ANN Instructional Routine Club #3 (15 Apr 2026)

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 19:00:00 GMT

The Adult Numeracy Network (ANN) website has a collection of math routines for adult math and numeracy classrooms. Visit https://adultnumeracynetwork.org/Instructional-Routines to explore the collection.

ANN is offering a series of hour-long introductions to some of the math routines from our collection.

Each session will focus on one math routine and will include:

a brief community builder
time to experience the routine as learners
time to reflect on how to use the routine in our classrooms.

Our next discussion will be on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, from 3-4 Eastern/2-3 Central/1-2 Mountain/12-1 Pacific.

To REGISTER, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/6WKP9hkti1gmqEmJA

Please use the registration form to vote for the math routine you want us to look at together.

Mathematics and Language: Recommendations for Equitable and Effective Math Instruction for Multilingual Learners (Forum for Equity in Elementary Mathematics Speaker Series) (29 Apr 2026)

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:00:00 GMT

BeCALM Benchmark Fractions: Curriculum For Beginning Math Learners (SABES Math & Numeracy PD Team) (6 May 2026)

Wed, 06 May 2026 18:00:00 GMT

Overview: Adults who are beginning math learners can sometimes find themselves left behind by HSE curriculum or stuck trying to memorize their way through calculations they don’t understand. BeCALM (Beginning Curriculum for Adults Learning Math) was designed to be a conceptually focused, cognitively rigorous curriculum that supports beginning math learners in developing math concepts and skills.

This 1.5-hour online workshop will introduce a curriculum specifically designed to help beginning-level math learners develop part-whole reasoning with benchmark fractions. This resource can be used for remote or in-person classes and includes a student packet, teacher’s guide, and other downloadable materials. Units include application activities in the context of financial literacy that integrate TSTM (Teaching Skills That Matter) identified skills.

Audience: This professional development activity/course is designed for ABE teachers teaching math at GLE levels 2-4 and administrators at all levels of math ability and comfort

Description: Benchmark fractions (and their decimal and percent equivalents) are fractions that are easy to visualize and calculate, such as one-half and one-fourth. Benchmark fractions are a powerful way to develop number sense in beginning math learners and give them a way to reason about other, less familiar fractions. During the workshop, you will be introduced to the materials in the BeCALM Benchmark Fractions packet and will hear recommendations for their use.

Download the BeCALM Benchmark Fraction materials here.

Note: Many of the math activities in this unit are adapted from EMPower Plus Using Benchmarks. They were adapted for beginning level learners and made accessible for remote teaching. The math content in this unit is designed for students with a math level GLE 2-4 (CCRSAE Math level A-B). The materials are also appropriate for students with limited literacy levels (Reading level GLE 2+).

Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this professional development activity/course, you will be able to:

Gain familiarity with the materials and some of the activities in the packet
Identify which fraction concepts are important for beginning math learners
Introduce part-whole reasoning with the benchmark fractions one-half and one-fourth
Use benchmark fractions and visual models, such as number lines and circle graphs, to estimate less-familiar fractions

Presenter / Facilitator: Jean Oviatt-Rothman

Learn more and REGISTER here

Adult Numeracy Network upcoming events

ANN Instructional Routine Club #3 (15 Apr 2026)

Mathematics and Language: Recommendations for Equitable and Effective Math Instruction for Multilingual Learners (Forum for Equity in Elementary Mathematics Speaker Series) (29 Apr 2026)

BeCALM Benchmark Fractions: Curriculum For Beginning Math Learners (SABES Math & Numeracy PD Team) (6 May 2026)