by Tom | Dec 27, 2022 | Events
At long last, we are back! Lesson Study Alliance, in collaboration with three of our partner schools, will host a one-day mini-conference on Wednesday, April 12, the day before AERA. Space permitting, you may attend the research lesson of your choice, each one...
by Tom | Dec 27, 2022 | Events
Experience lesson study in Japan! Two programs: June 6-15 and June 20-29. Apply by January 31.
by Tom | Oct 10, 2022 | classroom practice, lessons
I had a delightful opportunity to join a planning meeting with a group of teachers from one of the schools we work with in Chicago. The team was working on a lesson for their 8-year old students about interpreting remainders in problem contexts. Here is how the...
by Tom | May 10, 2021 | math topics
One of Chicago’s Lesson Study Leaders, Joshua Lerner, wrote a terrific article in NCTM’s journal Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching in PK-12. It is titled, “Recommendations for Teaching Division with Remainders.” From the introduction:...
by Tom | Jan 25, 2018 | math topics
A grade 4 team was recently considering the following task for a lesson in which they hoped to have students make a connection between fractions and decimals: What would you say about this? I wrote them two emails about it. First email: What would be the purpose of...
