Mathematics Instruction and Tasks in a PLC at Work(TM)

Part of the Every Student Can Learn Mathematics seriesImprove your students' comprehension and perseverance in mathematical practices. This user-friendly book is divided into two parts, each covering a key team action for mathematics instruction in a PLC at Work(TM). First you'll examine high-quality research-affirmed math lesson design elements. Then you'll learn how to implement them within your math lesson routines and activities. The book features team discussion tools, sample math lesson designs, strategies for improving student discourse of mathematical concepts, online resources for instructional support, and more.Implement instructional strategies for math, in a professional learning community:Plan for the use of balanced rigorous mathematical practices and routines to teach each content standard during core mathematics instruction. Identify mathematics content standards students must learn in a unit and the appropriate math activities and tasks needed to develop understanding, application, and fluency progressions of mathematical concepts. Understand the importance of communicating the why of mathematical skills and essential learning standards to students.Implement instructional strategies for math that ensure the formative learning of all students during lessons.Contents:IntroductionPart I: Team Action 1: Develop High-Quality, Essential, and Balanced Lesson-Design ElementsChapter 1: Essential Learning Standards: The Why of the LessonChapter 2: Prior-Knowledge Warm-Up ActivitiesChapter 3: Academic Language Vocabulary as Part of InstructionChapter 4: Lower- and Higher-Level Cognitive Demand Mathematical Task BalanceChapter 5: Whole-Group and Small-Group Discourse BalanceChapter 6: Lesson Closure for Evidence of LearningChapter 7: Mathematics Lesson-Design ToolPart II: Use Lesson Design Elements to Provide Formative Feedback and Foster Student PerseveranceChapter 8: Essential Learning Standards and Prior Knowledge Warm-Up ActivitiesChapter 9: Using Vocabulary as Part of InstructionChapter 10: Implementing Mathematical Task and Discourse BalanceChapter 11: Using Lesson Closure for Evidence of LearningChapter 12: Responding to Lesson Progress With High-Quality Tier 1 Mathematics InterventionEpilogueAppendix AReferences and ResourcesIndexBooks in the Every Student Can Learn Mathematics series:Mathematics Assessment and Intervention in a PLC at Work(TM)Mathematics Instruction and Tasks in a PLC at Work(TM)Mathematics Homework and Grading in a PLC at Work(TM)Mathematics Coaching and Collaboration in a PLC at Work(TM)