Building Thinking Classrooms Conference 2026

This session incorporates elements from Building Thinking Classrooms and NCTM’s 8 Effective Teaching Practices while modeling NCTM’s 5 Practices to facilitate mathematical discourse. Participants will:Connect and learn about strategies that build community while promoting thinking for deep understanding and meaningful discourse; Engage in a rich math task planned to prioritize elements of increased access to content and discourse;Reflect on actionable steps to incorporate elements of discourse while supporting student autonomy in a collaborative classroom community. Time will be divided between task engagement, debrief of facilitation, and space for reflection. We will make connections to the standards of mathematical practice by engaging in reasoning and justification while exploring how various solution strategies highlight multiple representations and mathematical relationships.