Nurturing Math Curiosity With Learners in Grades K-2: (Grow your students' math curiosity.)

by Chepina Rumsey, Jody Guarino

Overview

Building students’ confidence and conceptual understanding early sets a solid foundation for reasoning and exploration. Nurturing Math Curiosity With Learners in Grades K–2 offers educational tools and strategies teachers can use to integrate mathematical argumentation in early elementary classrooms, allowing space for students’ natural wonder and curiosity to shine while, at the same time, providing opportunities for students to see mathematics content in a new light.

This book will help K–2 teachers:

• Discover ways to explore early mathematical concepts
• Integrate classroom community building, teacher tools, and instructional strategies to nurture an environment of playful exploration
• Read real examples from teachers who have implemented argumentation in their classrooms
• Follow the layers of argumentation through an in-depth concrete example
• Reflect as mathematics learners with features that activate prior knowledge

Contents:
Introduction
Part 1: Nurturing Our Classroom Community and Growing Our Teacher Toolbox
Chapter 1: Creating a Vision
Chapter 2: Nurturing a Classroom Community
Chapter 3: Growing Our Teacher Toolbox
Chapter 4: Connecting the Classroom Environment and Teacher Toolbox Through Routines
Part 2: Growing the Layers of Argumentation
Chapter 5: Exploring the First Layer—Notice, Wonder, and Beyond
Chapter 6: Exploring the Second Layer—Conjecturing
Chapter 7: Exploring the Third Layer—Justifying
Chapter 8: Exploring the Fourth Layer—Extending
Part 3: Growing More Mathematical Ideas
Chapter 9: Finding Opportunities for Argumentation
Chapter 10: Using Children’s Literature to Engage in Argumentation
Epilogue
Appendix A: Blank Template
Appendix B: Choral Counting
Appendix C: Number of the Day
Appendix D: Number of the Day With Annotations
Appendix E: True or False?
Appendix F: Mathematical Ideas Across Chapters
References and Resources
Index

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781960574374
Publisher:	Solution Tree Press
Publication date:	05/21/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	11 MB
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What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Nurturing Math Curiosity With Learners in Grades K–2 is an engaging, easy-to-read guide to everything you want to [know] about developing young students’ mathematics thinking through the practice of argumentation. Drawing on their collective experiences as educators and researchers, the authors have put together a collection of classroom vignettes, math tasks, and thought-provoking prompts that immerse the reader in 'growing the layers of argumentation.' This book will be a welcome and valuable resource for teacher educators, professional development providers, [and] school-based math coaches, as well as classroom teachers."

—Cynthia Langrall, professor emerita, Mathematics, Illinois State University

"This book provides an excellent resource for teachers and teacher educators interested in providing meaningful opportunities for nurturing children’s mathematical curiosity and learning. Drs. Rumsey and Guarino present useful and pragmatic pedagogy for educators to facilitate mathematical discourse and argumentation. Their writing and recommendations are supported by high-quality research but are presented in a wonderfully pragmatic format."

—Karl W. Kosko, professor, Kent State University, Ohio

"Jody and Chepina have created such an incredibly thoughtful and extraordinarily practical experience for readers. This book applies the best of what research has taught us about argumentation and embeds it within an interactive professional learning structure. I look forward to seeing the layers of argumentation rolling out in classrooms everywhere! Definitely a must read!"

—Kristin Gray, executive director, Amplify

"Nurturing Math Curiosity With Learners in Grades K–2 is a beautifully written book, full of vivid examples, enticing teachers of young learners to create argumentation-rich classrooms. Chepina Rumsey and Jody Guarino expertly show how teachers can begin with already familiar routines and playfully allow children to notice, conjecture, justify, and extend mathematical ideas. Each chapter provides accessible and inviting starting points with lots of room for teachers to reflect, plan and grow in their ability to nurture mathematical argumentation."

—Elham Kazemi, professor, Washington University

"Nurturing Math Curiosity With Learners in Grades K–2 is a gorgeous book that is perfect for PD. It is both ambitious and imminently practical. Authors Rumsey and Guarino skillfully weave together theory, classroom vignettes, and writing prompts that invite readers to interact with and rehearse ideas. They not only illustrate the value of mathematical argumentation, but also illuminate pathways for teachers to identify, develop, and extend opportunities for argumentation in the classroom. I look forward to reading it with colleagues!"

—Jenna Laib, K–8 math specialist, Public Schools of Brookline, Massachusetts

"Nurturing Math Curiosity With Learners in Grades K–2 is about the what, the why, and especially the how of early mathematics teaching. Rich with resources for teachers, it's more than a book to be read; it's a tool to be used."

—Jason Zimba, chief academic officer, Amplify