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

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Title:

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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"This book is awesome! What stood out to me was the deep understanding I was able to have about what fluency actually means. Too often the message has been fluency and accuracy, especially at the middle school level. By providing teachers with tools for building fluency with integers, expressions, and algebra, this book shifts that message to also focus on flexibility and strategy selection."

Lindsey Henderson Secondary Mathematics Specialist, Utah State Board of Education Salt Lake City, UT

Because fluency practice is not a worksheet.

Fluency in mathematics is more than adeptly using basic facts or implementing algorithms. It is not about speed or recall. Real fluency is about choosing strategies that are efficient, flexible, lead to accurate solutions, and are appropriate for the given situation. Developing fluency is also a matter of equity and access for all learners.

The landmark book Figuring Out Fluency in Mathematics Teaching and Learning offered educators the inspiration to develop a deeper understanding of procedural fluency, along with a plethora of pragmatic tools for shifting classrooms toward a fluency approach. Now, teachers have the chance to apply that inspiration through explicit instruction and practice every day with the classroom companion Figuring Out Fluency--Operations With Rational Numbers and Algebraic Equations. With this book, teachers can

Dive deeper into the Significant Strategies for fluency explained in the anchor book as they apply to rational number operations Explore how these strategies can be applied for proportional reasoning, solving equations for unknowns, and solving systems of linear equations Access over 100 classroom-ready activities, including worked examples, routines, and games. Find activities to explicitly teach students how to use and choose strategies to operate on rational numbers and solve algebraic equations Download all of the needed support tools, game boards, and other resources from the companion website for immediate implementation

Give each and every student the knowledge and power to become skilled and confident mathematical thinkers and doers.