Here are links to a new version of lessons and Reader’s Theater scripts I’ve written for using my Use Your Math Power books to focus on the mathematical practices and growth mindsets.
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The lessons particularly focus on perseverance and communication.
This collection of lessons begins with suggestions for reading the books to students the first time. There are two follow-up lesson ideas for each book, one engaging students in focusing on how they can communicate their thinking more effectively and one focusing on how they can work more effectively with classmates. Two of the lessons include a Reader’s Theater. All of the follow-up lessons include individual or group reflective activities
Again, here are links to the lessons and the Reader’s Theater scripts.
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