constructivist approach to student centered mathematics.

1. The year must begin with a letter or brochure which calls upon all members of the community to be on the same page for the growing success of our children.

2. Teachers must see themselves as mathematicians and become as educated as possible. Teachers must collaborate and use resources such as "Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics", by John A. Van de Walle et al.

3. There must be evidence of learning in the class, charts, gallery walks, pictures, and ongoing assessment.

3.1. Task 1

3.2. Task 2

4. Envioronment

4.1. A respectable community has been created.

4.2. The learner must feel safe and off the defensive.

5. The students must be engaged in rich learning tasks, problem solving, and they must have time to explore and play with the use of manipulatives and various strategies

6. Collaboration must take place. Inquiry-based learning. Share ideas and articulate as a community how we arrived at answers.