The Mathematics Lesson-Planning Handbook, Grades 6-8
Your Blueprint for Building Cohesive Lessons
Lois A. Williams
- Owner, C&I Mathematics Consulting
Beth McCord Kobett
- Stevenson University
Ruth Harbin Miles
- Mary Baldwin College, VA
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Your blueprint to planning Grades 6-8 math lessons that lead to achievement for all learners
When it comes to planning mathematics lessons, do you sometimes feel burdened? Have you ever scrambled for an activity to engage your students that aligns with your state standards? Do you ever look at a recommended mathematics lesson plan and think, “This will never work for my students”?
The Mathematics Lesson-Planning Handbook: Your Blueprint for Building Cohesive Lessons, Grades 6–8 walks you step by step through the process of planning focused, research-based mathematics lessons that enhance the coherence, rigor, and purpose of state standards and address the unique learning needs of your individual students. This resource deepens the daily lesson-planning process for middle school teachers and offers practical guidance for merging routines, resources, and effective teaching techniques into an individualized and manageable set of lesson plans.
The effective planning process helps you
- Identify learning intentions and connect goals to success criteria
- Select resources and worthwhile tasks that make the best use of instructional materials
- Structure lessons differently for traditional and block middle school schedules
- Anticipate student misconceptions and evaluate understanding using a variety of formative assessment techniques
- Facilitate questioning, encourage productive struggle, and close lessons with reflection techniques
This author team of seasoned mathematics educators make lesson planning practical and doable with a useful lesson-planning template and real-life examples from Grades 6–8 classrooms. Chapter by chapter, the decision-making strategies empower teachers to plan mathematics lessons strategically, to teach with intention and confidence, and to build purposeful, rigorous, coherent lessons that lead to mathematics achievement for all learners.
Contents
Book at a Glance
Book at a Glance
Praise Page
Praise Page
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
Publisher's Acknowledgements
Publisher's Acknowledgements
Letter to 6-8 Teachers
Letter to 6-8 Teachers
Letter to Middle School Principals
Letter to Middle School Principals
Letter to Mathematics Coaches
Letter to Mathematics Coaches
Letter to Preservice College and University Instructors
Letter to Preservice College and University Instructors
How to Use This Book
How to Use This Book
Part I: You are the Architect of Your Classroom
Part I: You are the Architect of Your Classroom
Chapter 1: Surveying Your Site: Knowing Your Students
- Why Is It So Important to Know Your Students?
- What Do Access and Equity Really Mean?
- What Is Prior Knowledge in Mathematics
- What Do Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students Need?
- What Do Students Living in Poverty Need?
- What Are Learning Needs?
- What Are the Common Themes?
Chapter 2: Your 6-8 Blueprint: Planning Mathematics Lessons for Coherence, Rigor, and Purpose
- What Is Coherence?
- What Is Rigor?
- What Is the Purpose of a Lesson?
- How Can You Ensure That You Plan Lessons for Coherence, Rigor, and Purpose?
- Lesson-Planning Template
Part II: Drafting Your 6-8 Blueprint
Part II: Drafting Your 6-8 Blueprint
Chapter 3: Laying Your Foundation: It Starts with Big Ideas, Essential Questions, and Standards
- What Are State Standards for Mathematics?
- What Are Essential Questions?
- What Are Process Standards?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Big Ideas, Essential Questions, and Standards
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Big Ideas, Essential Questions, and Standards
- Under Construction
- Chapter 4: Reinforcing Your Plan: Learning Intentions and Success Criteria
- What Are Learning Intentions?
- What Are Mathematics Learning Intentions?
- What Are Language and Social Learning Intentions?
- How Do You Communicate Learning Intentions with Students?
- What Are Success Criteria?
- How Do Learning Intentions Connect to the Success Criteria?
- When Should Learning Intentions and Success Criteria Be Shared With Students?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Learning Intentions and Success Criteria
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Learning Intentions and Success Criteria Decision-Making Snapshot
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Learning Intentions and Success Criteria
- Under Construction
Chapter 5: Deciding on Purpose: Why Are You Building This Lesson?
- What Is the Role of a Conceptual Understanding Lesson?
- What Is Procedural Fluency, and How Does It Build from a Conceptual Understanding Lesson?
- How Do You Know if You Need a Conceptual Understanding or Procedural Fluency Lesson?
- How Do You Create a Transfer Lesson?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Lesson Purpose
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Lesson Purpose
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Lesson Purpose
- Under Construction
Chapter 6: Choosing Tasks: The Heart of the Lesson
- Why Are Tasks Important?
- What Is a Worthwhile Task?
- How Do You Adapt to Tasks?
- What Are Some Sources for Worthwhile Tasks?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Task Selection
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Task Selection
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Task Selecetion
- Under Construction
Chapter 7: Choosing Materials: Representations, Manipulatives, and Other Resources.
- What Is the Role of Representations in Mathematics Lessons?
- What Is A Manipulative?
- How Are Manipulatives Used?
- What Are Other Resources?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Material Selection
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Material Selection
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Material Selection
- Under Construction
Chapter 8: Cementing the Cracks: Anticipating Student Thinking
- What Are Misconceptions, and Where Do They Come From?
- How Can You Plan to Minimize Misconceptions?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Student Thinking
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Student Thinking
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Student Thinking
- Under Construction
Chapter 9: Framing the Lesson: Formats
- How Do Middle School Schedules Affect Planning and Instruction?
- What are Some Different Lesson Formats?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Lesson Format
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Lesson Format
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Lesson Format
- Under Construction
Chapter 10: Evaluating Impact: Formative Assessment
- What Is Formative Assessment?
- What Are Specific Formative Assessment Techniques?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Formative Assessment
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Formative Assessment
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Formative Assessment
- Under Construction
Part III: Pulling All the Pieces Together
Part III: Pulling All the Pieces Together
Chapter 11: Planning to Launch the Lesson
- What Is a Lesson Launch?
- How Can You Launch a Problem-Solving Lesson?
- What Kinds of Lesson Launches Focus on Mathematics Concepts?
- What Are Number Routine Lesson Launches?
- What Di You Anticipate Students Will Do?
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Launch the Lesson
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Launch the Lesson
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Launch the Lesson
- Under Construction
Chapter 12: Planning to Facilitate the Lesson
- What Is Mathematical Communication?
- How Do You Facilitate Meaningful Mathematical Discourse?
- How Do You Plan for and Pose Purposeful Questions?
- How Do You Facilitate Productive Struggle?
- How Do You Make Sure You Engage Students in the Process Standards as You Facilitate the Lesson?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Facilitate the Lesson
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Facilitate the Lesson
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Facilitate the Lesson
- Under Construction
Chapter 13: Planning to Close the Lesson
- Why Do You Need Closure in a Lesson?
- What Are Some Different Closure Activities?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Close the Lesson
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Close the Lesson
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Close the Lesson
- Under Construction
Chapter 14: Surveying Your Results: Lesson Reflection
- Why is It Important to Reflect Upon Lessons?
- What Kind of Reflection Cycle Supports Teacher Growth?
Epilogue
Epilogue
Resources
Resources
Appendix A: Complete Lessons for Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Grade
Appendix A: Complete Lessons for Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Grade
Appendix B: Lesson-Planning Template
Appendix B: Lesson-Planning Template
Appendix C: Further Reading/ Resources
Appendix C: Further Reading/ Resources
Appendix D: Glossary
Appendix D: Glossary
References
References
About the Authors
About the Authors
Resources
Companion Website
http://resources.corwin.com/mathlessonplanning/6-8Additional materials
Description
Your blueprint to planning Grades 6-8 math lessons that lead to achievement for all learners
When it comes to planning mathematics lessons, do you sometimes feel burdened? Have you ever scrambled for an activity to engage your students that aligns with your state standards? Do you ever look at a recommended mathematics lesson plan and think, “This will never work for my students”?
The Mathematics Lesson-Planning Handbook: Your Blueprint for Building Cohesive Lessons, Grades 6–8 walks you step by step through the process of planning focused, research-based mathematics lessons that enhance the coherence, rigor, and purpose of state standards and address the unique learning needs of your individual students. This resource deepens the daily lesson-planning process for middle school teachers and offers practical guidance for merging routines, resources, and effective teaching techniques into an individualized and manageable set of lesson plans.
The effective planning process helps you
- Identify learning intentions and connect goals to success criteria
- Select resources and worthwhile tasks that make the best use of instructional materials
- Structure lessons differently for traditional and block middle school schedules
- Anticipate student misconceptions and evaluate understanding using a variety of formative assessment techniques
- Facilitate questioning, encourage productive struggle, and close lessons with reflection techniques
This author team of seasoned mathematics educators make lesson planning practical and doable with a useful lesson-planning template and real-life examples from Grades 6–8 classrooms. Chapter by chapter, the decision-making strategies empower teachers to plan mathematics lessons strategically, to teach with intention and confidence, and to build purposeful, rigorous, coherent lessons that lead to mathematics achievement for all learners.
Contents
Book at a Glance
Book at a Glance
Praise Page
Praise Page
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
Publisher's Acknowledgements
Publisher's Acknowledgements
Letter to 6-8 Teachers
Letter to 6-8 Teachers
Letter to Middle School Principals
Letter to Middle School Principals
Letter to Mathematics Coaches
Letter to Mathematics Coaches
Letter to Preservice College and University Instructors
Letter to Preservice College and University Instructors
How to Use This Book
How to Use This Book
Part I: You are the Architect of Your Classroom
Part I: You are the Architect of Your Classroom
Chapter 1: Surveying Your Site: Knowing Your Students
- Why Is It So Important to Know Your Students?
- What Do Access and Equity Really Mean?
- What Is Prior Knowledge in Mathematics
- What Do Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students Need?
- What Do Students Living in Poverty Need?
- What Are Learning Needs?
- What Are the Common Themes?
Chapter 2: Your 6-8 Blueprint: Planning Mathematics Lessons for Coherence, Rigor, and Purpose
- What Is Coherence?
- What Is Rigor?
- What Is the Purpose of a Lesson?
- How Can You Ensure That You Plan Lessons for Coherence, Rigor, and Purpose?
- Lesson-Planning Template
Part II: Drafting Your 6-8 Blueprint
Part II: Drafting Your 6-8 Blueprint
Chapter 3: Laying Your Foundation: It Starts with Big Ideas, Essential Questions, and Standards
- What Are State Standards for Mathematics?
- What Are Essential Questions?
- What Are Process Standards?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Big Ideas, Essential Questions, and Standards
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Big Ideas, Essential Questions, and Standards
- Under Construction
- Chapter 4: Reinforcing Your Plan: Learning Intentions and Success Criteria
- What Are Learning Intentions?
- What Are Mathematics Learning Intentions?
- What Are Language and Social Learning Intentions?
- How Do You Communicate Learning Intentions with Students?
- What Are Success Criteria?
- How Do Learning Intentions Connect to the Success Criteria?
- When Should Learning Intentions and Success Criteria Be Shared With Students?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Learning Intentions and Success Criteria
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Learning Intentions and Success Criteria Decision-Making Snapshot
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Learning Intentions and Success Criteria
- Under Construction
Chapter 5: Deciding on Purpose: Why Are You Building This Lesson?
- What Is the Role of a Conceptual Understanding Lesson?
- What Is Procedural Fluency, and How Does It Build from a Conceptual Understanding Lesson?
- How Do You Know if You Need a Conceptual Understanding or Procedural Fluency Lesson?
- How Do You Create a Transfer Lesson?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Lesson Purpose
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Lesson Purpose
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Lesson Purpose
- Under Construction
Chapter 6: Choosing Tasks: The Heart of the Lesson
- Why Are Tasks Important?
- What Is a Worthwhile Task?
- How Do You Adapt to Tasks?
- What Are Some Sources for Worthwhile Tasks?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Task Selection
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Task Selection
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Task Selecetion
- Under Construction
Chapter 7: Choosing Materials: Representations, Manipulatives, and Other Resources.
- What Is the Role of Representations in Mathematics Lessons?
- What Is A Manipulative?
- How Are Manipulatives Used?
- What Are Other Resources?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Material Selection
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Material Selection
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Material Selection
- Under Construction
Chapter 8: Cementing the Cracks: Anticipating Student Thinking
- What Are Misconceptions, and Where Do They Come From?
- How Can You Plan to Minimize Misconceptions?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Student Thinking
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Student Thinking
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Student Thinking
- Under Construction
Chapter 9: Framing the Lesson: Formats
- How Do Middle School Schedules Affect Planning and Instruction?
- What are Some Different Lesson Formats?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Lesson Format
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Lesson Format
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Lesson Format
- Under Construction
Chapter 10: Evaluating Impact: Formative Assessment
- What Is Formative Assessment?
- What Are Specific Formative Assessment Techniques?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Formative Assessment
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Formative Assessment
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Formative Assessment
- Under Construction
Part III: Pulling All the Pieces Together
Part III: Pulling All the Pieces Together
Chapter 11: Planning to Launch the Lesson
- What Is a Lesson Launch?
- How Can You Launch a Problem-Solving Lesson?
- What Kinds of Lesson Launches Focus on Mathematics Concepts?
- What Are Number Routine Lesson Launches?
- What Di You Anticipate Students Will Do?
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Launch the Lesson
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Launch the Lesson
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Launch the Lesson
- Under Construction
Chapter 12: Planning to Facilitate the Lesson
- What Is Mathematical Communication?
- How Do You Facilitate Meaningful Mathematical Discourse?
- How Do You Plan for and Pose Purposeful Questions?
- How Do You Facilitate Productive Struggle?
- How Do You Make Sure You Engage Students in the Process Standards as You Facilitate the Lesson?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Facilitate the Lesson
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Facilitate the Lesson
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Facilitate the Lesson
- Under Construction
Chapter 13: Planning to Close the Lesson
- Why Do You Need Closure in a Lesson?
- What Are Some Different Closure Activities?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Close the Lesson
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Close the Lesson
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Close the Lesson
- Under Construction
Chapter 14: Surveying Your Results: Lesson Reflection
- Why is It Important to Reflect Upon Lessons?
- What Kind of Reflection Cycle Supports Teacher Growth?
Epilogue
Epilogue
Resources
Resources
Appendix A: Complete Lessons for Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Grade
Appendix A: Complete Lessons for Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Grade
Appendix B: Lesson-Planning Template
Appendix B: Lesson-Planning Template
Appendix C: Further Reading/ Resources
Appendix C: Further Reading/ Resources
Appendix D: Glossary
Appendix D: Glossary
References
References
About the Authors
About the Authors
Resources
Companion Website
http://resources.corwin.com/mathlessonplanning/6-8Additional materials
Reviews
The Mathematics Lesson-Planning Handbook, Grades 6-8
Your Blueprint for Building Cohesive Lessons
December 2018 | 264 pages | Corwin
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Your blueprint to planning Grades 6-8 math lessons that lead to achievement for all learners
When it comes to planning mathematics lessons, do you sometimes feel burdened? Have you ever scrambled for an activity to engage your students that aligns with your state standards? Do you ever look at a recommended mathematics lesson plan and think, “This will never work for my students”?
The Mathematics Lesson-Planning Handbook: Your Blueprint for Building Cohesive Lessons, Grades 6–8 walks you step by step through the process of planning focused, research-based mathematics lessons that enhance the coherence, rigor, and purpose of state standards and address the unique learning needs of your individual students. This resource deepens the daily lesson-planning process for middle school teachers and offers practical guidance for merging routines, resources, and effective teaching techniques into an individualized and manageable set of lesson plans.
The effective planning process helps you
- Identify learning intentions and connect goals to success criteria
- Select resources and worthwhile tasks that make the best use of instructional materials
- Structure lessons differently for traditional and block middle school schedules
- Anticipate student misconceptions and evaluate understanding using a variety of formative assessment techniques
- Facilitate questioning, encourage productive struggle, and close lessons with reflection techniques
This author team of seasoned mathematics educators make lesson planning practical and doable with a useful lesson-planning template and real-life examples from Grades 6–8 classrooms. Chapter by chapter, the decision-making strategies empower teachers to plan mathematics lessons strategically, to teach with intention and confidence, and to build purposeful, rigorous, coherent lessons that lead to mathematics achievement for all learners.
Table Of Contents:
- Book at a Glance
- Praise Page
- Acknowledgements
- Publisher's Acknowledgements
- Letter to 6-8 Teachers
- Letter to Middle School Principals
- Letter to Mathematics Coaches
- Letter to Preservice College and University Instructors
- How to Use This Book
- Part I: You are the Architect of Your Classroom
- Chapter 1: Surveying Your Site: Knowing Your Students
- Why Is It So Important to Know Your Students?
- What Do Access and Equity Really Mean?
- What Is Prior Knowledge in Mathematics
- What Do Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students Need?
- What Do Students Living in Poverty Need?
- What Are Learning Needs?
- What Are the Common Themes?
- Chapter 2: Your 6-8 Blueprint: Planning Mathematics Lessons for Coherence, Rigor, and Purpose
- What Is Coherence?
- What Is Rigor?
- What Is the Purpose of a Lesson?
- How Can You Ensure That You Plan Lessons for Coherence, Rigor, and Purpose?
- Lesson-Planning Template
- Part II: Drafting Your 6-8 Blueprint
- Chapter 3: Laying Your Foundation: It Starts with Big Ideas, Essential Questions, and Standards
- What Are State Standards for Mathematics?
- What Are Essential Questions?
- What Are Process Standards?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Big Ideas, Essential Questions, and Standards
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Big Ideas, Essential Questions, and Standards
- Under Construction
- Chapter 4: Reinforcing Your Plan: Learning Intentions and Success Criteria
- What Are Learning Intentions?
- What Are Mathematics Learning Intentions?
- What Are Language and Social Learning Intentions?
- How Do You Communicate Learning Intentions with Students?
- What Are Success Criteria?
- How Do Learning Intentions Connect to the Success Criteria?
- When Should Learning Intentions and Success Criteria Be Shared With Students?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Learning Intentions and Success Criteria
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Learning Intentions and Success Criteria Decision-Making Snapshot
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Learning Intentions and Success Criteria
- Under Construction
- Chapter 5: Deciding on Purpose: Why Are You Building This Lesson?
- What Is the Role of a Conceptual Understanding Lesson?
- What Is Procedural Fluency, and How Does It Build from a Conceptual Understanding Lesson?
- How Do You Know if You Need a Conceptual Understanding or Procedural Fluency Lesson?
- How Do You Create a Transfer Lesson?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Lesson Purpose
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Lesson Purpose
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Lesson Purpose
- Under Construction
- Chapter 6: Choosing Tasks: The Heart of the Lesson
- Why Are Tasks Important?
- What Is a Worthwhile Task?
- How Do You Adapt to Tasks?
- What Are Some Sources for Worthwhile Tasks?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Task Selection
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Task Selection
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Task Selecetion
- Under Construction
- Chapter 7: Choosing Materials: Representations, Manipulatives, and Other Resources.
- What Is the Role of Representations in Mathematics Lessons?
- What Is A Manipulative?
- How Are Manipulatives Used?
- What Are Other Resources?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Material Selection
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Material Selection
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Material Selection
- Under Construction
- Chapter 8: Cementing the Cracks: Anticipating Student Thinking
- What Are Misconceptions, and Where Do They Come From?
- How Can You Plan to Minimize Misconceptions?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Student Thinking
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Student Thinking
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Student Thinking
- Under Construction
- Chapter 9: Framing the Lesson: Formats
- How Do Middle School Schedules Affect Planning and Instruction?
- What are Some Different Lesson Formats?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Lesson Format
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Lesson Format
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Lesson Format
- Under Construction
- Chapter 10: Evaluating Impact: Formative Assessment
- What Is Formative Assessment?
- What Are Specific Formative Assessment Techniques?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Formative Assessment
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Formative Assessment
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Formative Assessment
- Under Construction
- Part III: Pulling All the Pieces Together
- Chapter 11: Planning to Launch the Lesson
- What Is a Lesson Launch?
- How Can You Launch a Problem-Solving Lesson?
- What Kinds of Lesson Launches Focus on Mathematics Concepts?
- What Are Number Routine Lesson Launches?
- What Di You Anticipate Students Will Do?
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Launch the Lesson
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Launch the Lesson
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Launch the Lesson
- Under Construction
- Chapter 12: Planning to Facilitate the Lesson
- What Is Mathematical Communication?
- How Do You Facilitate Meaningful Mathematical Discourse?
- How Do You Plan for and Pose Purposeful Questions?
- How Do You Facilitate Productive Struggle?
- How Do You Make Sure You Engage Students in the Process Standards as You Facilitate the Lesson?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Facilitate the Lesson
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Facilitate the Lesson
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Facilitate the Lesson
- Under Construction
- Chapter 13: Planning to Close the Lesson
- Why Do You Need Closure in a Lesson?
- What Are Some Different Closure Activities?
- Building Unit Coherence
- Sixth Grade Snapshot: Close the Lesson
- Seventh Grade Snapshot: Close the Lesson
- Eighth Grade Snapshot: Close the Lesson
- Under Construction
- Chapter 14: Surveying Your Results: Lesson Reflection
- Why is It Important to Reflect Upon Lessons?
- What Kind of Reflection Cycle Supports Teacher Growth?
- Epilogue
- Resources
- Appendix A: Complete Lessons for Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Grade
- Appendix B: Lesson-Planning Template
- Appendix C: Further Reading/ Resources
- Appendix D: Glossary
- References
- About the Authors
Recent Product Reviews:
“This book brings together the best of Visible Learning and the teaching of mathematics. The chapters on learning intentions, success criteria, misconceptions, formative evaluation, and knowing thy impact are stunning. Rich in exemplars, grounded in research about practice, and with the right balance about the surface and deep learning in math, it’s a great go-to book for all who teach mathematics.”
John Hattie, Melbourne Graduate School of Education
“This handbook supports teachers in moving from pacing to planning instruction by providing the tools needed to ensure that mathematics lessons work for every student. More important, it will engage teachers in the critical process of continual improvement. It is a must-have for teachers, leaders, and mathematics educators alike!”
Matt Larson, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
“Often teachers entering the classroom have had little opportunity for extensive lesson planning in their preparation programs. Throughout the book, definitions and explanations are clear so that readers share a common understanding of the language. As a teacher reads, the vignettes encourage the reader to reflect on similar situations in their own classrooms. The well-written questions included in the text will help guide teachers to personal insights that ultimately lead to increased student learning.”
Connie S. Schrock, Emporia State University
“We all know that good instruction is well-planned instruction. We also know that effective lesson planning is a complicated decision-making process. This incredibly practical book—filled with delightful vignettes and clarifying examples—provides powerful ideas and structures for simplifying the complexities of planning great 6–8 mathematics lessons. This book is a wonderful resource for teachers, coaches, administrators, and teacher educators.”
Steve Leinwand, American Institutes for Research
“Finally! The Mathematics Lesson-Planning Handbook provides that necessary blueprint for serious analysis of the planning process. Planning to teach mathematics is serious business, and this book goes way beyond thinking about the mathematics standard/objective for the next day’s lesson, or jotting notes for a planning book. The handbook will truly engage teachers and communities of learning in a carefully choreographed grade-level designated thread of mathematics tasks, which will serve as anchors for developing understanding and use of each aspect of the planning process. This book is a treasure, and will be read, reread, and referenced daily!”
Francis (Skip) Fennell, McDaniel College