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Standard 7: Look for & Make Use of Structure

Clip 13/21: Standard 7: Look for & Make Use of Structure Using Decimals Part 2B

Overview

Mathematically proficient students…also can step back for an overview and shift perspective.

Erika Isomura’s 5th-grade students work in pairs to classify, sort, and glue down decimal representations in numerical order. Erika challenges her students to explain and defend their thinking. This clip also relates to standard 3 (construct viable arguments & critique the reasoning of others).

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