Fall Conference Schedule
Sue O’Connell will be speaking at the following conferences in the fall of 2022: Sept. 28 – National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM) Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA – 10:45am...
MoreReady, Set… Let’s Go: Starting the Year with Math Games
What can we do in the first weeks of school to set the stage for the coming year? Are there skills that may need revisited after the summer break? Is there information we’d like to gather about our students to help us plan our early lessons? Are...
MoreThe Power of Math Games – free webinar – Aug. 9
Join Sue for a free Hand2Mind webinar on Aug. 9, 4-4:45 (CT). We’ll talk about the power of math games to get your school year started off right! Not only will students love the games, but they are revisiting skills from the prior year and...
More7 Ways Children’s Literature Enhances Math Teaching
We recognize the power of reading a good story. But what might a good story bring to our math lessons? How might it enhance our teaching and spur student discovery? How might it support the development of problem solving? How might it extend math...
MoreUpcoming Webinar on Strategies for Building Math Understanding K-5
Join me for a 3-part webinar series titled: Tips, Tools, and Resources for Building Math Understanding. The series begins March 24, 2022 and runs for 3 consecutive Thursdays from 6:00-7:15pm EST. If you are unable to join live, you will have...
MoreTeaching Mathematics Through Context
Rather than a focus on memorizing teacher-taught algorithms to arrive at correct answers, today’s math standards focus on computational fluency, conceptual understanding, and application (problem solving). So, how do we shift the focus...
MoreKnowledgehook Conference
Sue is presenting a one-hour session at the Knowledgehook Teacher Conference (virtual) on Nov. 18, 2021 at 7:30pm (ET). The topic is Step Back and Let Them Think: Simple Investigations to Prompt Math Discovery K-5. Handouts are available...
MoreVermont Math Conference Keynote
I am honored to be a keynote speaker at the 2021 Vermont Council of Teachers of Mathematics conference. The conference is virtual. I hope you can join me on Saturday Oct. 23 at 9:00am. My session is titled: From Models to Discovery: Helping...
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