Teaching with Curriculum Focal Points
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Focus in Grade 8: Teaching with Curriculum Focal Points describes and illustrates learning paths for the mathematical concepts and skills of each grade 8 Focal Point as presented in Curriculum Focal Points for Prekindergarten through Grade 8 Mathematics. It includes representational supports for teaching and learning that can facilitate understanding, stimulate productive discussions about mathematical thinking and provide a foundation for fluency with the core ideas. This book also discusses common student errors and misconceptions, reasons the errors may arise and teaching methods or visual representations to address the errors.
Because learning paths cut across grades, some discussion of related Focal Points at grades 6 and 7 have been included to describe and clarify prerequisite knowledge and show how the grade 8 understandings build on what went before.
Focus in Grade 8, one in a series of grade-level publications, is designed to support teachers, supervisors and coordinators as they develop and refine the mathematics curriculum.
Because learning paths cut across grades, some discussion of related Focal Points at grades 6 and 7 have been included to describe and clarify prerequisite knowledge and show how the grade 8 understandings build on what went before.
Focus in Grade 8, one in a series of grade-level publications, is designed to support teachers, supervisors and coordinators as they develop and refine the mathematics curriculum.
The goal of each grade specific book in the Teaching with Curriculum Focal Points series is to present the mathematics in each of the Focal Points in more detail. Follow an instructional progression from introducing and building concepts to developing depth of understanding to strengthing fluency.
NCTM's Focus books are designed to show teachers and other educators how to organise mathematics instruction around the Focal Points in the Council's influential Curriculum Focal Points for Prekindergarten through Grade 8 Mathematics. Each book fleshes out the Focal Points with practical strategies and samples of student work. Mathematics instruction based on the Focal Points brings coherence to the curriculum and focusing on fewer topics deepens understanding.
This book shows teachers and others how to organise instruction in grade 4 around the three Focal Points that Curriculum Focal Points identifies for this grade level. Practical suggestions support focusing on developing quick recall of multiplication and division facts and fluency in whole-number multiplication, understanding decimals and their connection with fractions and working with area and the areas of two-dimensional shapes.
This book shows teachers and others how to organise instruction in grade 4 around the three Focal Points that Curriculum Focal Points identifies for this grade level. Practical suggestions support focusing on developing quick recall of multiplication and division facts and fluency in whole-number multiplication, understanding decimals and their connection with fractions and working with area and the areas of two-dimensional shapes.
Focus in Grade 6: Teaching with Curriculum Focal Points describes and illustrates learning paths for the mathematical concepts and skills of each grade 6 Focal Point as presented in Curriculum Focal Points for Prekindergarten through Grade 8 Mathematics. It includes representational supports for teaching and learning that can facilitate understanding, stimulate productive discussions about mathematical thinking and provide a foundation for fluency with the core ideas. This book also discusses common student errors and misconceptions, reasons the errors may arise and teaching methods or visual representations to address the errors.
Because learning paths cut across grades, related Focal Points for grades 5 and 7 have been included to describe and clarify prerequisite knowledge and show how the grade 6 understandings build on what went before.
Focus in Grade 6, one in a series of grade-level publications, is designed to support teachers, supervisors and coordinators as they develop and refine the mathematics curriculum.
Because learning paths cut across grades, related Focal Points for grades 5 and 7 have been included to describe and clarify prerequisite knowledge and show how the grade 6 understandings build on what went before.
Focus in Grade 6, one in a series of grade-level publications, is designed to support teachers, supervisors and coordinators as they develop and refine the mathematics curriculum.
Focus in Grade 7: Teaching with Curriculum Focal Points describes and illustrates learning paths for the mathematical concepts and skills of each grade 7 Focal Point as presented in Curriculum Focal Points for Prekindergarten through Grade 8 Mathematics. It includes representational supports for teaching and learning that can facilitate understanding, stimulate productive discussions about mathematical thinking and provide a foundation for fluency with the core ideas. This book also discusses common student errors and misconceptions, reasons the errors may arise and teaching methods or visual representations to address the errors.
Because learning paths cut across grades, related Focal Points for grades 6 and 8 have been included to describe and clarify prerequisite knowledge and show how the grade 7 understandings build on what went before.
Focus in Grade 7, one in a series of grade-level publications, is designed to support teachers, supervisors and coordinators as they develop and refine the mathematics curriculum.
Because learning paths cut across grades, related Focal Points for grades 6 and 8 have been included to describe and clarify prerequisite knowledge and show how the grade 7 understandings build on what went before.
Focus in Grade 7, one in a series of grade-level publications, is designed to support teachers, supervisors and coordinators as they develop and refine the mathematics curriculum.