Math Guidelines

Teacher materials include relevant and practical suggestions for connecting mathematics content and practices to students’ lives.

Materials encourage students to draw on prior knowledge, culture, and experiences.

Materials offer opportunities for clarifying potentially unfamiliar contexts.

Teacher materials contain examples (and counter-examples) of evidence of students with various language strengths and needs engaged in mathematical practices.

Teacher materials contain explicit guidance for teachers to examine their own values and beliefs about language, ELs, and ways in which that might impact their teaching.

Activities permit appropriate opportunities for ELs to use and integrate first language (L1) and everyday English in communicating mathematical thinking.

Activities and materials present opportunities for students to ask and pursue their own questions and interests, using their own methods in their chosen contexts.