Registration Information:

SCHEDULE Cost: $75.00 per person

Registration Deadline: June 29th, 2009

8:00 – 8:30 Method of Payment: Checks Only

Registration/ Continental Payable to:
Nixa Public Schools
Breakfast Education Office (Annex A)
205 North Street
Nixa, MO 65714
8:30 – 9:30
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Pearson Education registering:
Name: ______________________________
E-mail:_______________________________
9:45 – 11:00 Grade/Position:_______________________
Investigations
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City:_______________ Zip Code:_________
Summer Contact Number: ______________
Users’
11:00 – 12:00
Enjoy lunch on your own. *Breakout Session Choices: Conference
st nd rd
1 Choice 2 Choice 3 Choice
Session 1
12:00 – 1:15 Session 2
Breakout Session B Session 3 Hosted by:
Nixa Public Schools
1:30 – 2:45 Sessions offered will be determined by
www.nixapublicschools.net
Breakout Session C number of participants - minimum of TEN
participants

3:00 – 4:00 More information about each session can

Closing Session Provided be found at www.nixapublicschools.net July 15, 2009
by Pearson Education Questions?
Contact Cheryl Dick @ cheryldick@nixaschools.net
or (417) 724-4060
 Visit www.nixapublicschools.net for detailed descriptions of each session.
~Note: Most sessions are offered twice.
Session One Choices
(9:45 a.m.– 11:00 a.m.)
(A1) It’s As Easy as 1*2*3 – Investigations and
PowerPoint - Stephany Vesely (K-4 Session)
(A2) SuccessNet and SuccessTracker – Stacey
McMichael, Pearson Representative (K-4 Session)
(A3) "Math Talk" in the Investigations Classroom -
Suzanne Love, Pearson Representative (K-4 Ses-
sion)
(B2) Setting up Your Mathematical Community -
Cathy Calhoun (Kindergarten Session)
(B4) Sorting and Surveys - Angie Lunceford and
Dawn McNew (Kindergarten Session)
(B5) Spice up Routines, Calendar Time and Class-
room Management – Paula Sorrell (Kindergarten
Session)
(C1) Considerations for Unit Preparation - Cindy
Marquardt (1st Grade Session)
(C3) Getting Started - Jean League (1st Grade Ses-
sion)
(C5) Assessments with Investigations – Julia Ream
(1st Grade Session)
(C8) Games, Games, and More Games - Robin Ma-
son (1st Grade Session)
(D2) Math Workshop --How to Use the Games of
Investigations Constructively – Anita Young (2nd
Grade Session)
(D4) Build It and They Will Come.......to start thinking
algebraically – LaDonna Hunt (2nd Grade Session)
(E2) How Do I Collect Grades for Investigations? –
Kristy Richart (3rd Grade Session)
(E5) Don’t Be a Square! Explore Geometry! – Nicole
Rothove (3rd Grade Session)
(F2) Probability-Shannon Savvenas (4th Grade Ses-
sion)
(F4) 2-D Geometry - Polly Got a Cracker? - Tammy
Beets (4th Grade Session)
(F6) Division Stories – Gena Wenger (4th Grade
Session)
(F8) Penny Jars and Plant Growth - What is the last
book about? - Pam Clark (4th Grade Session)
(F9) Solve Addition and Subtraction Problems Effi-
ciently Using a Variety of Strategies - Landmarks
and Large Numbers – Karen Perry (4th Grade Ses-
sion)
Session Two Choices
(12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.)
(A1) It’s As Easy as 1*2*3 – Investigations and
PowerPoint - Stephany Vesely (K-4 Session)
(A2) SuccessNet and SuccessTracker – Stacey
McMichael, Pearson Representative (K-4 Session)
(A3) "Math Talk" in the Investigations Classroom -
Suzanne Love, Pearson Representative (K-4 Ses-
sion)
(B1) Where Do I Begin? - Cathy Calhoun
(Kindergarten Session)
(B3) “How Many Do You Have?”– Angie Lunceford
and Dawn McNew (Kindergarten Session)
(B5) Spice up Routines, Calendar Time and Class-
room Management – Paula Sorrell (Kindergarten
Session)
(C2) Pattern Blocks, Geo-boards and Connecting
Cubes … Oh My! – Cindy Marquardt (1st Grade Ses-
sion)
(C4) What About the GLEs? – Jean League (1st
Grade Session)
(C6) Math Workshop: Organizing, Playing, Assessing
- Julia Ream (1st Grade Session)
(C7) Getting Started - Setting up the Daily Routines –
Robin Mason (1st Grade Session)
(D1) The '“Meat and Potatoes'“ of Investigations -
Anita Young (2nd Grade Session)
(D3) Counting, Coins, and Combinations; Ok! –
LaDonna Hunt (2nd Grade Session)
(E1) Making Math Workshop Work for You - Kristy
Richart (3rd Grade Session)
(E3) Trading Stickers -- Combining Coins - Karen
Perry (3rd Grade Session)
(E4) So Many Resources, So Little Time....What to
Do? – Nicole Rothove (3rd Grade Session)
(F1) Data Analysis - Shannon Savvenas (4th Grade
Session)
(F3) Measurement - Size It Up - Tammy Beets (4th
Grade Session)
(F5) Multiple Towers – Gena Wenger (4th Grade Ses-
sion)
(F7) Multiplication and Division - Pam Clark (4th
Grade Session)
Session Three Choices
(1:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.)
(B1) Where Do I Begin? - Cathy Calhoun
(Kindergarten Session)
(B3) “How Many Do You Have?” – Angie
Lunceford and Dawn McNew (Kindergarten
Session)
(B5) Spice up Routines, Calendar Time and
Classroom Management – Paula Sorrell
(Kindergarten Session)
(C2) Pattern Blocks, Geo-boards and Con-
necting Cubes … Oh My! – Cindy Marquardt
(1st Grade Session)
(C4) What About the GLEs? – Jean League
(1st Grade Session)
(C6) Math Workshop: Organizing, Playing,
Assessing - Julia Ream (1st Grade Session)
(C7) Getting Started - Setting up the Daily
Routines – Robin Mason (1st Grade Ses-
sion)
(D1) The '“Meat and Potatoes'“ of Investiga-
tions - Anita Young (2nd Grade Session)
(D3) Counting, Coins, and Combinations; Ok!
– LaDonna Hunt (2nd Grade Session)
(E1) Making Math Workshop Work for You -
Kristy Richart (3rd Grade Session)
(E3) Trading Stickers -- Combining Coins -
Karen Perry (3rd Grade Session)
(E4) So Many Resources, So Little
Time....What to Do? – Nicole Rothove (3rd
Grade Session)
(F1) Data Analysis - Shannon Savvenas (4th
Grade Session)
(F3) Measurement - Size It Up- Tammy
Beets (4th Grade Session)
(F5) Multiple Towers – Gena Wenger (4th
Grade Session)
(F7) Multiplication and Division - Pam Clark
(4th Grade Session)