Let’s Investigate!
Engaging tasks for exploring new ideas in enVision® Mathematics for grades K-8
Let's Investigate! offers students opportunities to spend more time focused on problem-solving.
enVision® Mathematics from Savvas Learning Company is used in K-8 math classrooms everywhere. This award-winning program helps students develop deep conceptual understanding aided by visual models, personalized learning, and 3-act tasks. Vertical alignment from Kindergarten through Grade 12 helps schools address mathematical standards.
Let’s Investigate features in enVision® Mathematics introduce students to new concepts and lay a foundation for upcoming lessons. Learn more below and sign up for virtual samples to see them for yourself!
Take a Deeper Look at Let’s Investigate Lessons
-
Explore Problem Solving
-
Based on the “5 Practices"
-
Apply Prior Knowledge
Explore Problem Solving
This feature offers more opportunities for students to explore problem solving and dig deeper into the mathematics.
- Provide a full class-period, problem-based learning experience.
- Encourage productive struggle by activating prior knowledge to build on in future lessons.
- Real-world contexts ask students to draw on their own experiences.
- Hands-on activities incorporate physical and digital manipulatives.
- Promote a growth mindset and learning together.
Based on the “5 Practices"
Based on the “5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions” (Smith and Stein), the material supports teachers as they:
- Anticipate students’ solution strategies.
- Monitor students’ solutions.
- Select solutions for students to present.
- Sequence solutions that students will present.
- Connect students’ strategies and connect to key ideas.
Apply Prior Knowledge
Additionally, samples of student work show different ways students might apply their prior knowledge to the task.
- Solutions range from basic to more sophisticated approaches and often include concrete, pictorial, and abstract representations.
- Misconceptions are also illustrated with student samples.
- Questions to ask students about their work are provided along with suggestions of what to listen for in responses.