The book Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics..., by Peter Liljedahl, helps teachers implement 14 optimal practices for thinking that create an ideal setting for deep mathematics learning to occur. This book provides the what, why, and how of each practice. The 14 practices are organized into four toolkits.

This workshop is for teachers who already started implementing practices from Toolkit 1 and who are ready to deepen their practice by exploring Toolkit 2 and 3 strategies. The focus will be on sustaining student thinking, promoting meaningful discourse, and building a culture of collaboration. 

OBJECTIVES

• Articulate Micro-Interventions: Experience and discuss how “Proximity,” “Stop-Thinking,” and “Keep-Thinking” questions guide student reasoning and sustain productive struggle.

• De-Front the Classroom: Explore how classroom setup and verbal task launches impact engagement, and reflect on ways to make learning more mobile and collaborative.

• Thin-Slicing: Explore a series of connected tasks that building complexity while keeping students in flow.

• Practice Strategic Intervention: Discuss and practice timely teacher moves (hints, extensions, and redirects) that keep thinking alive.

• Facilitate Knowledge Mobility: Experience strategies that help students learn from one another’s work and normalize movement and idea sharing.

• Design for Consolidation: Engage in model discussions that connect multiple solution paths and support concept formalization.

• Guide Meaningful Note-Taking: Reimagine note-taking as student-owned meaning-making.

• Check for Understanding: Design short, ungraded reflections that help students assess learning and plan next steps.
  

DETAILS

• Date: August 6, 2026
• Time: 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
• Location: CESA 6, Oshkosh
• Cost: $250

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

• Teachers in grades K-12
• Math Specialists
• Math Coaches
• Math Instructional Leaders

QUESTIONS?

Please contact events@cesa6.org if you have any questions regarding this event.

CESA 6 Payment Policy for Event Registrations

CESA 6 accepts credit card payments for all event registrations. If you are unable to complete your registration using a credit card, please contact events@cesa6.org for assistance with alternative arrangements.

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Alternative payment methods may be approved under the following circumstances:

• Registration fees exceed $1,000
• A specific funding source is being used (e.g., Title funds)
• Your school district requires use of an internal payment process