Lesson 4 – 4: What Strategies Can Help All My Students? – Discussion

[Brian Arnot]

Thanks for sharing the routines for reasoning book. This could really help me to be more intentional about teaching those practices and helping my struggling students find success.

[Jon]

Thanks @brianarnot we’re happy you found this useful!

[Karen Bigham]

Is the curiosity path the episode #2 podcast?  I haven’t had a chance to listen yet…

[Kristi Hill]

I am interested in fingding out more abou the Routines for Reasoing book. I wonder how we get teacher buy in for using the 8 practices without them feeling overwhelmed by more things to “teach”

[Barb Fleming]

Sounds like the routines for reasoning book is a good one to check out. I really connected with spending a good amount of time building in these routines/strategies (i.e. questions to ask themselves when stuck …) at the beginning of the year, in order to set students up well to be able to persevere through tasks later with I guess a bit of a toolkit under their belts.

[Scott Cortez]

Thinking now that school is still closed in California and thinking of the next school year. How am I going to Spiral? Will it be done at home or at school? 50% home and 50% at school? Digital or paper, or a mix? The strategies, I’m thinking maybe recording videos or finding other videos to show strategies we have used in the past or possible strategies we have not reached. The strategies to teach will be difficult to get through because there is nothing like in-person teaching.

[Lisa Hudson]

I am very interested in the Routines for Reasoning book and determining ways to use the information to help create the classroom culture. This will be something else that I add to my early year routine when I work to establish relationships with my students. As Barb stated in a previous post, this will be a part of their “toolkit under their belts”.

[Kyle Pearce]

Great move indeed! Ima huge fan of mini lessons by Cathy Fosnot. An amazing math talk routine for reasoning and building flexibility!

[Andy Neels]

I’m also experiencing a lot of success with the vertical surfaces and random groupings and trying to create a thinking classroom based on Peter Liljedahls work. I was so pleased today when a student blurted out (Grade 8) “I love those groupings” as I pulled out my phone to use the randomizer app 🙂

[Nancy Peters]

I remember when the mathematical practices were introduced in Florida. I have to admit it sounded good but wondering how to actually use it in a classroom. I definitely will check out the book Routines for Reasoning book.

[Kyle Pearce]

Can you be more specific about the practices and what you’re struggling with?