Card Game Roundup
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Workshop

Facilitated by Josh Rappaport,
Co-Author of the Card Game Roundup books

• The Card Game Roundup Workshop
offers an exciting opportunity for elementary teachers to develop new skills in teaching standards-based math. Best of all, these games teach the new math standards in a way students and teachers enjoy — through fun, Wild West card games.

• In the Card Game Roundup games, students do NOT simply perform rote memorization of rules and procedures, NOR do they just practice previously attained skills. Instead — in the spirit of the NCTM standards — students actually LEARN and EXPLORE IMPORTANT MATH CONCEPTS … through delightful play.

• Josh Rappaport is uniquely qualified to facilitate this fun and exciting, HANDS-ON WORKSHOP. A skilled presenter, Josh also leads workshops for school districts and at NCTM conferences for his Algebra Survival Guide, and Algebra Survival Guide Workbook.

• As co-author of the Card Game Roundup books, Josh knows these games inside-out. With that knowledge, Josh shows teachers how to make the most of these engaging and stimulating games.

In the Workshop, Josh will:

• Show teachers how they can meet REQUIRED COMPETENCIES by having students play the Card Game Roundup games

• Demonstrate how teachers use the games to teach concepts in ALL FIVE NCTM CONTENT AREAS and in ALL FIVE PROCESS AREAS in a fun and brand new way.

• Show teachers how they can use the games as a springboard for MATH JOURNAL entries or CLASS DISCUSSION through the "Campfire Chat" discussion questions that follow every game.

• Show how the games allow for DISCOVERY, EXPLORATION, AND WONDER, making math an experience that COMES ALIVE for students.

• Get teachers to play the games, so that they can go back to their classrooms with the CONFIDENCE and SKILL needed to make the games an integral part of their CURRICULUM.

• Every teacher at the workshop will receive one copy of either of the Card Game Roundup books … either the version for K-2, or the one for Grades 3-5.

Presenter’s Background:

Josh Rappaport is a former teacher, an author, tutor, and workshop leader. He has a passion for helping educators enhance their skills in teaching math. Josh has presented math workshops in locations across the nation, including Seattle, Portland, and Dallas, and he recently presented at a regional conference of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Oklahoma City. A former teacher, Josh received the Outstanding Young Educator Award for Santa Fe (1988), in recognition of his ability to weave creative projects into his classroom instruction.

• Algebra Survival Guide: A Conversational Handbook for the Thoroughly Befuddled (winner of a Parents’ Choice award)

• Algebra Survival Guide Workbook: Thousands of Problems to Sharpen Skills and Enhance Understanding — NEW!

• Card Game Roundup (K-2) — NEW!

• Card Game Roundup (3-5) — NEW!

Workshops:

Call Josh today at 505/438.3418 or email: josh@SingingTurtle.com
to find out how you can schedule a workshop for your school district.