Clip 12/21: Standard 7: Look for & Make Use of Structure Using Decimals Part 1C

Mathematically proficient students look closely to discern a pattern or structure….They also can step back for an overview and shift perspective.

Erika Isomura’s students continue pair work on the problems, defending their thinking to each other. They make use of the sentence stems Erika gave them (e.g., “I think ____ because,” “This way is easier on our brains because______,” “What do you think?” “How did you feel about this problem?” “I knew it was this answer because I thought about the 0s”).

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