Building Thinking Classrooms 2025 Annual Conference

Amy Huyser

Sawyer Woods Elementary

2nd Grade Teacher

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I have been teaching for 12 years; this is my first year in 2nd grade and my first year trying to implement BTC.

6:30am PDT

Registration and Information Booth - Open at 6:30am Grand Stair Prefunction AreaAudrey Otto • Toni Buechler • Tina Mott

7:30am PDT

Welcome and Opening Keynote - From the Margins to the Center: Meeting the Needs of Marginalized Learners with ICUCARE & BTC Grand BallroomPamela Seda

8:30am PDT

Morning Food and BeverageMichelle Locke • Monique Pollitt

8:45am PDT

Affinity Groups + BTC Partners TBDNova Katz • Tina Mott

9:45am PDT

Word Study Tasks in the Thinking Classroom Lake Washington Ballroom IDiann Christensen

11:00am PDT

Picture This: Using Picture Books and Photographs to Ignite Literacy in the Thinking Classroom West SeattleHeidi Sabnani

12:00pm PDT

Lunch - Break Lake Washington TerraceMichelle Locke • Monique Pollitt

1:00pm PDT

Grading for Growth: How we Grade in a Thinking Classroom. Grand Ballroom #8Melisa McCain • Amanda Ramey • Amanda Ray

2:15pm PDT

Using Thinking Tasks to Foster Student Engagement Grand Ballroom #1Victoria Holt Building Thinking Classrooms: A Collaborative Conversation Across Content Areas Baker

3:30pm PDT

Equity in Action: Building Thinking Classrooms for Students Who Struggle in Math Bellevue IILisa Amick • Bridget Gunn

7:00am PDT

Registration and Information Booth - Open at 7:00am Grand Stair Prefunction AreaToni Buechler • Nova Katz • Tina Mott • Tamara Smith Morning Food and Beverage Lake Washington TerraceMichelle Locke • Monique Pollitt

8:00am PDT

How We Use Manipulatives in a K-8 Thinking Classroom Lake Washington Ballroom IIKim Rimbey

10:20am PDT

Affinity Groups + BTC Partners TBDNova Katz • Tina Mott

11:00am PDT

Guiding Gallery Walks: Selecting, Sequencing, and Seeding a 3 Act Task SeattleChelsea McClellan

12:00pm PDT

Lunch Lake Washington TerraceMichelle Locke

1:00pm PDT

How to Use BTC Grading Practices to Support Student Learning and Interventions Lake Washington Ballroom IIAnna Colaric

2:15pm PDT

Equitable Instruction in Action: The Cognitive Science Behind Building Thinking Classrooms West SeattleThomas Nobili

3:30pm PDT

BTC 2025 Closing Grand BallroomPeter Liljedahl