Illustrative Mathematics
It was great to see so many of you at NCSM and NCTM in San Diego. If we missed you, or you weren’t able to attend, read our NCSM and NCTM round-up below.
NCSM NCTM Recap
The Illustrative Mathematics Team Reflect on the 5 Practices
The entire Illustrative Mathematics team spends a lot of time reading about teaching and learning. Most recently, we have been reading—some of us rereading—and reflecting on the 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions by Mary Kay Stein and Margaret Schwan Smith. Members of the team were asked to reflect on the following two questions to share with the Illustrative Mathematics community:
- What idea stood out to you when reading the 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions?
- Why do you feel this idea is important?
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