The Task Manager keeps the team focused on the assignment of the day. He or she works to keep the team discussing the math at hand and intervenes if anyone is talking outside of her/his team. Additionally, a Task Manager helps the team focus on articulating the reasoning behind the math statements they make as the well as the answers that are proposed.

Typically, a teacher could expect to hear a Task Manager saying:

“Ok, let’s get back to work!”

“Let’s keep working.”

“What does the next question say?”

“Explain how you know that.”

“Can you prove that?”

“Tell me why!”