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Greetings and a warm welcome to the 2025 Mighty Peace Teachers’ Convention!

Convention will be held at Charles Spencer High School (CS) and St. Joseph Catholic High School (SJ), with some off-site sessions as well.

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Here are a few key points to get you started:

  1. Keeping informed about MPTC 2025- The most up to date information is posted on our website and in our Facebook Group. Keep an eye on our posts and emails for upcoming social events, speakers, and contests. These opportunities will provide valuable insights, resources, and networking possibilities.
    Read the February Newsletter.

  2. Build your schedule - Be sure to read the descriptions!: Please note that adding a session to your schedule DOES NOT guarantee you a seat in the room. We allow attendees to select multiple sessions per time slot when creating their schedule to allow for maximum flexibility on the day of Convention. All sessions are first come, first served, unless otherwise stated in the session description. Some sessions are double sessions and some require pre-registration and may have a fee to cover costs of materials. Please read and follow the instructions in the descriptions. We are excited to include several off-site sessions this year, so be sure to check the location as well.

3. New schedule - There are four time slots when sessions are held on each day. Sessions are 70 minutes long and there is 20 minutes between sessions to allow time to get to the other venue(s) if necessary.
Session 1: 9am-10:10am
Session 2: 10:30am-11:40am
Lunch 11:40am-12:40pm
Session 3: 12:40pm-1:50pm
Session 4: 2:10pm-3:20pm

Teachers’ Conventions are organized by volunteer teachers from each of the participating locals.
If you are interested in joining the MPTCA Board, please contact your local president.
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Thursday, March 6
 

9:00am MST

ARE YOU SURE? QUESTIONS THAT BUILD MATH THINKING CLASSROOMS GRADE 4 - 6
Thursday March 6, 2025 9:00am - 10:10am MST
CS LIBRARY
Post-Convention Survey
Simple questions can lead students to think deeply about how they got to an answer and often lead them to explain their process. Effective questioning strategies and sample questions will be modelled and shared throughout this hands-on session as participants engage in a wide variety of games. A secondary focus will be on mental math and estimation strategies and activities. The games will integrate the use of easily found cards and dice. Participants will gain the knowledge, skill and confidence to embed higher-level thinking questions through their math games classes. Handouts will contain games, journal writing/question extensions and concept skills checklists for assessment. Come Prepared to Play!

Session Objectives:
1. Participants will learn a wide variety of math games, with supported questions for each
2. Participants will learn how to integrate math game journals into their classrooms
3. Participants will receive and learn how to use concept skill checklists for assessment purposes
Speakers
avatar for John Felling

John Felling

presenter, Box Cars And One Eyed Jacks
The workshops and seminars John Felling presents are engaging, informative, fun, and hands-on. In his workshops, teachers learn a variety of games and activities (new ones every year), closely tied to provincial curriculum standards. The games and activities presented integrate easily... Read More →
Thursday March 6, 2025 9:00am - 10:10am MST
CS LIBRARY 20 Knowledge Way, Grande Prairie, AB
  Division 2/ Grades 4-6, Curriculum & Pedagogy, Mathematics

10:30am MST

MASTERING MULTIPLICATION AND PLACE VALUE CONCEPTS - GAMES FOR UPPER ELEMENTARY
Thursday March 6, 2025 10:30am - 11:40am MST
CS LIBRARY
Post-Convention Survey
Come prepared to play math games and learn strategies to help students master basic multiplication - fact fluency, and place value concepts including whole numbers to millions and decimals. The games integrate the use of cards and regular and place-value dice. Games are easy to differentiate to meet the needs of all students including the strugglers and those that need extra challenge. The handout will contain gameboards, and concept skill checklists for assessment purposes, and be ready to use on Monday a.m. Teachers continue to ask for support in instructing these key areas of the math curriculum, and these games, strategies and manipulatives will help support your math program.

Session Objectives:
1. Participants will learn games and strategies for place value concepts, millions to decimals including decomposing/composing numbers, rounding, expanding and comparing numbers
2. Participants will learn basic strategies for helping students master basic X facts up to 12 x 12
3. Participants will learn how to differentiate games to meet the needs of all students in their classrooms.
Speakers
avatar for John Felling

John Felling

presenter, Box Cars And One Eyed Jacks
The workshops and seminars John Felling presents are engaging, informative, fun, and hands-on. In his workshops, teachers learn a variety of games and activities (new ones every year), closely tied to provincial curriculum standards. The games and activities presented integrate easily... Read More →
Thursday March 6, 2025 10:30am - 11:40am MST
CS LIBRARY 20 Knowledge Way, Grande Prairie, AB
  Division 2/ Grades 4-6, Curriculum & Pedagogy, Mathematics

12:40pm MST

PLAY ON WORDS - PRIMARY LITERACY GAMES FOR SMALL GROUP AND WHOLE CLASS INSTRUCTION
Thursday March 6, 2025 12:40pm - 1:50pm MST
CS LIBRARY
Post-Convention Survey
Brains learn best through PLAY! Come prepared to play Box Cars K - 3 Literacy games that incorporate the use of hands-on materials: literacy dice, letter tiles, word decks, and even dollar store finds! Games will cover: learning the alphabet and its' sounds, rhyme and word patterns, vocabulary builders, spelling simple CVC words, and work with vowels and blends. These games and strategies will fit into centers, small groups and whole class instruction, are easy to differentiate and can be adapted for intervention, ELL and assessment purposes.

Session Objectives:
1. Participants will learn how to integrate easy to find manipulatives into their literacy programs.
2. Participants will learn how to easily differentiate activities across K - 3 abilities, and adapt to ELL and special ed programs
3. Participants will get ideas on how to transfer the games and activities to home practice
Speakers
avatar for Jane Felling

Jane Felling

Presenter, Box Cars And One-Eyed Jacks Inc
Jane is author of the award winning Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks series of teacher resources - both for math and literacy. Jane has presented workshops across North America for over 30 years and has been a featured speaker at 100's of provincial, state, national and international conference... Read More →
Thursday March 6, 2025 12:40pm - 1:50pm MST
CS LIBRARY 20 Knowledge Way, Grande Prairie, AB
  Division 1/ Grades 1-3, Curriculum & Pedagogy, English Language Learning, Language Arts |   Pre-K/ K, Curriculum & Pedagogy, English Language Learning, Language Arts

2:10pm MST

LINKING THE LEARNING - UPPER ELEMENTARY DOMINO MATH GAMES
Thursday March 6, 2025 2:10pm - 3:20pm MST
CS LIBRARY
Post-Convention Survey
Dominoes are one of the most versatile and easiest math manipulatives to use in your whole class or small group instruction, they are a student favourite and not just for primary students. Come prepared to play and learn games that help teach and support the following concepts: place value including decimals, fractions, operations including multi-digits, graphing, problem-solving and probability. The handout will contain gameboards for immediate use, ideas for differentiating the activities and assessment opportunities.

Session Objectives:
1. Participants will learn 10 - 15 domino math games that can be used immediately in their classrooms
2. Participants will learn management strategies for both whole class instruction and center/small groups
3. Participants will learn how to differentiate the games to meet the needs of both strugglers and students that need to be challenged.
Speakers
avatar for John Felling

John Felling

presenter, Box Cars And One Eyed Jacks
The workshops and seminars John Felling presents are engaging, informative, fun, and hands-on. In his workshops, teachers learn a variety of games and activities (new ones every year), closely tied to provincial curriculum standards. The games and activities presented integrate easily... Read More →
Thursday March 6, 2025 2:10pm - 3:20pm MST
CS LIBRARY 20 Knowledge Way, Grande Prairie, AB
  Division 2/ Grades 4-6, Curriculum & Pedagogy, Mathematics
 
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