Ventura County Math Council
Mini-Conferences
4:00 - 6:30 pm
Fall - October 17, 2024 Spring - March 20, 2025
Presentation Links From the Fall 2024 Mini-Conference
Opening: Vicki Vierra
K-1 Abbey Shaw-Linder / Kristy Guerrero
2-3 Rickey Koga
2-3 Jeff Linder
4-5 Kelsey Bartlett
6-8 Dan Shuster Resources
6-8 Sue Hearon
HS Lisa Ryder
HS Scott Magers
Link to Registration Page Coming Soon
2024 Spring Mini-Conference
2023 Framework: The Why, the How, and the What
March 14, 2024
Presentation Links From the Spring 2024 Mini-Conference
Opening: Jeff Linder
K-1 Abbey Shaw-Linder / Rosslyn Nikula
2-3 Mary-Allyn Garcia, Tanya Gonzales Cruz,
Janet Lanning, Erika Henderson
2-3 Cori Orlando
4-5 Kelsey Bartlett
6-8 Rebecca Pariso
6-8 Fawn Nguyen
HS Fawn Nguyen
Presentation Links From the Fall 2023 Mini-Conference
Opening:
K-1 Brooke Cloud and Stacy Allison TK-1st presentation- Let's Play with Numbers!
K-1 Ann-Marie Matter & Mary Beth Stovall What's So "Big" About Measurement
2-3 Eva Cherrie
2-3 Rickey Koga
4-5 Sonali Pillai
4-5 Matt Haber
6-8 Joe Stewart & Andrew Van Conas
6-8 Dr. Brennan Pope Adding Rigor to Lessons
HS Elizabeth Martinez & Meta Davidson Math In The Real World
Presentation Links From the Fall 2021 Mini-Conference
Opening: Vicki Vierra, VCOE: Opening Session: Welcome and Opening Activity - 4 Strikes You're Out!
K-1 Katherine Leppaluoto, Oxnard School District: Active Thinkers and Doers of Math
K-1 Abbey Shaw-Linder, Rio Schools: Playing With Numbers - Activities to Build Number Sense and Logical Thinking in the Primary Classroom
2-3 Rossslyn Nikula, Ventura USD: A Number Routine a Day: Making the Mathematical Practices Come Alive in the Classroom
2-3 Amy Rosen, Las Virgenes USD: Math and Movement: Actively Engaging Mathematical Thinkers and Doers
4-5 Iris VanDyke, Las Virgenes USD: Integrate and Differentiate: Take Engagement from Good to Great!
4-5 Gina Young, Ventura USD, TOSA: Capturing Quantities, A Routine for Reasoning
6-8 Michael Hunt, Retired Oxnard School District, Math Education, CSUCI: Mathematical Modeling and Wildfires
6-8 Rebecca Pariso, Hueneme Schools: Using Desmos for Low Floor, High Ceiling Tasks
HS Jim Short, VCOE: Engaging Students in Thinking About and Using Linear Functions
HS Jim Short, VCOE: Engaging Students in Thinking About Using Quadratic Functions
Presentation Links From the Spring 2021 Mini-Conference
K-1
Amanda Rodriguez
Strategies and Activities to Boost Student Engagement
2-3
Amy Rosen
Building Community Through Mathematical Practices
HS
Scott Mangers & Cara Tedrick
PearDeck and Other Strategies for Hybrid / DL
Dawn Santiago
Rethinking master and Assessments During Distance Learning
Presentation Links From the Fall 2020 Mini-Conference
Many thanks to the presenters, the audience and the organizers for making our first virtual conference a success!
Opening Session : Productive Struggle_ Welcome & Opening Activity.pptx
HS: Virtual Math Manipulatives for Distance Learning
HS: Visual Math with Puzzles to Promote Mathematical Thinking
MS: Drop It In Chat
MS: Productive Struggle for Everyone
Grades 4-5 AdAPPting to Virtual Maths: Session 1
Grades 4-5 AdAPPting to Virtual Maths: Session 2
Grades 2-3 Using Online Interactive Tools for Productive Struggle
Grades 2-3 Challenging Tasks and Activities to Engage Students in a Digital Classroom - VCMC PD
Grades TK-1 Bitmoji Classroom 001
Grades TK-1 TK Math and Distance Learning