-multi-sensory techniques

-break down into multiple steps

-clear instructions

-interactive tools

-real world

-adapt assessment for students need

-individualize instruction

Talented Math Students – These students grasp new concepts faster than their peers and enjoy problem-solving but may not require a full acceleration program. They benefit most from enrichment, which includes advanced content, critical thinking activities, and deeper exploration of mathematical concepts.

Highly Gifted Math Students – These students show exceptional ability, often understanding abstract concepts well beyond their grade level. They may require both acceleration (moving ahead in grade-level math) and enrichment (more challenging content and reasoning activities) to stay engaged.

Encourage Mathematical Discussions – Gifted students thrive when they can discuss complex problems with peers and teachers rather than working in isolation.

Incorporate Real-World Problem Solving – Provide students with opportunities to engage in deep, complex mathematical reasoning similar to professional mathematicians.

Avoid Busywork – If students can complete enrichment worksheets easily, they are not being sufficiently challenged. Engage them in rich tasks that promote critical and creative thinking.

• Providing and creating more opportunities for students to talk through problems -- ability to recognize and apply math terms

  • helps to support students from all backgrounds

• Emphasize math concepts over memorizing facts and procedures

  • Some schools noticed a lack of "Productive struggle"

• Ensure to teach academic language along with content

• Collaborative based learning

  • Share strengths and experiences

Open Questions: These are questions that allow for multiple approaches or answers, making them accessible to a range of learners. For example, providing an answer and asking students to come up with possible questions or allowing students to choose their own numbers in a problem.

Parallel Tasks: This involves offering students a choice between different tasks that address the same concept but vary in complexity. This allows students to engage with the material at a level appropriate to their understanding.

~ Teaching homophones effectively

~ Incorporate elevated vocabulary

~ Hone in on academic vocabulary

~ Emphasize word problems

~ Frame sentences for students to initiate small group --> whole group discussion

Teach key academic vocabulary: Use visuals, real objects, manipulatives, and anchor charts to teach those key academic vocabulary. Once you know what key vocabulary you want to teach, use these different scaffolds to help!

Draw on students' home language: Use cognates (related words in two languages) to help teach different words and relate back to their home language. For example: fraction/fracción.

Identify key background knowledge in math problems: Identify what kinds of background knowledge students will need to understand a math problem. For example: A math problem about calculating a tip in restaurant.