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
Number Corner materials organized by activity type
Number Corner materials organized by month and day for easier planning and implementation
Some Bridges sessions require more than 60 minutes for practical implementation
Sessions have been analyzed and revised, and some activities divided over more than one day, to support teachers in delivering lessons within 60 minutes of math time
Bridges Educator Site offers searchable resource library and blog as well as video and professional learning resources
New Bridges Educator Site will provide additional resources and professional learning to accompany each session
Bridges sessions organized in a basic structure with assessments, Work Places, and independent practice clearly labeled
Headings and subheadings in Bridges sessions show practical and contextual breaks in instruction, enabling teachers to flexibly structure math time with breaks and other activities; warm-ups or introductory exercises and closings are clearly described
Written specifically to align with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics
Aligns with many states’ math standards as well as the Common Core State Standards
Problem-based activities that engage learners
Activities position students as knowledgeable and put learning into their hands through open-ended problems, strategy sharing, and discussion structures, enabling them to learn from each other
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.