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Writing and Implementing Culturally Relevant and Responsive Math Lessons

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Which Types of Content Are Key in Content-Focused Professional Learning in Mathematics?

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Two Facts: We Are Better Together, And We Can Do Hard Things
Designing Equitable Learning Environments
What Is “Content-Focused Professional Learning”?
Amplifying Student Voices During Distance Learning
Digital Coaching Menus Bring the Professional Learning Principles To Life
5 Ideas to Engage K-2 Students in Math Remotely
3 Recommendations for Supporting Early Elementary Students Remotely
Top 5 Resources for Learning Online
Mistakes Tell Us What Students Are Ready to Learn
Math Instructional Routines: Creating Opportunities for Students With Disabilities to Grapple with Grade-Level Math
Designing and Integrating a Grade 3 Assessment on Fractions
Developing the Math Language Routines
Most Misunderstood Math Standards in Grade 1
Are We Teaching Fractions Correctly?
Professional Learning Design 101
Most Misunderstood Math Standards in Grade 2
Quality Instructional Materials or Quality Professional Learning Opportunities for Teachers?
Student Closing Statements
Kids Gift Us with Their Time
Yarn Number Line: A Lever to Develop Fraction Understanding
A Switch to Standards-Based Learning
Using Data Binders to Increase Student Independence
Choral Counting: A Lever to Develop Fraction Understanding
Using Exit Tickets Strategically
Creating a Model Process for Hands-On Professional Learning
Taking the First Step in Designing Mathematics Intervention
Giving Students a Choice with Their Learning
Top Blog Posts of 2018
Most Misunderstood Math Standards in Grade 5
Encouraging a Growth Mindset through Art
Most Misunderstood Math Standards in Grade 4
The Connection Between Math Materials and Assessment
Doing Better: Aligned Instructional Practice
Most Misunderstood Math Standards in Grade 3
Building A Culturally Responsive Classroom
Making the Connection Between Materials and Instruction
Seeing College- and Career-Ready Standards through Instruction
Most Misunderstood Middle School Mathematics Standards in Grade 8
Formative Assessments and Feedback in the Digital Age
Most Misunderstood Middle School Mathematics Standards in Grade 7
Re-Teaching Doesn’t Always Mean Repeating
Most Misunderstood Middle School Mathematics Standards In Grade 6
enVisionmath 2.0: Focusing the K-5 Mathematics Curriculum
The Role of Educators in Summative Assessment: The Life Cycle of a Question
The 3 R’s + 4 C’s = 7th Heaven (Part 2)
Three Ways You Can Improve Your Math Textbook Tomorrow
The 3 R’s + 4 C’s = 7th Heaven
5 Concerns about Inquiry-Based Learning–Answered
How to Select Math Intervention Content
The Digital Coaching Menu: Four Reasons Why You Need One
Three APPS to Support Students with Special Needs
The Math Gap Between High School and College
Addressing unfinished learning in the context of grade-level work
Creating Student Empowerment Through Your Garden-Variety Graphic Organizer
Emerging Effects from CCSS
A Five-Course Meal Complete with Strategies for Assessment
Designing Shifts-Aligned Interventions in the Math Classroom
Four Best Practices for the Math Classroom
Designing Effective Homework
The Instructional Practice Toolkit: An Introduction
Creating a Feedback Culture
Unfinished Learning in Math: How Do You Address it?
Supporting Excellence: Real Support for Teachers Starts With the District’s Curriculum
Piloting the Instructional Practice Toolkit
Setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals as an Educator
State of Our Classrooms: Instructional Materials
Building Teacher Confidence through Content-Infused PD
Creating Professional Learning for Eureka Math
Students JUMP at the Opportunity to Learn
Designing content-infused, year-round professional learning in math
Finding Our Way in Fluency – A School’s Journey to Strengthen Math Fluency Instruction
Lessons Learned from a High School Mathematical Modeling Lesson
Eureka Math – A View from Second Grade
“We’re the best. Just trust us!”
The Power of Strong Assessments — The Danger of Bad Ones
A Third Grade Teacher’s Perspective on Eureka Math
8 Questions About High School Math and STEM
A Case for High-Quality Instructional Materials
Demonstrating Conceptual Understanding of Mathematics Using Technology
STEM Integration in Algebra: A Bridge to Opportunity
Five Places for Trusted Resource Recommendations
Empowering Primary Math Teachers
Forming a United Whole – The Coherence Map
Lessons Learned after Teaching without a Textbook
Math in Focus: The Search for an Aligned Math Program
Navigating the Spiral in Mathematics Textbooks
Using an EdReports Review to Improve My Math Curriculum
Using Mini-Assessments in a Professional Learning Setting
Pinterest: A Useful Tool for the Educator’s Toolbox
Everyday Math Kindergarten Tips
Strategies to Support Learners Who Are Below Grade Level
Getting to Know Mini-Assessments
Everyday Math: Small Routines Build Bigger Understanding
Four APPS to Redefine your Math Class
Putting Focus into Practice: The Case of Word Problems in Grades K–2
Assessment Item Alignment Modules
The Rectangle Area Formula—How Does Your Curriculum Introduce It?
Adapting Journeys Common Core
Lessons from the Fordham Assessment Review
Supporting All Learners with Complex Texts
Sitting Beside the Learner: The ‘Me’ in Assessments
Digging Deeper into SMP 4 – Model with Mathematics
Choosing Alignment over Familiarity
Putting the Math Practices into Practice
A Recommendation to Fellow Publishers
Digging Deeper into SMP 3 – Construct Viable Arguments and Critique the Reasoning of Others
Unlocking the Power of Aligned Materials
Reason Abstractly and Quantitatively
CCSS-Aligned Materials for ELL Students
Criteria for Curricular Materials Labeled as Appropriate for ELLs
Essential Knowledge for Adapting Math Instructional Materials
Supplementing Your Anchor Math Curriculum with Rich Tasks
Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching
Creating a Conducive Environment for Teachers to Adapt Materials
A More Powerful Teacher’s Guide
Using Flashcards in Math
Why We’re Choosing Instructional Materials Blindly
Decision-Making that Matters: 10 Ways Teachers Can Impact Curricular Decisions
Top Five Ways to Make the Most of Your Math Materials
Training Materials for the Math IMET
Creating Full-Course Open Educational Resources (OER)
SMP 1: Make Sense of Problems & Persevere in Solving Them
Outcomes of the Adaptation Process
Creating a Coherent Math Curriculum
The Standards for Mathematical Practice & Instructional Materials
Call for Common Core-Aligned Units
The EQuIP Review Process and Rubric
K-12 OER Collaborative’s Request for Proposals
Working Together to Create Open Educational Resources
Collaborative Learning and Updating Materials
Six Instructional Materials Articles You Should Be Reading
IMET Evolution: Math
What Needs to Change in Instructional Materials: Math
An Introduction to the Adapting Materials Project
Publishing Review Results
Traditional Reviews vs. the IMET
Mathematics in the Common Core Classroom
Building a Review Team that Represents Students and Supports Teachers
Open Educational Resources in Action
Introduction to Open Educational Resources
Reviewing Is a Journey and the Benefits Aren’t What We’d Expected
How Reviewing Materials Changed My Classroom Practice
When to Use the IMET
Why Not Just Crosswalk?
Should We Bother with Other People’s Reviews?
Building the Right Review Team
Top 5 Tips for Building and Training Your Review Team
What My District Gained From Collaboration
Knowing the Common Core = Knowing the Shifts
If You’re Not Purchasing, Should You Still Review?
Working Toward Alignment
Searching for Aligned Materials Doesn’t Have to Be Lonely
New Standards, New Approach to Reviews
Instructional Materials Evaluation Tool (IMET)
Why We Chose this Work
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