Margaret Peg S Smith: 2 books

We Reason & We Prove for ALL Mathematics

Building Students’ Critical Thinking, Grades 6-12

by Fran Arbaugh, Margaret (Peg) S. Smith, Justin D. Boyle
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2018

Sharpen concrete teaching strategies that empower students to reason-and-prove What does reasoning-and-proving instruction look like and how can teachers support students’ capacity to reason-and-prove? Designed as a learning tool for mathematics teachers in grades 6-12, this book transcends...

The Five Practices in Practice [Middle School]

Successfully Orchestrating Mathematics Discussions in Your Middle School Classroom

by Margaret (Peg) S. Smith, Miriam Gamoran Sherin
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2019

Take a deep dive into the five practices for facilitating productive mathematical discussions Enhance your fluency in the five practices—anticipating, monitoring, selecting, sequencing, and connecting—to bring powerful discussions of mathematical concepts to life in your middle school classroom....