Success from the Start – Your First Years Teaching Elementary Mathematics

This book highlights how students learn math and the pedagogy behind it. Using vignettes based on real classroom discussions, the authors illustrate effective teaching practices to support math learning. Success from the Start: Your First Years Teaching Elementary Mathematics acts as a supportive and reassuring companion that you can return to throughout your journey as an elementary mathematics teacher.

As a beginning elementary mathematics teacher you might already be asking yourself these questions:

How can I differentiate my teaching to meet the diverse needs of my students?
What assessments best advance student learning?

How can students understand math if I do not show them different strategies and tell them about the underlying mathematical structures and properties?

What advice do I give parents about how to support their children s math learning?

Kathy Ernst has served as co-founder of an alternative pre-K-6 school, classroom teacher, developer and teacher of gifted programs, adjunct professor, math coach, and consultant. She holds a MS.Ed in Educational Leadership from Bank Street College. For over thirty years she has taught math problem solving to students and teachers and has provided support to schools and systems throughout the U.S. to improve mathematics education. Kathy is a senior advisor with Thinking Foundation. Sarah Ryan is an elementary school teacher in the Delaware public schools. She also provides professional development for the Math and Science Education Resource Center at the University of Delaware. Sarah has a MS in Early Childhood and Elementary Education from Bank Street College of Education. Previously, she has worked as a teacher and math coach in the New York City public schools and as an advisor in the Math Leadership Program at Bank Street College.