Avoid off-task behavior, such as horseplay, rolling on the floor, and meowing, with a reliable routine that promotes students' thinking, communication, and social safety in sharing their ideas.
Claudia Bertolone-Smith, cbert006@plattsburgh.edu, is an assistant professor of teacher education in Plattsburgh, New York. She is interested in mathematical discourse, creating positive sociomathematical norms in a classroom, and helping elementaryschool-age students understand fraction concepts.