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The Five Practices in Practice [Elementary]
Successfully Orchestrating Mathematics Discussions in Your Elementary Classroom
- Margaret (Peg) Smith - University of Pittsburgh, USA
- Victoria Bill - University of Pittsburgh (United States)
- Miriam Gamoran Sherin - Northwestern University, USA
Foreword by Dan Meyer, NCTM Co-publication, "Includes 65+ Minutes of Online Video" Burst
Corwin Mathematics Series
"Neither a love of students nor a love of mathematics can sustain the work of math education on its own. We work with math students, a composite of their mathematical ideas and their identities as people. The five practices for orchestrating productive mathematical discussions, and these ideas for putting those practices into practice, offer the actions that can develop and sustain the belief that both math and students matter.”
From the Foreword by Dan Meyer, Chief Academic Officer, Desmos
Take a deeper dive into understanding the five practices—anticipating, monitoring, selecting, sequencing, and connecting—for facilitating productive mathematical conversations in your elementary classrooms and learn to apply them with confidence. This follow-up to the modern classic, Five Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions, shows the five practices in action in Grades K-5 classrooms and empowers teachers to be prepared for and overcome the challenges common to orchestrating math discussions.
The chapters unpack the five practices and guide teachers to a deeper understanding of how to use each practice effectively in an inquiry-oriented classroom. This book will help you launch meaningful mathematical discussion through
• Key questions to set learning goals, identify high-level tasks, anticipate student responses, and develop targeted
assessing and advancing questions that jumpstart productive discussion—before class begins
• Video excerpts from real elementary classrooms that vividly illustrate the five practices in action and include built-in
opportunities for you to consider effective ways to monitor students’ ideas, and successful approaches for selecting,
sequencing, and connecting students’ ideas during instruction
• “Pause and Consider” prompts that help you reflect on an issue—and, in some cases, draw on your own classroom experience—prior to reading more about it
• “Linking To Your Own Instruction” sections help you implement the five practices with confidence in your own instruction
The book and companion website provide an array of resources including planning templates, sample lesson plans and completed monitoring tools, and mathematical tasks. Enhance your fluency in the five practices to bring powerful discussions of mathematical concepts to life in your classroom.
“This book is a must for all elementary teachers who want to teach mathematics deeply and equitably, or as Smith, Bill, and Sherin write—ambitiously. From the first page, you are invited to take a deep dive into each of the 5 Practices by unpacking the practice, considering the potential instructional challenges associated with the practice, and, through the use of videos, teacher responses, and student work, analyze the challenging and rewarding work of facilitating productive student discourse. Read this book, try what’s suggested in your classroom, and watch ALL of your students truly shine as they demonstrate meaningful mathematical thinking and reasoning.”
“The Five Practices in Practice: Successfully Orchestrating Mathematics Discussions in Your Elementary Classroom is THE tool for helping ambitious elementary mathematics teaching a reality. It gives a rich, elementary lens to the original groundbreaking work through classroom examples, tasks, and accompanying videos. Simply put, it is a must-have for any mathematics teacher, coach, or administrator.”
“I’ve been a fan of 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions for a long time! In this practical, teacher-friendly follow up to the popular resource, the authors provide educators with a roadmap to support facilitating productive mathematics discussions in their classrooms. In this new addition to the series, educators are treated to a comprehensive blueprint for implementing the five practices that includes scaffolds, realistic suggestions grounded by research, feedback and authentic data from practicing teachers, vignettes, grade-specific examples and opportunities to reflect on classroom practice, making this resource a valuable tool for elementary educators.”
"As an elementary math teacher, nothing has helped me become more intentional and
purposeful than the 5 Practices. In a continued effort to move student thinking forward, I
really appreciated how the authors walked us through specific K−5 examples because this will
definitely help me improve my craft."
I love the videos that go along with each chapter of this book. I find this to be an approachable version of larger math texts that (hopefully) my students will keep for their personal library.
The book aligned with the course expectations and will facilitate productive conversations.