District expectations

TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE INCLUDED IN SIGNIFICANT MATHEMATICS LEARNING. . .

• Students spend time exploring problems in depth.
• They find more than one solution to many of the problems they work on.
• They invent their own strategies and approaches rather than rely on memorized procedures.
• They choose from a variety of concrete materials and appropriate technology, including calculators, as a natural part of their eve5rday mathematical work.
• They express their mathematical thinking through drawing, writing and talking.
• They work in a variety of groupings- as a whole class, individually, in pairs, and in small groups.
• They mover around the classroom as they explore the mathematics in their environment and talk with their peers.