Teaching Math: A Video Library, 5-8

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Teaching Math: A Video Library, 5-8

This library from the classic Annenberg Learner series contains 6 videos (15-20 minutes each) demonstrating how to incorporate the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards in grade 5-8 math classrooms. Using minimal technology resources, middle school teachers model effective techniques for guiding and assessing student understanding and offer strategies for keeping students motivated and engaged. Grade 5 videos feature work with equivalent fractions and geometry. The featured techniques also support integration of the CCSS Mathematical Practices. Support pages provide further elaboration and questions to focus viewer reflection and discussion.

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Contributed by: WGBH Boston - Author, Annenberg Learner - Publisher

Math TopicAlgebraic Thinking, Geometry, Measurement, Number Sense, Fractions, Mathematical Practices, Mathematical Processes, Basic Operations, Data and Statistics

Grade Level5, 6+

Resource TypeDemonstration, Instructional Strategy, Video

Additional Information
- AudienceEducator
- LanguageEnglish (USA)
- Education Topic
- Interdisciplinary ConnectionSTEM, Social Studies
- Professional DevelopmentYes
- ContributorWGBH Boston - Author, Annenberg Learner - Publisher
- Publication Date1997
- RightsCopyright (c) Annenberg Foundation 2011
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- AccessAvailable for purchase, Free access
Standards
- Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
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- Standards for Mathematical Practice[K-12]
- Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.[K-12]
- Look for and make use of structure.[K-12]
- Attend to precision.[K-12]
- Use appropriate tools strategically.[K-12]
- Model with mathematics.[K-12]
- Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.[K-12]
- Reason abstractly and quantitatively.[K-12]
- Geometry[K - 8]
- Draw and identify lines and angles, and classify shapes by properties of their lines and angles.[4]
- 3. Recognize a line of symmetry for a two-dimensional figure as a line across the figure such that the figure can be folded along the line into matching parts. Identify line-symmetric figures and draw lines of symmetry.[4]
- Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.[5]
- 4. Classify two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy based on properties.[5]
- Draw, construct, and describe geometrical figures and describe the relationships between them.[7]
- 1. Solve problems involving scale drawings of geometric figures, including computing actual lengths and areas from a scale drawing and reproducing a scale drawing at a different scale.[7]
- Number and Operations—Fractions[3 - 5]
- Build fractions from unit fractions by applying and extending previous understandings of operations on whole numbers.[4]
- 3. Understand a fraction a/b with a > 1 as a sum of fractions 1/b.[4]
- b. Decompose a fraction into a sum of fractions with the same denominator in more than one way, recording each decomposition by an equation. Justify decompositions, e.g., by using a visual fraction model. Examples: 3/8 = 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 ; 3/8 = 1/8 + 2/8 ; 2 1/8 = 1 + 1 + 1/8 = 8/8 + 8/8 + 1/8.[4]

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Teaching Math: A Video Library, 5-8

Common Core State Standards for Mathematics