My kids can : making math accessible to all learners, K–5

Implementing Structures and Routines

I wanted Heather and a few other students to be able to use what they know and
the resources available in the classroom to help them solve problems. I became
more explicit about the structures and routines I had put in place to help foster
independence among all my students. I wanted them to apply the routines that we
had used in other content areas to mathematics. I encouraged students to make use
of the dispositions of thinking routines (Richhart, Turner, and Hadar 2008) and

Getting “Un-Stuck”

8 x 4

4 x 4?

Figure 19–2.

Figure 19–3.

2 x 6

6 x 6

8 x 6 Array