Are you ready to put some new math knowledge in your brain? I'm going to get a jump on my summer reading and, I invite you to join me for Book Study Mondays. If you'd like to participate, pick up a copy of Kathy Richardson's new book, How Children Learn Number...
"Fennell, Kobett, and Wray make a strong case that when instruction is optimal, the concepts of planning, instruction, and formative assessment become virtually indistinguishable--they all become components of one seamless process delivering powerful instruction that...
"This practical guidebook provides everything needed for busy educators to bring math to life in their classrooms using the various workshop principles." Kimberly A. Rimbey, PhD in the Foreword to Guided Math Workshop This post contains affiliate links, which simply...
Welcome! I love the excitement that this book study series has generated! I was tickled that we cleaned out Amazon's supply of the book in about two days. Luckily, one of the authors, Margie Pearse, has contacted Amazon and more are on the way. This post contains...
It's clear that numeracy is all the rage. Teachers complain that students don't have number sense, and we're told that the goal of the Common Core State Standards is to develop deep conceptual understanding. This post contains affiliate links, which simply means that...
"My tickets were trivial--just quick, mostly routine math computation. Now, my tasks focus on problem solving and reasoning." The Formative 5, page 108 This post contains affiliate links, which simply means that when you use my link and purchase a product, I receive a...
"...the success of a lesson actually hinges on responses to such questions as an indication of whether students understand enough to move on. " The Formative 5, page 85 This post contains affiliate links, which simply means that when you use my link and purchase a...
"Show Me is interactive in that its use can provide an indication as to the extent to which what has been taught has been learned. " The Formative 5, page 63 This post contains affiliate links, which simply means that when you use my link and purchase a product, I...
"A brief one-on-one or small group interview has the potential to yield cues regarding particular mathematical challenges, misconceptions, shallow understanding, and cues for next steps instructionally." The Formative 5, page 47 This post contains affiliate links,...
"...observation, while perhaps the most informal and readily used of the five formative assessment techniques presented, is both taken for granted and, at least to an extent, the least understood of the five techniques." The Formative 5, page 23 This post contains...
"Included among the understandings that encompass assessment literacy are teacher expectations related to the identification, selection, or creation of assessments designed for monitoring student growth and the diagnosis of specific student needs, which is essentially...
"The goal during the first few weeks of Math Workshop is to create a learning culture in which students know and apply routines and procedures and are ready to assume the responsibility for their mathematical learning." (Sammons/Boucher, p 119) As we wind down the...
