Week 2

Agenda & Materials

Agenda

• Opening Activity: Mathematics for whom? (20 min)
  • Visualize a mathematician at work (1 sheet per student)
• Broadening what it means to be smart in math: Intro (10 min)
  • Norms for Math Classrooms (Boaler, 2015)
  • Standards for Mathematical Practice (TN State Math Standards)
• Research reading discussion of Tan (2017) (20 min)

BREAK

• Problem posing: Focusing on students' counting strategies (20 min)
  • Mohammad counts
  • Anna counts
  • Chloe counts
• Number Talks (20 min)
  • Number talk handout
  • Table of properties from TN state standards

Break

• Number Talks continued (20 min)
• Preparing for community walk (30 min)
  • Handout for community walk