Good Questions for Math Teaching: Why Ask Them and What to Ask, Grades 5-8, Second Edition

Good Questions for Math Teaching: Why Ask Them and What to Ask, Grades 5-8, Second Edition

• What is a good question?
• How do I create a good question?
• How might I use a good question in my mathematics classroom?

Not only does this powerful resource answer these questions, it also provides more than 375 examples of open-ended tasks, in question format, to support you in creating dynamic learning environments and helping students make sense of math. Designed as a supplement to your mathematics curriculum, the tasks can be seamlessly embedded within lessons and units of study, used for warm-up routines and review, and incorporated into assessments. The second edition of this popular resource includes all-time favorite questions as well as new ones!
Questions cover number relationships (factors and multiples, even and odd, polygonal numbers, integers); multiplication and proportional reasoning; fractions, decimals, and percentages; geometry (two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes); algebraic thinking; data analysis and probability; and measurement (temperature, time, length, weight, area and perimeter, length and perimeter, volume and capacity).