Clip 5/43: Standard 6: Attend to Precision Using Fractions Part 1C
Overview
Mathematically proficient students… try to use clear definitions in discussion with others and in their own reasoning.
Michelle Makinson's students work in pairs to match cards showing different representations of fractional quantities, matching pictures with verbal descriptions, using sentence stems to follow a discussion process. They then create a justification card to describe their reasons for making a match. The sentence stems support students’ agreement, disagreement, requests for clarification, and restatements of each other’s ideas. Michelle circulates among the pairs, probing partners’ work and reminding them about the discussion process. In their discussions, they “try to communicate precisely to others.”