Using Instructional Routines to Support All Students

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Overview

The IM K-5 Math curriculum materials are designed to support each student to take risks, engage in mathematical discourse, and productively struggle through problems. There are 20 math routines consistently embedded in lesson materials that can provide a scaffold to help any student to engage with and make sense of the core ideas. The instructional routines embedded in the IM lessons are designed to help all students be successful and enjoy grade level math content without a separate intervention block. In this workshop and coaching, participants will: 

• Define the key instructional routines that can help students access the math 
• Explore the routines in the context of lessons from the grade level they teach
• Build a plan for prioritizing a particular routine that will best serve their specific students 

Audience

This workshop is designed for educators who have already had a structured opportunity to explore the basics of the curriculum design and have begun teaching with the curriculum materials. Teachers should be familiar with the day-to-day experience of the curriculum in order to get the most out of “going deeper” into this kind of exploration. 

Specifications

• 2 hours 
• Participants will need a computer with Internet access, as well as access to their curriculum materials

Outcome

I integrate supports that enable all students to access key math concepts.

Learning Experience

Over the course of the workshop, participants will…

Define

• Define the range of strengths and needs that students bring to the classroom
• Define the key instructional routines that can help students access the math
  • Invitational routines used in lesson warm-ups
  • Math Language Routines used in lesson activities
  • Card Sorts
  • The 5 Practices for Orchestrating Effective Mathematics Discussions

Explore

• Explore an instructional routine in the context of specific lessons

Build

• Build a plan for using a specific routine that will best serve their specific students
• Role play the introduction of the routine for a small group of colleagues