Chapter 14

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In a Meaning Centered Classroom

Teaching Measurement

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Mathematical Routine:Broken Ruler

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Conversation in Mathematics

• Discuss what the teacher does in the opening of this lesson.

• How do you think that this promotes meaning making for the students?

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Learning Environments

• Pedagogy

Children grow into the intellectual life around them.

-Lev Vygotsky

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NCTM Professional Teaching Standards

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Meaning Centered Classrooms

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What does it look like when children are constructing understanding?

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Classroom Norms

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Listening to Student Thinking

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Classroom Management

• Whole Group• Small Group• Partnerships

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Charts

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Measurement

• Content

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Time

• Feeling the passage of time• Telling time

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Area & Perimeter• Same Area Different Perimeter• Same Perimeter Different Area

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Area of rectangle, square, triangle & parallelogram

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Volume

• Making connections between the model and the picture

• Generating a formula

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• Measuring angles• Sum of the angles of a triangle• Sum of the angles of a quadrilateral

Angles

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Circles Object Circumference Height Diameter Ratio

between circumference and height

Ratio between circumference and diameter