Thought Burst

Today's learning experience will help answer the question. . .

At the completion of this burst, answer the questions. . .

How can you extend a Puzzle Talk?

How do you promote problem-solving during a Puzzle Talk?

How can Puzzle Talks be integrated into instruction?

How do you extend learning and promote problem-solving?

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Tools for Today's Learning Experience

Paper

How did your Puzzle Talk Experience Lesson go?

Puzzle Talks: Reflection

• What was successful?
• What was challenging?
• What did you learn?

Extend the Puzzle Through the Week

Puzzle Talks: Quick Write

• What should discourse look like and sound like in a classroom?
• In what ways should students carry the cognitive load?

Puzzle Talks: Math Practices

Puzzle Talks as a Routine

Launch the first 15 minutes of your math block
Extend the Puzzle Talk throughout the week

Address areas of struggle according to data

Explore, name, compare, and evaluate strategies students are using

Small Group Instruction

Discuss and Connect Math Strategies

Use Resources From Help Site

Use Puzzle Talk lesson plans
Use facilitation bookmark to discuss puzzles

Puzzle Talks: Tips

Discourse - Which One Doesn't Belong

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• promote, deepen, and support students' thinking as they grapple with concepts and build understanding.
• make students thinking visible
• hold students accountable for their thinking, not just giving correct answers.

Discourse should. . .

ST Math 1:1

Use Game Mats to discuss the puzzles

Ways to engage students in discourse with ST Math

ST Math 1:1

Implement Thought Partners to discuss strategies

The teacher's role is to . . .

• Facilitate student thinking
• Position students as authors of learning & mathematical resources

The student's role is to . . .

• Check & challenge each other
• Share ideas & perspectives

Ways to engage students in discourse with ST Math

look like?

sound like?

What does discourse . . .

Discourse

looks like/sounds like

Facilitation Resources

Game Mats & Math Mats for Discussion

Student Accountability and Learning

Set Norms

Tips for Promoting Discourse

Spark Curiosity

I Wonder What Would Happen If. . .

Have Students Pass the Discussion

Explore, Name, Compare, and Evaluate Strategies

Use the Problem Solving Process

Engagement

Focus on Strategies

Make Thinking Visible

Where to Start

Commitments

In my classroom discourse

looks like?

sounds like?

One thing I will do to get started is. . .

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