strategies drawn from research on mathematics, literacy, social psychology, and special education.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2099: Activity (6-12)
217C
Teaching Practices
Mary Lang and Kelly Blanco,
IBAT Education Foundation
Tap into the Tension About
Money: 3 Ways to Structure
Your Class Discussion
As of 2005, the Texas Legislature issued an unfunded mandate to high schools to offer personal financial education courses.
Beginning in 2014, personal financial literacy education is a required component of elementary, middle and high school programs.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2100: Activity (9-12)
302C
Technology, Commercial
Tina Alhashimi, Wayne County Schools
#LetMeTakeASelfie: Using the TI-Nspire™ App for iPad to Engage Students in
Learning
Embrace the “selfie” and use it as a teaching tool to promote student engagement and foster critical thinking.
Participants will explore algebraic and geometric concepts through hands-on activities involving TI-Nspire™ technology.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2102: Activity (9-12)
214B
Teaching Practices
Cornell Lacy, Dallas ISD
Teaching with a Soul—
The Importance of
Establishing Healthy
Relationships with Your
Students
From the moment I started teaching, I was deemed by the students as being
“different” and “fun.” I had absolutely no idea why, when I taught the same concepts as any other mathematics instructor.
Later, I began to understand what I did differently. Getting your students to care about you and your math class is not about buttering them up, being a pushover, or putting on a dog and pony show. Come have a discussion about this perceived teaching anomaly, so that we can help redefine what it means to be a high school mathematics teacher.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2104: Activity (9-12)
302A
TEKS Content
Julie Horn, Region 4 Education Service Center
Analyzing Situations
Do some of your Algebra I students struggle with analyzing verbal and graphical situations? Are you looking for another way to approach this topic during your intervention classes? This is the session for you! Come experience an interactive lesson on making sense of these situations that can be used with those who need additional instruction. Leave with a classroom-ready lesson that also includes foundational skills practice.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2105: Activity (9-12)
006A
Technology
John Ashurst, Independent Consultant
Gregory Foley, Ohio State University
TI-Nspire™ Activities That
Support Instruction of the
AQR TEKS
In this hands-on session, attendees will use the TI-Nspire™ CX handheld to explore a variety of activities for the Advanced
Quantitative Reasoning TEKS. College and career readiness is more important than ever, and quantitative literacy can help prepare students for college and for life beyond high school. Come see how graphing technology can be used to enhance instruction in the AQR classroom. Additional AQR resources will be discussed.

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2106: (Repeat of 2026) Activity (9-12)
304A
Teaching Practices
Cathy Banks, Texas Woman’s University
Jake Hammons, Texas Woman’s University
Using Different Methods to
Teach Proofs in High School
Geometry
We will look at teaching high school geometry proofs using three different methods as described in the TEKS; paragraph proofs, flow-chart proofs, and, of course, the 2 column proofs.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2107: (Repeat of 2067) Activity (9-12)
221A
TEKS Content
Jennifer Morgan, Coahoma ISD
Factoring Like a Champ
Do your students struggle with factoring?
Help them to factor like a champ! I’ll be showing different methods of factoring everything from trinomials to differences of cubes. The tic-tac-toe method of factoring trinomials with a coefficient other than one will be featured as well.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2108: (Repeat of 2021) Activity (9-12)
005
Gifted and Talented
Catherine Baker, Nederland ISD
Getting More “AP” into
Your Pre-AP Classes
In this session, you will learn simple additions you can make to your Pre-AP
Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, or PreCal classes to help your students be better prepared for the AP Calculus Exam.
(Repeat of session from 2015)
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2109: (Repeat of 2022) Activity (9-12)
217D
Gifted and Talented
Melody Young, Sherman ISD
Top 10 Things I Learned
While Grading AP Statistics
Exams
The presenter has been a grader for AP
Statistics for 6 years. We will look at the top 10 tips she has found during those 6 years to improve your AP Statistic scores.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2110: Presentation (9-12)
223
Teaching Practices
Carol Fletcher, Center for STEM Education
Alicia Beth, Center for STEM Education
AP Computer Science
Principles
In 2016-17, a new AP course called
Computer Science Principles will be launched. Unlike the traditional AP
Computer Science course which focuses exclusively on Java programming, AP CS
Principles is designed specifically to be an overview of the big ideas in computer science like creativity, algorithms, abstraction, and programming that can be taught through PBL. CS Principles is also designed explicitly to broaden and diversify the kind of student that traditionally enrolls in a CS course. This session will overview the new course and share resources, activities and curricula for teaching it from
UT Austin’s Thriving in Our Digital World project.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2111: Activity (College)
215
Eloise Kuehnert, University of North Texas
Understanding Binomials
Through Number Sense
Activities
Our research reveals that teachers struggle to express what is a binomial and operations involving them. This study shows a series of tasks using the distributive property and an area model to connect operations involving base-10 numbers and binomials, which will improve conceptual understandings of binomials.
Hands-on activities are included.

THURSDAY@
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
2112: Presentation (General Interest)
Stars at Night
Teaching Practices
Dan Meyer, Desmos
Highlighting relevance and making connections to the real world are often seen as the most effective strategies for engaging students in difficult mathematics, but both strategies are limited and can fail in crucial ways. We’ll add strategies to our repertoire, looking at research-based methods for “developing a question” instead.
THURSDAY@
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2113: Activity (6-8)
214C
Assessment
Jennifer Mitchell, Klein ISD
Alysa Hardin , Klein ISD
10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Hemisfair Ballroom 2
See page 13
Not Your Same Old Review!
Come learn interactive ways to deepen and extend your students’ knowledge for the big test day! These review tactics will not only help your students be successful, but have them asking for more!
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2114: Activity (6-8)
218
Assessment, Commercial
Nikki McGee
Promoting Pitfalls: Enhance
Mastery Through Error
Analysis
Research shows that students make common errors in mathematics: calculation errors, conceptual errors, and procedural errors. Giving students the opportunity to review errors and to assess their own understanding of math concepts promotes mastery. This session will provide error analysis tips and activities teachers can use in the classroom.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2115: Activity (6-8)
217D
Technology, Commercial
Kelli Mallory
Turning Math Instruction
On Its Head: Flipping Your
Classroom
Leading with learning means students start class with the tools they need to apply new skills. Flipped instruction works because listening to information is easy, but applying concepts without teacher guidance is harder, so we “flip” homework and lecture time. Students preview content as homework, then spend class time on assignments where learning is supported.
Come learn some ideas about how to use technology to help you flip your math class inside out!

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2116: Activity (6-8)
008A
Assessment
Randi Stowe, Conroe ISD
Watch Me Write; Watch
Me Think: Writing in
Mathematics
Do you hear cries of “But this is math class” when you ask your students to write in math? Writing allows students to make connections about what they are thinking. It also helps the teacher understand what students are thinking and catch misconceptions. Walk away with strategies to scaffold students in writing in mathematics.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2117: Activity (6-8)
209
Technology, Commercial
Tony Morrow, First in Math
Building Self-Efficacy and
Grit Through Purposeful
Practice
Experience First in Math, the Texas Online
Math Competition built on the 24 game, where students get so excited about math that they solve thousands of problems and soar beyond grade level. Create more teaching time by compelling your students to immerse themselves in Deep
Practice with little direction, incorporating procedural fluency in K-8 content.
We’ll discuss simple goal-setting and motivational strategies that promote grit, tenacity, and perseverance.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2119: Activity (6-8)
214D
Teaching Practices
Tami Scruggs, Huntsville ISD
Amy Leino, Roger McNeel, Rolando Salazar,
Huntsville ISD
Math Fun and Games for
All—Part 6
Build champions with engaging games and activities! Materials used will be for grades 4-6, but can easily be adjusted for any level, math concept, and even other subjects. Organization and storage ideas will be included! If you have trained hard, worked as a team, and competed for prizes in our past CAMT sessions, come join us again for all new activities! Each of our sessions (parts 5, 6, and 7) will be different, so go for the gold and join us for all 3.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2120: Activity (6-8)
225B
Teaching Practices
Darla Heath, Rains ISD
Kinesthetic Lesson and
Project Ideas
During this session, I will share the projects that my students have been doing in the classroom. Topics will include concept posters, tessellaton boards, and game boards. I will also show some “get your seats out of the seats” lessons that will help your students be active while learning.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2118: Activity (6-8)
225A
TEKS Content
NIcholas Restivo, MOEMS
Creating Champion Problem
Solvers
Using creative, challenging, and interesting problems in your class will enable your students to dialogue with each other mathematically. Problems with multiple solution paths keep them coming back for more and enables them to think outside the box.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2121: Activity (6-8)
213A
TEKS Content
Jennifer Jobe, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Jackie Shea, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
You Mean Math Can Be
Fun?
Join us to find out how math can really be fun. Activities geared toward intervention and remediation will be presented. All participants will have access to classroomready electronic files used in this presentation as well as other ready-to-use resources.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2122: Presentation (6-8)
216A
Teaching Practices
Andrew Stadel, Tustin Unified School
District
Students often lack access to opportunities to strengthen their number sense. Come explore tasks, teacher strategies, and tools that give students opportunities to increase their number sense and deepen their ability to problem solve and model with mathematics.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2123: Presentation (6-8)
301
Jo Ann Bilderback, Texas Education Agency
Julie Guthrie, Texas Education Agency
This session will present the most current information regarding grades
6-8 mathematics education. Critical issues such as state and federal requirements, revised TEKS, MSTAR initiative, TxAIR, Project Share, and
STAAR will be discussed by curriculum and assessment staff. Attendees will be given the opportunity to ask questions.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2124: Activity (6-8)
Hemisfair Ballroom 3
Games
John Felling, Box Cars & One-Eyed Jacks
Math Fun “Die” Mentals for
Middle Years
A favorite at last year’s CAMT, with updated games and activities, will start your year off right! There is a whole lot of math unlocked when students use simple dice. Order of operations, linear equations, coordinate geometry including slope, statistics, and graphing are just a few of the concepts highlighted during this session. A handout with game boards will be provided and participants will be provided links so they can download rules and many follow-up activities.

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2125: Activity (6-8)
007A
Iris Folger, MATHCOUNTS
MATHCOUNTS:
Competition and Problem
Solving
MATHCOUNTS provides three separate, but complementary, programs designed to provide fun and challenging problems to increase enthusiasm for and enhance achievement in middle school math students.Participants will receive the program overview, examples using current
MATHCOUNTS problems, and access to
300 challenging problems.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2128: Activity (6-12)
004
Games
Glenna Tabor, Glenna Tabor Resources, LLC
Hands-On Algebra I
How can a teacher make Algebra I handson, engaging, and fun while maintaining rigor and relevance in all lessons? This session will explore how to use math stations, technology, manipulatives, and games to help your Algebra I students meet and exceed their potential.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2126: Activity (6-12)
223
Interventions
Bill Jasper, Sam Houston State University/
TODOS
Enhancing Deeper Learning for Struggling Math
Students
This session will provide research-based instructional strategies that help students with disabilities, English learners, and other struggling students to achieve deeper understanding of math concepts.
Examples will be shown that improve success, even when raising learning expectations for struggling students. Ideas will be discussed in an interactive manner to allow for “lessons learned” from all participants.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2129: Activity (6-12)
212A
TEKS Content, Commercial
Daniel Tu-Hoa
Mathspace: Why You’ll
Never Grade Math
Assignments Again.
Seriously.
Meet Mathspace. You’ve seen it all, right? Adaptive learning? Handwriting recognition? Every math question graded line-by-line? Whoa, that’s new!
Mathspace is the world’s first adaptive program allowing students to show every step of their math work, writing naturally into a mobile device. They get feedback at each step, and it’s all auto-graded for you.
Bye-bye multiple choice! BYOD to try the
TEKS-aligned Mathspace, and ask about a free trial!
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2127: Activity (6-12)
214A
Assessment
Adreana Davis, University of North Texas
Tequita Azantilow, Dallas County Community
Colleges
Fired Up for Math
Success: Using Short-Cycle
Formative Assessments to
Help Students Set Goals for
Mastery
How might mathematics teachers provide their students with feedback during the learning process that can help them set their own goals towards mastery? What changes can mathematics teachers make to their instruction after observing and receiving evidence of student learning to help students become self-sufficient learners? How can the use of short-cycle formative assessments help teachers ensure student success in the mathematics classroom? Come find out in this session!
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2130: Activity (6-12)
211
Technology
Tom Reardon, Youngstown State University
Tips and Tricks on the TI-
84 and TI-84CE(color) for
Grades 7-12
For new and experienced users. Get several creative and cool ideas to utilize the TI-84 and its color version, TI-
84CE, much more effectively. Develop conceptual understanding better. See how to use the 84 as an evaluator of complex expresssions easily, trace on a graph and table simultaneously, and much more.
See how to use color photos to help teach transformation graphing. And get tips on how to fully utilize the TI-SmartView graphing calculator emulator.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2131: Activity (6-12)
217A
TEKS Content
Laura Wilson
Cheryl Essick, Boerne ISD
With the Brain in Mind—
How Boys and Girls Learn
Math!
Come learn how brain formation influences mathematics learning for boys and girls.
This session will highlight strengths in the female and male brain structures that can influence learning. Gain insight into classroom activities and practices that can promote engagement for both genders.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2132: Activity (6-12)
006A
Technology
Pareesa Shirazi, Texas Instruments
MathForward
Success On Day 1 with the
TI-Nspire™ CX Technology
Whether you are integrating TI-Nspire™ technology into your classroom for the first time or simply want to polish your skills for back to school, this hands-on session will highlight strategies for success on Day
One. We will explore basic technology skills on the TI-Nspire™ CX handheld and you will also learn techniques for modeling technology skills in your classroom with the
TI-Nspire™ Teacher software. If you use the TI-Nspire™, this session is for you.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2133: Activity (6-12)
006C
Technology
Margo Mankus, Texas Instruments
Top Ten Overlooked TI-84
Plus Features
This session will provide practical advice on TI-84 Plus functionality. Whether you are a TI-84 Plus veteran, a TI-84 Plus
C SE user, or are picking up the TI-84
Plus CE for the first time, there are many valuable, but often overlooked features that can enhance instruction and increase student understanding. This session was also featured as a TI Webinar with over
200 participants and is recorded for your convenience at www.education.ti.com/ webinars.

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2134: Activity (6-12)
006D
Technology
Vince O’Connell, Texas Instruments
Ten Excellent Reasons to
Visit the TI Website
This presentation will provide an update of the latest from Texas Instruments featuring support materials at www.
education.ti.com. Learn about the 1000+ free calculator activities and lesson plans,
EOC practice tests, tutorials, and on-line courses. Explore TEKS-specific materials for your classroom. Check out the new
STEM Behind Health materials, learn about
TI’s new 84 Activity Central, and visit TI’s page on Facebook—www.facebook.com/ ticalculators.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2136: Activity (6-12)
304C
Bea Luchin, NUMBERS
A social justice curriculum can help students recognize the power of mathematics as an essential analytical tool for understanding and potentially changing their world. In this session, educators will learn how to design and implement interdisciplinary social justice units of study related to their students’ families and communities, while assessing learning in a contextualized, holistic manner.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2135: Activity (6-12)
006B
Technology
Abby Sanchez, Goliad ISD
The TI-Nspire Navigator™
System—Activities for
Intermediate Users
This hands-on session will demonstrate some advanced features of the TI-Nspire™ and TI-Nspire™ CX Navigator classroom learning systems using the TI-Nspire™ handheld technology to support instruction of the TEKS. An overview of TI-Nspire™
Navigator resources available at the www.
mathnspired.com website will also be provided. If you have a TI-Nspire™ CX
Navigator system and have been using it for instruction, this session is for you.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2137: Activity (9-12)
205
TEKS Content
Kim Sadler, SpringBoard, The College Board
Allen Freiherr Von Pallandt, SpringBoard, The
College Board
Fostering Math Chatter
So That It Matters for All
Students
Communication is a two-way street and so is TEKS mastery. All students must become proficient with the content as well as the Texas Process Standards to ensure deep conceptual understanding.
This session will focus on problem solving and collaborative strategies that support all students in building these habits of mind and content knowledge. Learn how to engage all levels of learners in critical thinking tasks that promote meaningful dialogue.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2138 : Activity (9-12)
005
Assessment, Commercial
Tracey Zak Johnson, Independent
Pushing the Limits of Your
Graphing Calculator for the
EOC Algebra Test
In this session, teachers will be introduced to a graphing calculator that uses natural display which can make the difference between passing and failing the STAAR exam. Testing strategies will be taught that can be brought back to the classroom. We will also show many features of this colored graphing calculator which can bring to life linear and quadratic equations using real-life situations. Each participant will be able to participate using technology provided by the presenter.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2139: Presentation (9-12)
224
Teaching Practices
Carol Fletcher, Center for STEM Education
John Owen, Center for STEM Education
WeTeachCS
In a recent Gallup survey, only 7% of principals said “demand is high” among parents for computer science education, while 67% of parents said they thought computer science should be a required course. If your school is looking for ways to fill the demand for computer science,
WeTeachCS from UT Austin’s Center for
STEM Education/TRC can help. This presentation will overview the WeTeachCS program at UT Austin which includes a variety of low-to-no cost professional development opportunities to help teachers become certified to teach CS. The program helps teachers access instructional resources including online courses, faceto-face training, and a $1,000 stipend for teachers who add a CS certification. Door prizes are included.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2140: Activity (College)
215
Molly Veselka, Baylor University
Mathematics Anxiety in
Adult Developmental
Learners
This session will share results from a study that explored the relationship between successful developmental learners and those with math anxiety. Understanding math anxiety can better equip educators to support students (particularly those studying to be future teachers) to be successful in mathematics and to assist their own future students to be successful in mathematics.

THURSDAY@
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2141: Presentation (General Interest)
301
Teaching Practices
David Molina, David Molina &
Associates, Inc.
Today, the use of the word “rigor” is ubiquitous in schools. However, do we know what rigor means? Do we understand the different types of rigor?
Can we describe what rigor means in the context of the teaching and learning of mathematics? Let’s start to make sense of “rigor” by examining the rigor of released test items from three perspectives: content, process, and cognitive demand!
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2142: Presentation (General Interest)
303
Teaching Practices
James Tanton, The Mathematical
Association of America
Following the opening lecture of
CAMT 2016, let’s spend some time together digging even deeper into the wonders and the astounding delights of Exploding Dots.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2143: Activity (6-8)
221A
TEKS Content, Commercial
Linda Kaiser, Pflugerville ISD
Cementing Integer
Operations with Algebra
Tiles
Are you tired of trying to decide which manipulative, “walk it out” type lesson or number lines with cars will finally get your students to grasp operations with integers?
Algebra Tiles can solve this problem! ONE manipulative can take your students from
6th grade through Algebra. Come and experience this powerful tool and walk away inspired!
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2144: Activity (6-8)
205
Games
Anita Jafferali, Houston ISD
Patricia McMorris, Houston ISD
Gearing Up for Fun In
Mathematics
Participants will engage in multiple ways to incorporate hands-on activities to enhance mathematics instructional and ensure that the students learn that mathemaitcs can be fun.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2146: Activity (6-8)
217C
TEKS Content
Brad Fulton, Mistletoe STEM Institute
STEM on a Shoestring
STEM instruction is engaging, exciting, empowering, and often expensive! Learn how Mistletoe STEM Institute provides
STEM instruction to all students for pennies. Complete handout with activities included.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2147: Activity (6-8)
004
TEKS Content, Commercial
Terry Goodman, Concordia University–Texas
The “Why,” “What If,” and
“How Do You Know” of Student Explorations
This session will focus on using teachergenerated explorations to help middle grade students understand and apply important mathematics concepts. Participants will be provided with a handout containing several student explorations and will be asked to consider how teachers can facilitate student explanations and discussion as they engage in such explorations.
Emphasis will be placed on developing useful “why,” “what if,” and “how do you know” questions for students.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2145: Activity (6-8)
221D
TEKS Content, Commercial
Kris Tullos, Ector County ISD
Qualitative, Quantitative,
Shape, Spread...Help!!!!!
Do you have a skewed view of statistics lingo? Does it seem random? Don’t fret, you are normal! Join us and shape up your statistics confidence. We won’t be mean, and we will cover a range of TEKS. We won’t deviate from our focus, and handy tools will be distributed. Stats the way I like it!
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2148: Activity (6-8)
302C
TEKS Content
Nancy Richards, McKinney ISD
Tricks and Treats for
Teaching Math
Trick or Treat! Who wants to learn some good things to teach? In this fun presentation you’ll learn tricks for teaching math and treats for teaching! You’ll learn
TRICKS, such as “Texas Popcorn,” “Pizza
Bite,” and “Really Delicious Chocolate.”
You’ll enjoy TREATS, such as math cartoons, cheers, and how to use attentiongetting props in your classroom. If you enjoy getting ideas, tweaking them, and making them work for your classroom, you’re in for a real TREAT!

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2149: Activity (6-8)
214B
TEKS Content, Commercial
Ann Wheeler, Texas Woman’s University
Using Algebra Tiles to
Understand Expressions
During this session, participants will use algebra tiles to understand the concept of expressions. Topics will include simplifying expressions and equivalent expressions.
The properties of operations will also be discussed.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2150: Activity (6-8)
207B
TEKS Content
Dennis Mulhearn, Valley Stream NY (retired)/
MOEMS
Add Contest Problems to
Your Repertoire to Teach
Area in Grades 6-8
In middle school, area concepts can be investigated and reinforced by solving authentic, non-routine problems. Often the real problem is finding appropriate problem-solving gems. Math contests can be such a source. Participants will work through at least a dozen contest classics involving area and will leave with these and over 50 additional problems to take back and use immediately.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2153: Activity (6-12)
304B
TEKS Content
Dane Ehlert, Wylie ISD
3 Act Math: A How-To
3 Act Math is an innovative, inquiry-based lesson format designed to tackle the challenge of modeling with mathematics.
In this session, I will conduct a 3 Act
Math task in order to provide tools for the audience to implement these lessons. The session will also describe why these tasks are important by detailing effects on the student mindset.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2151: Presentation (6-8)
Hemisfair Ballroom 1
Teaching Practices
Marcy Cook, Marcy Cook Math
Expect students to persevere in solving puzzle-like problems. Provoke thought with problems requiring strategic thinking (not just memorizing, applying a rule or formula, or a set of procedures to get the right answer).
Communication between students needs to be a constant. Challenge students with problems that provoke thought and require perseverance.
Encourage mathematical discourse and justification of thinking by providing problems that have more than one right answer or multiple ways of finding the answer. “Push” students to higher-level thinking with good problems.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2152: (Repeat of 2033) Activity (6-8)
223
Teaching Practices
Susie Hakansson, TODOS: Mathematics for
All
Equity and Excellence:
Understanding Ratios and
Proportional Reasoning
We want all students to develop mathematical proficiency in using ratios and proportional reasoning. For this to occur, we must address the language needs of students, particularly English learners, and address our own understanding of ratios and proportional reasoning, thus focusing on equity and excellence. Be prepared to do some mathematics!
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2155: Activity (6-12)
008A
TEKS Content
Jennifer Wathall, Island School
Concept-Based
Mathematics Curriculum and Instruction
This session will discuss how we transition curriculum and instruction from a transmission method of memorizing processes and skills to a three-dimensional model where we foster conceptual understanding in our students. This session will be highly interactive, where you will be given opportunities to collaborate, share ideas, and see exemplar learning experiences.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2154: Activity (6-12)
216A
Technology
Patti Nicodemo, Region 4 ESC
BYOD: Formative
Assessment for the 21st
Century
Come learn about current 21st century tools that will make formative assessment fast and fun. You can use these tools along with formative assessment strategies to identify areas for improvement so that you can adapt lessons to meet the needs of your students.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2156: Activity (6-12)
214C
Technology
John Choins, Midway ISD
Flipping a Math Class with
Ease—A How To Anyone
Can Do
Have you ever thought about flipping your math class? Are you wondering what flipping is all about, but not sure where to start? Are you looking for new ideas for flipping your math class? If you answered
“YES” to any of those questions, then this session is for you. I will share with you the process I go through to flip my math and algebra classes, from video creation to class management. I will also share the incredible advantages of flipping.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2157: Activity (6-12)
206A
Interventions
Pamela Webster, Texas A&M University–
Commerce
Go for the Gold: Non-
Manipulative Strategies for
Secondary
In secondary classrooms, we sometimes look for ways to present materialto our students in a way that will help them retain the information. This session focuses on non-manipulative strategies for helping students learn. Flow charts in math?
Sequencing steps of a multi-step problem?
Problem passing as a strategy for doing those “order of operations” or “factoring problems? Why not? Activities available in an electronic form. Door prizes at the end!

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2158: Activity (6-12)
210A
Technology
Ariel Taylor, Fort Bend ISD
Ronald Bell, Austin ISD
The Google Takeover
This session provides a hands-on learning experience where teachers will engage in Google best practices. Teachers will be introduced to innovative ways to incorporate Google Apps in daily lessons.
The apps will be presented as ways to check for understanding, differentiate instruction, and incorporate literacy in the math classroom. Specifically, teachers will see Google Drive as a collaborative technique, Flubaroo as a grading aide, and much more.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2159: Activity (6-12)
211
Technology, Commercial
Mark von Rosenberg, Fort Worth Catholic
Diocese
Begin the School Year in
Geometry with a Program!
How would you like to begin the next school year in Geometry with a fist full of valuable programs in your TI 84+ that will take you through the entire year? Then this is the hands-on activity for you. Using the TI 84+ graphing calculator, you will be taught how to introduce your students to the basic menu program. Programs will include Distance Formula, Midpoint
Formula and others. This is a BYOD session and loan calculators will be available. A detailed handout will be provided.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2160: Activity (6-12)
305
Pre-Service/New Teacher
Rudy Morales, Houston ISD
Maria Benzon, University of Houston/ teachHOUSTON
Tips to Motivate and
Manage Your Classroom
(for Novices and Frustrated
Secondary Math Teachers)
Even with the best intentions, teaching can feel like you take 2 steps forward and 1 step back daily. In this session, the speakers will present effective instructional strategies, easy procedures for organization and student documentation, and efficient tips to integrate TI technologies to motivate your students and manage your classroom!
Let’s work smarter, not just harder!
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2161: Activity (6-12)
006A
Technology, Commercial
Sandra Hocutt
Exploring Quadratic
Activities in Algebra I with the TI-Nspire™ CX
Technology
During this hands-on session, attendees will use the TI-Nspire™ CX to explore a variety of quadratic activities to support instruction of the TEKS in algebra classrooms. The session will also focus on many TI-Nspire™ features including multiple and linked representations of data.
The TI-Nspire™ CX Navigator System will also be used for instruction. The TI-
Nspire™ handheld is acceptable for use on the STAAR Algebra I EOC, STAAR Math
Grade 8, SAT, ACT, IB, and AP exams.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2164: (Repeated 2234) Activity (9-12)
225A
Technology
Robert Ceyanes, Comal ISD
Beyond Parabolas—
Exploring Cubics with
Sketchpad
This session builds on Ceyanes’ 2015 featured article in Mathematic Teachers magazine that uses graphing software to describe how functions are interconnected.
Going beyond parabolas, this session is a must for secondary teachers (especially
Algebra I and Algebra II). Students will visually see why the rules of functions work and remember them forever. It will change the way you teach and view functions!
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2162: Activity (6-12)
006D
Technology
Monique Chatman, Fort Bend ISD
STEM Activities—
Let’s Focus on the
“M”athematics
From zombies to superheroes and medicine to space; TI has numerous materials and resources to support not only the TEKS, but also the instruction of STEM activities in the math classroom. Programs such as
“STEM Behind Hollywood,” the nationally recognized “STEM Behind Health,”
“NASA and TI,” and the syndicated CBS series “NUMBERS” provide excellent opportunities for students to explore a variety of topics with TI technology. Come discover what the TI website has to offer.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2165: Activity (9-12)
214A
Assessment
Josh Wilkerson, Regents School of Austin
Cultivating Mathematical
Affections Through Service-
Learning
This session will equip participants to design, implement, and evaluate servicelearning projects in which students partner with non-profit organizations. Through these projects, students integrate their conceptual understanding of math with the practical functioning of their local community, ultimately gaining deeper knowledge of content and a deeper appreciation for the role math plays in society. Examples from geometry and statistics will be provided.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2163: Activity (6-12)
304C
Kecia Wright, Cedar Hill ISD
Nicole Rose, Cedar Hill ISD
Tutoring for S.W.A.G.
(Students with Academic
Goals
Have you had students come to tutoring only to sit and wait for instructions as if it were a regular class period? By requiring students to complete a content intervention form prior to coming, teachers can make tutoring more meaningful and individualized for each student. In this session, we will go through the Content
Intervention Process and show ways to implement it not only in math, but in all subject areas.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2166: Activity (9-12)
005
Gifted and Talented
Craig McCarron, University of the
Incarnate Word
Fun with Polar Equations
We will give a brief history of and show applications of polar equations, and we will creste interesting designs with them.

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2167: Activity (9-12)
218
Technology
Frances De Leon-De Hoyos, Northside ISD iNspire in the High School
Math Classroom
Trying to reach the struggling learner?
Come learn how to use various iPad apps
(including Nspire) to engage students and enhance mathematical learning in your classroom. iPads with preloaded apps will be provided for use during the presentation.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2170: Activity (9-12)
006B
Technology
Andi Parr, ESC Region 12
Transformations in Algebra
2 with the TI-Nspire™ CX
Technology
During this hands-on session, attendees will use the TI-Nspire™ CX to explore a variety of algebraic concepts involving transformations used in Algebra 2. The session will feature many unique and dynamic TI-Nspire™ features. The TI-
Nspire™ CX Navigator System will also be used for instruction and data collection.
The TI-Nspire™ CX is acceptable for the
STAAR Algebra I EOC, STAAR Math Grade
8, SAT, ACT, and the AP exams.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2168: Activity (9-12)
007A
Gifted and Talented
Sandra Lowell, Northside ISD
Using Free Response
Questions to Promote
AP Exam Scores in AP
Statistics and AP Calculus
Incorporate FRQ’s in your curriculum for students to demonstrate understanding and mastery of the topics. Promote timed writing and focus on the rubric specifics as students learn throughout the year.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2171: Presentation (6-8)
224
Teaching Practices
Karen North
Kim Lane, Susan Reeves
Code Math TEKS
Practice creates easy from difficult. Coding is a fun practice tool for math.It is a way of communicating, a way of understanding a process and articulating that through code. See how Code.org lessons, including unplugged activities, build the process standards for K-8 math TEKS through finance, art, and geometry.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2169: Activity (9-12)
006C
Technology
Greg Foley, Ohio State University
John Ashurst, Independent Consultant
Calculator Activities that
Support Instruction of the
AQR TEKS
In this hands-on session, attendees will use the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator to explore a variety of activities for the Advanced Quantitative Reasoning
TEKS. Quantitative literacy includes numerical reasoning, an understanding of measurement, statistical reasoning, and the ability to model contexts using mathematics. Come see how graphing technology can be used to enhance instruction in the AQR classroom.
Additional AQR resources will be discussed.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2172: Activity (College)
215
Adreana Davis, University of North Texas
Targeted Instructional
Support on Formative
Assessment
This particular study is significant, because it is important for teachers to understand how to gather students’ learning evidence in an effective and consistent way. The impact that teachers have in the formative assessment process directly impacts student success in the mathematics classroom. All students can learn; however, every student does not learn at the same rate. Effective formative assessment strategies can assist students as they progress.

THURSDAY@
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2173: Presentation (General Interest)
303
Teaching Practices
John Staley, Baltimore County Public
Schools
Word, real-world, application, or modeling problems, what’s in a name?
How do you build your students’ skills so that they are ready to actively engage in the problem-solving process?
During this session, participants will unpack a framework and strategies that help students’ develop their problem-solving tool kit.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2174: Activity (6-8)
214C
TEKS Content
Alejandra Zamora, Klein ISD
Ariel Bass, Klein ISD
Build Your Model: What’s
Your Sign?
Do your students struggle with integer fluency? Have you taught them the integer rules, songs, and tricks and they still can’t get it? Would you like to show your students that a negative times a negative really is a positive? Explore how you can improve fluency by building conceptual understanding with the use of integer chips to model how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide integers.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2175: Activity (6-8)
008A
Interventions
Jennifer Smith, 4mulaFun, Inc.
Differentiation in Middle
School—The Ins, the Outs, and the How Tos
Every year we get a new group of students who come in with different needs and learning styles. Making time to differentiate in our classroom is not only important, but also very crucial to make sure that we are meeting each of our students’ needs.
Come join me as we cover the ins and outs as well as some helpful tips and tricks on how to implement differentiation from the beginning of the school year.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2177: Presentation (6-8)
301
Teaching Practices
Bea Luchin, NUMBERS
Learn how to integrate the TEKS
Mathematical Process Standards into daily instruction in meaningful ways, including Learning Stations, formative assessments, and Interactive Student
Notebooks.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2176: Activity (6-8)
217D
Teaching Practices
Kathleen Mittag, Retired Professor‚ UT at
San Antonio
Real-world data will be collected by the participants. Using the collected data, the concepts of mean and median, and stem-and-leaf plots will be demonstrated. Box plot and histogram will be developed. The four types of data will also be discussed. A calculator will be used used to confirm the statistics calculations. TEKS statistics concepts will be highlighted.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2178: Activity (6-8)
006A
Technology
Jane Damaske, Independent Consultant
Building Concepts in Mathematics for
Expressions and Equations
This hands-on session will feature TI’s new Building Concepts in Mathematics resources and the TI-Nspire™ CX
Technology. Building Concepts in
Mathematics is a series of lessons that cover essential, foundational mathematics concepts—like expressions and equations.
Activities will focus on TEKS for Grades 5 through 8. Attendees will receive samples of lessons and activities that can be used with the TI-Nspire™ technology.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2179: Activity (6-8)
221B
TEKS Content
Cindy Manzano, Texas Council on Economic
Education
Checks and Balances
Do you need a way to make personal financial literacy engaging for your 6th graders? Participate in activity-based lessons and games where students learn about overdraft protection options and how to keep track of checking account transactions which include debit cards, checks, transfers, fees, and deposits.
Teachers will walk away with links to free assessments and activity-based lessons that support the new personal financial literacy strand in mathematics.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2182: Activity (6-8)
304C
Candace Jackson, Aldine ISD
Strategies for Improving
Student Engagement in
Mathematics
When students are not provided with authentically engaging and diverse experiences in the mathematics classroom, the instruction lacks equity. Equitable instruction is high quality instruction, and the effects of high quality instruction are far reaching. In this session, learn how to develop students engagement in your classroom and encourage students to take an active role in the learning process.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2180: Activity (6-8)
214D
Teaching Practices
Amy Leino, Huntsville ISD
Tami Scruggs, Roger McNeel, Rolando
Salazar, Huntsville ISD
Math Fun and Games for
All—Part 7
Build champions with engaging games and activities! Materials used will be for grades 4-6, but can easily be adjusted for any level, math concept, and even other subjects. Organization and storage ideas will be included! If you have trained hard, worked as a team, and competed for prizes in our past CAMT sessions, come join us again for all new activities! Each of our sessions (parts 5, 6, and 7) will be different, so go for the gold and join us for all 3.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2183: Activity (6-12)
221C
ESL, Commercial
Betsy Urschel, Dallas ISD
A Kinesthetic Multisensory
Approach to Algebra and
Geometry
As mathematical concepts get more abstract, students struggle to understand them. This hands-on session will explore how kinesthetic learning occurs by direct experience and how understanding develops as a result of what was done rather than what was said or read in a secondary mathematics classroom.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2181: Activity (6-8)
004
Technology
Kay Arenas, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Digital Tools for the Digital
Learner
What techniques and tools can we use to engage and motivate our reluctant learners?
This session offers ideas, activities, and tools to address the increasing needs of the diverse learners in our classroom.
Practical, ready-to-use activities will be presented that will transform your classroom into a technology-rich learning environment for our 21st Century learners.
Leave this session with ready-to-use activities.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2184: Activity (6-12)
209
Interventions
Drew Wyrick, Fort Worth ISD
Colleen Eddy, University of North Texas
Access for All: Collecting
Like Terms and Solving
Equations
This session is for those who are new to using concrete materials to support algebraic reasoning effectively. Come see the strategies using concrete materials such as algebra tiles and Algeblocks for collecting like terms and solving equations.
The presenters will show you how to introduce these hands-on materials at the beginning of the year and how to use them for integers, algebraic expressions, and equations.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2185: Activity (6-12)
214A
Interventions
Libby Chaskin, Independent Consulant
Callie Angel, Houston ISD
Casey Passed, and It
Was No Miracle!: The
Continuing Saga
Casey stuggles in math and barely passed the 5th grade STAAR, but he did! Learn about the interventions that worked with
Casey and other struggling students.
These interventions include the math multiplication chart, Skype, calculators, blitzes, prizes and lots of WORK. Learn about Discalculia and what to do about it.
Hear from Casey about how he feels about math and why it takes more effort for him to learn, especially now that he is in middle school.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2186: Activity (6-12)
213A
Assessment
Paul Rodriguez, Corpus Christi ISD
Championing Critical
Thought
When an athlete fails at achieving a physical goal, the athlete reviews his process, collaborates with coaches, restructures the original approach, and tries again. When a student fails to achieve an academic goal, he or she accepts defeat but never understands the “why.” The difference between these two scenarios is how I professionally describe critical thought—where learning is developmental and free from a permanent state of mind.
Come explore a new process of fostering a student’s idea of mathematics with a sense of coaching, mentoring, and shared learning!
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2187: (Repeated 2321) Activity (6-12)
217C
TEKS Content
Rhonda Meyer, Dinah Zike Academy
Fold for Gold: First Steps and Decisions with
Foldables ®
Do you wonder where to begin implementing Dinah Zike’s Foldables in your classroom? Do you leave a Foldable session motivated and inspired, then find yourself overwhelmed at the prospect of implementing it? This session is for you!
Leave ready to address TEKS standards, vocabulary, and more—find yourself on the road to gold with Foldables!

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2188: Activity (6-12)
206B
Gifted and Talented
Geoffrey Miller, Texas State University
Going with the Flow
According to Mihalyi Csikszentmihalyi, flow feels like “being carried away by a current, everything moving smoothly without effort.”
Flow happens when people such as athletes and musicians “get in the zone,” but it can also happen when students tackle a challenging problem. If you want to addict your students to mathematics, flow is the way to go! I will share several problemsolving activities designed to engage students in flow.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2190.5: Presentation (6-12)
224
TEKS Content
Emmanual Schanzer, Bootstrap
Bootstrap: Programming
Videogames with Algebra
In this talk, Emmanual will explore the literature and current research of algebra education and programming. He will also introduce Bootstrap, a standards-based curriculum that teaches students to program their own video games using purely algebraic and geometeric concepts. Find out how to bring functional programming to middle and high school students.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2193: Presentation (6-12)
Stars at Night
Teaching Practices
Dan Meyer, Desmos
We often offer students algebraic shortcuts, strategies, and skills before students understand their origin, their value, and the millions of hours of work they’ve saved mathematicians throughout history. We’ll look at techniques for putting students in a position to need these challenging algebraic skills so those skills feel like power, not punishment.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2189: Activity (6-12)
223
TEKS Content
Bill Jasper, Sam Houston State University/
TODOS
Enhancing Language
Acquisition During Math
Lessons
English Language Learners and struggling students can do mathematics, if they understand the academic vocabulary used during instruction. This session will provide hands-on activities and suggestions for teachers on how to improve vocabulary acquisition within the context of mathematics lessons, using visual, kinesthetic, and modeling strategies appropriate for the middle school classroom. Modified classroom lessons will be demonstrated.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2190: Activity (6-12)
007A
TEKS Content
Jennifer High, Conroe ISD
One Problem: Many Access
Points
Work through activities using the TI-
Nspire™ CX Navigator System that allows students to create multiple representations and write their own questions to analyze the situations. Learn strategies for helping students make deeper connections and increase math talk among students.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2191: Activity (6-12)
006B
TEKS Content
Sandra Hocutt
Using TI Nspire™ CX
Navigator to Help Your
Students Win the Gold
Participants will experience the dynamics of using pre-made activities from TI Math
Nspire™ to deliver curriculum in exciting ways to your students.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2192: Activity (6-12)
006C
Technology
Robb Wilson, Texas Instruments
Where’s the “On” Button?
Graphing Calculators for
Absolute Beginners
This hands-on session will explore basic features of the TI-84 Plus family of graphing calculators to support classroom instruction of the TEKS. Topics will include mode setting, entering data into lists, setting windows, constructing statistical plots, exploring data tables, and using split screens. If you use the Ti-84
Plus, TI-84 Plus C SE, or TI-84 Plus CE this sessions is for you. This is truly for beginners. Calculators will be provided, but feel free to bring your own.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2194: Activity (6-12)
006D
Technology
Tom Reardon, Youngstown State University
Using the TI-84 Plus™
SmartView Software to
Create Worksheets and
More!
This session will provide an overview of the
TI-84 Plus™ Color Silver Edition SmartView emulator software and demonstrate how
SmartView or the TI Connect can be used to make a variety of worksheets. By using this software program, classroom review sheets or assessments can be made with almost any model of TI graphing calculator.
Attendees will also learn how to upgrade to the new TI-84 Plus™ CE emulator software at no cost.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2195: Activity (College)
215
Jamaal Young, University of North Texas
Jemimah Young, University of North Texas
Technology Professional
Development for Urban
Mathematics Teachers:
Using Confidence
Intervals to Characterize
Effectiveness
Experts have cited the integration of technology as an important component of student success in mathematics. The proliferation of educational technology in the US has provided teachers with more electronic resources than ever before, but some teachers have not received sufficient training to enhance learning. We will discuss some effective professional development practices with technology for mathematics classrooms in urban schools.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2196: Activity (9-12)
212A
Technology
Juliann Doris, Dev Valle ISD
Blended Mathematics
Learning
Directions: whip 2 old-school math teachers ahead of time, stir in 30 newfangled netbooks, grind 45 math TEKS evenly, and grate 100 at-risk students who would rather be anywhere but in class.
Continue to blend for 177 days or until mixture is pureed. I will share my first year experiences (the tasty, the bland, and even the indigestible) in a blended learning (a variety of lecture, group and independent work, projects, flipped instruction with and without technology) math classroom for at-risk students. Join my google class Math
Chair CAMT 2015 with the code: 6c7m8f.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2197: Activity (9-12)
305
TEKS Content
Kim Seymour, ESC Region 4
Drawing Conclusions in Geometry
Come experience a 5E lesson designed to review applying logical reasoning and making and verifying conjectures in geometric relationships.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2198: Activity (9-12)
216A
TEKS Content
Carol Danner, Sanger ISD
Grabbing Gold with the
Silver Fox
As a teacher with 38 years of experience
(and lots of silver hair), I will share some of my best and most successful teaching tips.
These will include elements of whole brain teaching, use of songs and movement, discipline tips, life hacks to survive the year, and the second year of flipped classroom. This session will benefit both new and seasoned teachers.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2199: Activity (9-12)
207A
College/Career Readiness, Commercial
Kathi Cook, Charles A. Dana Center
Susan May, Ingrid Ristroph, Charles A. Dana
Center
Transitioning “Non-Ready”
High School Students to
College
Many districts are offering algebraicallyfocused College Prep courses in response to HB 5. Come learn about a course that goes beyond algebra to combine elements of quantitative and statistical reasoning with algebraic modeling to prepare students for multiple college mathematics pathways.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2201: Activity (9-12)
007C
Teaching Practices
Stephanie Garcia, Box Cars & One-Eyed Jacks
Games for Integers and
Operations, Grades 9-12
Bring integers and order of operations to life with creative, fun, hands-on games that help students become confident with their math. Participants will learn how to differentiate the skill level in their classrooms with small changes in the directions, manipulatives, or concepts.
Game boards, journal writing extensions, ideas for assessment, and students samples will be shared. Come prepared to play.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2202: Activity (9-12)
221A
Teaching Practices
Vince Schielack, Texas A&M University
Math in the Media, Ads, and Pop Culture
Mathematics is used in the real world every day in many different settings, including television and print media, advertising in all its forms, and popular TV shows. Too often, these misuse basic mathematics.
Presented will be Internet and video examples of both good and bad uses from various sources, both to use as teaching opportunities and to help our students recognize and avoid common errors.
(Source URL’s will be available.)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2200: Activity (9-12)
218
Technology
Amy Laurel, Northside ISD
Visualizing Geometry with the TI Nspire™ Calculator
This session will use exploration activities, documents, and quick polls to create and connect Geometry lessons and constructions using the TI Nspire
Navigator™ System.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2203: Activity (9-12)
225B
TEKS Content
Stephanie Worthington, Katy ISD
Kim Johnston, Katy ISD
Algebra Tiles and Open Arrays
Algebra tiles bridge students’ thinking from conceptual to the abstract. Learn how to help students transition from algebra tiles to open arrays for topics such as factoring cubics (no formula!), dividing polynomials, and completing the square. Prior experience of using algebra tiles is needed for this session.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2204: Activity (College)
005
College/Career Readiness
Shawnda Smith, Texas State University
Christin Herrera, Selina V. Mireles, Texas State University
Extensive Educational Experiences in
Advanced Caminos
The presenters will showcase extensive educational experiences offered to students participating in a unique summer program,
Advanced Caminos with FOCUS Elements. Experiences to be discussed include college going and success workshops, field trips, tutoring, and academic support services. Description of each experience and examples will be provided and discussed.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2204.5: Activity (6-12)
217A
Angela Jones, EyeQue
Journaling: No Glue Required
Come discover how to optimize your school’s experience with interactive student notebooks. We have simplified the process and eliminated the heavy use of glue and tape. G-O-Folios are the most innovative approach to journaling. Attendees will construct an organizer and learn ways of getting students engaged.
THURSDAY@
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2205: Presentation (General Interest)
301
Teaching Practices
David Barnes, NCTM
New and early career teachers are two of our greatest assets! We will discuss what you need to know and do to put you on the path to success as a teacher, including what to look for in a school. We will discuss where to focus your energy before school starts, at the beginning of the year, in the middle, and in the end, with strategies to increase students’ learning and understanding. We will also discuss strategies and tips for schools and districts to increase their support for and retention of early career teachers.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2206: Activity (General Interest)
223
ELL/Spd
Diane Kinch, TODOS
Building Classroom
Discourse to Foster Equity and Rigor in Mathematics
Classrooms
This session will engage participants in activities that foster equity and rigor in mathematics in a collaborative, languagerich environment. We will engage in meaningful, high-cognitive demand, mathematical thinking, and academic discourse.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2208: Activity (6-8)
217C
TEKS Content
Lois Moseley, NUMBERS Mathematical
Professional Development
Jennie Bennett, NUMBERS Mathematics
Professional Development
Creating Geometry and
Measurement Champions
In this session, participants will explore activities and strategies integrating the
Mathematical Process Standards with geometry and measurement concepts using graph paper and STAAR Reference
Materials.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2207: Activity (6-8)
210A
Assessment
Melissa Williams, Klein ISD
Trisha Averkiades, Klein ISD
Assessing Your
Assessments: A Holistic
Approach to Test Writing
Feeling frustrated because your data doesn’t reflect all the hard work you’ve done? You’ve written lesson plans that include differentiation, high-yield engagement strategies, manipulatives, and formative assessments, and your student scores still seem to be missing the mark? During this session, participants will explore the backward design model by analyzing question stems and answer choices, editing existing questions to provide more diversity in thinking, and learn to evaluate assessments through a fresh perspective.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2209: Activity (6-8)
216A
TEKS Content
Cynthia Lorenz, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Golden Opportunities with
Linear Relationships
Do you long for your middle school math students to have a deeper understanding of linear relationships, their multiple representations, and the rich vocabulary used to describe them? Come experience classroom-tested resources that stretch students’ thinking and help them conquer their confusion when it comes to anything linear. Electronic files will be available upon request.

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2210: Activity (6-8)
206A
Interventions
Carolina Uranga, Math Teachers Press Inc
Mathipulative Evidence:
It Is Not Just About
Getting the Right Answer
Participants will have the opportunity to justify solutions by utilizing handson manipulative activities and applying the concrete-representation-abstract
(CRA) method. You will be given lessons addressing the Middle School Mathematical
Process Standards.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2211: Activity (6-8)
217D
TEKS Content
Kim Moore, Texas A&M University - Corpus
Christi
Natalie Roach, Corpus Christi ISD
Minecraft Math: Making
Geometry and Measurement
Come Alive
Learn how to incorporate the popular game,
Minecraft, into a lesson the students will enjoy and remember. Students will be challenged to explore the mathematics of cubes, rectangular prisms, and cylinders using manipulatives and nets. Topics covered will include surface area, volume, and dimensional change. Participants will leave with templates and models of the three-dimensional game characters that they can bring back to their classrooms.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2213: Activity (6-8)
214D
TEKS Content
Rachelle Rogers, Baylor University
John Choins, Midway ISD
The Gold Standard:
Product, Packaging, and
Proportionality
Your help is needed to solve the packaging problems for several companies! Hands-on activities will range from maximizing soda can packaging to shrinking cereal boxes using proportional thinking, algebraic reasoning, and numerical analysis. Take four rich problem-based activities, as described in Principles to Action , back to your classroom.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2214: Activity (6-8)
008A
TEKS Content
Michelle Rinehart, Region 18 ESC
Visualizing Ratios and
Proportional Relationships:
Implications for Our
Classrooms
This interactive discussion will focus on a technology-leveraged approach for teaching ratios, using visualization to inform and illuminate the development of concepts related to ratios and proportional relationships. The approach brings coherence across grades to this toughto-teach/tough-to-learn content and is designed to confront typical student misconceptions. The session will consider the shifts necessary to develop real understanding of proportional relationships, the research behind the shifts, and highlight strategies for making this happen in the classrooms.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2212: Activity (6-8)
214B
TEKS Content
Aben Ellerbee, Houston ISD
Brenda J. Morgan, Houston ISD
Slopes All Around US
How does the change in Y over the change in X determine different slopes around the world? Linear Equations, Slope, Y Intercept and Slope Intercept Form are all related— how do you ensure students understand those concepts concretely? You will explore real-world application problems solved using slope. Using technology that incorporates math concepts can facilitate teachers understanding of different ways to teach
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2215: Activity (6-8)
214C
TEKS Content
Melanie Fields, Texas A&M University–
Commerce
Eileen Faulkenberry, Tarleton State University
Winners Wear Ratios
In this session, you will be challenged to design and wear your own ratio. We will be exploring ratios and proportional reasoning through measurement, exploration, and multiple representations. Come see us to be a ratio winner! Take home a great activity/lesson that can be scaffolded for elementary through middle school.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2216: Activity (6-8)
221D
TEKS Content
Kris Tullos, Ector County ISD
You Motivate, They
Participate, All Celebrate!
Years of research confirm that once a student’s brain is engaged, the desire to learn and the ability to retain knowledge soars, Learn simple ways to keep all students actively engaged in all your lessons. Walk away with activities you can implement immediately and watch an amazing transformation occur in your classroom!
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2217: Activity (6-8)
211
Teaching Practices
Jake Hammons, Texas Woman’s University
Cathy Banks, Texas Woman’s University
Developing Area Formulas,
A Deconstructive Good
Time!
In this session, participants will engage in hands-on activities deconstructing geometric figures and deriving area formulas.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2218: Activity (5-8)
302B
Teaching Practices
Dittika Gupta, Midwestern State University
Suzanne Lindt, Midwestern State University
Math’s Not Hard When It’s
Fun!
Doing math can be easy and enjoyable when having fun! The presenters will share hands-on activities and lessons on various middle school math concepts such as algebra, geometry, data analysis, and measurement. Participants will work through the activities that were a part of the 2015 summer math camp and engage in rich discussions. Everyone will leave with a handout that has ideas and activities to make your classroom lively and fun!

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2219: Activity (6-12)
004
College/Career Readiness
Jane Scott, MetaMetrics
Learn About This Data
Point, It Just Adds Up!
Differentiating math instruction is an essential strategy in helping to prepare all students for college and career. However, educators need time, tools, and resources to be able to differentiate effectively. By using a common scale to measure both student readiness and content materials, differentiation is easily achieved. Come discover these free resources and learn what the Quantile Framework for
Mathematics can do for you!
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2221: Activity (6-12)
304B
Interventions
Dane Ehlert, Wylie ISD
Growth Mindset:
Laying the Foundation for the Revolution
Growth Mindset is a ground-breaking concept, but how do we actually promote it in our classrooms? In this session, we’ll explore some tools and strategies that can help, including the use of Google Forms and Sheets to assess student mindsets.
In addition, I’ll share successes, nonsuccesses, and go into detail about how our actions can speak to the hearts of our students.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2222: Activity (6-12)
224
Technology
Kim Gonzalez, Texas Instruments
Ten Minutes of Coding with the TI-84 Plus Family of
Graphing Calculators
This session will introduce participants to TI-BASIC coding language for the TI-
84 Plus family of graphing calculators.
Attendees will work hands-on to learn how to use programming commands built into the TI-84 Plus and begin to write a few simple programs of their own. A variety of resources will be shared. Graphing calculators will be provided, or bring your own.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2220: Activity (6-12)
302C
Interventions, Commercial
Lisa Brown, University of Texas Dana Center
Brian Newsom, University of Texas Dana
Center
What’s All This Fuss About
Mindset and Other Non-
Cognitive Factors?
Everywhere we look, there is a new article or book about the importance of fostering growth mindsets, resilience, and belonging in classrooms. What does it all mean? What tools are available? The Dana Center is a leader in translating this research into practice. Explore the answers to these questions as well as related tools. These activities will draw from a variety of free and commercially available resources.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2223: Activity (6-12)
006C
Technology
Kathy Hale, Region 14 ESC
Geometry Activities for
Middle School and High
School with the TI-84 Plus
Graphing Calculator
In this hands-on session, attendees will use the Cabri Jr. Application of the TI-84 Plus to explore a variety of geometric concepts to support instruction of Geometry TEKS.
The Cabri Jr. Application is available at no charge and can be used for instruction of both the middle school and high school
Geometry TEKS. Attendees will also learn about geometry activities and lessons at www.timath.com and www.education.
ti.com/explorations.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2226: Activity (6-12)
212A
Leadership
Juliann Doris, Del Valle ISD
Managing, Motivating,
Assessing At-Risk Teachers
How do you motivate teachers of at-risk students? How do you help teachers help students? What do you do when the school administration orders you to enact an unpopular demand/initiative on teachers? How do you ensure that PLCs are productive? How do you help the administration help your department?
What do you do when you are a new Math
Department chair? I will share my first year experiences (the good, the bad, and the ugly) as a new math department chair. Join my google class Math Chair CAMT 2015 with the code: 6c7m8f.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2224: Activity (6-12)
006A
Technology
Valerie Hudson, Arlington ISD
The TI-Nspire™ CX
Technology—Activities for
Beginners
This hands-on session will explore basic features of the TI-Nspire™ CX handheld technology to support classroom instruction of the TEKS. Several activities will be used to show a variety of functionality including the “Grab and Move” feature for translations and spreadsheets. Topics will include applications with graphing, geometry, and data and statistics. This session is truly for beginners. The TI-
Nspire technology is acceptable for the
STAAR Algebra I EOC, STAAR Math Grade
8, PSAT/NMSQT, SAT, ACT, IB, and AP exams.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2225: Activity (6-12)
006D
Technology
Todd Steckler, La Joya ISD
NASA and TI—Great
Resources for Instruction
This hands-on session will feature activities from the “NASA and TI” program. The activities used in the session are a part of a series of problems that apply math and science principles to human space exploration at NASA. The program features activities such as “Space Bugs,”
“Spacewalk Training,” “Space Shuttle
Ascent: Mass vs. Time,” and “Spacecraft
Radar Tracking.” The materials cover a wide range of content from middle school to AP Calculus. Let’s explore some activities together.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2227: Activity (6-12)
304C
Brea Ratliff, Mathematics Consultant
Javelo Jones
Talk It Out—Using
Communication to Build
Students’ Mathematical
Confidence
Communication is an essential part of mathematical proficiency. Learn how to move students from carrying out procedures and memorizing algorithms to understanding how to confidently express their understanding of mathematics on a deeper conceptual level.

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2228: Activity (9-12)
221A
College/Career Readiness
Mihaela Munday, Savannah State University
Motivational Teaching
Versus Entertaining
Teaching
One of the most difficult tasks teachers of mathematics face is to motivate their students. Planning motivation requires creativity and imagination. The needs and interests of students must be carefully considered. Come learn about types of intrinsic motivators and explore techniques that can be used to motivate mathematics instruction.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2229: Activity (9-12)
225B
TEKS Content
Kim Johnston, Katy ISD
Stephanie Worthington, Katy ISD
Talk About Math?!
Change is often difficult. As instructional coaches, we have seen “the good” and “the needs improvement” part of implementing the Process Standards. After a year of trying various techniques, we will share tips and tools to adjust instruction in order to incorporate the communication process standards and make them easy to implement in your classroom.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2230: Activity (9-12)
005
TEKS Content, Commercial
Tracey Zak Johnson, Independent
“Real-Life” Math
This session will be one of the most exciting sessions high school teachers have ever participated in. We will take real situations/pictures and design a curve of best fit to model the data. From there, we will show at each mathematical level how to interpret the data, starting from 8th grade math all the way through calculus. Teachers will be able to take the information back to their schools with free trial software and emulate the lesson to help students really understand quadratics.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2231: Activity (9-12)
007A
Assessment
Sandra Lowell, Northside ISD
AP Statistics Reading 2016
We will review the Rubrics and common student errors on the 2016 AP Statistics operational exam
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2232: Activity (9-12)
218
Technology
Brandon Grell, Northside ISD
Get Nspired About
Geometric Transformations
Come join in on the fun with learning geometric transformations utilizing TI-
Nspire™ technology. This session will cover tips and techniques for teaching transformations along with suggestions on how to incorporate the new TEKS.
Attendees will be given access to all materials used in this session as well as links to helpful resources.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2233: (Repeat of 2069) Activity (9-12)
006B
Technology, Commercial
Jennifer Kelly, Pearland ISD
Mathematical Modeling on the TI-Nspire™
Have you ever wondered how many
Tootsie Pops you could pick up with one hand? Participants will collect and model data using TI-Nspire CX and TI-Nspire
Navigator™ to find a linear relationship between the number of Tootsie Pops one can pick up and hand span. Come see how this activity can be adapted for Algebra 1,
Algebra 2, or Statistics.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2234: (Repeat of 2164) Activity (9-12)
225A
Technology
Robert Ceyanes, Comal ISD
Beyond Parabolas—
Exploring Cubics with
Sketchpad
This session builds on Ceyanes’ 2015 featured article in Mathematic Teachers magazine that uses graphing software to describe how functions are interconnected.
Going beyond parabolas, this session is a must for secondary teachers (especially
Algebra I and Algebra II). Students will visually see why the rules of functions work and remember them forever. It will change the way you teach and view functions!
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2235: (Repeat of 2071) Activity (9-12)
221C
TEKS Content
Paul Gray, Cosenza & Associates, LLC
New Courses, New
Opportunities: Algebraic
Reasoning
HB5 provides us with new opportunities to create learning pathways to better meet the needs of our high school students. How can the new Algebraic Reasoning course fit into your math program? Which students are best served by taking this course? Learn more about the new Algebraic Reasoning course, including sample lessons based on the Algebraic Reasoning TEKS.

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2236: Presentation (9-12)
217A
Teaching Practices
Alexander Overwijk, Glebe Collegiate
Bruce McLaurin, Glebe Collegiate
Card tossing, cup stacking, ball racing, and marble paint rolling are a few of the activities we use to spiral curriculum to improve student learning and mindset. For each big idea, a sequence of four or five activities is spaced out over the entire course to build confidence in problem solving and improve retention of concepts.
We differentiate lessons for students from a wide range of backgrounds and abilities by incorporating hands-on activities with multiple entry points.We also integrate the powerful strategies of visibly random groupings and vertical non-permanent surfaces.
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
2237: Activity (College)
215
Jemimah Young, University of North Texas
Jamaal Young, University of North Texas
An Exploratory Analysis of
4th Grade African-American
Female Mathematics
Achievement: Can the NCTM Curriculum
Focal Points Explain the
Difference?
We will discuss the content strengths and weaknesses that mathematics educators can utilize to develop targeted interventions to support mathematics achievement of
African-American girls. Participants will be able to describe how African-American female mathematics achievement is differentiated by mathematics content and how the NCTM Curriculum focal points can guide interventions to support African-
American female students.
FRIDAY@
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
2238: Presentation (General Interest)
Stars at Night
Teaching Practices
Judy Willis, University of California, Santa Barbara
Stressors in the classroom, including boredom and frustration, can block successful input from reaching the prefrontal cortex to become understanding and memory. This physiological stress blockade also prevents the reflective executive functions from constructing meaning from learning and sustaining perseverance and motivation. Neuroscience research has spotlighted these stressors and suggests interventions and classroom strategies to increase motivation, growth mindset, perseverance, and sustain goal-directed effort.
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
2239: Presentation (General Interest)
Lila Cockrell
Teaching Practices
Uri Treisman, Charles A. Dana Center
Learning Mindsets, academic resilience, grit, and productive persistence are the new buzz words in mathematics education. We will discuss the research and practice wisdom behind the movement and their implications for math teaching and program design.

FRIDAY@
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2240: Presentation (General Interest)
303
College Readiness
Cathy Seeley, Charles A. Dana Center
(retired)
What does it take to get past the barriers that can get in the way of students’ success—language, attendance, motivation, family, even drugs, or learning issues? Let’s think together about how to make “All students can learn” a reality through the actions we take every day.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2241: Presentation (General Interest)
Lila Cockrell
Teaching Practices
Elham Kazemi, Washington University
What do lively math discussions look like? How do we support a broad range of students to listen and participate well? Where do we steer discussions and what kinds of goals can we have for discussions? In this session, we will apply our knowledge of students’ mathematical thinking to examine how to plan for and lead productive mathematics discussions.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2242: Activity (General Interest)
215
Games
Jennifer Garner, Amarillo ISD
I Created Task Cards. . .
Now What?
Task cards are all the rage. The problem is that they are like anything else and can become boring. Engagement is the key to student success. Come learn new and innovative ways that task cards can be used in your classroom. If you have never used task cards, this will be an amazing opportunity. All activities will be shared and ready to go!
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2245: Activity (6-12)
212A
TEKS Content
Kathy Becker, Pearson
Creating Confident
Mathematicians with
Struggling Students
Come learn strategies to accelerate learning so students can meet grade-level expectations in math. Increase students’ competence and confidence as math learners to establish a pattern of achievement in school. You can build mathematical understanding that lasts, engage and support struggling students, and create a language-rich environment where students engage in mathematical discourse.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2243: Activity (6-8)
217D
TEKS Content
Shelley Bolen-Abbott, Region 4 ESC
Engaging Students in
Mathematics: Just Picture It!
Engage students with TEKS-based
“snapshot” activities that promote problem-solving, concept development, and making connections with an emphasis on student communication, as you explore options for ongoing formative assessment.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2246: Activity (6-8)
225B
ESL
Rhonda Meyer, Dinah Zike Academy
Unlocking the Mathematical
Mind: Foldable Keys for
ELLs and Others
In this fast-paced session, learn about some of the major barriers to numeracy for ELLs and others and evidence-based strategies for overcoming them. Create your own
3-D interactive graphic organizers (Dinah
Zike’s Foldables) to use in the classroom on Monday. Materials provided, no prior experience necessary.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2244: Activity (6-8)
217A
Games
Amanda Martin, Mesquite ISD
Making Middle School
Mathematics Engaging!
Engagement is crucial for learning mathematics concepts to mastery. Middle school students deserve opportunities to practice mathematics concepts in fun and engaging ways. Turn that worksheet into an engaging activity that students will remember! We will use everyday household items, center cards, QR code activities, games, manipulatives, and more to prepare and motivate students for success! Please bring your smart phone or tablet to this session and be ready to collaborate!
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2247: Activity (6-8)
221C
Technology, Commercial
Matthew Patty, Nothside ISD
Utilizing Texas Instruments
Explorations in the Middle
School Classroom (Ratios and
Proportional Reasoning Module)
Come experience a hands-on approach to the conceptual understanding of fractions, ratios, and proportional reasoning. This session will focus on the Texas Instruments
Building Concepts activities designed for the
TI Nspire™ handhelds. Walk away feeling empowered to use these explorations in your classroom to reach a deeper understanding and with access to edited documents that have been vetted for classroom use.

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2248: Activity (6-8)
008A
Interventions
Lola Drury Best, Hardin County Schools, KY
What Does Building a
House Have to Do with
Math?
Students love to design their dream homes. This project starts with a rough sketch of a floor plan with rooms labeled.
After a discussion of area, perimeter, and measurement, students use software to design a house given specific square footage. Once they have designed a house with specified guidelines, they begin designing their dream home. The students then research mortgage rates and calculate house payments on their completed design.
After finding the cost of their house, students further research jobs that would allow them to afford their dream home.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2251: Activity (6-8)
305
Assessment
Cassandra Hatfield, Southern Methodist
University
The Anatomy of High-
Quality Multiple Choice
Assessment Items
In this session, participants will learn the different purposes for giving students assessment items, how to develop highquality items that adhere to best practices in assessment development, how items can be crafted to target increasingly sophisticated levels of understanding, and how to use data obtained from multiplechoice items to inform instruction.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2249: Activity (6-8)
006A
Technology
Maria Benzon, University of Houston
Middle School TEKS
Activities with the TI-
Nspire™ CX Handheld
This hands-on session will feature a variety of middle grades activities using the TI-
Nspire™ CX handheld. Activities will focus on the Grade 6-8 TEKS. The TI-Nspire™
CX is capable of computations with fractions and has a wide array of available representations including circle graphs, bar graphs, dot plots, histograms, and box and whisker plots. TI-Nspire™ CX handhelds will be available for use in the session.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2252: (Repeated 2309) Activity (6-8)
221A
TEKS Content
Jackie Shea, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Jennifer Jobe, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Master of Multiple
Representations!
In this session, participants will explore the different ways to link student learning by representing information in a variety of ways. We will see how the patterns that we create can be manipulated to make tables and graphs. Participants will receive classroom-ready worksheets they can use in
August! All participants will have access to all electronic files used in this presentation.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2250: Activity (6-8)
006C
Technology
Kathy Hale, Region 14 ESC
Using a Graphing Calculator for Success on the STAAR
Math Grade 8 Exam
Join us for a great session on how the appropriate use of graphing technology can impact test scores. Learn several calculator strategies on how to assist students as they problem solve their way through some of the more commonly missed release test items. The TI-84 Plus family of graphing calculators is acceptable for use on the STAAR Algebra I EOC,
STAAR Math Grade 8, PSAT/NMSQT, SAT,
ACT, IB, and AP exams.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2253: Activity (6-8)
214D
Gifted/Talented
Kimberly Williams, Klein ISD
Alejandra Zamora, Klein ISD
Tables, Graphs, Equations,
Oh My!
What does it mean to represent linear relationships using equations that “simplify to the form y=mx+b” along with tables, graphs, and verbal descriptions? Let’s explore multiple representations through hands-on engaging activities that can be adapted to multiple grade levels.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2254: Activity (6-12)
206A
TEKS Content
Colleen Eddy, University of North Texas
Drew Wyrick, Fort Worth ISD
Access for All: Multiplying
Integers and Polynomials
Do students wonder why they FOIL?
Participants in this session will model multiplication of integers and polynomials using algebra tiles and Algeblocks on the coordinate plane. Connections are made through scaffolded tasks starting in Quadrant I, then move to integers and polynomials in all four quadrants.
This approach shows how conceptual understandings can build procedural fluency. Take-away class activities will be provided.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2255: Activity (6-12)
304A
Gifted and Talented
Daniel Cheshire, Texas State University
Joshua Fagan, Texas State University
Exploring Notions of
Distance and Shape: From
Euclidian Geometry to
Topology
Showing your students the fascinating directions that mathematics can lead them will often help pique their interest in the seemingly mundane world of high school mathematics. In this session, we will introduce some ideas that illustrate connections with essential topics in secondary mathematics education
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2256: Activity (6-12)
223
Gifted and Talented
James Dart, Northside ISD
Building Confidence
Through the Rubiks Cube
The Rubiks Cube is a wonderful tool for improving students’ concentration, coordination, memory, pattern-recognition, decision-making, and, above all, confidence; skills that will make them better math students, and better students overall. In this session, you will get hands-on practice and begin to realize how
“cubing” can be both challenging and fun, and help you identify some of your more gifted students.

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2257 : Activity (6-12)
302B
Technology
Auston Cron, Retired Teacher
BYOD: Grab the Gold with
GeoGebra (FREE)
GeoGebra is a Dynamic Mathematics
Environment which enhances student learning. Using their own devices, students interact with their math lessons. Discover resources for R2U lessons/samples.
GeoGebra will assist you in grabbing the gold for your students.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2258: Activity (6-8)
302C
Interventions
Linda Bruton, Retired
Jane Silvey, Lindale ISD
Is Anyone Ever Going to
Understand Fractions?
Why can’t students work fluently with fractions/rational numbers? Come join us as we take a visual trip through understanding fraction operations, equivalence, and decimal/fraction relationships. Learn what the biggest stumbling blocks are for students in multiplication and division with fractions and how to avoid those issues.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2260: Activity (6-12)
217C
TEKS Content
Eileen Faulkenberry, Tarleton State University
Melanie Fields, Texas A&M University–
Commerce
Go for the Gold(en) Ratio
We will explore the Golden Ratio through examples occurring in the natural world.
Measurement, proportional reasoning, and algebraic reasoning will be emphasized.
Door prizes will be awarded.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2261: Activity (6-12)
006B
Technology, Commercial
Mark von Rosenberg, Fort Worth Catholic
Diocese
Introductory TI 84+
Graphing Calculator
Programming
Are you wanting to learn the programming feature contained in the TI 84+ graphing calculator? If so, then this is the handson event for you. Working with a TI 84+, you will be taken from start to finish while completing a mathematics-themed menu program. This is a BYOD session and calculators are provided. A complete detailed handout will be provided.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2263: Activity (6-12)
218
Teaching Practices
Carrie Campbell, Commerce ISD
Helen Robinson, Commerce ISD
Having Fun with
Fundamental 5 Lesson
Format in Math Class
We will demonstrate several lessons for
Algebra 1, Algebra 2, and Geometry using the Fundamental 5 Lesson Format. We will show how we have fun while teaching our classes and satisfing our administrators with the framework of the Fundamental
5. There will be some small-group purposeful talk and some recognition and reinforcement, while we demonstrate from the powerzone. You will be able to say,
“I will use some of the Fundamental 5 concepts in MY math class!”
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2259: Activity (6-12)
216A
TEKS Content
Monica Kendall, Discover Numbers! LLC
Everyone Is an English
Language Learner!
Communication has risen to an essential skill in the new mathematics TEKS, yet translating our understanding of mathematical ideas into English in order for others to know what we are thinking is truly a complex task! In this session, participants will engage in strategies for helping themselves, as well as their students, successfully communicate mathematical ideas in order to grow their understanding of mathematics.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2262: Activity (6-12)
221D
TEKS Content, Commercial
Rhonda Brady, Algebra Readiness Educators,
LLC
Algebra Readiness and
Rigor, What’s That? How
Do I Implement the
TEKS Successfully in the
Classroom?
Prepare your students for the rigor of
STAAR! Supplement your curriculum with distributed practice and spaced repetition of the TEKS to solidify your students’ skill base in 10 minutes a day. Learn how we have integrated the TEKS into multiple representation projects to enhance students’ conceptual understanding of mathematics.
Make word problems and projects fun using assignments created by teachers!
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2264: Activity (6-12)
006D
Technology
Brenda Lynch, New Caney ISD
Using the TI-Nspire™
Teacher Software to Create
Worksheets and More!
This session will provide an overview of the TI-Nspire™ Teacher software and demonstrate how this software or the new TI Connect can be used to make a variety of worksheets. By using this software program, classroom review sheets or assessments can be made to support activities with the TI-Nspire™ handhelds.
Participants will also receive a 90-day free trial version of the software.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2265: Activity (6-12)
210A
Teaching Practices
Sanna Roling, Retired, Aldine ISD
Success with Nuances
Connect your students with disabilities to your students without disabilities.
Demystify the IEP and recognize its importance in your everyday lessons.
Attendees will leave with the ability to critically plan lessons for all students.
Recognition of capabilities and learning styles are part of this process.

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2266: Activity (6-12)
213A
Teaching Practices
Ahmed Ben Abdellaoui, North East ISD
Magic Math (M&M) for ELL
You will graph inequalities without the use of a graphing calculator. This technique will enhance the student’s retention and provide them with an extra tool to use.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2267: Activity (6-12)
214A
TEKS Content
Bianca Coker, Region 10 ESC
Changing Teacher Behaviors by Supporting Professional
Learning
Have you ever presented a session about a new strategy, and all the teachers were enthusiastic, but when you walked into the classrooms, nothing had changed?
In this session, you will learn how to provide teachers the support they need to implement new strategies that will ensure student success.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2269: Activity (9-12)
007A
TEKS Content
Yvette Henry, Region 4 ESC
Incorporating the
Mathematical Process
Standards in Algebra 1
The mathematical process standards ask students to represent, justify, and communicate mathematical ideas.
See practical examples of ways to increase rigor, communication, and student processing by incorporating the mathematical process standards into your algebra classroom.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2270: Activity (9-12)
214C
College/Career Readiness
Beth Cory, Sam Houston State University
Edward Swim, Sam Houston State University
It Just Takes Six Questions
Attendees will learn about six questions that can help prepare high school calculus students for STEM courses and careers.
Adapted from the NSF-funded CLEAR
Calculus Project, these questions can be used with high school students to make calculus conceptually accessible while increasing the coherence, rigor, and applicability of calculus content.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2268: Activity (9-12)
005
Technology
John Albers, Austin Community College
Graphing Calculator
Programs for Numerical
Methods
The numerical methods covered in high school calculus can be easily programmed on a graphing calculator. Students enthusiastically embrace this approach, both entering and using the programs.
Also, this allows more in-depth coverage since minimal time is spent doing tedious calculations.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2271: Activity (9-12)
224
Technology
Rosa DeLeon, Northside ISD
Nspiring Algebraic Thinking
This session will use the TI Nspire™ student explorations to focus on algebraic concepts and use the Navigator presenter and quick poll menus for ongoing formative assessment.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2272: Activity (9-12)
207B
College/Career Readiness
Ellen Piekarski, Killeen ISD
Alice Page, Killeen ISD
Precalculus Projects for
Flipped Classrooms
You’ve flipped your classroom, now what do you do with the extra time? Come get some project ideas for almost every unit in your
Precalculus class. Bring your thumb drive to get digital copies of the material.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2273: Activity (9-12)
211
Teaching Practices
Tracy Pattat, Clear Creek ISD
Lana Zimmer, Clear Creek ISD
Coaching Student
Ownership of Learning with a Student Checklist
Learn how to coach teachers into teaching students to use student-friendly objectives, or “I can” statements, to monitor their own learning progress to create shared ownership for mastery of standards. In this session, participants learn how to create and use a one-page document to help students, including ELL and Inclusion, track mastery of standards. Learn how to use the chart as an informal assessment tool to inform classroom instruction.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
2274: Activity (College)
205
TEKS Content
Scott Smith, University of the Incarnate Word
Linear Regression:
Inference and Interpretation
Any student can enter data into a calculator or computer software and report the fitted regression line. But can your students say what it means to fit a certain regression line? Can they assess whether or not the line is a good fit or make predictions for new values? We will explore these questions of linear regression in several examples using the TI-84 and computer software packages.

FRIDAY@
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2275: Presentation (General Interest)
Lila Cockrell
Teaching Practices
Elham Kazemi, Washington University
Almost all teachers participate in professional learning communities.
What makes collaborative work impactful for both students and teachers in schools? How do you create coherence in mathematics instructional practices across an entire school? This session focuses on innovative ways of transforming how teachers work together.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2278: Activity (6-8)
217C
TEKS Content
Sana Brennan, Region 4 ESC
Fairy Gardens and Multiple
Representations of Linear
Relationships: Grades 7-8
What does it mean to represent linear relationships using equations that “simplify to the form y=mx+b” along with tables, graphs, and verbal descriptions? Come explore multiple representations through the context of a fairy garden swimming pool.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2281: Activity (6-8)
215
Teaching Practices
James Telese, UT–Rio Grande Valley
Benjamin Avalos, ESC Region 1
What Does a/b Really Mean?
This session will show the 5 meanings of a/b so that students gain a deeper understanding of ratios and fractions through hands-on activities.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2279: Activity (6-8)
214A
Technology
Johnette Monaghan, McKinney ISD
TI-Nspire™ App: A
Middle School Tool for
Transformations
Are your students struggling with understanding the algebraic representations of transformations on the coordinate plane? In this session, participants will learn how to use the TI-Nspire™ App to teach transformations, as well as how to promote student discoursetofacilitate understanding in how to apply the algebraic representations of transformations and why those algebraic representations work.
This session is Nspire™ beginner-friendly!
BYOD
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2282: Presentation (6-8)
303
Teaching Practices
Andrew Stadel, Tustin Unified School
District
Students often lack opportunities to strengthen their problem-solving skills.
Dive deeper into why problem solving is absolutely necessary for all students in math class by exploring accessible tasks, instructional strategies, scaffolds, and free resources that support students in problem solving.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2276: Activity (6-8)
212A
Interventions
Patricia McMorris, Houston ISD
Anita Jafferali, Houston ISD
Classroom Management 101
Participants will learn basic classroom management instructions on how to keep students engaged and motivated by using
“Do Now” and “Exit Tickets.”
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2277: Activity (6-8)
006B
Technology
Evelyn Hinojosa, University of Houston
Engaging TI-Nspire™
Activities for Middle Grades
Are you too busy to make lessons from scratch? Do you have access to technology?
Learn to use ready-to-use lessons provided by Texas Instruments in the 5E format.
The session includes adaptions from high school lessons in order to use them in the middle grades. Come learn how to integrate technology and ready-made lessons into your classroom.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2280: Activity (6-8)
217D
TEKS Content
Elizabeth Hodges, Elgin ISD
Putting the Pieces Together
Interactive notebooks, Daily 3, stations, centers, writing in math, small group, whole group. RTI, guided Math, hands-on, task cards—the list goes on and on. Are you struggling to make your math classes work for the success of your students? We will share how to put the pieces together to make it work for both you and your students.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2283: Activity (6-8)
221A
TEKS Content
Karen Massie, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Cindy Lorenz, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Laying a Championship
Foundation for Linear
Relationships
Are you yearning for a way to guide your middle school students to make connections with multiple representations of linear relationships? What makes one linear relationship differ from another?
How is it all related? Come experience the classroom-tested activities that lay the foundation for students’ deep understanding of this foundational concept.

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2284: Activity (6-12)
206A
TEKS Content, Commercial
Sarah Pratt, University of North Texas
Eloise Kuehnert, University of North Texas
Access for All: Dividing/
Factoring Integers and
Polynomials
Division and factoring are difficult concepts to model. This session draws from the
Distributive Property as both a(b+c) = ab+ac and ab+ac = a(b+c) using common classroom tools. Participants engage in a series of scaffolded tasks to develop the concept of factoring as an area and finding its dimensions. Take-away class activities provided
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2285: Activity (6-12)
302A
Technology
Kaye Robinson, San Antonio ISD
Augmenting Math Learning with Augmented Reality
With research-based evidence supporting its efficacy in other core content areas, augmented reality is an excellent strategy to scaffold independent practice of mathematical concepts and algorithms for students of any age. Find out how augmented reality addresses the needs of math learners while implementing the best practices of teachers.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2286: Activity (6-12)
214C
Technology, Commercial
Ingrid Ristroph, Charles A. Dana Center
Lisa Brown, Charles A. Dana Center
Design and Implementation
Considerations for
Digital Manipulatives in
Mathematics, Grades 6-12
In this session, we will provide examples of digital manipulatives that are open source and those that are available with a subscription-based program. We will consider the following questions: How can we incorporate these manipulatives into curriculum in such a way that it promotes understanding, allows practice, fosters creativity, and strengthens connections within mathematics? What are some benefits and concerns of using digital, as opposed to traditional, manipulatives in our classrooms?
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2287: Activity (6-12)
213A
TEKS Content
Nancy Trent, ESC Region 11
Wendy Curtner, ESC Region 11
Inspire and Integrate with
CBR’s to Explore Functional
Relationships!
Giving students a shared math/science experience is essential in understanding math and science in the real world.
Participants will engage in a math/science experience to give them the inspiration to use these activities in their classroom.
This presentation allows participants to interact with CBR (Calculator Based Ranger) technology activities such as creating a line and bouncing a ball. The hands-on interactive training will have direct connection to both linear (motion) functions and quadratic
(acceleration of gravity) functions.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2288: Activity (6-12)
302C
Games
Cheryl West, San Antonio ISD
It’s All About Culture
As rigor increases in the classroom, student engagement becomes critically important.
This session will introduce activities that involve students in the learning process.
From the very first day, students will begin to take responsibility for their own learning and accept the challenge of independent thought even when collaborating.
This fosters a culture of teachers and students learning from one another in an environment of active engagement.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2289: Activity (6-12)
221C
Technology, Commercial
Maggie Mary, Judson ISD
Nspire the Process: Using
TI Technology to Enhance the Mathematical Process
Standards
What are the mathematical process standards and how do I teach them? In this session we will learn how TI-Nspire™ technology can be used to teach the mathematical process standards. We will work through TI-Nspire™ student activities and focus on questioning strategies to enhance student learning.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2290: Activity (6-12)
225A
TEKS Content
Jennifer Clayton, Harmony Discovery
Valerie Blackburn, Blackburn STEM
Want to Be a PBL Math
Champ?
Participants will feel like math champions when they see how to infuse math into a PBL. Mathletes will receive structured regimens on how to transform any unit into a beefed-up project-based lesson.
Mathletes will learn how to prepare students for the real world through projectbased learning and work as a team to complete hands-on activities. All will leave with a great PBL Gold Medal.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2291: Activity (6-12)
216A
TEKS Content
Pamella Ochoa, Birdville ISD
Brenda Mesa, Birdville ISD
Writing Counts: Solidifying the Learning Through
Writing
“Students need opportunities to sink their teeth into the marrow of math,” Wendy
Ward Goffer. Learn how discourse and writing help students grapple with their problem-solving processes. Experience structures and strategies, designed to engage students in the process of thinking deeply about math, that will insure their understanding using a math workshop model.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2292: Activity (6-12)
209
TEKS Content
Lois McCarty, CPM
Making Functions Active and Interesting
Participants will engage in activities designed to develop a rich understanding of a relation and function for their students.
By investigating various functions, teachers can help students explore the similarities and differences of a wide range of functions from linear to exponential.
Teachers will receive ideas, strategies and materials that they can use in their own algebra classrooms.

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2293: Activity (6-12)
006C
Technology
Robb Wilson, Texas Instruments
Graphing Calculators for
Intermediate Users—Tips,
Tricks, and Good Stuff
This hands-on session will focus on various features of the TI-83/84 Plus family of graphing calculators. Topics will include the equation solver, storing pictures, using
Boolean Logic to test answers, memory reset for testing, archiving, games, table setup, zoom memory, bar graphs, circle graphs, grouping, split screens, and much more. This session is not for beginners.
Don’t miss this one!
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2294: Activity (6-12)
006A
Technology
Valerie Roebuck, Independent Consultant
Using a TI-Nspire™ CX for Success on the STAAR
Algebra I EOC Exam
This hands-on session will feature the use of the TI-Nspire™ CX handheld as a tool to explore items on the recent STAAR
Algebra I EOC. Learn several strategies on how to assist students as they problem solve their way through some of the more commonly missed released test items. The
TI-Nspire™ and TI-Nspire™ CX technology are both acceptable for use on the STAAR
Algebra I EOC, STAAR Math Grade 8,
PSAT/NMSQT, SAT, ACT, IB, and AP exams.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2295: Activity (6-12)
006D
Technology
Pareesa Shirazi, Texas Instruments
MathForward
TI-Nspire™ Technology for the Intermediate User—
Beyond the Basics
This hands-on session will focus on functionally features of the TI-Nspire™ technology. Attendees will explore various menus from each handheld application and learn what features were added with
Operating System 3.9 and the current
Operating System, Version 4.0. Several lessons and activities will be provided to show how to better prepare students for using the TI-Nspire™ on statewide exams.
Not a session for beginners.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2296: Activity (6-12)
214D
Teaching Practices
Lori Robinson, North East ISD
Communicating
Mathematically
Are your students fluently moving between the multiple representations of mathematics? Do you need strategies to help your students process tables, charts, graphs, and symbols? In order to be successful as a math student, communicating mathematically is key! Students have to be able to read and fluently interpret the multiple representations of mathematics.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2298: Activity (6-12)
225B
Games, Commercial
Deborah McClean
Fusing Fun and Energy with Algebra and Financial
Literacy
MoneyCamp is an interactive program that infuses interaction and energy into student transition and financial literacy! It begins with our human-sized, board game called
Road To College Success that prepares high school students for college life. Middle school students are challenged by playing the Budget Mania game that teaches merging algebra and money management.
With more fun tools like: “Let’s Make a Deal” and “Busy Banking” we teach students how banks work, how to balance a checkbook, and how to do a personal budget in a fun, practical way.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2299: Activity (9-12)
223
Technology
Kristina Gill, West Texas A&M University
How Effective Is the
Technology We Use to
Teach Math?
We use technology everyday, but is what we are doing effective for student learning?
Are we hindering students’ ability to think or enhancing their ability to problem solve?
This study researched and investigated how technology in our classrooms affects how our students learn and their ability to be successful problem solvers beyond our classrooms.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2297: Activity (6-12)
218
Technology
Jessica Keen, Klein ISD
Laura Rankin, Klein ISD
Let’s Be Smart About This
If you can’t beat ‘em join ‘em! Instead of fighting our students to stay off their phones, let’s put them to good use! Our
21st Century learners are accustomed to media and communication in all different forms. In this session, we will demonstrate different ways to integrate students’ smart phones that will be sure to peak interest and engagement. These student-friendly communication methods will open new ways for you to extract thoughts and ideas from your students!
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2300: Activity (9-12)
005
Gifted and Talented
Catherine Tabor, Canutillo ISD
Polarizing Art
This session will help you delve into the exciting world of polar coordinates and polar equations through the use of polar art. We will examine how the changes in individual variables can cause radical changes in the appearance of the graphs and we will create beautiful pieces of polar art through calculator technology.
Examples of student polar art will be presented and participants will leave with copies of the activity plans for use in their own classrooms.

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2301: Activity (9-12)
304C
Interventions
Ronald Bell, Austin ISD
Ariel J Taylor, Houston ISD
Student Data Tracking for Student Success
The use of tracking sheets, google sheets, data walls, reflection logging, and other ways for students to be aware, reflect, and take ownership of their journey towards mastery of content specific knowledge and skills progress will be covered in this session. The session will interactively model and discuss proven strategies that utilize student data tracking techniques for students in the classroom. Participants will walk away with a variety of tools, resources, and strategies to use to improve student achievement.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
2302: (Repeat of 2074) Activity (9-12)
214B
Upper-Level Math
Jeffrey Townsend, The University of Texas at Austin
Authentic Inquiry: Make Your Students
Act Like Professionals
Professional mathematicians have certain proficiencies that make them successful at what they do. What traits or skills make a professional mathematician successful, and what does it look like to foster those same abilities in a math classroom? In this session, learn about five proficiencies for authentic inquiry that you can apply to your classroom.
FRIDAY@
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2303: Activity (6-8)
217D
TEKS Content
Kevin Dykema, Mattawan Consolidated
Schools
Helping Students Succeed in Algebra Through the Use of Manipulatives
Do your students struggle with algebraic concepts? See how your students can benefit from a visual approach to algebra and learn how hands-on activities can help promote their understanding of algebraic concepts. Topics include integer operations, solving equations, polynomial expressions, graphing, and more!
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2305: Activity (6-8)
221B
Interventions
Reynaldo Duran, Region 18 ESC
Singapore Math Revisited
Remember Singapore Math that became popular in the 2000s? Come join the fun as we revisit Singapore Math and experience math tricks the Asian way! Solve some
2015 STAAR Grade 3 Math–Algebra I released test questions using Singapore
Math, and leave the session with a foldable that has it all.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2304: Activity (6-8)
225A
TEKS Content
Jennifer Stark, Harmony Discovery
Valerie Blackburn, Blackburn STEM
Practice Takes the Gold in
PFL!
Come flex your “PFL” muscles and enjoy a rigorous, hands-on session. Mathlete participants will experience activities structured to support and enhance personal financial literacy for grades 6-8.
Mathletes will learn effective strategies that provide opportunities to practice timely communication, enhance collaboration, and identify research-based approaches to teaching and learning personal financial literacy.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2306: Activity (6-8)
006A
Assessment, Commercial
Debbie Sheridan, Frassati Catholic High
School
Using a TI-Nspire™CX for
Success on the STAAR
Grade 8 Exam
This hands-on session will feature the use of the TI-Nspire™ CX handheld as a tool to explore items on the recent STAAR
Grade 8 exam. Learn several strategies to assist students, as they problem solve their way through some of the more commonly missed released test items.
See how the technology can help students use multiple representations of data to make predictions. The TI-Nspire™ and
TI-Nspire™ CX technology is acceptable for use on the STAAR Algebra I EOC and
STAAR Math Grade 8 exams.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2307: Activity (6-9)
214B
Technology
Tri Duong, University of Houston– teachHOUSTON
Maria Benzon, University of Houston– teachHOUSTON
Winning with STEM
Robotics Activities for
Grades 6-9
Do you have robotics kits collecting dust or do you need fresh ideas for your robotics club? This interactive session will guide participants through engaging activities to help students learn about basic programming and math topics (e.g., measurement and data, number and operations, algebra, and geometry). This session will also present resources for grant funding, competitions, and summer camps.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2308: Activity (6-8)
005
Technology, Commercial
Patrick Carpenter, Grand Prairie ISD
TI-Nspire™ for Beginners
This session is tailored especially for the teachers who are new to the TI-Nspire™ and/or who have completed less than 2 years of instructions using the TI-Nspire™.
Come learn how this tool can change the way you teach forever. You will learn how to set up your classes, create questions, send and receive data, save data and create worksheets from the TI-Nspire™ software.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2309: (Repeat of 2252) Activity (6-8)
221A
TEKS Content
Jackie Shea, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Jennifer Jobe, Cypress-Fairbanks ISD
Master of Multiple
Representations!
In this session, participants will explore ways to link student learning by presenting information in a variety of ways. We will see how the patterns that we create can be manipulated to make tables and graphs.
Participants will receive classroom-ready worksheets they can use in August! All participants will have access to all electronic files used in this presentation.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2310: Activity (6-8)
303
TEKS Content
Sharon Benson, Region 4 ESC
Purposeful Processing:
Building Understanding
Do you have students who are reluctant to talk about math? Do you have students who find it difficult to demonstrate their understanding? Learn some strategies that make the process standards “come to life” and develop a purposeful plan to build processing skills in your students— beginning with the first day of school.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2311: Activity (6-8)
205
TEKS Content
Concepcion Molina, SEDL/AIR
The “F” Word in
Mathematics
This session will focus on several aspects of fractions, including an in-depth look into the problems caused by the language and symbolism. Participants will see the bigger picture of fractions as well as strategies focused on operations with fractions and why we invert and multiply by the reciprocal when we divide.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2312: Activity (6-8)
213A
Angela Jones, Rusk ISD
Boys vs. Girls—How Boys and Girls Learn Differently
Do you ever wonder why boys are harder to reach than girls? If so, then this is the session for you. We will talk about why boys learn differently than girls and strategies you can use to engage boys in the classroom.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2315: Activity (6-12)
211
Technology
Sara Ashley, Greenwood ISD
Plick Me! (BYOD)
Plickers is a formative assessment tool where the only technology is in the hands of the teacher. Just scan your students’ answers for instant feedback and archive for data analysis. Participants will also learn about other technology that can be used in the classroom. This session is
BYOD.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2313: Activity (6-12)
214A
Interventions
Janet Vallejo, Klein ISD
April Burroughs, Klein ISD
Coaching and Collaborating with Math Teachers to Build a Strong PLC
Do you have a personal interest and enthusiasm for math? Can you support and encourage difficult math teachers on your campus? Do you believe that team work and collaboration builds a shared vision for teachers and students? Join us to discuss ways to help math teachers, other leaders, and students understand the complexity of teaching and learning math. We will provide strategies, best practices, and real experience to help you navigate your role as a leader.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2316: Activity (6-12)
302B
College/Career Readiness
Roger Fuller, Arlington ISD
Use a Reality-Oriented
Framework for High-
Engagement Lessons
Today’s students quickly disengage from lessons for which they see no value or relevance. There are various ways to compensate for this, such as the 5E model. However, just how does one do the engagement piece? See examples of reaching students where they live (or will live) with a few short video clips, and how/where to get them. Learn how to use psychologically-based questioning techniques that capture student attention and build a learning community.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2314: Activity (6-12)
214C
Gifted and Talented
Mobi Warren, San Antonio ISD
Math in Poetry —
Poetry in Math
“What, after all, is mathematics but the poetry of the mind, and what is poetry but the mathematics of the heart?” David E.
Smith. Math and poetry share a love for precision and pattern. Emily Dickinson used math terms in 200 poems from circumference to asymptotes. We’ll look at math in poems and learn fun activities for students to explore concepts in a fresh way.
Math teachers will unlock the poetry of the mind and the mathematics of the heart!
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2317: Activity (6-12)
224
TEKS Content, Commercial
Leslie Hilderbrand, Douglas County/Fairplay
Middle School
Outstanding Math Guides—
OMG
Come make an OMG student reference containing organizers with steps, examples, and vocabulary for key concepts taught throughout the year. This creative guide will transform your classroom and help students become self-sufficient learners! You must see it to believe it!

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2318: Activity (6-12)
218
Technology
Helen Robinson, Commerce ISD
Carrie Campbell, Commerce ISD
Students, Get Out Your
Digital Devices. . . This Is
Math Class!
We will show how we encourage students to use their technology devices for good and not for evil in the mathematics classroom.
We will demonstrate how we use YouTube,
QR codes, math games, Twitter, Instagram, etc. for instruction. In addition, we will share resources and ideas found on
Pinterest, Teachers Pay Teachers, Twitter, etc. for management and planning ideas.
Come join us and bring your great ideas to share with us!
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2321: (Repeat of 2187) Activity (6-12)
217C
TEKS Content
Rhonda Meyer, Dinah Zike Academy
Fold for Gold: First Steps and Decisions with
Foldables ®
Do you wonder where to begin implementing Dinah Zike’s Foldables in your classroom? Do you leave a Foldable session motivated and inspired, then find yourself overwhelmed at the prospect of implementing it? This session is for you!
Leave ready to address TEKS standards, vocabulary, and more—find yourself on the road to gold with Foldables!
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2319: Activity (6-12)
006D
Technology
Sarah Bauguss, Katy ISD
The Flipped Classroom with
TI Technology
Attendees will learn how TI-Nspire™ digital content, activities, materials, and tutorials can be used to support the Flipped Math
Classroom. A variety of social media resources will be explored including resources on YouTube and Teacher
Tube. Participants will also be provided with examples of several TI-Nspire™
PublishView lessons that can be created with the TI-Nspire™ Teacher software.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2322: Activity (9-12)
212A
Technology
Anu Gokhale, Peoria District 150
Enhance Career
Opportunities with CS
Endorsement
A growing demand for computer science
(CS) certified teachers in Texas makes it an opportune time for mathematics teachers to seek CS endorsement. We will discuss the NSF-funded Teacher Education in
CS project which prepares math teachers to teach the Advanced Placement
CS-Principles and Pre-AP Exploring
CS courses. A discussion to integrate computing applications into middle- and high-school mathematics curriculum will follow.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2320: Activity (6-12)
210A
Teaching Practices
Sanna Roling, Retired, Aldine ISD
Winning Isn’t Always Being
First
This session speaks to acknowledgment, acceptance, and opportunity for special students to succeed in the general education classroom. To educate students, we must understand them—their abilities, needs, and eccentricities.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2323: Activity (9-12)
221C
Technology, Commercial
Mark Cox, Lake Country Christian Schhol
Aaron Wernet, West ISD
Geometry Through the
Lens of Technology: An
Investigational Approach
Explore ways to empower students to use
TI-Nspire™ technology as a problem-solving tool. We will work through several activities that not only build on geometric concepts, but also foster student critical thinking. We will investigate triangles, quadrilaterals, and circles. BYONCD (Bring your own Nspire™ compatible device). This session is not for total beginners, but novices with some background are welcome.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2324: Activity (9-12)
006B
Technology, Commercial
Mark Arguijo, TI MathForward
Using TI Nspire™ Geometry
Tools in the Algebra
Classroom
Are you an algebra teacher looking to incorporate TI Nspire™ technology into your classroom? Have you looked at the menu choices in the graphs page and wondered why geometry is an option?
Come see how you can use the built in geometry tools on the Nspire™ graphs page to make concepts come alive.
Participants will use geometric objects and constructions to model the concept of slope and determine the equations of linear functions. Great for beginners!
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2325: Activity (9-12)
301
Teaching Practices
Kathleen Mittag, Retired Professor–UT at
San Antonio
New ideas to integrate math, science, and technology to support student learning will be presented. The hands-on activity uses inexpensive manipulatives (soda cans, plastic syringes) to model functions for scientific gas laws. Topics covered will be measurement, mean, graphing, tables, independent/dependent variables, direct/indirect/inverse functions, dimensional analysis, domain, range, problem solving, interpretation of function graphs, percent error, units used to express air pressure, and TEKS.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2326: Activity (9-12)
006C
Technology, Commercial
Tom Reardon, Youngstown State University
Calculator Activities to Help Students
Prepare for the SAT and ACT Exams
TI has a variety of materials, information, and useful test preparation tools that can be found at www.education.ti.com/ go/testprep. This hands-on session will explore math practice questions from the Princeton Review. Practice questions for
English are also available. Practice questions are available for the
TI-83 Plus, the TI-84 Plus™ family of graphing calculators, and for TI-Nspire™ handhelds.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2327: Activity (9-12)
216A
Technology
Chuck Gardner, Cyber Innovation Center
Resistance Is Futile—Ohm’s Law and
Algebra
Join this electrifying session to discover how to make basic algebra tangible! With the push for STEM and cross-curricular lessons, this session explores an innovative unit from the NICERC
Cyber Literacy curriculum (www.NICERC.org) that integrates the fundamentals of electricity with a calculating engineering mindset.
With Ohm’s Law, we discover how to calculate voltage, resistance, and current in a simple electric circuit with a minimal setup. It’s a fun way to get learners thinking algebraically, to see the seemingly abstract, and allows students to physically measure values to check their work.

Britton, Venus
Brown, Lisa
Bruton, Linda
Bruun, Faye
Burroughs, April
Byerly, Christi
Caise, Kim
Campbell, Carrie
Carpenter, Patrick
Ceyanes, Robert
Chapman, Monique
Chaskin, Libby
Chatman, Monique
Cheshire, Daniel
Choins, John
Clayton, Jennifer
Coker, Bianca
Collazo, Sheila
Conerly, Torrey
Cook, Kathi
Cook, Marcy
Cory, Beth
Cox, Mark
Cron, Auston
Curtner, Wendy
Damaske, Jane
Danner, Carol
Abdellaoui, Ahmed Ben 2266
Abuan, Rodelio
Adams, Michelle
Albers, John
Albrecht, Cathryn
Alhashimi, Tina
Angel, Callie
Antoine, Allen
Arenas, Kay
Arguijo, Mark
Arterbury, Kristen
Ashley, Sara
Ashurst, John
Atnip, Rebecca
Atsalis, Alyona
Austin, Jennifer
Avalos, Benjamin
Averkiades, Trisha
Azantilow, Tequita
Baker, Catherine
Banks, Cathy
Barnes, David
2094
2036, 2089
2268
2010
2100
2185
2013
2181
2324
2025
Bass, Ariel
Bauguss, Sarah
Becker, Kathy
Bell, Ronald
Bennett, Jennie
Benson, Sharon
Benzon, Maria
Best, Lola Drury
2315
2065, 2105, 2169
2059
2017
2038
2281
2053, 2207
2127
2021, 2108
2026, 2106, 2217
2205
2174
2319
2245
2158, 2301
2208
Beth, Alicia
Bilderback , Jo Ann
Blackburn, Valerie
Blanco, Kelly
Boaler, Jo
Bolen-Abbott, Shelley 2243
Brady, Rhonda
Brennan, Sana
2310
2160, 2249, 2307
2248
2110
2027, 2123
2290, 2304
2099
2001, 2005
2262
2278
2010
2220
2068, 2258
2051
2063, 2313
2085
2030
2263, 2318
2308
2164, 2234
2162
2185
2162, 2090
2255
2156, 2213
2290
2267
2079
2034
2103, 2199
2151
2270
2323
2257
2082, 2287
2178
2198
Dart, James
Davis, Ramona
Davis, Adreana
DeLeon, Rosa
Doris, Juliann
Duran, Reynaldo
Dykema, Kevin
Eddy, Colleen
Edwards, Wanda
Ehlert, Dane
Ellerbee, Aben
2256
2008
2127, 2172
1271
DeLeon-DeHoyos, Frances 2167
Dibbs, Rebecca 2078
2196, 2226
Duong, Tri 2307
2305
2303
2184, 2254
2064
2153, 2221
2040, 2212
2039 Ellis, Maria
Essick, Cheryl
Ezell, Tracie
Fagan, Joshua
2131
2002
2255
Faulkenberry, Eileen 2215, 2260
Felling, John
Fields, Melanie
Fillyaw, DeBorah
Fleetwood, James
Fletcher, Carol
Foley, Gregory
Folger, Iris
Frizzel, Julie
Fuller, Roger
Fulton, Brad
Garcia, Stephanie
Gardner, Chuck
Garner, Jennifer
Gill, Kristina
Gist, Megan
Gokhale, Anu
Gonzalez, Kim
Goodman, Terry
Gray, Paul
Greer, Kewanta
Grell, Brandon
Gupta, Dittika
Guthrie, Julie
Hakansson, Susie
Hale, Kathy
Hammons, Jake
Hanchett, Robert
Hardin, Alysa
Hatfield, Cassandra
Haynes, Karen
Heath, Darla
Heinz, Melissa
2061, 2124
2215, 2260
2055
2066
2110, 2139
2105, 2169
2125
2050
2316
2084, 2146
2201
2327
2242
2299
2010
2322
2222
2147
2071, 2235
2029
2232
2218
2027, 2123
2033, 2152
2016, 2223, 2250
2026, 2106, 2217
2046, 2073, 2088
2113
2251
2083
2120
2024, 2076
Heitz, Layne
Hemphill, Susan
2028
2098
Henry, Yvette 2023, 2269
Hernandez, Shannon 2024, 2076
Herrera, Christin
High, Jennifer
Hilderbrand, Leslie
Hinojosa, Evelyn
Hocutt, Sandra
Hodges, Elizabeth
Hoffman, Shayla
Holguin, Sylvia
Horn, Julie
Hubbart, Cindy
2204
2190
2317
2277
2161, 2191
2280
2045
2055
2020, 2104
2059
Hudson, Valerie
Jackson, Candace
Jafferali, Anita
Jasper, Bill
2224
2182
2144, 2276
2126, 2189
Jobe, Jennifer 2121, 2252, 2309
Johnson, Tracey Zak 2138, 2230
Johnston, Kim
Jones, Javelo
Jones , Angela
Jones, Angela
Jones, Angela ,
Joyoprayitno, Anne
Kaiser, Linda
Kazemi, Elham
Keasler, Virginia
Keen, Jessica
Kelly, Jennifer
Kendall, Monica
Kinch, Diane
Kindle, Nancy
Kuehnert, Eloise
Kutsch, Lisa
Lacy, Cornell
LaMirand, Jerri
2203, 2229
2227
2195
2312
2204.5
2044, 2103
2143
2241, 2275
Lane, Kim
Lang, Mary
Laurel, Amy
Leino, Amy
Lindt, Suzanne
Littleton, Pam
Lloyd, Melody
Long, Penny
Lorenz, Cynthia
Lowell, Sandra
Luchin, Bea
Lynch, Brenda
Magee, Janice
Mallory, Kelli
Managhan, Johnette 2279
Mankus, Margo
2057
2070
2209, 2283
2168, 2231
2136, 2177
2264
2012
2115
2258
2014, 2297
2069, 2233
2040, 2259
2206
2064
2111, 2284
2058
2102
2004
2171
2099
2200
2119, 2180
2218
2009
Manzano, Cindy
Martin, TaMeka
Martin, Amanda
Mary, Maggie
Mascheck, Jennifer
Massie, Karen
May, Susan
McCarron, Craig
McCarty, Lois
McClean, Deborah
McGee, Nikki
McLaurin, Bruce
McMorris, Patricia
McNeel, Roger
Mesa, Brenda
Meyer, Dan
2096, 2133
2179
2011
2244
2289
2037
2283
2044, 2199
2166
2292
2298
2114
2077, 2236
2144, 2276
2119, 2180
2291
Meyer, Rhonda
Miller, Geoffrey
Mireles, Selina V.
Mitchell, Jennifer
Mittag, Kathleen
Molina, David
Molina, Concepcion
Monaghan, Johnette 2007
Moore, Kimberly
2112, 2193
2187, 2321, 2246
2188
2204
2113
2176, 2325
2141
2311
2051, 2211

Morales, Rudy
Morgan, Jennifer
Morgan, Brenda J.
Morrow, Tony
Morton, Sherry
Moseley, Lois
Mulhearn, Dennis
Munday, Mihaela
Neufeld, Rudy
Neuse, Kay
Newsom, Brian
Nicodemo, Patti
Nicosia, Patricia
North, Karen
O’Connell, Vince
Ochoa, Pamella
Olivares, Sherry
Ortiz, Michael
Overwijk, Alexander
Owen, John
Padgett, Tanna
Page, Alice
Parr, Richard
Parr, Andi
Pattat, Tracy
Patterson, Cody
Patty, Matthew
Pena, Casey
Piekarski, Ellen
Pratt, Sarah
Rains, Leann
Rankin, Laura
Ratliff, Brea
Reardon, Tom
Reeves, LeShell
Restivo, Nicholas
Richards, Nancy
Rimbey, Kimberly
Rinehart, Michelle
Ristroph, Ingrid
Roach, Natalie
Roberts, Lara
Robinson, Helen
Robinson, Kaye
Robinson, Lori
Robinson, Helen
Rodriguez, Joel
Rodriguez, Paul
Roebuck, Valerie
Rogers, Rachelle
Roling, Sanna
Rollins, Christy
Rose, Nicole
Russ, Mary
Sadler, Kim
2186
2294
2213
2265, 2320
2035
2163
2006
2137
Salazar, Rolando
Sanchez, Rick
Sanchez, Abby
Sandifer, Julie
2119, 2180
2018
2135
2036, 2089
Sarles, Beth 2062
Schanzer, Emmanuel 2190.5
Schielack, Vince
Schwope, Faith
Scott, Jane
Scruggs, Tami
Seeley, Cathy
Seymour, Kim
Shanahan, Nicole
Shea, Jackie
Sheridan, Debbie
Shirazi, Pareesa
2227
2041, 2130,
2194, 2326
2092
2118
2148
2054
2214
2199, 2286
2211
2002
2263
2285
2296
2318
2086
2202
2082
2219
2119, 2180
2240
2093, 2197
2245
2121, 2252, 2309
2048, 2306
2087, 2132, 2295
2273
2091
2247
2059
2272
2284
2081
2014
2056
2101
2077, 2236
2139
2062
2272
2049, 2075
2170
2160
2067, 2107
2212
2117
2003, 2043
2208
2150
2228
2085
2019
2220
2047, 1254
2101
2171
2134
2291
Silvey, Jane
Smith, Jennifer
Smith, Shawnda
Smith, Scott
Soto, Victoria
Srygley, Corina
Stadel, Andrew
Staley, John
Stark, Jennifer
Steckler, Todd
Stowe, Randi
Surdovel, David
Swim, Edward
Szmczyk, Amber
Tabor, Glenna
Tabor, Catherine
Tang, Greg
Tanton, James
Tarr, Jane
Taylor, Ariel
Telese, James
Tellez, Rita
Thomas, Eliza
Torres, Roxy
Townsend, Jeffrey
Treisman, Uri
Trent, Nancy
Tu-Hoa, Daniel
Tullos, Kris
Uranga, Carolina
Urschel, Betsy
Vallejo, Janet
Veselka, Molly 2140
Von Pallandt, Allen Freiherr 2137 von Rosenberg, Mark 2159, 2261
Ward, Barbara
Warren, Mobi
Wathall, Jennifer
Webster, Pamela
Wernet, Aaron
West, Cheryl
Wheeler, Ann
Whitaker, LaTonya
Wilkerson, Josh
2095
2314
2155
2157
Williams, Melissa
Williams, Kimberly
Willis, Judy
Wilson, Robb
2323
2288
2149
2043
2165
2053, 2207
2253
238
Wilson, Laura
Wooldridge, Lauren
2042, 2192, 2293
2131
2006
Worthington, Stephanie 2203, 2229
Wright, Megan
Wright, Kecia
Wyrick, Drew
Young, Melody
Young, Jamaal
Young, Jemimah
Zamora, Alejandra
Zike, Dinah
Zimmer, Lana
2038
2163
2184
2022, 2109
2204.5, 2237
2204.5, 2237
2174, 2253
2097
2273
2031, 2080
2000, 2142
2003
2158, 2301
2281
2032
2098
2086
2074, 2302
2239
2082, 2287
2129
2145, 2216
2210
2183
2063, 2313
2068, 2258
2175
2204
2274
2015
2060
2122, 2282
2173
2304
2072, 2225
2116
2092
2270
2013
2128
2300
Alvarez, Kristen Wednesday STEPS
Dion, Andrea Wednesday STEPS
Gonzales, Melinda Wednesday STEPS
Guiterrez, Leighann Wednesday STEPS
Keebaugh, Kim Wednesday STEPS
Kretschmer, Deborah Wednesday STEPS
Lora, Christina Wednesday STEPS
McKinney, Erin Wednesday STEPS
Robinson, Mary Wednesday STEPS
Rose, Nicole Wednesday STEPS
Tomich, Shea Wednesday STEPS
Villemain, Kathy Wednesday STEPS
Arthur, Sheen Thursday STEPS
Averkiades, Trish Thursday STEPS
Bernard, Angela Thursday STEPS
Chong, Karen Thursday STEPS
Diehl, Donald Thursday STEPS
Evans, Delaine Thursday STEPS
Ford, Brittany Thursday STEPS
Garcia, Ana Thursday STEPS
Herbst, Nadine Thursday STEPS
Matthews, Paula Thursday STEPS
Patterson, Ashley Thursday STEPS
Williams, Melissa Thursday STEPS

Speakers are accepted each year for CAMT by the Program Committee, subject to CAMT
Board approval. Decisions are based on the guidelines with input from evaluation of speakers and sessions from previous meetings. No speaker is guaranteed an opportunity to speak at CAMT.
Speakers are expected to exhibit a high level of professionalism suitable for professional mathematics education.
Speakers should begin and end their sessions at the time assigned.
Speakers should avoid the use of language that could be construed as sexist or as derogatory toward any group.
Speakers are not to promote a commercial product for personal profit or for the profit of others. Commercial products such as software programs, innovative instructional strategies presented in articles or books, or specific manipulative materials may be demonstrated if done in a non-promotional way. Promotional literature/brochures may not be handed out at the presentation.
Major commercial affiliations of a speaker
(relevant to the presentation) are to be communicated clearly in the program, in the presentation, and in any printed material given to the participants.
Speakers are encouraged, but not required, to allow their session to be taped at the request of a participant of at the request of the Program Committee.
Participants who have a specific comment on a session or speaker are encouraged to communicate directly with a member of the
Program Committee or to present written feedback at the registration desk addressed to the attention of the Program Committee.
Violations of these guidelines may result in a speaker not be accepted for future CAMT programs.
Adopted by the CAMT Board, February 17,
1989
Isabel Fears, CAMT 2016 Program Chair, San Antonio ISD
Mark Bell, San Antonio ISD
Susan Castro, San Antonio ISD
Libby Chaskin, Independent Consultant
Monica Garcia, San Antonio ISD
John Linares, Northside ISD
Richard Martinez, San Antonio ISD
David Sandoval, San Antonio ISD
Betty Travis, University of Texas at San Antonio
Deborah Velasquez, San Antonio ISD
Areli Verma, San Antonio ISD
Dinah Chancellor, Consultant
Janie Schielack, Texas A&M University
Shelley Bolen-Abbott, Region 4, Education Service Center
Jerri LaMirand, Eanes ISD
Cynthia Schneider, CAMT Board
Kathleen Hart-Abel, Pearland ISD
Jennifer Law, Exhibits Chair, Klein ISD
Kathy Riley, Exhibits Chair, Fort Bend ISD
Bill Hopkins, Chair
Jessica Deaso, Northwest ISD
Dawn Domasig, Birdville ISD
Cathy Gilbreath, Quanah ISD
Georgeann Jones, Tyler ISD
Chad Longworth, Tyler ISD
Arturo Olivares, Judson ISD
Sarah Platten, Tyler ISD
Kyle Seipp, Northwest ISD
Krisy Stephens, Region 18 ESC
Brenda Aleman, Crosby ISD
Kimberly Faircloth, Northside ISD
Mandy Noll, Allen ISD

Special Access and
Handicap Provisions
The Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center and the conference hotels warrants that they make a good faith effort to comply with requirements of the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1992 and related amendments. Persons with disabilities that require assistance may have an assistant accompany them (without paying a registration fee for the assistant).
The assistant must check in with the registration desk to receive approval and obtain a name tag. Persons with disabilities do not have to clear the session room as others do.
Lost and Found
Items for lost and found may be turned in or retrieved at the CAMT Registration booth at East Registration in the Henry B.
Gonzalez Convention Center. At the end of the conference, all lost and found items brought to the Registration Desk will be taken to the CAMT Office in Tyler, TX.
First Aid
A staffed First Aid Station is located next to the Registration Desk in East
Registration. The First Aid Station will be open from 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and
7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. on Friday. In case of an emergency, please contact a CAMT volunteer who will see that emergency personnel are contacted.
For Your Child’s Safety
Because of the size and nature of CAMT, this conference is not an appropriate setting for children. Your hotel concierge will be able to provide recommendations for childcare services while you are attending the conference. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation. Children
(including nursing babies) will not be allowed in sessions or the exhibit hall.
Program Supplement
Be sure to pick up a program supplement in the CAMT registration area. Please consult the supplement for changes and additions that occurred after the program book was printed.
Clear Air Policy
CAMT maintains a smoke-free environment in all sessions and events (including receptions, exhibits, etc.)
Cell Phone Use
As a courtesy to the speaker and your colleagues, please silence cell phones and pagers during all sessions.
Name Tags
Your name tag serves as your ticket to all conference sessions. Lost name tags will cost $5 to be replaced.
Participants can obtain a replacement name tag for lost or forgotten name tags at the registration desk. The fee for replacing a name tag is $5.00.
Fees
CAMT registration is $280.
Administrators’ Conference is $350.
Replacement name tag is $5. By registering for CAMT 2016, participants grant CAMT the right to use, in promotional materials, their likeness or voice as recorded on, or transferred to, videotape, film, slides, audiotapes, or other media.
Continuing Professional
Education Credit
The State Board of Educator Certification
(SBEC) has approved CAMT as a provider of Continuing Professional Education Credit
(CPE). Credit will be available for all conference sessions for the exact number of minutes of the session (if a session is
60 minutes, you will receive 60 minutes of credit). Although attending exhibits is a valuable component of the CAMT experience, no CPE credit is awarded for this activity. If you are interested in receiving CPE credit: Use the CPE credit form provided in the program book. This form provides certification of attendance and credit. In accordance with state requirements, separate certificates will not be issued. Complete the questions on the form. Forms will not be checked/stamped by CAMT staff. Take the form with you as you leave the conference. The completed
CPE form is your proof of attendance.
CAMT does not keep records of your CPE forms. The CPE form is located on page
61.
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The Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching has been approved by the State Board of Educator Certification to be a provider of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Credit (CPE Provider #500190). To receive CPE credit for CAMT 2016, complete this form in its entirety and take it with you when you leave the conference.
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The Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching has been approved by the State Board of Educator Certification to be a provider of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Credit
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June 29-July1, 2016 Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
200 E Market Street San Antonio, TX 78205 (210) 207-8500
On-Site Registration
10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
Name Tag/Program Book Pick-Up
10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
TASM Reception/Business Meeting
5:30-p.m.-8:30 p.m.
On-Site Registration
7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Name Tag/Program Book Pick-Up
7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Elementary Administrators’
Conference 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Presentation and Activity
Sessions 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Exhibits 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
First Timers’ Reception
3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
On-Site Registration
7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
On-Site Registration
7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
Secondary Administrators’ Conference
8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Presentation and Activity
Sessions 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Exhibits 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Presentation and Activity
Sessions 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Exhibits 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
AMTE-TX Business Meeting
3:45 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
TCTM Business Meeting and
Reception
4:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.