Date: September 30, 2026
Time: 8:30 – 3:00
Location: Stoweflake Mountain Resort and Spa, Stowe, VT
Cost: $295.00
Presenter: Graham Fletcher, Ed.S
Target Audience: K-5
Includes: Continental Breakfast and Full Lunch
Workshop: Session Description: As more mathematics teachers look to add high-yield tasks to their repertoire, the struggle to make it all work becomes real. Let’s examine how problem-based lessons can be used throughout a unit and how we can harness their power to advance student thinking. We’ll identify strategies and explore tasks to help us find a healthy balance among application, conceptual understanding, and procedural fluency.
Through the lens of mathematical learning progressions, participants will explore how students develop their understanding over time and how instruction can be intentionally designed to advance their thinking. Together, we’ll examine common challenges in teaching and learning mathematics and consider practical ways to support student reasoning, strengthen mathematical discourse, and build connections across concepts and grade levels. Educators will leave with actionable strategies, rich tasks, and a deeper understanding of how problem-based learning can help students develop lasting mathematical understanding.
Grade Band Sessions and Domains
- Grades K-5 Operations and Algebraic Thinking, and Numbers and Operations in Base Ten
Bio
Graham Fletcher is a mathematics educator, consultant, and professional learning facilitator whose work focuses on building conceptual understanding in elementary mathematics. He has served as a classroom teacher, math instructional lead, and math specialist, and is widely known for his work with math progressions, problem-based lessons, and fluency development. Graham presents throughout North America and beyond, supporting teachers and students through engaging tasks, purposeful practice, and practical tools that strengthen mathematics instruction. He is also a coauthor of Building Fact Fluency: A Toolkit for Addition and Subtraction.