Level 2 Training

Session 3B: Rigor

Instructional Shifts: Focusing on Rigor

Rigor: Combination of

Conceptual Understanding,

Fluency, and Application• Rigor does not mean “hard problems.”

• Rigor represents a balance of three

fundamental components that result in

deep mathematical understanding.

• In our instruction, there must be variety in

what students are asked to produce.

What

Does

Rig

or

Really

Mean?

Rigor is about the depth

of what is expected in

the standards, and also

about what one should

expect to see happening

in the classroom, what

one would hear in student conversations,

and what curricular materials one might

presented to students.

Sam

ple

s:

Com

ponents

of

Rig

or

• Conceptual Understanding:

• 3.NF.1 Understand a fraction 1/b

as the quantity formed by 1 part

when a whole is partitioned into b

equal parts; understand a fraction

a/b as the quantity formed by a

parts of size 1/b.• Procedural Skill and Fluency:

• 5.NBT.5 Fluently multiply multi-

digit whole numbers using the

standard algorithm.• Application:• 7.NS.3 Solve real-world and

mathematical problems involving

the four operations with rational

numbers.

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Inst

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As you review instructional materials,

ask yourself:What does it look and sound

like when students are working

on the following: • Procedural skill and

fluency? • Conceptual understanding?• Application?

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Instru

ctional

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• Illustrative Mathematics (K-8)

• Inside Mathematics (K-12)

• Math Solutions (K-8)

• Mathematics Assessment Project (6-

12)

• National Council for Teachers of Mat

hematics

(K-12)

• Achieve the Core – Annotative Tasks

(K-12)

Reflect

ion

Journ

al

Small Group Sharing:• Share one or two tasks you found

in these resources that you will

use with your students in the

upcoming week(s)?• Share which components of Rigor

are included in each instructional

task selected: • Procedural skill and fluency?

• Conceptual understanding?

• Application?• What as a team can you do to

ensure that the rigor of lessons

presented match the rigor of the

standards?