Math Empowers 1
Middletown Township Public Schools
Grade 1 - First Trimester 2018 - 2019
W.O.D.B?
Create a reasoning based classroom by adding engaging warm-ups like this to your morning routine! Counting circles, Number Talks, WODB, Estimation 180 and the like... all provide interesting ways of getting little ones THINKING and REASONING in a comfortable, low risk way.
Do you know what a Number Path is? Do your first graders?
Estimation 180 by Andrew Stadel
Depth of Knowledge Chart by Robert Kaplinsky
The Hiding Game: Number composition & the Part whole model
Upon further investigation, struggling learners may need more work composing 5, or even 4. Number composition to 5 is a kindergarten standard some students are not ready to master. They may need more time with activities to build SOLID understanding of smaller numbers. While this is a fabulous way to assess number sense and fluency, Here is a PARTNER HIDING GAME students can play with a partner on their own level! Simply match up students based on their target numbers (this group hides 6 counters on each other.. this group hides 7.. this pair is ready for 10!) There are 20 different recording sheets for kindergarten/early first and late first grade levels. Check out the variety of part whole models and the mini-lesson included for building deeper understanding of this important model.
Shake and Spill games also provide excellent repetition. Since this becomes comfortably quickly, we can level up with more counters when appropriate AND focus on a variety of recording sheets (BAR MODELS, EQUAL SIGN FIRST, BALANCED EQUATIONS)
Here is a FABULOUS 5 minute intervention video you might appreciate for building better number understanding. In fact, there is a whole page of quick teacher support videos on our shared resource doc!
There are more of these VIDEOS on our Math Instruction Resources Doc!
Do you Follow Graham Fletcher?
Graham Fletcher has served in education as a classroom teacher, math instructional lead, and currently as a math specialist. Graham’s work with the math progressions and problem-based lessons has led him to present throughout North America and beyond. He is continually advocating for best practice in elementary mathematics by seeking new and innovative ways to support students and teachers in their development of conceptual understanding. Check out his website, or his library of 3-Act Tasks, or his progression videos.
MINDSET TEACHING TIP!
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Failure is simply a step in the process
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