The Five Practices in Practice [Middle School]: Successfully Orchestrating Mathematics Discussions in Your Middle School Classroom

Take a deep dive into the five practices for facilitating productive mathematical discussions Take a deeper dive into understanding the five practices—anticipating, monitoring, selecting, sequencing, and connecting—for facilitating productive mathematical conversations in your middle school 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 middle school 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 middle school 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 books takes 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions to the next level as readers experience what these practices look like in real mathematics classrooms in middle school. The authors specifically address the challenges one might face in implementing the classrooms by providing recommendations and concrete examples to avoid these challenges. This book is a must read for teachers who want to amplify their classroom implementation of the five practices." Cathy Martin, Executive Director of Curriculum & Instruction Denver Public Schools

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments About the Authors Preface Chapter 1 – Introduction The Five Practices in Practice: An Overview Purpose and Content Classroom Video Context Meet the Teachers Using this Book Norms for Video Viewing Getting Started! Chapter 2 – Setting Goals and Selecting Tasks Part 1 – Unpacking the Practice: Setting Goals and Selecting Tasks Part 2 – Challenges Teachers Face: Setting Goals and Selecting Tasks Conclusion Chapter 3 – Anticipating Student Responses Part 1 – Unpacking the Practice: Anticipating Student Responses Part 2 – Challenges Teachers Face: Anticipating Student Responses Conclusion Chapter 4 – Monitoring Student Work Part 1 – Unpacking the Practice: Monitoring Student Work Part 2 – Challenges Teachers Face: Monitoring Student Work Conclusion Chapter 5 – Selecting and Sequencing Student Solutions Part 1 – Unpacking the Practice: Selecting and Sequencing Student Solutions Part 2 – Challenges Teachers Face: Selecting and Sequencing Student Solutions Conclusion Chapter 6 – Connecting Student Solutions Part 1 – Unpacking the Practice: Connecting Student Solutions Part 2 – Challenges Teachers Face: Connecting Student Responses Conclusion Chapter 7 – Looking Back and Looking Ahead Why Use the Five Practices Model Getting Started with the Five Practices Plan Lessons Collaboratively Observe and Debrief Lessons Reflect on Your Lesson Video Clubs Organize a Book Study Explore Additional Resources Conclusion Appendix A – Web-based Resources for Tasks and Lesson Plans Appendix B – Monitoring Chart Appendix C – Mrs. Mossotti’s Monitoring Chart Appendix D – Hold All Students Accountable Appendix E – Lesson Planning Template Index