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A Session Walk-Through

The contexts in InvestigatingFractions, Decimals, andPercents are created throughcarefully-crafted posters.These images are alsoprovided in a reproducibleformat in the appendix ofeach unit.

The concise outline of theday’s teaching moves is anideal guide to reference asyou teach.

Materials Needed lists allof the resources you andyour students will useduring the workshop.

A Session Walk-Through

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The context for every unit’sinvestigation is carefullycrafted to support thedevelopment of the bigideas, strategies, andmodels. It sets the stage forlearning in a way that willintrigue children and ignitetheir imaginations.

A series of bulleted notesstrategically placed in theside column help younavigate through each day.These highlight the keyteaching moves you willwant to attend to duringeach stage of the mathworkshop.

The main column containsstep-by-step teachingadvice, professionalinsights, and detailedsuggestions for supportingand extending studentlearning.

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The Inside One Classroomfeature offers a glimpse intoa classroom community ofteachers and students asthey explore themathematics of the unit.

The dialogue excerptsmodel teaching languageand are designed to helpyou envision interactionsduring minilessons,investigations, and math congresses.

The side column containsnotes—my own professionalinsights on the dialogue andinteraction.

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The units in Contexts forLearning have beendesigned for maximumeffectiveness. For example,the numbers are carefullychosen to representlandmark numbers ornumber relationships thatare especially telling.Behind the numbers,explains the significance ofthe numbers chosen, whythey are ordered the waythey are, and how theywork with the context tosupport the development ofcertain strategies, models,and big ideas.

The heart of mathworkshop consists ofongoing investigationsdeveloped within contextsand situations that enablechildren to mathematizetheir lives. As childrenwork, the teacher movesaround the classroom,listening, conferring,supporting, challenging,and celebrating.

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Recording sheets andother teaching tools areprovided in a reproducibleformat at the end of therespective unit. They are alsoprovided in an easy-to-accessPDF format on the TeachingResources CD-ROM.

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Preparing for the MathCongress offers stategiesfor helping your studentsorganize and present theirfindings and tips on how toorchestrate and scaffoldpowerful discussions.

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The math congresscontinues the work of helping children becomemathematicians in amathematics community—it is a forum in whichchildren communicate theirideas, solutions, problems,proofs, and conjectures toone another. Out of thecongress come ideas andstrategies that form theemerging discipline ofmathematics in theclassroom.

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Underscoring our ongoingand authentic approach toevaluation, regularassessment tips areprovided where and when you need them.

Each day ends withreflections on the big ideas and strategiesstudents explored duringthe workshop.

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Teaching tools like thisstudent recording sheetappear in a reproducibleformat in the back of eachunit. They are also providedin an easy-to-access PDFformat on the TeachingResources CD-ROM. 6

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