The “5 E’s”

Embrace the Common Core with the “5 E’s” instructional model:

Provide the foundation of an instructional design that ensures your students experience the rigor of Common Core and utilize the Mathematical Practices.
Balance concepts, fluency, problem solving, and application.
Allow students to process and make meaning of the math every day.

Engage

Activate and assess prior knowledge by connecting the “new to the known”:

Lessons open with active learning through an essential question and a short, engaging activity or an interactive video.

Students explore a real-world problem right in their Student Edition, so concept development is never overlooked:

Grades K–2: Students Listen and Draw.
Grades 3–6: Students Unlock the Problem or Investigate in a hands-on lesson.
Multiple strategies help students make sense of the math and build flexible thinking.

When students explain their thinking, they engage deeply in the math and build deep understanding:

Students explain their thinking with Share and Show.
On Your Own builds fluency and understanding.
Multiple models help build confidence and fluency.
Math Board gives students a tool to represent their thinking with pictures and words, and gives teachers the perfect tool for ongoing formative assessment.

Students elaborate on their reasoning, solidify their understanding, and provide valuable information to the teacher:

Go Deeper encourages students to extend their thinking and use higher-order thinking skills.
Think Smarter requires students to draw or explain how they solved the problem.
Problems are multi-level and mirror Smarter Balanced* items.
A problem-solving graphic organizer on the whiteboard helps students organize information and determine what is relevant.

Personalized practice and reinforcement for every student:

Students return to the Essential Question to evaluate their understanding.
The Teacher Edition includes a math journal prompt, providing additional opportunities for formative assessment.
The Personal Math Trainer, powered by Knewton™ is diagnostic, prescriptive, and adaptive, and develops a Personal Learning Path for every student.
Homework/Standards Practice Book provides practice and spiral review.
Questions are formatted to prepare students for the Smarter Balanced Assessments in mathematics.