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How Did They Solve That? Small-Group Math Exchanges for Young Learners
by Kassia Omohundro Wedekind
For Grades K-3 Teachers 2013 87 min Stenhouse Publishers
How Did You Solve That? off ers a glimpse into two classrooms as teachers Kassia Omohundro Wedekind, author of the popular
book Math Exchanges, and Rachel Knieling facilitate small-group math mee ngs with their kindergarten and second-grade
students. See what small-group math exchanges look like, sound like, and feel like, and hear from Kassia and Rachel as they plan,
teach, and refl ect on their math conferences.
How Did You Solve That? addresses issues such as the following:
• Establishing a strong math workshop in which small-group math exchanges are central
• Assessing students’ mathema cal understandings
• Grouping students for math exchanges
• Planning eff ec vely and effi ciently for math exchanges
• Cra ing teacher language that supports (but doesn’t take over!) student thinking
• Encouraging student talk
• Choosing problems and numbers
• Knowing what to do when math exchanges take an unexpected turn
In a special feature, Kassia answers teachers’ most commonly asked ques ons about guiding young mathema cians in small
groups—from how to get started to thinking about future goals for students. Join her in her classroom as she skillfully guides
young learners to make sense of problems and persevere un l they’ve found a solu on.
#00164DV-A14 $150: DVD, PDF guide
Fact Finders! Shared Nonfi c on Think-Aloud
By Patrick A. Allen
For Grades 3-5 Teachers 2013 35 min Stenhouse Publishers
When is the best me to invite students to become ac vely involved in think-alouds? In
Fact Finders!, classroom teacher Patrick Allen demonstrates that you don’t need to wait
very long to make the most of your think-alouds. By engaging the students in his fourth-
grade classroom, Patrick shows how they can develop their reading comprehension skills
more quickly than conven onal wisdom would have us believe.
The importance of nonfi c on literature in literacy instruc on is increasing as Common
Core State Standards are adopted throughout most of the country. Using Seymour
Simon’s Animals Nobody Loves, Patrick demonstrates how comprehension strategies
such as determining importance in text, inferring, and synthesizing can be taught using
the specifi c quali es of the nonfi c on genre.
Have a seat on the rug in the gathering area with Patrick and his students, and you’ll
watch a master teacher working with think-aloud. You’ll come away with new strategies
for teaching nonfi c on reading skills as you invite students to think through text together
with you.
#000163DV-A14 $150: DVD, PDF guide
58 Visit www.mcintyre.ca - FREE on-line PREVIEWS!
teacher education
How Did They Solve That? Small-Group Math Exchanges for Young Learners
by Kassia Omohundro Wedekind
For Grades K-3 Teachers 2013 87 min Stenhouse Publishers
How Did You Solve That? off ers a glimpse into two classrooms as teachers Kassia Omohundro Wedekind, author of the popular
book Math Exchanges, and Rachel Knieling facilitate small-group math mee ngs with their kindergarten and second-grade
students. See what small-group math exchanges look like, sound like, and feel like, and hear from Kassia and Rachel as they plan,
teach, and refl ect on their math conferences.
How Did You Solve That? addresses issues such as the following:
• Establishing a strong math workshop in which small-group math exchanges are central
• Assessing students’ mathema cal understandings
• Grouping students for math exchanges
• Planning eff ec vely and effi ciently for math exchanges
• Cra ing teacher language that supports (but doesn’t take over!) student thinking
• Encouraging student talk
• Choosing problems and numbers
• Knowing what to do when math exchanges take an unexpected turn
In a special feature, Kassia answers teachers’ most commonly asked ques ons about guiding young mathema cians in small
groups—from how to get started to thinking about future goals for students. Join her in her classroom as she skillfully guides
young learners to make sense of problems and persevere un l they’ve found a solu on.
#00164DV-A14 $150: DVD, PDF guide
Fact Finders! Shared Nonfi c on Think-Aloud
By Patrick A. Allen
For Grades 3-5 Teachers 2013 35 min Stenhouse Publishers
When is the best me to invite students to become ac vely involved in think-alouds? In
Fact Finders!, classroom teacher Patrick Allen demonstrates that you don’t need to wait
very long to make the most of your think-alouds. By engaging the students in his fourth-
grade classroom, Patrick shows how they can develop their reading comprehension skills
more quickly than conven onal wisdom would have us believe.
The importance of nonfi c on literature in literacy instruc on is increasing as Common
Core State Standards are adopted throughout most of the country. Using Seymour
Simon’s Animals Nobody Loves, Patrick demonstrates how comprehension strategies
such as determining importance in text, inferring, and synthesizing can be taught using
the specifi c quali es of the nonfi c on genre.
Have a seat on the rug in the gathering area with Patrick and his students, and you’ll
watch a master teacher working with think-aloud. You’ll come away with new strategies
for teaching nonfi c on reading skills as you invite students to think through text together
with you.
#000163DV-A14 $150: DVD, PDF guide
58 Visit www.mcintyre.ca - FREE on-line PREVIEWS!
