The Five Practices in Practice [Middle School] - Margaret (Peg) S. Smith - Bog

Take a deep dive into the five practices for facilitating productive mathematical discussionsEnhance your fluency in the five practices—anticipating, monitoring, selecting, sequencing, and connecting—to bring powerful discussions of mathematical concepts to life in your middle school classroom. This book unpacks the five practices for deeper understanding and empowers you to use each practice effectively. Video excerpts vividly illustrate the five practices in action in real middle school classrooms Key questions help you set learning goals, identify high-level tasks, and jumpstart discussion Prompts guide you to be prepared for and overcome common challengesIncludes planning templates, sample lesson plans and completed monitoring tools, and mathematical tasks.