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This file contains a set of 6 lessons to be used during the first week(s) of school to develop students' mathematical mindsets. Lessons include:
Lesson 1: What is Math?
Lesson 2: Mathematicians Work Together
Lesson 3: Mathematicians Cooperate
Lesson 4: Mathematicians Ask Questions
Lesson 5: Mathematicians Learn from Mistakes
Lesson 6: Mathematicians Persevere

This resource includes a lesson that requires students to read a short memoir prior to writing a memoir for a family member. Students are tasked with interviewing the family member prior to formulating their memoir, which may take the forms of photographic collages, image panels, a painting, a video, musical composition, sculpture or any other creative method. This lesson was designed to accompany the PBS documentary, The Mystery of Love. Links are provided to the PBS website for the documentary.

This article describes how to help students engage with nonfiction text by asking questions, identifying facts, making connections, and reflecting on the text. A template for use with students is included.

Students will learn that the verb "to do" is used in Spanish in many expressions, including the weather. It is a common word used in questions. Also, students will learn that the verb to do can be used to express how long you have been doing something. Finally, students will learn that the verb to do is also used to express the concept of ago.

This article discusses research findings about classroom questioning and provides tips for teachers and online and print resources.

This is an interactive, multiple choice game using economic vocabulary words such as scarcity, market, supply and demand, producers, consumers, labor force, barter, and interdependence. As students get answers correct they win increasing amounts of "money." Hints are provided for students at the beginning of the game.

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In this lesson, students generate "getting to know you" questions, which lead to both numerical and categorical data. Students collect data from classmates, organize the data, and answer questions about it. Questions may include: How many siblings do you have? Do you like ice cream.

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This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.  In this lesson, students will create a survey question, collect data, create a bar graph, write and answer questions about the collected data.  This lesson may take two days to complete.  Printable, samples of student work, sample anchor charts, and extension ideas are included within this lesson.

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In this task, students interpret and answer questions about a graph. The task may be used for instructional or assessment purposes.

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In this task, students interpret and answer questions about data collected on a chart. The task may be used for instructional or assessment purposes.

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In this task, students interpret answer questions about data on a chart. The task may be used for instructional or assessment purposes.

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Students ask the question, "How many cubes can I grab with one hand?" They each take a turn grabbing a handful of cubes, and graph the data. Students analyze the data and answer questions

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This resource is part of Tools4NCTeachers.In the first weeks of school, math talk moves may be easily modeled and practiced as students get to know each other and learn classroom expectations. There is no particular order in which these moves must be introduced. This resources contains suggestions of scenarios where these moves may be easily incorporated throughout the day.

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This presentation identifies suggestions for introducing Number Talks in second grade. Links to resources, articles, and videos are provided.

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This is lesson 4 of 6 lessons focused around developing a mathematical community at the beginning of the school year. While this lesson addresses standards NC.K.MD.1 and NC.K.MD.2, its primary goal is for students to recognize that mathematicians ask questions to gather information.

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This is lesson four in a series of six lessons focused around developing a mathematical community at the beginning of the school year. While this lesson introduces standard NC.2.OA.3, its primary goal is for students to become comfortable talking with peers, posing questions to each other, sharing in collaborative groups, and using existing community math norms. A secondary goal is to begin exposing them to even/odd numbers.

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.In this lesson, students represent and interpret three categories of data in charts and tables.  They analyze the data to answer compare questions about how many more are in one category than another.  The lesson may be modified to integrate or emphasize questions about how many fewer.  Samples of student work and student recording sheets are included.Remix this lesson to include extension activites or related math stations.  Sharing is caring!

This resource is from Tools4NCTeachers.  This lesson will involve interviewing classmates about where they would like to spend their summer vacation.  Their choices will be the beach, mountains, time with a relative, or camping.  They will create a picture graph to represent the data collected.This lesson comes with printable materials and clipart for creating a class graph.

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This is lesson four in a series of six lessons focused around developing a mathematical community at the beginning of the school year. While this lesson addresses standard NC.1.MD.4, its primary goal is for students to become comfortable talking with others, posing questions, and collecting data from one another. A secondary goal is to begin establishing norms for how students work together during math class.

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