student learning of K-5 mathematics with engaging lesson plans and high-level tasks. In this user-friendly guide, mathematics teachers will discover more than 40 strategies for ensuring students learn critical reasoning skills and retain understanding. Each chapter is devoted to a different Standard for Mathematical Practice and offers an in-depth look at why the standard is important for students' understanding of mathematics. Benefits: Gain examples of high-level tasks and lesson design templates that promote the Standards for Mathematical Practice. Discover targeted strategies you can use to help students meet the standards. Explore research that supports the importance of the standards and strategies. Consider real-life experiences that illustrate the tools and strategies at work outside the classroom. Access reproducible task guides, task sources, and planning tools to help students contextualize mathematics as more than a memorization process.

1 Standard for Mathematical Practice 1: Make Sense of Problems and Persevere in Solving Them -- 2 Standard for Mathematical Practice 2: Reason Abstractly and Quantitatively -- 3 Standard for Mathematical Practice 3: Construct Viable Arguments and Critique the Reasoning of Others -- 4 Standard for Mathematical Practice 4: Model With Mathematics -- 5 Standard for Mathematical Practice 5: Use Appropriate Tools Strategically -- 6 Standard for Mathematical Practice 6: Attend to Precision -- 7 Standard for Mathematical Practice 7: Look for and Make Use of Structure -- 8 Standard for Mathematical Practice 8: Look for and Express Regularity in Repeated Reasoning -- Epilogue: What Do I Do With These Strategies? -- Appendices.