3 Tips for CONNECTING Student Work Post 5 of 5 in the Series ‘Orchestrating Math Discussions’ This blog series is inspired by the book 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions by Margaret S. Smith and Mary Kay Stein as well as our own classroom experiences. Welcome back to the fifth and final post in…Read more
Simple Steps for SELECTING and SEQUENCING Student Work Post 4 of 5 in the Series ‘Orchestrating Math Discussions’ This blog series is inspired by the book 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions by Margaret S. Smith and Mary Kay Stein as well as our own classroom experiences. In our previous post, we discussed monitoring…Read more
MONITORING Learning: Asking the Right Questions at the Right Time Post 3 of 5 in the Series ‘Orchestrating Math Discussions’ This blog series is inspired by the book 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions by Margaret S. Smith and Mary Kay Stein as well as our own classroom experiences. In our previous post, we…Read more
3 Steps for ANTICIPATING Student Thinking Post 2 of 5 in the Series ‘Orchestrating Math Discussions’ This blog series is inspired by the book 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions by Margaret S. Smith and Mary Kay Stein as well as our own classroom experiences. In our previous post, we shared that an effective…Read more
What Makes a Good Task? Post 1 of 5 in the Series ‘Orchestrating Math Discussions’ This blog series is inspired by the book 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions by Margaret S. Smith and Mary Kay Stein as well as our own classroom experiences. What Makes a Good Math Task? Math is more than…Read more
You may already have the information about surveys from NCDPI to get feedback that will be used to create grades 3-8 test specifications for the new NC interim testing, a part of the North Carolina Personalized Assessment Tool. Since these interim assessments will replace the NC Check-ins and may one day be required of districts,…Read more
The North Carolina Collaborative of Mathematics Learning (NC2ML) is soliciting nominations for a K-12 mathematics Co-design Team. Team members will participate in a research study to understand the role of instructional vision when implementing STEM innovations at scale and how one’s instructional vision mediates their uses of implementation resources. Members will work within grade bands…Read more