Habits of Mind and Interaction Posters that are now a natural part of our day.
SNEAK PREVIEW
This year we have been working really hard during our math block. Our habits of mind and interaction have helped us to be the best mathematicians that we can be.
The growth that these students have made in making sense of mathematical problems, justifying their thinking, and recognizing patterns to further their thinking, has reflected how important it is to allow students to: privately reason, and
compare and contrast their thinking with their peers. Students are very excited to share their thinking with you!
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Vanessa, I saw you took multiple pathways to find your answer!
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Gabe, I love how you persevere and think about your thinking! Metacognition!
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Calem, I love how you explained your process. Persevere to show the final answer!
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Gabriela, Thank you for trying on this new strategy. I love how you are challenging yourself to use multiple pathways.
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Joseph, way to explain your thinking!
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Jill
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Saramarie
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Jocelyn
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Luis
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Micaela
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Bayleigh
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Isabellah
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Morgan
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This year we have been working really hard during our math block. Our habits of mind and interaction have helped us to be the best mathematicians that we can be.
The growth that these students have made in making sense of mathematical problems, justifying their thinking, and recognizing patterns to further their thinking, has reflected how important it is to allow students to: privately reason, and
compare and contrast their thinking with their peers. Students are very excited to share their thinking with you!
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Vanessa, I saw you took multiple pathways to find your answer!
Click here to view my lesson
Gabe, I love how you persevere and think about your thinking! Metacognition!
Click here to view my lesson
Calem, I love how you explained your process. Persevere to show the final answer!
Click here to view my lesson
Gabriela, Thank you for trying on this new strategy. I love how you are challenging yourself to use multiple pathways.
Click here to view my lesson
Joseph, way to explain your thinking!
Click here to view my lesson
Jill
Click here to view my lesson
Saramarie
Click here to view my lesson
Jocelyn
Click here to view my lesson
Luis
Click here to view my lesson
Micaela
Click here to view my lesson
Bayleigh
Click here to view my lesson
Click here to view my other lesson :)
Isabellah
Click here to view my lesson
Morgan
Click here to view my lesson
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Student and Teacher examples coming soon!
Breaking Apart Numbers or Decomposing (breaking apart) by Place
(We can break numbers down by place, or we can break numbers apart using known combinations or facts to help us solve unknown problems).
You-tube video of breaking 2 digit numbers apart to solve an addition problem
You-tube video of breaking 3 digit numbers apart to solve a subtraction problem
Number line
(A number line can help us visualize the process of counting up, counting down or back/subtracting back).
Breaking Apart Numbers or Decomposing (breaking apart) by Place
(We can break numbers down by place, or we can break numbers apart using known combinations or facts to help us solve unknown problems).
You-tube video of breaking 2 digit numbers apart to solve an addition problem
You-tube video of breaking 3 digit numbers apart to solve a subtraction problem
Number line
(A number line can help us visualize the process of counting up, counting down or back/subtracting back).
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Strategies for Whole-Number Computation
Do you often hear your student say "the high-school way" "the up-down way" "the way my mom does it" "the way my dad does it" "algorithm way"? I hear this all the time from parents and students. What is most important in teaching students mathematical concepts is that they OF COURSE need to have some algorithmic procedure to solve computational problems to be successful in higher level mathematics, however, we want to support kids with a solid understanding of number sense prior to teaching the algorithm so they learn with understanding. We want students to be flexible with their strategies. I will show you some of them below...:) Thank you FOR ALL YOU DO! I know we often wonder about what is real world? Will students really use these strategies for the rest of their life.. the answer might be no, but they will have many strategies that support their conceptual understanding and they will most definitely be more efficient and fluent mathematicians, who can make sense, explain, and justify their thinking. This is real world!
Strategies for Whole-Number Computation
Do you often hear your student say "the high-school way" "the up-down way" "the way my mom does it" "the way my dad does it" "algorithm way"? I hear this all the time from parents and students. What is most important in teaching students mathematical concepts is that they OF COURSE need to have some algorithmic procedure to solve computational problems to be successful in higher level mathematics, however, we want to support kids with a solid understanding of number sense prior to teaching the algorithm so they learn with understanding. We want students to be flexible with their strategies. I will show you some of them below...:) Thank you FOR ALL YOU DO! I know we often wonder about what is real world? Will students really use these strategies for the rest of their life.. the answer might be no, but they will have many strategies that support their conceptual understanding and they will most definitely be more efficient and fluent mathematicians, who can make sense, explain, and justify their thinking. This is real world!
