Kickstart your class with 20 different routines, all of which include content examples, extensions, and variations for grades 6-8.

John J. SanGiovanni is a mathematics coordinator in Howard County, Maryland. There, he leads mathematics curriculum development, digital learning, assessment, and professional development. John is an adjunct professor and coordinator of the Elementary Mathematics Instructional Leadership graduate program at McDaniel College. In addition to this Figuring Out Fluency series, some of his many Corwin books include Daily Routines to Jump-Start Problem Solving, Grades K-8, Answers to Your Biggest Questions about Teaching Elementary Math, the Daily Routines to Jump-Start Math series, and Productive Math Struggle: A 6-Point Action Plan for Fostering Perseverance. John is a national mathematics curriculum and professional learning consultant who also speaks frequently at national conferences and institutes. He is active in state and national professional organizations, recently serving on the board of directors for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and currently on the board of directors for the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM).

Part I: Why Jump-Start Routines?
The First Few Minutes of Mathematics Class
Why the Traditional Warmup Doesn't Work
The Problem with Going Over Homework
Jump-start Routines: New Warmups for a New Era
Routines for Reasoning in Mathematics
Routines for Improving Number Sense and Fluency
Building Number Sense and Fluency Over Time with Routines
10,000 Hours of Practice
Routines that Satisfy the Need for Quality Practice
Routines for Achieving Improved Performance
Routines for Rehabilitating Number Pluckers, Pluggers, and Crunchers
Routines for Growth Mindset
Routines to Honor and Leverage Errors
Routines to Actively Develop Confidence
Implementing Jump-Start Routines
Routines that are Ready for Use
Flexible Use
Timing of Routines: How Long? When?
Which Routines to Use?
Plan for the Routine
Select the Routine
Routines Set the Stage for Meaningful Discourse
Practical Advice for Routines
Modify, Modify, Modify
Identifying or Creating the Content or Topics
Using Routines Formatively
Be Committed and Creative
Part II: The Routines
Picture It
Where's the Point?
Is This the End?
That's a Fact
Math Yapper
Broken Numbers
It's About
The Best Tool
Relating Three
Two Columns
Numbered Star
Switcharoo
Express It
Relating Without Calculating
More or Less
Somewhere in Between
Patterns and Generalizations
If I know This
What It Takes to Make
Two Truths and a Lie
Part III: Where to Go Next
Make a Plan
Identify Content for Routines
Identify Routines
Determine the Rotation
Give It Time
Set Goals
Adjust to Their Adjustments
Further Modifying Routines
Design Your Own Routines
Work Collaboratively and Share the Load
Jumpstart Mathematics Engagement, Number Sense, and Reasoning