Focusing on two critical areas for Grades 3-5 mathematics
- Fractions
- Multiplication and Division
Effective
Fractions Instruction in Grades 3-5
“A high percentage of U.S. students lack conceptual
understanding of fractions, even after studying fractions for several years;
this, in turn, limits students’ ability to solve problems with fractions and to
learn and apply computational procedures involving fractions.”The Institute of Education Sciences (IES)
publishes practice guides in education to bring the best available
evidence and expertise to bear on current challenges in education. In 2012, IES
released “Developing Effective Fractions Instruction for Kindergarten through 8th
Grade” The practice guide makes 5 research-developed recommendations for instruction.
These recommendations help teachers to focus on having students develop deep
understanding and reasoning about fractions.
In this three-day series Grades 3-5 teachers will develop a
common understanding of what students are expected to learn about fractions and
how they are supposed to learn it. Teachers will leave the series with detailed
knowledge of their grade-level content standards for fractions, lessons that
are in support of students developing a deep understanding of fractions,
diagnostics for assessing students’ level of fraction understanding, and a plan
for teaching fractions with the appropriate focus, coherence, and rigor as is
called for in the Common Core. The series has been designed using the 5
recommendations from the Practice Guide and will help teachers bring the
recommendations to life in their classroom.
Principals:
attend with your teachers to watch, learn, plan, and support the implementation
of the Common Core with fidelity.
Effective
Instruction for Multiplication and Division in Grades 3-5
The Common
Core State Standards for Mathematics calls for the instructional time in grades
3-5 mathematics to be focused on four critical areas. One of which is dedicated
to students developing understanding of (and fluency with) multiplication and
division and developing strategies for multiplication and division other than
the standard algorithms.
In this three-day series Grades 3-5 teachers will develop a
common understanding of what students are expected to learn about multiplication
and division and how they are supposed to learn it. Teachers will leave the
series with detailed knowledge of their grade-level content standards for
multiplication and division, lessons that are in support of students developing
a deep understanding of multiplication and division, diagnostics for assessing
students’ level of multiplication and division understanding, and a plan for
teaching multiplication and division with the appropriate focus, coherence, and
rigor as is called for in the Common Core.
Principals:
attend with your teachers to watch, learn, plan, and support the implementation
of the Common Core with fidelity.
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