Shifts - Spring 2026
5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematical Discourse
NYS Next Generation Math Standards
General References for the Shifts
Original PPT from NYC about the Shifts
Have-a-Go Tasks
Shift #1
Shift #2
Examples and Nonexamples of Low-Floor, High-Ceiling Tasks
Evaluate and Update a Task (P.S. 241 Working Copy)
Shift #3
Additional Resources
Accelerating Oral Language with Academic Conversations by Dr. Jeff Zwiers
Talk Prompts Example #4 (see end of paper)
Shift #4
Shift #5
Curriculum Resources to Evaluate: