Participants will be taken through tasks that support increased student sense making and engagement using thin slicing, inductive and deductive reasoning in a manner that helps students’ build on prior knowledge. Upper Elementary and Secondary examples will be provided using The AFTL (Ask First, Teach Later) Method of instruction including steps for Guided Sense Making and a 3-2-1 Notice and Conjecture protocol that can be used to support deeper learning of math content by shifting the workload so that students are doing the heavy lifting making connections to prior knowledge, and patterns.
