The Math Teacher's Toolbox

Math teachers will find the classroom-tested lessons and strategies in this book to be accessible and easily implemented in the classroom

The Teacher's Toolbox series is an innovative, research-based resource providing teachers with instructional strategies for students of all levels and abilities. Each book in the collection focuses on a specific content area. Clear, concise guidance enables teachers to quickly integrate low-prep, high-value lessons and strategies in their middle school and high school classrooms. Every strategy follows a practical, how-to format established by the series editors.

The Math Teacher's Toolbox contains hundreds of student-friendly classroom lessons and teaching strategies. Clear and concise chapters, fully aligned to Common Core math standards, cover the underlying research, required technology, practical classroom use, and modification of each high-value lesson and strategy.

This book employs a hands-on approach to help educators quickly learn and apply proven methods and techniques in their mathematics courses. Topics range from the planning of units, lessons, tests, and homework to conducting formative assessments, differentiating instruction, motivating students, dealing with "math anxiety," and culturally responsive teaching. Easy-to-read content shows how and why math should be taught as a language and how to make connections across mathematical units. Designed to reduce instructor preparation time and increase student engagement and comprehension, this book:

• Explains the usefulness, application, and potential drawbacks of each instructional strategy

• Provides fresh activities for all classrooms

• Helps math teachers work with ELLs, advanced students, and students with learning differences

• Offers real-world guidance for working with parents, guardians, and co-teachers

The Math Teacher's Toolbox: Hundreds of Practical ideas to Support Your Students is an invaluable source of real-world lessons, strategies, and techniques for general education teachers and math specialists, as well as resource specialists/special education teachers, elementary and secondary educators, and teacher educators.

Auteur

BOBSON WONG is a three-time recipient of the Math for America Master Teacher Fellowship, a New York State Master Teacher, and a member of the Advisory Council of the National Museum of Mathematics. He has served on New York State's Common Core Mathematics Standards Review Committee, the United Federation of Teachers' Common Core Standards Task Force, and as an Educational Specialist for the New York State Education Department.

LARISA BUKALOV is a four-time recipient of the Math for America Master Teacher fellowship and a recipient of Queens College's Excellence in Mathematics Award for promoting mathematics teaching as a profession. She has taught all levels of math, coached the school's math team, and created a math research program for students. As part of her work with Math for America, Larisa has run several professional development sessions for teachers.

LARRY FERLAZZO teaches English, Social Studies, and International Baccalaureate classes to English Language Learners and others at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California. He is the author and co-author of nine books, including The ELL Teacher's Toolbox, and writes a weekly teacher advice column for Education Week Teacher. He is the recipient of the Ford Foundation's Leadership for a Changing World Award and winner of the International Reading Association Award for Technology and Reading.

KATIE HULL SYPNIESKI has taught English language learners and others at the secondary level for over twenty years. She teaches middle school English Language Arts and Social Studies at Fern Bacon Middle School in Sacramento, California, and leads professional development for educators as a consultant with the Area 3 Writing Project at the University of California, Davis. She is co-author of several books including The ELL Teacher's Toolbox.

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Easily Implement Low-Prep, High-Value Lessons and Strategies In Math Classrooms at All Levels The Math Teacher's Toolbox is packed with classroom-tested lessons and proven instructional techniques for teaching middle school and high school students of all levels and abilities. As part of the popular Teacher's Toolbox Series, this book focuses on holistically supporting math students. Practical, hands-on approaches to instruction and communication will help you build strong relationships with your students, collaborate effectively with other teachers, and enhance your lesson plans. The strategies and lessons are presented in concise chapters that are fully aligned to Common Core math standards, describe the underlying research, and illustrate the real-world use of each lesson and strategy. Written and edited by experienced educators and authors, this book contains strategies for planning units, lessons, tests, and homework, coping with stress, conducting formative assessments, differentiating instruction, working with students of varying ability levels, and much more. The authors offer expert insights on the usefulness, application, and potential drawbacks of each instructional strategy. Step-by-step instructions enable you to quickly implement hundreds of fresh, student-friendly activities in any math classroom. The Math Teacher's Toolbox is a must-have book for general education teachers and math specialists, as well as resource specialists, special education teachers, elementary and secondary educators, and teacher educators.

Contenu
List of Tables xix

About the Authors xxi

About the Editors xxiii

Acknowledgments xxv

Letter from the Editors xxvii

Introduction 1

Our Beliefs about Teaching Math 2

Structure of This Book 3

Why Good Math Teaching Matters 4

I Basic Strategies 5

1. Motivating Students 7

What is It? 7

Why We Like It 8

Supporting Research 8

Common Core Connections 9

Application 10

Nurturing Student Confidence 10

Motivating Through Math 11

Rewards 14

Motivating Through Popular Culture 15

Motivating English Language Learners and Students with Learning Differences 16

Student Handouts and Examples 18

What Could Go Wrong 18

Using Fear to Motivate 18

Stereotype Threat 19

Why Do We Need to Know This? 19

Misreading Students 20

Limitations to Motivation 21

Technology Connections 21

Figures 22

Figure 1.1 Pattern Blocks 22

Figure 1.2 Rotational Symmetry 23

Figure 1.3 Exponential Growth 24

Figure 1.4 Identify a Void 26

2. Culturally Responsive Teaching 27

What is It? 27

Why We Like It 28

Supporting Research 28

Common Core Connections 29

Application 30

Self-Reflection 30

Building a Collaborative Learning Partnership 32

What Could Go Wrong 36

Color-Blind Teaching 36

Good Intentions 37

Finding the Right Time or Place 38

Technology Connections 38

3. Teaching Math as a Language 41

What is it? 41

Why We Like It 41

Supporting Research 42

Common Core Connections 42

Application 42

Eliciting the Need for Mathematical Language 42

Introducing Symbols and Terms 43

Translating Between Symbols and Words 45

Making Connections Between Math and English 46

Examples of Confusing Mathematical Language 46

Encouraging Mathematical Precision 48

Vocabulary Charts and Flash Cards 49

Visual and Verbal Aids 51

Word Walls and Anchor Charts 52

Student Handouts and Examples 53

What Could Go Wrong 53

Not Treating Math as a Language 53

Math as a Bag of Tricks 54

Technology Connections 55

Figures 57

Figure 3.1 Concept Attainment 57

Figure 3.2 Words and Symbols Chart 58

Figure 3.3 Why the Word Height is Confusing 58

Figure 3.4 Draw a Picture 59

Figure 3.5 Functions Anchor Chart 60

Figure 3.6 Polynomi…