Figuring out fluency : operations with rational numbers and algebraic equations : a classroom companion, grades 5-9
by
 
Bay-Williams, Jennifer M., author.

Title
Figuring out fluency : operations with rational numbers and algebraic equations : a classroom companion, grades 5-9

Author
Bay-Williams, Jennifer M., author.

ISBN
9781071825181

Personal Author
Bay-Williams, Jennifer M., author.

Physical Description
xxi, 203 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Series
Corwin Mathematics Series
 
Corwin mathematics series.

Contents
What is fluency with rational numbers and algebraic equations? -- Why focus on fluency for rational numbers and algebraic equations? -- What do fluency actions look like for rational numbers and algebraic equations? -- What conceptual foundations do students need? -- What automaticities do students need? -- What properties and utilities support strategic competence? -- What are strategies for computational estimation? -- What are significant reasoning strategies? -- How do i teach, practice, and assess strategies? -- How do i support students' fluency over time? -- In sum, ways to support "real" fluency -- Module 1 : reasoning strategies for addition -- Module 2 : reasoning strategies for subtraction -- Module 3 : reasoning strategies for multiplication -- Module 4 : reasoning strategies for division -- Module 5 : reasoning strategies for ratios and proportions -- Module 6 : strategies for solving equations for an unknown -- Module 7 : strategies for solving systems of linear equations -- Fluency is ... -- Assessing fluency -- Fluency activities.

Abstract
"A classroom companion to the anchor book Figuring out Fluency, this book offers a menu of instruction-ready fluency support strategies and tools. It includes instructional, practice, and assessment activities, worked examples, routines, centers, and games on the topic of operations with rational numbers and solving algebraic equations. It walks teachers through thinking strategies they can explicitly teach students to help them reason and operate on real numbers and apply algebraic reasoning with real fluency"-- Provided by publisher.

Subject Term
Numbers, Rational -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
 
Numbers, Rational -- Study and teaching (Middle school)
 
Mathematical fluency.
 
Algebra -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
 
Algebra -- Study and teaching (Middle school)

Added Author
SanGiovanni, John,
 
Walters, C. David,
 
Martinie, Sherri L.,


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