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Daily Routines to Jump-Start Math Class, High School

Engage Students, Improve Number Sense, and Practice Reasoning

By: Eric Milou, John J. SanGiovanni

Kickstart class with five 5–10 minute routines that include content-specific examples, extensions, and variations. You’ll get a year’s worth of daily instructional material, plus video demonstrations!

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Product Details

Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781544316932
Published By: Corwin
Series: Corwin Mathematics Series
Year: 2018
Page Count: 128
Publication date: August 08, 2018

Price: $35.95

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“Too often, middle school and high school teachers say, ‘These students are lacking number sense.’ These books will help secondary teachers with good pedagogy to help build number sense in a creative way. Eric Milou and John SanGiovanni have created short routines that are teacher-friendly, with lots of examples, and easy to adapt to each teacher’s needs. These are the books that secondary teachers have been waiting for to help engage students in building number sense.”

Pamela J. Dombrowski, Secondary Math Specialist
Geary County School District
Junction City, KS

Kickstart your high school math class!

Do your students need more opportunities do develop number sense and reasoning? Are you looking to get your students energized and talking about mathematics? Have you wondered how practical, replicable, and engaging activities would complement your mathematics instruction?

This guide answers the question “What could I do differently?” Taking cues from popular number sense and reasoning routines, this book gives you the rundown on how to engage in five different daily 5–10 minute routines, all of which include content-specific examples, extensions, and variations of each for algebra, functions, geometry, and data analysis. Video demonstrations allow you to see the routines in action and the book includes a year’s worth of daily instructional material that you can use to begin each class period. The routines in this book will help students

Frequently revisit essential mathematical concepts
Foster and shore up conceptual understanding
Engage in mental mathematics, leading to efficiency and fluency
Engage in mathematical discourse by constructing viable arguments and critiquing the reasoning of others
Reason mathematically, and prepare for high stakes assessments
Move learning beyond “correctness” by valuing mistakes and discourse and encouraging a growth mindset

From trusted authors and experts Eric Milou and John SanGiovanni, this teacher-friendly resource will give you all the tools and tips you need to reinvent those critical first five or ten minutes of math class for the better!

Watch the video: Daily Routines to Jump Start Math Class

Key features

Includes:

5 core routines with a total of 120+ examples of number, algebra, geometry, data, and statistics
60 minutes of video showing routines in action in high school classrooms
A companion website with free, downloadable PPT slides for every routine, every example

Author(s)

Eric Milou

Dr. Eric Milou is a professor of mathematics at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ. Dr. Milou has taught at Rowan for the past 20 years and served six terms as the President of the Rowan University Senate from 2007 to 2013. He previously served as President as the Association of Mathematics Teachers of New Jersey, the program chairperson of the 2007 NCTM annual meeting and has extensive speaking experience on standards based reform in mathematics. He is one of the authors of digits, EnVisions 6-8 and EnVisions A|G|A (published by Pearson) and was the recipient of the Max Sobel Outstanding Mathematics Educator Award in 2009.

John J. SanGiovanni

John J. SanGiovanni is a mathematics coordinator in Howard County, Maryland. There, he leads mathematics curriculum development, digital learning, assessment, and professional development. John is an adjunct professor and coordinator of the Elementary Mathematics Instructional Leadership graduate program at McDaniel College. In addition to this Figuring Out Fluency series, some of his many Corwin books include Daily Routines to Jump-Start Problem Solving, Grades K-8, Answers to Your Biggest Questions about Teaching Elementary Math, the Daily Routines to Jump-Start Math series, and Productive Math Struggle: A 6-Point Action Plan for Fostering Perseverance. John is a national mathematics curriculum and professional learning consultant who also speaks frequently at national conferences and institutes. He is active in state and national professional organizations, recently serving on the board of directors for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and currently on the board of directors for the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM).

Table of Contents

Part 1: Why Jump-Start Routines?

The First Few Minutes of Mathematics Class

Why the Traditional Warmup Doesn’t Work

The Problem with Going Over Homework

Jump-start Routines: New Warmups for a New Era

Routines for Reasoning in Mathematics

Routines for Improving Number Sense and Reasoning

10,000 Hours of Practice

Routines that Satisfy the Need for Quality Practice

Routines for Achieving Improved Performance

Routines for Rehabilitating Number Pluckers, Pluggers, and Crunchers

Routines for Growth Mindset

Routines to Honor and Leverage Errors

Routines to Actively Develop Confidence

Implementing Jump-Start Routines

Routines that are Ready for Use

Flexible Use

Timing of Routines: How Long? When?

Which Routines to Use?

Plan for the Routine

Select the Routine

Use Routines to Set the Stage for Meaningful Discourse

Practical Advice for Routines

Modify, Modify, Modify

Identify or Create the Content or Topics

Use Routines Formatively

Be Committed and Creative

Part 2: Jump-Start Routines

Routine #1: Missing Numbers

Algebra

Number and Quantity

Geometry

Routine #2: Order Me On the Number Line

Algebra

Functions

Geometry

Data Analysis

Routine #3: More or Less

Algebra

Geometry

Data Analysis

Routine #4: Two Wrongs and a Right

Algebra

Geometry

Routine #5: A or B

Algebra

Geometry

Part 3: Where to Go Next

Make a Plan

Identify Content for Routines

Identify Routines

Determine the Rotation

Give It Time

Set Goals

Adjust to Their Adjustments

Further Modifying Routines

Design Your Own Routines

Work Collaboratively and Share the Load

Jumpstart Mathematics Engagement, Number Sense, and Reasoning

Reviews

“Too often, middle school and high school teachers say, ‘These students are lacking number sense.’ These books will help secondary teachers with good pedagogy to help build number sense in a creative way. Eric Milou and John SanGiovanni have created short routines that are teacher-friendly, with lots of examples, and easy to adapt to each teacher’s needs. These are the books that secondary teachers have been waiting for to help engage students in building number sense.”

Pamela J. Dombrowski, Secondary Math Specialist
Geary County School District, Junction City, KS

“Thank you, Eric and John, for creating this practical resource that supports and guides high school mathematics teachers in redesigning beginnings of mathematics lessons to capture attention and engage ALL students in mathematical reasoning, mental mathematics, and discourse in order to develop deeper understandings of number and improve overall mathematics learning. This book is a necessary resource for EVERY high school mathematics teacher!”

Becky Walker
Wisconsin Mathematics Learning

“‘Routines’ in the high school classrooms are needed to help transform instructional practices that start classes with meaningful engagement opportunities and connect to students’ previous learned practices from elementary and middle school mathematics classrooms.”

John W. Staley
Baltimore County Public Schools, Baltimore MD

"Don’t just manipulate symbols, help students ponder about what the symbols mean. This book provides effective ways of helping students stretch the limits of their thinking and develop a deeper understanding of mathematics. It can really help in achieving your primary goal—the development of developing comfortable and confident problem solvers!”

Jim Rubillo
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

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