Get to the core of your students’ understanding of math!
Back by popular demand, Cheryl Tobey and new coauthor Emily Fagan bring you 25 entirely new formative assessment probes—this time specifically for Grades K–2 and directly aligned to the Common Core. Thousands of teachers have already discovered that using probes may be the single-best way to identify students’ understandings and misunderstandings of key math concepts and then follow-up with the most appropriate instructional choices.
Organized by strand, the probes will enable you to:
- Objectively evaluate each child’s prior basic numeracy and math knowledge
- Systematically address common mistakes and obstacles before they become long-term problems
- Help students integrate new mathematical ideas and immediately pinpoint areas of struggle
- Plan targeted instruction that builds on students’ current understandings while addressing their identified difficulties
With the help of these probes, K–2 teachers will eliminate once and for all the perception ‘some kids just aren’t good at math’ and put all students on the path of lifelong proficiency.
‘Tobey and Fagan provide both a roadmap and GPS for navigating the Common Core Standards for Mathematics. In a time when teachers are asked to do more and more, this is a fabulous resource to guide instruction that will meet the needs of individual students. I was so impressed with the content, I found myself taking copious notes as I read.’
—Roxie R. Ahlbrecht, Math Intervention Specialist
Lowell MST, Sioux Falls, SD
‘These probes get to the heart of the Common Core Standards. The Teacher Notes provide valuable guidance on interpreting student results and using the information to inform instruction.’
—Donna Boucher, K–5 Math Instructional Coach
Morton Ranch Elementary School, Katy ISD, Katy, TX
Inhoudsopgave
Preface: Mathematics Assessment Probes
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1. Mathematics Assessment Probes
Chapter 2. Counting and Cardinality Probes
Chapter 3. Number and Operations in Base Ten Probes
Chapter 4. Operations and Algebraic Thinking Probes
Chapter 5. Measurement and Data Probes
Chapter 6. Geometry Probes
Chapter 7. Additional Considerations
Appendix A. Information on the Standards for Mathematical Practice
Appendix B. Developing Assessment Probes
Appendix C. Action Research Reflection Template: QUEST Cycle
References
Index
Over de auteur
Emily R. Fagan is a senior curriculum design associate at Education Development Center (EDC) in Massachusetts where she has developed print and online curricula as well as professional development and assessment materials in mathematics for fourteen years. She was Director of the Math Scape Curriculum Center, a project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support schools, districts, and teachers in curriculum implementation, and she directed the revision of Math Scape: Seeing and Thinking Mathematically (Mc Graw-Hill, 2005). She was a developer and facilitator of three NSF-funded projects, Addressing Accessibility in Mathematics and Differentiated Professional Development: Building Mathematics Knowledge for Teaching Struggling Students (DPD) aimed at supporting struggling math learners, particularly those with learning disabilities, and Formative Assessment in the Mathematics Classroom: Engaging Teachers and Students (FACETS) the inspiration for this book. Fagan is the co-author of two books: Uncovering Student Thinking About Mathematics in the Common Core, Grades K-2 (2013) and its companion for grades 3-5, as well as book chapters and articles about curriculum implementation and instruction. Prior to joining EDC, Emily taught high school and middle school mathematics in Philadelphia and in Salem and Brookline, Massachusetts. She was a mentor teacher, math coach and member of the Massachusetts faculty of the Coalition of Essential Schools. She has long been interested in accessibility in mathematics education and improving opportunities for all students to learn and love math. While mathematics has been her focus for the last two decades, she has also taught science, social studies, and Spanish. Fagan holds an AB cum laude from Harvard University. She lives in Sudbury, Massachusetts, with her husband and their two children.
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