One aim she has right now is to establish the norms and routines of discourse in the class. She knows that much of what she does is different from what the students have grown accustomed to in previous grades. Therefore, Mrs. Fondant takes this aspect of her task at the beginning of the year seriously. She thinks she is finally making some progress with this group, after a month of concentrating on this dimension of her work with them. The unusual thing is that they did it without scoring a single foul shot.
Students are eager to share answers.
It could be fifteen 2-point shots. Mrs. Fondant has one of the students explain scoring possibilities. Students are using a variety of tools to work on the problem. In this example, solution strategies vary, but answers are the same. Several students offer possible answers.