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Summer Institutes (Coming soon)

This summer we will have three 3 day institutes. In surrounding cities in the Inland Empire

 

2025 Summer Math Institute

 

Building Thinking Classrooms Part 1 & 2

This Grade K-12 Institute is about bringing teachers together after yet another hectic and stressful academic year in order to figure out the next steps. For teachers new to Building Thinking Classrooms, learn instructional strategies to foster student engagement and thinking.

Topics included:

Evaluating the specific tasks that promote thinking classrooms.

How do we arrange the physical space in a Thinking Classroom to facilitate thinking autonomy?

What does homework look like in a Thinking Classroom?

How do we develop student autonomy in a Thinking Classroom?

How do we reframe student evaluation in a Thinking Classroom?

A picture of the Building thinking classrom book that will be used in the summer institute

 

 

Cognitively Guided Instruction for Early Childhood

Learn activities for TK-2 students to help develop early counting skills, place value understanding, and strategies for operating with numbers.

 

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Feedback from Past Summer Institutes:

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