Sharon Stenglein – författare

This book contains a carefully selected and adapted set of lessons from NCTM’s Navigations series, with a special emphasis on incorporating the Effective Mathematics Teaching Practices in NCTM’s Principles to Actions. Teachers of PK–2 students can use these activities to engage their students in exploring, thinking, connecting, discussing, justifying, and advancing in their mathematical understanding and confidence. Each of the 10 Activity Gems includes the following elements:An overview of how the lesson can help PK–2 students develop their mathematical knowledge and abilities, with lists of goals to achieve and all needed materialsA detailed three-part lesson plan—designed to Engage, Explore, and Extend—including questions a teacher can pose, possible responses and challenges that students may present, and ways to continue the learning beyond the activityActivity sheets, classroom images and figures, and any other necessary materials, all available both in an appendix and in downloadable and printable form at NCTM’s more4U websiteWorking together, these Activity Gems give PK–2 teachers the tools to use purposeful discussion and productive struggle to guide their students toward both conceptual understanding and fluid problem solving.

This book contains a carefully selected and adapted set of lessons from NCTM’s Navigations series, with particular emphasis given to incorporating the Mathematics Teaching Practices in NCTM’s Principles to Actions. Teachers of students in grades 3–5 can use these lessons to help their students to build on the foundation of their earlier education, expand their mathematical thinking into new areas, and advance in understanding and confidence. Each of the 12 Activity Gems includes the following elements: An overview of how the lesson can help students in grades 3–5 develop their mathematical knowledge and abilities, with lists of goals to achieve and all needed materialsA detailed three-part lesson plan—designed to Engage, Explore, and Extend—including questions a teacher can pose, challenges that students may face, and ways to continue the learning beyond the activityActivity sheets, classroom images to display, and any other necessary materials, all available both in an appendix and in downloadable and printable form at NCTM’s more4U websiteWhen used together, these Activity Gems enable teachers of students in grades 3–5 to use purposeful discussion and productive struggle to guide their students toward both conceptual understanding and fluid problem solving.

The selected and adapted set of lessons incorporated in this series were chosen from NCTM’s Navigations series, with particular emphasis given to incorporating the Mathematics Teaching Practices in NCTM’s Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All. Teachers can use these lessons to help their students build on the foundation of their earlier instruction, expand their mathematical thinking into new areas, and advance in understanding and confidence.