Clip 16/41: Standard 3: Construct Arguments & Critiques Using Decimals Day 2B
Overview
Mathematically proficient students…justify their conclusions, communicate them to others, and respond to the arguments of others. They reason inductively about data, making plausible arguments that take into account the context from which the data arose.
Erika Isomura’s 5th-grade students work in pairs to classify, sort, and glue down decimal representations in numerical order. She challenges her students to explain and defend their thinking. This clip also relates to standard 7 (look for and make use of structure).