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Focus your curriculum to heighten student achievement. Learn 10 high-leverage team actions for mathematics instruction and assessment. Discover the actions your team should take before a unit of instruction begins, as well as the actions and formative assessments that should occur during instruction. Examine how to most effectively reflect on assessment results, and prepare for the next unit of instruction.





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Focus your curriculum to heighten student achievement. Learn 10 high-leverage team actions for grades K–5 mathematics instruction and assessment. Discover the actions your team should take before a unit of instruction begins, as well as the actions and formative assessments that should occur during instruction. Examine how to most effectively reflect on assessment results, and prepare for the next unit of instruction.




Mathematics Instruction and Tasks in a PLC at Work(tm)


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Part of the Every Student Can Learn Mathematics series Improve your students' comprehension and perseverance in mathematical practices. This user-friendly book is divided into two parts, each covering a key team action for mathematics instruction in a PLC at Work(tm). First you'll examine high-quality research-affirmed math lesson design elements. Then you'll learn how to implement them within your math lesson routines and activities. The book features team discussion tools, sample math lesson designs, strategies for improving student discourse of mathematical concepts, online resources for instructional support, and more. Implement instructional strategies for math, in a professional learning community: Plan for the use of balanced rigorous mathematical practices and routines to teach each content standard during core mathematics instruction. Identify mathematics content standards students must learn in a unit and the appropriate math activities and tasks needed to develop understanding, application, and fluency progressions of mathematical concepts. Understand the importance of communicating the why of mathematical skills and essential learning standards to students. Implement instructional strategies for math that ensure the formative learning of all students during lessons. Contents: Introduction Part I: Team Action 1: Develop High-Quality, Essential, and Balanced Lesson-Design Elements Chapter 1: Essential Learning Standards: The Why of the Lesson Chapter 2: Prior-Knowledge Warm-Up Activities Chapter 3: Academic Language Vocabulary as Part of Instruction Chapter 4: Lower- and Higher-Level Cognitive Demand Mathematical Task Balance Chapter 5: Whole-Group and Small-Group Discourse Balance Chapter 6: Lesson Closure for Evidence of Learning Chapter 7: Mathematics Lesson-Design Tool Part II: Use Lesson Design Elements to Provide Formative Feedback and Foster Student Perseverance Chapter 8: Essential Learning Standards and Prior Knowledge Warm-Up Activities Chapter 9: Using Vocabulary as Part of Instruction Chapter 10: Implementing Mathematical Task and Discourse Balance Chapter 11: Using Lesson Closure for Evidence of Learning Chapter 12: Responding to Lesson Progress With High-Quality Tier 1 Mathematics Intervention Epilogue Appendix A References and Resources Index Books in the Every Student Can Learn Mathematics series: Mathematics Assessment and Intervention in a PLC at Work(tm) Mathematics Instruction and Tasks in a PLC at Work(tm) Mathematics Homework and Grading in a PLC at Work(tm) Mathematics Coaching and Collaboration in a PLC at Work(tm)




Mathematics Coaching and Collaboration in a PLC at Work(tm)


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Part of the Every Student Can Learn Mathematics series Build a mathematics teaching community that promotes learning for K-12 educators and students. This user-friendly resource is divided into two parts, each covering actionable team strategies in teaching mathematics in a PLC at Work(TM). First you'll discover how to coach highly effective mathematics teams within your professional learning community. Then you'll learn how to utilize collaboration and lesson-design elements within your math curriculum for teacher team reflection, assessment data analysis, and action. Learn to lead math teacher teams and foster effective collaborative teaching strategies: Build a collaborative math learning culture that engages and promotes learning for students and staff members. Optimize coaching and foster equity and belonging, to encourage collaboration on instruction and math assessment. Engage in mathematics lesson study, to help teams learn from one another and reflect on effective strategies in teaching mathematics. Develop norms, SMART goals for teachers, agendas, and a plan for working effectively as a collaborative team in a PLC at Work(TM). Address all parts of your math curriculum, from math instruction to math interventions. Contents: Preface Introduction Part 1: Develop PLC Structures for Effective Teacher Team Engagement, Transparency, and Action Chapter 1: Five Inspirational PLC Leadership Practices Chapter 2: Five Leadership Strategies for Effective Collaboration in Mathematics Part 2: Use Common Assessments and Lesson-Design Elements for Teacher Team Reflection, Data Analysis, and Subsequent Action Chapter 3: How to Create and Nurture a Culture of Change, Growth, Reflection, and Improvement in Your Mathematics Program Chapter 4: How to Lead a Culture of Transparency and Learning with Mathematics Assessments Chapter 5: How to Lead in a Culture of Transparency and Learning with Mathematics Instruction Chapter 6: How to Lead a Culture of Collective Responsibility Epilogue Appendix A References and Resources Books in the Every Student Can Learn Mathematics series: Mathematics Assessment and Intervention in a PLC at Work(TM) Mathematics Instruction and Tasks in a PLC at Work(TM) Mathematics Homework and Grading in a PLC at Work(TM) Mathematics Coaching and Collaboration in a PLC at Work(TM)




Mathematics Instruction and Tasks in a PLC at Work


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"Mathematics Instruction and Tasks in a PLC at Work®, Second Edition by Mona Toncheff, Timothy D. Kanold, Sarah Schuhl, Bill Barnes, Jennifer Deinhart, Jessica Kanold-McIntyre, and Matthew R. Larson provides guidance for K-12 teachers to reflect on current lesson-design practices, compare those practices against high-quality standards of mathematics lesson design, and develop and use effective lessons that engage students within the mathematics classroom. Part of the Every Student Can Learn Mathematics series, it offers a comprehensive professional learning community (PLC) approach to sustaining deep change in mathematics achievement. The PLC at Work process is one of the best models that schools or districts can use to build a more equitable learning experience for students. Using the four critical questions of a PLC, teams will provide every mathematics student with common learning experiences, opportunities for sustained perseverance, and robust formative feedback. In this second edition, teachers will access new and updated tools to maximize their lesson-planning strategies in mathematics within the PLC framework"--




Common Core Mathematics in a PLC at Work®, Grades 3-5


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This teacher guide illustrates how to sustain successful implementation of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics, grades 3–5. Discover what students should learn and how they should learn it at each grade level. Comprehensive research-affirmed analysis tools and strategies will help you and your collaborative team develop and assess student demonstrations of deep conceptual understanding and procedural fluency.




Mathematics Instruction and Tasks in a Plc at Work(r), Second Edition: (Develop a Standards-Based Curriculum for Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics


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Build collective teacher efficacy and students' mathematical thinking using the Mathematics in a PLC at Work(TM) lesson-design process. This second edition of the popular Mathematics Instruction and Tasks book guides preK-12 teacher teams in ensuring improved mathematics achievement. Gain new and enhanced understanding of research-affirmed instructional routines, and learn how to efficiently elicit high levels of student engagement and self-efficacy. Implement instructional strategies and methods of teaching mathematics in a professional learning community. This book will help preK-12 mathematics teachers and teacher teams: Identify essential mathematics content standards students learn during a unit Understand the importance of communicating the why of the essential mathematics learning standards to students Plan for the use of balanced rigor and mathematical routines to teach each content standard during instruction Use a balance of appropriate mathematics activities and tasks needed to develop conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and application of mathematical concepts and skills Implement instructional math routines that ensure the formative learning of all students during lessons Contents: Preface Introduction: The Mathematics at Work(TM) Lesson Design Framework Chapter 1: Essential Learning Standards--The Why of the Lesson Chapter 2: Prior-Knowledge Routines Chapter 3: Mathematics Language Routines Chapter 4: A Balance of Mathematical Tasks Chapter 5: Mathematical Discourse Routines Chapter 6: Lesson Closure Routines Chapter 7: High-Quality Tier 1 Mathematics Intervention Chapter 8: Analyzing the Effectiveness of Mathematics Instruction Epilogue Appendix A Appendix B: Cognitive-Demand-Level Task Analysis Guide Appendix C: Mathematics Instruction and Tasks in a PLC at Work Protocols and Tools







Professional Learning Communities at Work Plan Book


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More than just a plan book, this fresh new resource brim with tips, activities, and 40 weeks of planning pages to guide you through a positive, productive year. This new addition to the PLC family is more than a plan book with space for EIGHT class periods. It also helps educators implement critical PLC issues as they collaborate with other school staff members to improve student learning.





Book Description

Focus your curriculum to heighten student achievement. Learn 10 high-leverage team actions for grades 9–12 mathematics instruction and assessment. Discover the actions your team should take before a unit of instruction begins, as well as the actions and formative assessments that should occur during instruction. Examine how to most effectively reflect on assessment results, and prepare for the next unit of instruction.