Mathematics, teaching, Education, elementary education, elementary, effective teaching, curriculum, planning, Multicultural, Educational equalization, multicultural education 

Promoting empowerment, meaningful participation, and success for each and every student Access and Equity: Promoting High-Quality Mathematics in Grades 3 5 examines the challenges related to access, equity, and empowerment faced by students making the critical transition into mathematics of the third through fifth grades. It provides guidance for making these essential improvements in practice: Finding ways to reframe common beliefs about nondominant students and communities Meeting the linguistic demands in mathematics classrooms for emerging bilingual students Adopting approaches that engage all students in mathematical discourse Implementing professional development that can make an impact with culturally and linguistically diverse students The third through fifth grades are a crucial period when educational imbalances begin to take hold, as inequities in resources and expectations become more pronounced and significant. This book will help teachers provide a challenging, effective mathematics education for each and every student in those classrooms, and thus fully implement the Access and Equity Principle in NCTM s Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All  

1. Confronting the lies I tell myself --
2. Learning to think differently : rerouting the whole mathematics trip --
3. Difference, not deficit : assessing issues of access in mathematics for students with disabilities --
4. Balancing acts: design-based mathematics for students living with trauma --
5. Moving the mathematics forward while acquiring English --
6. Bilingual academic development in mathematics for emergent to advanced bilingual students --
7. Meaningful mathematical discussions that matter --
8. Promoting equity, access, and success through productive student partnerships --
9. The problem of overparticipation: fostering productive participation in your classroom --
10. Professional development to support "integrated" language and mathematics instruction for English language learners --
11. Stories from the trenches: urban classrooms in Portland.