Ever feel burdened by mathematics lesson planning? Your blueprint for designing Grades 6-8 math lessons that enhance state standards and address the learning needs of students is here. This indispensable handbook guides you step-by-step to plan math lessons that are purposeful, rigorous, and coherent. The effective planning process helps you: Clarify learning intentions and connect goals to success criteria; Structure lessons to fit traditional or block schedules; Select the formats and tasks that facilitate questioning and encourage productive struggle; Includes a lesson-planning template and examples from Grades 6-8 classrooms. Empower yourself to plan strategically, teach with intention, and build an individualized and manageable set of mathematics lesson plans.

Pt. I. You are the architect of your classroom. Surveying your site : knowing your students -- Your 6-8 blueprint : planning mathematics lessons for coherence, rigor, and purpose -- Pt. II. Drafting your 6-8 blueprint. Laying your foundation : it starts with big ideas, essential questions, and standards -- Reinforcing your plan : learning intentions and siccess criteria -- Deciding on purpose : why are you building this lesson? -- Choosing task : the heart of a lesson -- Choosing materials : representations, manipulatives, and other resources -- Cementing the cracks : anticipating student thinking -- Framing the lesson : formats -- Evaluating impact : formative assessment -- Pt. III. Pulling all the pieces together. Planning to launch the lesson -- Planning to facilitate the lesson -- Planning to close the lesson -- Surveying your results : lesson reflection.