Mode of Instruction: Partner Work Purpose: Build shared understanding
Objective: To facilitate meaningful mathematical discourse, students build shared understanding through comparing approaches and arguments. Teacher monitors approaches through circulation.
To find proximity partners, students stand up, push in chairs, touch 2 tables/desks, three walls, and a chair. The two students closest together are proximity partners. Partners discuss a topic or concept for a period of time—one or two minutes. Partners thank each other and return to the teams.
To find a partner, students stand up, push in chairs, put a hand up, make eye contact, and put hand down. After all hands are down, partners move to meet and discuss a topic or concept.
Students stand up and push in chairs.
Students touch 3 walls, 2 tables/desks, and 1 chair.
The two students closest to one another are proximity partners.
Proximity partners briefly discuss a topic or concept.