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Give students the learning power to move to the head of the class! This book features ten packets of reproducible activities that support state and NCTM standards, and cover the six essential strands of mathematics. Simply complete each packet's customizable cover sheet, reproduce the activity pages, and send them home with your students. The packets focus on numbers and counting, measurement, time and money, patterns and relations, algebra, shapes, data analysis and probability, and problem solving. It also includes a math vocabulary list, scoring rubric, calendar template, and tools to help build the home-school connection. Answer keys are also provided.
This book is an amazing resource for teachers who are struggling to help students develop both procedural fluency and conceptual understanding.. --Dr. Margaret (Peg) Smith, co-author of5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematical Discussions Robert Kaplinsky, the co-creator of Open Middle math problems, brings hisnew class of tasks designed to stimulate deeper thinking and lively discussion among middle and high school students in Open Middle Math: Problems That Unlock Student Thinking, Grades 6-12. The problems are characterized by a closed beginning,- meaning all students start with the same initial problem, and a closed end,- meaning there is only one correct or optimal answer. The key is that the middle is open- in the sense that there are multiple ways to approach and ultimately solve the problem. These tasks have proven enormously popular with teachers looking to assess and deepen student understanding, build student stamina, and energize their classrooms. Professional Learning Resource for Teachers: Open Middle Math is an indispensable resource for educators interested in teaching student-centered mathematics in middle and high schools consistent with the national and state standards. Sample Problems at Each Grade: The book demonstrates the Open Middle concept with sample problems ranging from dividing fractions at 6th grade to algebra, trigonometry, and calculus. Teaching Tips for Student-Centered Math Classrooms: Kaplinsky shares guidance on choosing problems, designing your own math problems, and teaching for multiple purposes, including formative assessment, identifying misconceptions, procedural fluency, and conceptual understanding. Adaptable and Accessible Math: The tasks can be solved using various strategies at different levels of sophistication, which means all students can access the problems and participate in the conversation. Open Middle Math will help math teachers transform the 6th -12th grade classroom into an environment focused on problem solving, student dialogue, and critical thinking.
A great companion to The Official SAT Study Guide 2020 Edition! The SAT can be stressful and overwhelming, but this SAT Math guide will break the test down into more manageable "packets" of information so that students can narrow their focus to just one question type at a time. Smaller goals are easier to achieve! As students complete each packet, they'll boost their confidence and their scores. This guide includes over 350 practice math questions. There are also detailed lessons to help students learn "The Basics" that they need for each topic, as well as "The Twists" that the SAT will use to make the questions seem much more difficult than they actually are. Start with the lessons for the SAT-specific strategies so that you can learn more efficient ways to answer the questions in the packets and on the real SAT. SAT Math Packets also lists the corresponding packet for every math question on the 10 Official SAT Practice Tests released by the College Board. (The SAT Math Packets study guide has no affiliation with the College Board.) You can take the official practice tests and then use the charts in SAT Math Packets to identify your weak areas! This guide is also GREAT FOR TUTORS who are looking to supplement the official practice tests. Tutors can choose lessons that cover questions your students miss on practice exams. And the detailed explanations are placed in the back of the book so that you can take the lead for your lessons. Most other guides clutter their chapters with long blocks of text. SAT Math Packets gets out of the way so that tutors can structure their own lessons and students can focus on answering the questions.
This activity book of ready-to-use, reproducible pencil-to-paper worksheets are ideal for enrichment or for use as reinforcement. Perfect for use at school or as homework, they feature basic math skills.
