Nurturing Math Curiosity With Learners in Grades K–2

Building students' confidence and conceptual understanding early sets a solid foundation for reasoning and exploration. Nurturing Math Curiosity With Learners in Grades K–2 offers educational tools and strategies teachers can use to integrate mathematical argumentation in early elementary classrooms, allowing space for students' natural wonder and curiosity to shine while, at the same time, providing opportunities for students to see mathematics content in a new light.


This book will help K–2 teachers:


• Discover ways to explore early mathematical concepts


• Integrate classroom community building, teacher tools, and instructional strategies to nurture an environment of playful exploration


• Read real examples from teachers who have implemented argumentation in their classrooms


• Follow the layers of argumentation through an in-depth concrete example


• Reflect as mathematics learners with features that activate prior knowledge


Contents:


Introduction


Part 1: Nurturing Our Classroom Community and Growing Our Teacher Toolbox


Chapter 1: Creating a Vision


Chapter 2: Nurturing a Classroom Community


Chapter 3: Growing Our Teacher Toolbox


Chapter 4: Connecting the Classroom Environment and Teacher Toolbox Through Routines


Part 2: Growing the Layers of Argumentation


Chapter 5: Exploring the First Layer-Notice, Wonder, and Beyond


Chapter 6: Exploring the Second Layer-Conjecturing


Chapter 7: Exploring the Third Layer-Justifying


Chapter 8: Exploring the Fourth Layer-Extending


Part 3: Growing More Mathematical Ideas


Chapter 9: Finding Opportunities for Argumentation


Chapter 10: Using Children's Literature to Engage in Argumentation


Epilogue


Appendix A: Blank Template


Appendix B: Choral Counting


Appendix C: Number of the Day


Appendix D: Number of the Day With Annotations


Appendix E: True or False?


Appendix F: Mathematical Ideas Across Chapters


References and Resources


Index