1. keynote|
mathematical practices
and singapore math
yeap ban har | marshall cavendish institute
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2. East Coast Primary School, Singapore
Synopsis | How mathematics lessons can be used to develop
mathematical practices? Examples are from Singapore
textbooks.

4. lesson types
to develop concepts
to consolidate concepts
to apply concepts
focus of this session
how choice of problems
and how the problem is unfolded
facilitate the development of mathematical
practices

5. anchortask|
Make a figure using some or all of
the square tiles.

6. keyquestion|
How many square tiles make up
the figure?
How much of the surface is
covered?

9. anchor
task
guided
practice

10. anchor
task
guided
practice

14. savings DVD T-shirt

15. keyquestion|
¼ of a group of children are in Grade 3.
¾ of the remainder are in Grade 4.
The rest of the children are in Grade 5.
There are 24 fifth graders in the group.