TALK MOVESEffective

Communication in Mathematics

What Works – Math Talk Communities

Fostering a Classroom Climate for Questioning

-teacher to student -student to students-student to teacher

Learning Together we Accomplish More

Effective Communication in the Math Classroom

Bansho Walls Provide Opportunities for Students to Consolidate Understanding

CONSOLIDATION TECHNIQUES

Gallery WalkMath Congress

Bansho

Authentic Tasks Based on Key Mathematical Concepts

Providing a variety of materials to help students represent their solutions

Rich tasks allow for higher level thinking skills

Marian Small’s book(available in all elementary and secondary

schools)

OPEN TASKSPARALLEL TASKS

Using Open and Parallel Tasks: A Focus on DI

A line passes through 2 of thesepoints. What could the equation of

the line be?

Open Task

Four friends want to share the three chocolate bars below. How might they share so that everyone gets the same amount?

A Junior Open Task

Parallel Tasks

Same big idea, close in context, can be

discussed simultaneously.

Task ATask BTask C

Parallel Tasks: Complete either question.

Situation 1: Which group has more girls in it? Why do you think this?

Situation 2: Shelley has two dogs, Ollie and Molly. When she brought them home as puppies, Ollie weighted 3 kg and Molly weighed 4 kg. Now, Ollie weights 6 kg and Molly weighs 7 kg. Who grew more? Why do you think this?

Ollie Molly

Collaborative Inquiry

Consolidation of the lesson helps students connect

new learning

A mathematics learning community provids opportunities for students to

share their thinking

Strategy Walls for students to access information

Help students explore and make sense of the patterns and relationships between the 5 strands in mathematics

Start with the curriculum for both content and instructional strategies

Rich problems allow students to develop a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts, skills and

processes

Rich problems enable students to apply their mathematical knowledge

and extend their understanding

Bansho Wall illustrating strategies used to solve a

problem