The Differentiated Math Classroom: A Guide for Teachers, K-8

by Miki Murray, Jennifer Jorgensen

In every mathematics classroom, the need for differentiated instruction is in many its acute. Students learn at different rates, in different ways, with different successes and different challenges. Instruction must be flexible enough to meet everyones needs and nurturing enough to not only support growth but also address the frustration that often leads to mathphobia. The Differentiated Math Classroom can help make high-quality differentiated instruction a classroom reality. Its the usable, comprehensive resource teachers need to help students of all levels and abilities succeed with math. Whether you teach math sixty minutes a day or six periods a day, The Differentiated Math Classroom describes both the big ideas of differentiation and the day-to-day teaching that makes it work. Miki Murray and Jenny Jorgensen present everything you need to get started and to help all students meet national standards, including ideas Murray and Jorgensen offer practical ideas for planning and designing units that engage students and facilitate learning about important math concepts, as well as teaching tools, questions for professional reflection, and answers to teachers most frequently asked questions about differentiation. Discover that differentiated instruction is a flexible framework that supports all math learners. Filled with examples from real classes and samples of student work, The Differentiated Math Classroom will help every child learn more effectively by showing you how to think about students, mathematics, and your teaching in powerful new ways.

216 pages, Paperback

First published October 3, 2007

Reviews

[Shannon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although it is a bit outdated with references to NCTM standards rather than Common Core, this book is full of thoughtful and practiced ways of thinking and teaching math through a differentiated lens. There are many useful philosophies alongside practical tools. Thanks!