Day 18 -20 Thinking Maps & Frayer Models

Objective:  Show your thinking and providing evidence of learning using graphic organizing thinking tools.  Principles to Action recommends that students be able to make connections with mathematics through the use of multiple representations.  Formative assessment allows students and teachers to assess learning and understanding of mathematics.  Conceptual understanding is the foundation for permanent learning of mathematics and the ability to think like a mathematician (NCTM, 2014).   The following tools are necessary to demonstrate comparing and contrasting the similarities between sequences and to clearly demonstrate understanding of a mathematical concept (SMP 1-7).