Making Math Meaningful
for  Both Students & Teachers
Presented by Greg Tang

Greg Tang, Best Selling Author & Popular Math Educator!

Columbia, MD ~ September 19, 2007 ~ site information Houston, TX ~ October 16, 2007 ~ site information San Antonio, TX ~ October 17, 2007 ~ site information Dallas, TX ~ October 18, 2007 ~ site information

Greg Tang leads you on a math journey like no other. If you ever felt like you were missing the “math gene,” never connected with the way you were taught math, or are simply looking for ways to make math more intuitive and compelling to your students, then come discover what thousands of teachers have learned firsthand: a simple, common sense approach to numbers that holds the key to arithmetic, problem-solving, and mathematical thinking.

Join Greg as he shows teachers from kindergarten through 6th grade a step by step, consistent, and coordinated approach to teaching math that develops good number sense, builds strong computational skills, and encourages creative thinking and problem-solving. Best of all, it is so simple and straightforward that it leaves teachers wishing they had been taught this way. If you ever had doubts about math in the past, you’ll come away inspired and passionate about how math can be taught in the future. Math will never be the same!

Program Highlights:

• Fluency with Numbers, Numbers & More Numbers

  • Sequence and size of numbers

  • Building blocks: decomposing numbers 1 to 10

  • Creative use of place value

  • Alternative number systems (color, shape, bases)

  • Regrouping with Funny Numbers

• Building Strong Computational Skills

  • Transition from counting to grouping

  • Strategic approach to addition and subtraction

  • Multiplying without memorizing? Here’s how!

  • Insight into long division

  • Mental math

• Creative Problem-Solving that Turns Students On

  • Focus on efficiency and accuracy

  • Learning to think out-of-the-box

  • Looking for smart groupings

  • Simplifying with patterns & symmetries

• Unleashing Your Students’ Mathematical Thinking

  • Activities that build speed, efficiency and accuracy

  • Use verbal and visual materials to address different learning styles

  • Move students away from a rote approach to learning facts and formulas

• Making Math/Literature Connections

  • Interdisciplinary approach to teaching: math, reading, writing, science, fine arts, and art history

  • Verbal and visual communication to address multiple learning styles