We are here for you!
Welcome back to school! It is a very busy time of year for teachers, but if we can help you with any of your classroom math needs, please let us know. Mrs. Byars will be at East Franklin Junior High, Tharptown Elementary, and Phil Campbell Elementary. Mrs. Nabers will be at Red Bay Elementary, Vina, and Belgreen.
How do you teach math?
Do you use the 8 Mathematics Teaching Practices?
1. Establish mathematics goals to focus learning
2. Implement tasks that promote reasoning and problem solving
3. Use and connect mathematical representations
4. Facilitate meaningful mathematical discourse
5. Pose purposeful questions
6. Build procedural fluency from conceptual understanding
7. Support productive struggle in learning mathematics
8. Elicit and use evidence of student thinking
https://www.mathcoachscorner.com/2022/01/effective-mathematics-teaching-practices/
How do you help students learn math?
How can you help students think more critically about solving math problems? Let's arm them with the skills to be successful. The Student Mathematical Practices empower students to use math and to think mathematically.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jV4F9L3NM3F7CbG05qdb2V70AQHY1T50/view?usp=sharing
How do you develop Number Sense?
Become flexible with using numbers in different ways and understand how numbers relate to each other.
Here are some strategies for developing number sense:
Math Flips: http://mathvisuals.wordpress.com/math-flips/
https://berkeleyeverett.com/math-flips/
Splat: https://stevewyborney.com/2017/03/the-fraction-splat-series/
Number Talks!
Number Talks are a great way to help students develop number sense. When students are participating in number talks, they are mentally solving the problems using different strategies.
**These problems help students focus on:
- the relationship between the numbers
- different strategies to solve the problem
- help students take ownership of their math ideas
Number Talks: https://www.insidemathematics.org/classroom-videos/number-talks
https://www.k-5mathteachingresources.com/number-talks.html
Hand Signals: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LM6VZGf-fk8KrsVchYFKcejkEwSaj7s3QLO8sR-yIdA
**from Number Talks Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages