Excerpt 5: Mathematical Representations in "A Story of Units" (Pages 26-45)

Description: A guide to implementing the EngageNY mathematics curriculum in the elementary grades. The Standards for Mathematical Practice are seamlessly woven into each lesson through various components of delivery that require the level of thinking and behaviors that the practices embody. The read, draw, write sequence upon which problem-solving is based naturally provides opportunities for students to select appropriate tools, model word problems using mathematics, and reason abstractly and quantitatively.