By Lois Williams,
Beth Kobett, and Ruth Harbin Miles
Your
blueprint to planning Grades 6-8 math lessons that lead to achievement for all
learners When it comes to planning mathematics lessons, do you sometimes feel
burdened? Have you ever scrambled for an activity to engage your students that
aligns with your state standards? Do you ever look at a recommended mathematics
lesson plan and think, "This will never work for my students"? The Mathematics Lesson-Planning Handbook: Your Blueprint for Building Cohesive Lessons, Grades 6–8walks you step by step through the
process of planning focused, research-based mathematics lessons that enhance
the coherence, rigor, and purpose of state standards and address the unique
learning needs of your individual students. This resource deepens the daily
lesson-planning process for middle school teachers and offers practical
guidance for merging routines, resources, and effective teaching techniques
into an individualized and manageable set of lesson plans. The effective
planning process helps you Identify learning intentions and connect goals to
success criteria Select resources and worthwhile tasks that make the best use
of instructional materials Structure lessons differently for traditional and
block middle school schedules Anticipate student misconceptions and evaluate
understanding using a variety of formative assessment techniques Facilitate
questioning, encourage productive struggle, and close lessons with reflection techniques
This author team of seasoned mathematics educators make lesson planning
practical and doable with a useful lesson-planning template and real-life
examples from Grades 6–8 classrooms. Chapter by chapter, the decision-making
strategies empower teachers to plan mathematics lessons strategically, to teach
with intention and confidence, and to build purposeful, rigorous, coherent
lessons that lead to mathematics achievement for all learners.