It’s All Connected provides teachers of mathematics in grades 6–8 with support for improving their instruction and student achievement. It’s All Connected is an in-demand collection of lessons exploring proportionality and proportional reasoning, connecting these ideas as the underlying theme in middle school mathematics curriculum. Through a series of 18 lessons divided into five chapters, the author (a former middle level teacher) supports teachers and students in thinking of proportionality as the big idea that connects across all strands. Each lesson features:
• Connections to Common Core State Standards;
• engaging problem situations such as Zapping Zombies and Downloading Music;
• detailed notes for teachers;
• question to ask students during the lessons -- for struggling students, for students on task, and for students who need extensions;
• reproducible student recording pages; and
• assessment ideas.
This resource is ideal to share with teachers as part of a professional development program or for individual classroom use.
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