The SERP 5X8 Card![]() The 5x8 Card was generated by a SERP* team working in collaboration with math leaders in the San Francisco and Oakland School Districts.
It is an observation tool to reflect on student behavior and participation. It can be used by teachers, IRFs, Principals, and others as a tool to look at classroom discourse and see its connection to the standards of math practice. |
![]() * Incubated at the National Academy of Sciences, SERP, The Strategic Education Research Partnership, was founded in 2003 to bridge the worlds of education research, practice, and design. The organization is designed to provide the infrastructure to make a coherent and sustained research, development, and implementation program possible. SERP establishes long-term partnerships with school districts addressing critical problems of practice identified by the district partner.
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The SERP website includes many suggestions for supporting students in each of these vital actions.
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Student Vital ActionsThe 5X8 card delineates 7 Student Vital Actions to look for. It connects each of these actions to principles and the Common Core Standards for Math Practice.
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SFUSD Math Teacher Leaders recently shared some strategies for supporting students in each of these vital actions:
All students participate
Students say a 2nd sentence
Students talk about each others’ thinking
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Students revise their thinking
Students use academic language
English Learners produce language
Students engage and perservere
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