See It, Say It, Symbolize It

Teaching the Big Ideas in Elementary Mathematics

Reimagining elementary mathematics pedagogy using a three-step process—See It, Say It, Symbolize It—author Patrick L. Sullivan provides a guide for developing a dynamic and flexible understanding of numbers and operations. By helping students develop a language that is consistent across concepts and connecting it to what is seen and symbolized, teachers empower their students to engage in reasoning they will utilize throughout their lives.

Benefits

• Apply the See It, Say It, Symbolize It framework to foundational mathematical concepts and operations.
• Reframe common mathematical language to increase students’ conceptual understanding and make connections between ideas that are often seen as disconnected.
• Compare the traditional process of communicating foundational mathematical ideas to the See It, Say It, Symbolize It process, with descriptive examples.
• Comprehend the superpower understandings in elementary mathematics, which help students develop a dynamic and flexible understanding of numbers and operations as well as connect multiple concepts.
• Internalize chapter content with reflection prompts and end-of-chapter application guides.