Raising students' math achievement doesn't mean ripping up your planning book and starting over. In Accessible Mathematics Steven Leinwand (author of Sensible Mathematics) shows how small shifts in the good teaching you already do can make a big difference in student learning. Steve focuses on the crucial issue of classroom instruction. He scours the research and visits highly effective classrooms for practical examples of small adjustments to your teaching that lead to deeper student learning in math. Some of his 10 classroom-tested teaching shifts may surprise you and others will validate your thinking. But all of them will improve your students' performance. Thoroughly practical and ever-aware of the limits of teachers' time, Steve gives you everything you need to put his commonsense ideas to use immediately. His extensive planning advice will help you streamline your teaching to get more from everything you do. Classroom examples from every grade level model teaching language and instructional moves. And his suggestions for professional learning help increase your effectiveness through the power of collaboration. Steven Leinwand shares your priority: raising the mathematical understanding and achievement of every one of your students. Read Accessible Mathematics, try his 10 suggestions in your practice, and discover how minor shifts in your teaching can put student learning into high gear. Welcome Introduction: It's Instruction that Matters Most Chapter 01: We've Got Most of the Answers Chapter 02: Ready, Set, Review Chapter 03: It's Not Hard to Figure Out Why Reading Works Better than Math Chapter 04: Picture It, Draw It Chapter 05: Language Rich Classes Chapter 06: Building Number Sense Chapter 07: Milking the Data Chapter 08: How Big, How Far, How Much? Chapter 09: Just Don't Do It Chapter 10: Putting It All in Context Chapter 11: Just Ask Them "Why?" Chapter 12: Punting is Simply No Longer Acceptable Chapter 13: We All Have a Role to Play and Teachers Can't Do It Alone Chapter 14: Instructional Productivity Bonus Conversation Appendix 01 Appendix 02
