Part I: Why Jump-Start Routines? The First Few Minutes of Mathematics Class Why the Traditional Warmup Doesn't Work The Problem with Going Over Homework Jump-start Routines: New Warmups for a New Era Routines for Reasoning in Mathematics Routines for Improving Number Sense and Fluency Building Number Sense and Fluency Over Time with Routines 10,000 Hours of Practice Routines that Satisfy the Need for Quality Practice Routines for Achieving Improved Performance Routines for Rehabilitating Number Pluckers, Pluggers, and Crunchers Routines for Growth Mindset Routines to Honor and Leverage Errors Routines to Actively Develop Confidence Implementing Jump-Start Routines Routines that are Ready for Use Flexible Use Timing of Routines: How Long? When? Which Routines to Use? Plan for the Routine Select the Routine Routines Set the Stage for Meaningful Discourse Practical Advice for Routines Modify, Modify, Modify Identifying or Creating the Content or Topics Using Routines Formatively Be Committed and Creative Part II: The Routines Picture It Where's the Point? Is This the End? That's a Fact Math Yapper Broken Numbers It's About The Best Tool Relating Three Two Columns Numbered Star Switcharoo Express It Relating Without Calculating More or Less Somewhere in Between Patterns and Generalizations If I know This What It Takes to Make Two Truths and a Lie Part III: Where to Go Next Make a Plan Identify Content for Routines Identify Routines Determine the Rotation Give It Time Set Goals Adjust to Their Adjustments Further Modifying Routines Design Your Own Routines Work Collaboratively and Share the Load Jumpstart Mathematics Engagement, Number Sense, and Reasoning
Offering a year's worth of daily instructional material that you can use each class period to promote student reasoning and number sense, this resource will help students: Frequently revisit essential mathematical concepts Foster and shore up conceptual understanding Engage in mental mathematics, leading to efficiency and fluency Engage in mathematical discourse by constructing viable arguments and critiquing the reasoning of others Reason mathematically, which can improve performance on high-stakes assessments Move learning beyond "correctness" by valuing mistakes and discourse to encourage a growth mindset