Focus in Grades 6-8
Title | Focus in Grades 6-8 PDF eBook |
Author | Amy Mirra |
Publisher | National Council of Teachers of English |
Pages | 88 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Education |
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Shows teachers how they can incorporate the Curriculum Focal Points for PreK-8 into their current mathematics curricula. The book provides practical ideas, sample student work and sample state math curriculum organised around the Focal Points. This volume will help teachers think about what a focused curriculum means and how they might begin to build focus into their existing curriculum.
Focus in Grades 3-5
Title | Focus in Grades 3-5 PDF eBook |
Author | Amy Mirra |
Publisher | National Council of Teachers of English |
Pages | 86 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Education |
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This is part of a series that shows teachers how to incorporate NCTM's Curriculum Focal Points for PreK-8 into their current mathematics curricula. The book provides practical ideas, sample student work and a sample state math curricula organised around the focal points. By focusing more intensely on fewer topics at each grade level, students gain a deeper understanding of mathematical ideas.
Curriculum Focal Points for Prekindergarten Through Grade 8 Mathematics
Title | Curriculum Focal Points for Prekindergarten Through Grade 8 Mathematics PDF eBook |
Author | National Council of Teachers of Mathematics |
Publisher | National |
Pages | 56 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Education |
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Curriculum Focal Points for Prekindergarten through Grade 8 Mathematics: A Quest for Coherence provides a rationale for focal points for each grade level, prekindergarten - 8.
Focus, Grades 3-5 Economics
Title | Focus, Grades 3-5 Economics PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara J. Flowers |
Publisher | Council for Economic Educat |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9781561835355 |
Fourteen lesson plans uses a unique blend of games, simulations, role playing activities that illustrate economics in a way every elementary student will enjoy.
Putting Essential Understanding of Fractions Into Practice in Grades 3-5
Title | Putting Essential Understanding of Fractions Into Practice in Grades 3-5 PDF eBook |
Author | Kathryn Bouchard Chval |
Publisher | |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Fractions |
ISBN | 9780873537322 |
Do your students suppose that 1/3 is greater than 1/2, since 3 is greater than 2? Do they believe that having “halves” means having two, and only two, congruent “pieces” of a whole? What tasks can you offer—what questions can you ask—to determine what your students know or don’t know—and move them forward in their thinking? This book focuses on the specialised pedagogical content knowledge that you need to teach fractions effectively in grades 3–5. The authors demonstrate how to use this multifaceted knowledge to address the big ideas and essential understandings that students must develop for success with fractions—not only in their current work, but also in higher-level mathematics and a myriad of real-world contexts. Explore rich, research-based strategies and tasks that show how students are reasoning about and making sense of fractions. Use the opportunities that these and similar tasks provide to build on their understanding while identifying and correcting misunderstandings that may be keeping them from taking the next steps in learning.
Developing Essential Understanding of Rational Numbers for Teaching Mathematics in Grades 3/5
Title | Developing Essential Understanding of Rational Numbers for Teaching Mathematics in Grades 3/5 PDF eBook |
Author | Carne Barnett-Clarke |
Publisher | National Council of Teachers of English |
Pages | 83 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 9780873536301 |
What is the relationship between fractions and rational numbers? Can you explain why the product of two fractions between 0 and 1 is less than either factor? How are rational numbers related to irrational numbers, which your students will study in later grades? How much do you know… and how much do you need to know? Helping your upper elementary school students develop a robust understanding of rational numbers requires that you understand this mathematics deeply. But what does that mean? This book focuses on essential knowledge for teachers about rational numbers. It is organised around four big ideas, supported by multiple smaller, interconnected ideas-essential understandings. Taking you beyond a simple introduction to rational numbers, the book will broaden and deepen your mathematical understanding of one of the most challenging topics for students and teachers. It will help you engage your students, anticipate their perplexities, avoid pitfalls and dispel misconceptions. You will also learn to develop appropriate tasks, techniques and tools for assessing students’ understanding of the topic. Focus on the ideas that you need to understand thoroughly to teach confidently.
The Common Core Mathematics Companion: The Standards Decoded, Grades 3-5
Title | The Common Core Mathematics Companion: The Standards Decoded, Grades 3-5 PDF eBook |
Author | Linda M. Gojak |
Publisher | Corwin Press |
Pages | 321 |
Release | 2015-05-28 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1483381595 |
Your user’s guide to the mathematics standards In the 12 short months since the ELA versions of The Common Core Companions, Grades K-2 and 3-5, burst on the scene, they’ve already assisted tens of thousands of teachers with the day-to-day "what you do." Teachers’ one big criticism: what about mathematics? Luckily NCTM past-president Linda Gojak and mathematics coach Ruth Harbin Miles stepped up to the task. The result? That version of the mathematics standards you wish you had. Page by page, The Common Core Mathematics Companions clearly lay out: The mathematics embedded in each standard for a deeper understanding of the content Examples of what effective teaching and learning look like in the classroom Connected standards within each domain so teachers can better appreciate how they relate Priorities within clusters so teachers know where to focus their time The three components of rigor: conceptual understanding, procedural skills, and applications Vocabulary and suggested materials for each grade-level band with explicit connections to the standards Common student misconceptions around key mathematical ideas with ways to address them Don’t spend another minute poring over the mathematics standards. Gojak and Miles have already done the heavy-lifting for you. Focus instead on how to teach them, using The Common Core Mathematics Companion as your one-stop guide for teaching, planning, assessing, collaborating, and designing powerful mathematics curriculum.