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== =Welcome to the HCPSS //Accessible Mathematics// Wikispace!=

This wikispace has been designed to help mathematics teachers and teacher leaders examine effective mathematics instruction, as outlined in the book //[|Accessible Mathematics: Ten Instructional Shifts that Raise Student Achievement]// by Steven Leinwand. The suggestions are intended to serve as sample activities and discussion prompts for preparing all mathematics teachers to plan, teach, assess, and promote a mathematical learning environment that is considered "Common Core-ready."


 * Instructional Shifts:**
 * 1) Incorporate ongoing cumulative review into every day's lesson.
 * 2) Adapt what we know works in our reading programs and apply it to mathematics instruction.
 * 3) Use multiple representations of mathematical entities.
 * 4) Create language-rich classroom routines.
 * 5) Take every available opportunity to support the development of number sense.
 * 6) Build from graphs, charts, and tables.
 * 7) Tie the math to such questions as How big? How much? How far? to increase the natural use of measurement throughout the curriculum.
 * 8) Minimize what is no longer important, and teach what is important when it is appropriate to do so.
 * 9) Embed the mathematics in realistic problems and real-world contexts.
 * 10) Make "Why?" "How do you know?" "Can you explain?" classroom mantras.

Resource: Leinwand, S. (2009). //[|Accessible mathematics: Ten instructional shifts that raise student achievement].// Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Developed by the [|Howard County Public School System] Office of Secondary Mathematics, 2010 Click here to provide feedback/suggestions.