Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Week 5: Overview of Standards for Mathematical Practice

I hope you enjoyed your break! It's wonderful to work with such a professional, articulate, and insightful group.

TOPIC:
Overview of Standards for Mathematical Practice

READINGS FOR THIS WEEK:
1) Go Figure by Marilyn Burns (article in Educational Leadership December 2012/January 2013, p. 42-46)

2) Navigating the Mathematics CCSS, first part of Chapter 3 (p. 47-64)

THIS WEEK’S PROMPT:

As you read about the Standards for Mathematical Practice, think about your own classroom.

  • Describe how you are already using one of the practice standards.
  • Pick one practice standard that might be easy to add to your instructional repertoire and describe how you might do so.
  • Name one practice standard which would be more challenging to implement and describe why.

DUE DATES:

  • by Friday, April 19 Your initial response to the prompt should be posted.
  • by Tuesday, April 23 Revisit this site and respond to at least one of your fellow participant’s comments.

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READ FOR NEXT WEEK:
Navigating the Mathematics CCSS, rest of Chapter 3 (p. 64-75)

Next week’s prompt will be posted on Tuesday, April 23.