Webinars
Bridges Assessments in Magma Math Webinar
May 15, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. PDT
What does it look like to bring Bridges assessments to life in the classroom? In this professional learning session, we’ll explore how Magma Math helps educators move beyond right-or-wrong answers to reveal students' thinking.
You’ll see real examples of Bridges content in Magma. You’ll also hear from one of our experts about how teachers and coaches use Magma to surface student thinking, guide instruction, and make math learning more visible.
Bridges Assessments in Forefront
May 20, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. PDT
See how Forefront brings clarity and impact to the rich information already being gathered in your classrooms. This 45-minute session will introduce users to Forefront’s tools designed to help educators collect, visualize, and share data on student learning. The results streamline meeting prep, strengthen collaboration, simplify family reporting, and make Bridges results easier to understand and act on. A brief Q&A will follow the session.
Upcoming Bridges Third Edition Webinars
Throughout the 2024–25 school year, our professional learning team is focusing on developing, assessing, and building on student thinking for all learners. Explore the recordings below to see how instructional structures, assessment practices, and support for multilingual and neurodiverse learners foster student voice and choice, creating an inclusive and empowering classroom experience or sign up for future webinars.
Affirming Multilingual Learners with Bridges Third Edition
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
1.5 hours
3:00–4:30 p.m. (Pacific Time)
Bridges Third Edition Webinars 2024-2025: Replays
Affirming Neurodiverse Learners with Bridges Third Edition
We believe all students are sensemakers. In Bridges in Mathematics Third Edition, we provide many opportunities and resources to share and build on the thinking of students who make sense of mathematics in a wide range of ways—including neurodiverse learners.
Communicating Assessments with Families and Caregivers
Participants engage in a webinar focused on equitable teaching and community building. The session emphasizes communication with families and caregivers, discussing how to support belonging and identity development through effective assessment communication.
Using Assessment for Instructional Decision-Making in Bridges Third Edition
Discover how to engage with student thinking through video and student work while exploring the tools built into Bridges Third Edition. This session highlights asset-based approaches to using assessments for instructional decision-making, helping educators make informed and supportive choices for their students.
Observational and Work Sample Assessment in Bridges Third Edition
Assessment doesn’t have to be separate from instruction. Learn how Bridges Third Edition integrates assessment opportunities, such as observations and work samples, into daily instruction to identify and build on students’ strengths. This webinar explores tools and strategies that support equitable classroom communities while fostering student growth and engagement.
Developing Student Thinking with Instructional Routines in Bridges Third Edition
Explore how instructional routines in Bridges Third Edition create equitable learning experiences for all students. This webinar shares real classroom examples, practical strategies, and ways to implement these routines effectively to support diverse learners.
Developing Student Thinking Through Student-Centered Discourse in Bridges Third Edition
In Bridges classrooms, students have frequent opportunities to wonder and make connections, share strategies, notice patterns, and justify their ideas. These opportunities support the development of student voice and choice, which are critical to learning and positive identity development. Learn more about the resources and practices in Bridges Third Edition that support discourse and agency.
Developing Student Thinking through Groupwork and Games in Bridges Third Edition
From Workplaces to Problems and Investigations to Number Corner, learn about how Bridges supports the equitable implementation of small groups and games and promotes student thinking, engagement, and identity development for all students.
We will watch videos of group games in action and perhaps engage in a game or two ourselves!
Formative Assessment in Bridges Third Edition
Critical components of equitable implementation is using formative assessment to identify the strengths in student thinking, and then considering how to build on those strengths in instruction. We engage with videos and written examples of student thinking and examine the multiple opportunities and supports for formative assessment in Bridges Third Edition.
Bridges Third Edition Webinars 2023–2024: Replays
Over the course of the 2023–24 school year, MLC dove into the aspects of what differentiates Bridges® in Mathematics Third Edition from its predecessor. We also gave educators everyday examples and practice opportunities to implement the curriculum in their classrooms through this series of webinars.
Using Bridges 3rd Edition to Support Equity and Access for All Students
Learn about the equity-based practices of Bridges Third Edition through connecting directly with the curriculum, watching everyday classroom examples, and reflecting on how these practices can be used in your classroom context.
Implementing Bridges Third Edition with an Asset-Based Lens
Come to understand the core principles of Bridges Third Edition, learn practical classroom strategies, and gain valuable insights from everyday analysis. See how the curriculum deepens mathematical understanding and fosters a positive math identity by focusing on the unique strengths and lived experiences of every student.
Affirming Mathematics Learners' Identities with Bridges Third Edition
Explore how Bridges Third Edition uses experiential learning, equity-based practices, and strategic planning to shape meaningful and equitable math experiences for all students.
Progressions of Fractions Models and Concepts in Bridges Third Edition
Examine and understand our fraction models more deeply so you can support all students in making sense of fraction concepts.
The Development of Computational Fluency in Bridges Third Edition
You already know that Bridges Third Edition uses visual models to support the development of computational fluency. Learn more about how our approach to fluency works.
Progressions of Area Models and Concepts in Bridges Third Edition
Learn more about how students’ progression of arrays and area models across grades supports their development of multiplicative thinking.
Engaging Multilingual Learners Using Bridges Third Edition
The asset-based approach that Bridges offers leverages students’ use of language to enhance learning and the development of positive mathematics identities. We examine the resources in the Bridges Third Edition curriculum, hear from two experienced dual-language educators, and observe multilingual learners using Bridges Third Edition to show how the curriculum engages them in deep mathematics.
Supporting Neurodiverse Learners with Bridges Third Edition
The asset-based approach that Bridges offers recognizes neurodiversity as a strength. We examine the resources in the Bridges Third Edition curriculum, Concept Quests, and Bridges Intervention. Our goal is to show how Bridges builds on students’ multiple approaches to help them make sense of mathematics and communicate their understanding.
Supporting Each and Every Learner with Bridges Third Edition
Responsive teaching practices support the full range of students as they participate and learn. We focus on practices and resources for using Bridges Third Edition to engage each and every learner in deep mathematics.
Math Learning Center Webinar Replays
Digital Assessment in Bridges Third Edition with Otus
Learn how Bridges assessments can be completed and analyzed digitally with Otus. This session highlights how the platform supports differentiation, simplifies data collection, and helps educators make informed instructional decisions.
Sphere Not! Exploring Shapes with the Geoboard App
Discover ways to spark student curiosity about geometry using the free Geoboard app. This session highlights hands-on strategies for exploring shapes, encouraging problem-solving, and building mathematical understanding through visual models.