Mode of Instruction: Teamwork           Purpose: Brainstorm 

Objective: To facilitate meaningful mathematical discourse, students share thinking and generate ideas by viewing multiple rounds of presentations. The teacher monitors learning through posing purposeful questions.

Teachers or students write one struggle about learning mathematics including time management, Review and Preview, partner work, teamwork, etc., on separate index cards. The index card rotates to other students that offer suggestions to support the struggles.

• Students record one struggle/question/comment/concern on an index card.

• Index card rotates within a team of students or to the next team.

• Students or teams write suggestions on the index card.

• Rotate the index card several times.

• Index card is returned to the original student or can be displayed in class for all to benefit from.