Common Core + Differentiated Instruction + Student Engagement = Higher Student Achievement
If you′re like most math teachers, this is a problem you wrestle with every day. Harvey Silver and his colleagues have updated their best-selling text to provide a solution. With new Common Core–aligned tools and strategies, this second edition of Math Tools, Grades 3–12 is an all-in-one math classroom management resource that will enable you to teach to the Common Core, differentiate instruction, and keep students engaged—all at the same time.
Covering everything from lesson design to math-specific learning styles, the second edition′s 60+ tools will enable you to:
- Work in smarter, more efficient ways with all of your students, no matter the class size or make up
- Create standards-based lesson plans, tests, and formative assessments
- Reach every learner regardless of understanding level or learning style
- Integrate technology into class time for more engaging math lessons
Add in a Common Core matrix, immediately useable reproducibles, and learning-style charts—and you′re fully equipped to make the ambitions of the Common Core Math Standards a reality in your classroom.
Tabela de Conteúdo
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Preface: Math Tools: A Cure for the Common Core
Introduction: A User′s Guide to the Second Edition
1. Mastery
Chapter One Matrix
Convergence Mastery
Fist Lists and Spiders
Glossaries
Knowledge Cards
Mastery Review
Mathematical Conventions
Mathematical Summaries
Memory Box
Mental Math War
Most Valuable Point (MVP)
Practice Makes Perfect
Procedural Notes
Vocabulary Knowledge Rating (VKR)
Vocabulary Organizers
What′s Wrong?
Word Walls
2. Understanding
Chapter Two Matrix
Always-Sometimes-Never(ASN)
Compare & Contrast
Concept Attainment
Essential Question Notes (EQN)
Learning From Clues
Making Notes
Math Rulebook
Pattern Finding
Precisely Speaking
Ps and Qs
Show Me
Stake Your Claim
Support or Refute
Thinking Notes
Three-Way Tie
Which One Doesn′t Belong?
Yes, But Why?
3. Self-Expressive
Chapter Three Matrix
3-D Viewer: Algebraic, Graphical, and Numerical
And the Question Is
Cinquains
Create Your Own
Divergent Thinking
Group and Label
M + M: Math and Metaphors
Making Up Is Fun to Do
Math Recipe
Meaning-Full Math
Metaphorical Duels
Modeling With Algebra
Modeling With Manipulatives
Picture = 1, 000 Words
Vocabulary Stories
What If?
4. Interpersonal
Chapter Four Matrix
Attention Monitor
Explaining Solutions
I Know What I Know
Math Review Games
No Uncertain Terms
Paired Learner
Peer Coaching
Range Finder
Real-World Connections
Test Feedback
What′s Your Favorite?
Where in the World?
Who′s Right?
5. Mosaic
Chapter Five Matrix
Assessment Menu
Comprehension Menu
Math Media Skills
Math Notes
MATHEMATICS Writing Frames
Task Rotation
References
Index
Sobre o autor
Consulting Description Edward J. Thomas is founder and president of Dimension 2000, a professional development organization that works with teachers of mathematics. He has over 30 years of experience as a mathematics teacher at the middle school, high school, district, and undergraduate levels. Edward has authored several articles and books on mathematics instruction and has developed a number of educational games for the mathematics classroom. He was the co-chair of the Northwest Georgia P-16 Council, an initiative designed to improve teacher quality and student achievement from pre-school through the undergraduate level. Edward is an experienced mathematics consultant who has conducted workshops for schools throughout the country. He has also presented at state, regional, and national conferences for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics (GCTM), Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), Georgia Association of Educational Leaders (GAEL), Georgia Middle School Association (GMSA), and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). To learn more about Thomas’ MATHCORE 2K, an online professional development resource produced by Dimension 2000, visit http://www.mathcore2k.com/.
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