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This bundle includesThe Five Practices in Practice, Elementaryand the newOn-Your-Feet Guide to Orchestrating Mathematical Discussions.Combined, this package becomesyour go-to resource for content study and easy in-class implementation ofThe Five Practicesin your elementary classroom.
The Five Practices in Practice, Middle School
Take a deeper dive into understanding the five practicesanticipating, monitoring, selecting, sequencing, and connectingfor facilitating productive mathematical conversations in your elementary classrooms and learn to apply them with confidence. This follow-up to the modern classic,Five Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions, shows the five practicesin actionin Grades K-5 classrooms and empowers teachers to be prepared for and overcome the challenges common to orchestrating math discussions.
The chapters unpack the five practices and guide teachers to a deeper understanding of how to use each practice effectively in an inquiry-oriented classroom. This book will help you launch meaningful mathematical discussion through
Key questions to set learning goals, identify high-level tasks, anticipate student responses, and develop targeted
assessing and advancing questions that jumpstart productive discussionbeforeclass begins
Video excerpts from real elementary classrooms that vividly illustrate the five practices in action and include built-inopportunities for you to consider effective ways to monitor students' ideas, and successful approaches for selecting,sequencing, and connecting students' ideasduringinstruction
Pause and Consider prompts that help you reflect on an issueand, in some cases, draw on your ownclassroomexperienceprior to reading more about it
Linking To Your Own Instruction sections help you implement the five practices with confidence in your own instruction
The book and companion website provide an array of resources including planning templates, sample lesson plans and completed monitoring tools, and mathematical tasks. Enhance your fluency in the five practices to bring powerful discussions of mathematical concepts to life in your classroom.
The On-Your-Feet Guide to Orchestrating Mathematical Discussions
This On-Your-Feet-Guide provides:
Key questions, tools, and challenges for each practice to consider as you plan and carry out your mathematics lesson
Special considerations and helpful hints to think about as you troubleshoot your lessons and assess your implementation of the practices
A focus on supporting equity and identity
Brief videos with additional commentary from authors and teachers about each of the five practices
On-Your-Feet Guides (OYFGs) provide you with the ultimate cheat sheet to implement effective change in your classroom while in the moment of teaching. Designed for accessibility, and providing step-by-step guidance, the OYFGs are written by experts who take research-based practices and make them doable for the busy teacher.
Each On-Your-Feet Guide is laminated, 8.5x11 tri-fold (6 pages), and 3-hole punched.
Use the On-Your-Feet Guides
- When you know the what but need help with the how
- As a quick reference to support a practice you learned in a PD workshop or book
- To learn how to implement foundational practices
- When you want to help your students learn a specific strategy, routine, or approach, but aren't sure how to do it yourself
