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Monday, June 30
 

9:45am PDT

Making Moves to Reach all Learners: A Game Plan
Monday June 30, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
When implementing site-based/division-wide initiatives have you ever questioned how your current practice fits with new information and asked, “but what about...?” We will reflect on the “moves” we researched, observed, and tried through the lens of Building Thinking Classrooms that helped answer the “what about . . .” questions through a modeled lesson. We will collaboratively discuss prioritizing pedagogy while planning by using a task to reach and engage all learners to transform your practice.
2025 Conference Presenters
avatar for Bethany Lightfield

Bethany Lightfield

Math Coach, Prince William County, VA
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Kylie Samko

Math Coach, Prince William County VA
Kylie Samko is a dedicated middle school math coach in Prince William County, Virginia, with 11 years of educational experience. She has primarily worked with middle school students and has recently expanded her expertise to consult with elementary and high school educators. Kylie... Read More →
Monday June 30, 2025 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
Baker

11:00am PDT

Terrace Talk - Playing with Structure then Naming it: Verbing Mathematics in a Building Thinking Classroom Framework
Monday June 30, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
How can we focus on the verbing of mathematics during the Launch, Body and Closing of a math lesson? Lets look at how we can craft hands-on experiences with the use of linear, set and area models within the building thinking classroom framework. We will chat about how we can center on change and motion while we play with structure and then name it in a Thinking Classroom.
2025 Conference Presenters
avatar for Kirk Keating

Kirk Keating

BTC Team Member, Canadian Consultant, Building Thinking Classrooms
Kirk Keating (he/him) is a middle school mathematics teacher in Truro, Nova Scotia who is implementing practices from the Building Thinking Classroom framework and seeing the positive impact these practices have on student learning and well being on a daily basis. Kirk had the opportunity... Read More →
Monday June 30, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Bellevue I

1:00pm PDT

Do, Say, Think, Feel: Pulling the Curtain Back On Our Very Best Practical Moves
Monday June 30, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
What do mathematicians do? What do they say? What do they think? What do they feel? These are impactful questions to ask any young mathematician, but this session will spotlight these questions with a major plot twist. What do elementary thinking classroom teachers do, say, think, and feel? Participants will ask these questions of themselves and access each other’s expertise in a great exchange of practical moves that can be easily incorporated into any elementary thinking classroom. As Peter Liljedahl has been known to say, “The smartest person in the room is the room.” Whether your thinking classroom is fairly new or well established, this is a room you’ll want to be in. Come join us as we pull the curtain back on our very best moves.
2025 Conference Presenters
avatar for Tammy McMorrow

Tammy McMorrow

Indian Creek Elementary, Kuna School District
Tammy McMorrow has been teaching first grade for 31 years in Kuna, Idaho. In 2022 she began building a thinking classroom inspired by the work of Peter Liljedahl and was quickly won over by its magic and messiness. Determined to start a movement, she created a Facebook page for K-2... Read More →
Monday June 30, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm PDT
Grand Ballroom #1

3:30pm PDT

AI Meets Thinking Classrooms: Fostering Collaboration Across Grades
Monday June 30, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm PDT
This year, we launched a new after-school math class based on Thinking Classrooms pedagogy for 4th-6th graders. Students collaborated in random groups to investigate rich math tasks. We used various tools, including AI, as BTC teaching assistants to support student learning. Thin slicing problems is key in Thinking Classrooms, especially when working with diverse learners. AI tools, like ChatGPT, helped thin slice problems to engage and challenge all students. Join us to learn about our BTC work in a multi-grade setting and to discover AI tools that will support your own BTC classroom.
2025 Conference Presenters
avatar for Julie Broderick

Julie Broderick

5th Grade Teacher, The School at Columbia University
Our school serves a K-8 community of roughly 500 students. We are an independent New York City school founded and funded by Columbia University. We take half of our students in through a neighborhood lottery, pulling from a diverse community of Upper West Side and Harlem families... Read More →
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Lisbeth Uribe

Science & Math Teacher, The School at Columbia University
Monday June 30, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm PDT
Lake Washington Ballroom II
 


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