Why transition to Third Edition?
In Bridges and Number Corner Third Edition, we continue to feature a student-centered approach emphasizing classroom discourse, visual models, and conceptual understanding.
Students still build problem-solving skills, develop fluency, and make sense of math, while a greater emphasis on student choice and rich tasks with multiple entry points allows learners to develop a positive math identity.
Increased Attention to Equity
Third Edition offers ways for all students to see themselves as mathematicians. Task contexts and illustrations feature a wide range of identities and settings.
Suggestions for equity-based instruction and effective math teaching support teachers in understanding the rationale behind each lesson.
Improved Usability
By organizing lessons by month and day, we’ve increased the usability of Number Corner Third Edition for easier planning and implementation. For Bridges, lessons have been revised and divided over multiple days so lessons can be delivered in 60 minutes, and our free apps have been integrated to provide flexibility for how students engage with activities.
Open-ended tasks and popular routines are included to provide more ways for students to be correct. Differentiation opportunities and resources are expanded, including connections to content from earlier grades and Bridges Intervention.
What is the Price to Upgrade?
At $450 per classroom, it’s affordable to upgrade to new teacher’s guides and any new classroom materials.
What’s different in Bridges and Number Corner Third Edition?
Bridges Third Edition and Number Corner Third Edition continue to feature a student-centered approach emphasizing classroom discourse, visual models, and conceptual understanding.
Students build problem-solving skills, develop fluency, and make sense of mathematics through rich tasks with multiple entry points. Open-ended questions and student choice offer all learners the opportunity to develop a positive math identity.
The new editions invite students and teachers in with more accessible and equitable contexts as well as recommendations for effective, equitable teaching.
Second Edition
Third Edition
Problem-based activities engage learners.
Activities position students as competent, capable sensemakers. They put learning into students’ hands through open-ended problems, strategy sharing, and discussion structures — enabling them to learn from each other.
Bridges® sessions are organized in a consistent structure with assessments, Work Places, and independent practice. Sessions are clearly labeled.
Headings and subheadings in the Teachers Guide show practical and contextual breaks in instruction, enabling teachers to flexibly structure math time and other activities. Instructional routines and closing activities are clearly delineated.
Some Bridges® sessions require more time than allocated for implementation.
Sessions have been revised or divided over multiple days to support teachers in delivering lessons within 60 minutes.
Number Corner® materials are organized by activity type.
Number Corner® materials are organized by month and day for easier planning and implementation.
The Bridges Educator Site offers a searchable resource library, blog, and professional learning resources.
The new Bridges Educator Site (BES) provides additional resources — including online courses, unit videos, grade-level overviews, and resource guides — connected to each session for individual educators and professional learning communities.
Second Edition was written specifically to align with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.
Third Edition lists the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. However, learning goals and content information are organized so states and districts can easily determine the alignment of materials to their state standards.
Why should we choose Bridges Third Edition?
Bridges and Number Corner Third Edition open up tasks and include popular routines to provide more ways for students to be correct. A shifted approach in assessment honors students’ thinking already in place.
Professional learning is embedded with expanded unit introductions and sidebar content. This content connects to equity-based practices, effective mathematics teaching practices, standards for mathematical practice, and other features supporting teachers in understanding the rationale behind each lesson.
Differentiation opportunities and resources are clarified and expanded, including connections to content from earlier grades, Bridges Intervention, and Concept Quests.
Integration of MLC apps with the curriculum provides flexibility for how students and educators engage with and talk about mathematical models and activities.
Third Edition offers ways for all students to see themselves as mathematicians. Task contexts and illustrations feature a wide range of identities and settings, and embedded ideas help educators create an equitable learning environment.