The Investigations Center for Curriculum and Professional Development supports users of Investigations, the K-5 math curriculum developed at TERC. investigations.terc.edu
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Dig into ways to support the range of learners in any elementary math classroom (not Investigations-specific). Topics include:
* creating a learning environment
* differentiating instruction
* supporting math language
* formative assessment
* grouping students
* facilitating discussions & more
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"When teachers understand math differently, students learn math differently. And when professional learning empowers teachers and gives them confidence and clarity, the momentum that follows is contagious."
"Parents and children were building understanding together, not by memorizing steps, but by negotiating meaning, noticing patterns, and explaining their thinking in ways that felt natural and alive."
"I wrote this to liberate ourselves from titles like “math people.” This title does the work of those who wish us to be unintelligent for them." 🔥
Learn about:
* the K-5 trajectory of math ideas & how students come to understand them (e.g. thru representations & contexts)
* how Inv3 tackles the CCSS & the Math Practices
* how Inv3 looks & sounds, thru video & student work
* equity, access, ID & agency in elementary mathematics
"Graphs are 1 of the pieces of math students will interact w/ most outside the math classroom. We should strive to give students a rich & broad conception of all the different ways to represent data in the world." - @dylanpkane.bsky.social on how @jennalaib.bsky.social's Slow Reveal Graphs do this.
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Interesting thoughts on patterns by @triangleman.bsky.social.
We've always been sad that the pattern work in K -- focused on the unit & what comes here (some number of steps ahead)? rather than what comes next? -- had to come out in the 3rd ed given CCSS.
talkingmathwithkids.com/blog/pattern...
One week left to sign up for Implementing Investigations in the K-5 Classroom!
investigations.terc.edu/professional...
Math instruction requires "deep & flexible understanding of content." That's why PD should be inspired by "a simple but powerful idea: we need to experience the kind of learning we hope to create for students. That’s why doing math together is at the center of our work." - @jodyguarino.bsky.social
“What a teacher knows and what he or she does and believes have a major influence on how students learn. Most importantly, we know that these are dynamic behaviors and dispositions that (can) evolv…
When I look back on the past two decades I’ve spent at Leander ISD, I think about how much elementary instruction has changed. I’ve been a third-grade teacher, a reading specialist, instructional coac...
I have been thinking about patterns for a long time, occasionally making progress in understanding how children learn to identify and think about patterns. Overall, it is slow going. There isn’t nearl...
One week left to sign up for Supporting Math Learning! www.terc.edu/mathequityfo...
"Somewhere along the way, math stopped feeling like theirs and started belonging only to school." Learn about Doing the Math with Families, a project designed to strengthen bilingual families’ math confidence & knowledge through playful, engaging math games.
blog.terc.edu/bridging-the...
One week left to sign up for Implementing Investigations in the K-5 Classroom!
investigations.terc.edu/professional...
One week left to sign up for Implementing Investigations in the K-5 Classroom!
investigations.terc.edu/professional...
Program engages families in playful math games to build confidence, connect home and school learning, and support children’s understanding.
"It matters that students find themselves in this content area that, for too long, has felt dismembered from" many.
"Math isn’t a badge we receive for greater exclusion from our communities. It’s a set of skills to help us pull more of us in."
- @thejosevilson.com
Forum for Equity in Elementary Mathematics
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