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Mathematics Tasks for the Thinking Classroom, Grades K-5 (Corwin Mathematics Series)
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Practical and proven math tasks to maximize student thinking and learning
Building upon the blockbuster success of Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Peter Liljedahl has joined forces with co-author Maegan Giroux to bring the Building Thinking Classrooms (BTC) framework to life in this new book, Mathematics Tasks for the Thinking Classroom, Grades K-5.
But this book is so much more than simply a collection of good thinking tasks. It delves deeper into the implementation of the 14 practices from the BTC framework by updating the practices with the newest research, and focusing on the practice through the lens of rich math tasks that address specific mathematical learning outcomes or standards. Across the 20 non-curricular tasks and 30 curricular tasks used as models, this book:
- Helps you choose tasks to fit your particular math standards, goals, and the competencies you want your students to build
- Walks you through all the steps and scripts to launch, facilitate, and consolidate each task
- Shares examples of possible student solutions along with hints you might offer to help their thinking along
- Offers tasks for consolidation, example notes to my future forgetful self, and mild, medium, and spicy check-your-understanding questions (CYUs) for every thin sliced sequences of curricular tasks
- Imparts reflections from the authors on each task
The book closes with specific guidance on how to find more tasks or craft your own non-curricular and curricular tasks, along with answers to educators’ frequently asked questions. It includes access to a companion website that includes downloadables and a task template for creating your own tasks.
Whether you are new to BTC or a seasoned user, Mathematics Tasks for the Thinking Classroom, Grades K-5 will help teachers, coaches, and specialists transform traditional math classrooms into dynamic and thought-provoking learning spaces.
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Mathematics Tasks for the Thinking Classroom, Grades K-5 (Corwin Mathematics Series)
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Original price was: $38.95.$37.00Current price is: $37.00.
Ali F. –
I purchased this book “new” and it showed up damaged.
Nancy Murphy –
Awesome resource for getting students to THINK rather than mimic! The book is super well laid out. LOTS of great info without feeling overwhelming. I suggest you read his first book first, which is more about the WHY and the HOW TO of BTC with a few tasks to get you started.
Dinna Spradlin –
I am not a teacher of grades K-5 but this book was extremely useful since part 1 about updates or clarifications to BTC practices. I had some minor issues after the original book and all of those were addressed in part 1 of this book.
Amber –
It is extremely helpful to teach math in a whole new way that is fun and gets kids thinking. They learn to work with peers to find answers and learn critical thinking skills while having fun.
Busy Lady –
Waited for this one! Love using the thinking classroom in my fifth grade class. Gets the scholars collaborating and sharing their thinking while building their understanding and knowledge
Laura –
I read Building Thinking Classrooms two years ago and it revolutionized my teaching style. This companion book is just as wonderful. I teach high school math, and even though this book is written for K-5, I’ve already found many ways I will use the tasks and information given.
Laura –
I did a math book club virtually last summer with Mix & Math 360 where we read Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics. I was AMAZED at the difference the BTC mindset had on my classroom of mixed ability learners. The only problem was that everyone that read the book needed to find non-curricular thinking tasks and problems to use alongside the BTC framework, but there weren’t a lot of clear resources to find them.
This book is THICK. It’s broken down by grade levels/bands that would be appropriate for different grades. I really appreciate the detail of showing a range of grades for each task, and how the level of difficulty reduces for each consecutive grade using that same task. It’s essentially a breakdown of how challenging any given problem will be for the typically developing math classroom. If you wanted to focus on building your TBC routines at the beginning of the year, you could choose some problems from their previous year to build confidence in the new math strategies. If you teach a group of advanced learners, you can find problems that will be more challenging for your students.
Building Thinking Classrooms is all about, you guessed it, getting students to -actually- think about what they are doing to learn math in a more holistic way, and moves away from “plug and chug” answer-centered computation. Mathematics Tasks will help educators have a streamlined resource to help us break away from individual, paper and pencil work to build the math literacy our student deserve. We are the ones that need to change and grow our thinking about math teaching to truly help all of our students bloom. Yay, math! (Never did I think I’d say that 25 years ago! 😉)
P.S. hot tip for building your random daily groupings: I use a deck of SushiGo! cards that I organized in sets of three cards for each type. I keep them in a ziplock bag on my desk, I count how many groups of three I need each morning, grab that many sets of cards, lightly shuffle, and pass them out face down. The kids love finding and matching up with their other sushi partners! Second tip: Always have your groups hand back their cards in the set of three so they are always matched up and ready to rock each morning. Happy math teaching! 🤓💕