Building Thinking Classrooms - Live Classroom Example! Managing Flow and Discussion

Peter Liljedahl's book Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics is a popular framework for classrooms. Questions as to what it looks like come up in a lot my discussion with teachers so here is the first of hopefully a number of examples of a BTC lesson from my classroom. The lesson is introducing polynomials and is from an Honors Algebra 2 course.

In this video, you'll see an example of the BTC framework in action! After a brief introduction you will see me start the lesson with visibly random groups, give instructions, and manage the flow of my classroom.

In the Building Thinking Classrooms Live Classroom Example,
00:00 Introduction
01:04 Instructions and Random Grouping
01:41 First Problem Set with Classroom Interactions
03:45 Second Problem Set with Classroom Interactions
06:41 Classroom Discussion and Highlighting Group Work
08:39 Extension Problem Set
11:05 Debrief of Extension Problems
13:44 Discussing Next Steps


Resources:
Examples of Building Thinking Classroom Lessons at WCCHS: https://bit.ly/btc-lessons
Algebra Learning Cards Index and explanation: https://bit.ly/learningcards-alg1
Algebra 2 Learning Cards Index and explanation: https://bit.ly/learningcards-alg2
WCCHS's Math Division's Presentation on Building Thinking Classrooms at the West Suburban Math Conference:    • How Do I Make Building Thinking Classrooms...  


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