Number Talks with Five
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Please forgive me for not posting a new blog last Sunday. I will write my continued adventures in kindergarten. Although, I have started a NT with first grade teachers and students. This post will discuss the progress of NT in kindergarten.
We continued with tens frames last week. This group remembers procedures very well. As soon as they sat in their places on the carpet, the students immediately place their fist to their chest.
We are continuing working with 5 on the tens frame using both bottom and top levels. The questions I ask are "how many do you see?" and "how do you see it?" Quickly students place thumbs up to inform me they know the answer. Students responses for the most part are accurate. Most students can denote there are 5 dots. A couple of students may say 4 or 3. Therefore, they are making progress. The following link is an example NT problem:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AOhF0OtPBhByfuMt00IWELRIMoK8njj1EggPEHnJ4ZQ/edit
Students can readily see 3 dots and 2 dots. Our goal is to ask them more probing questions to develop their vocabulary and subitizing skills.
Teacher: How do you see 3 dots and 2 dots?
Student: I see 2 up there and 3 down there.
Teacher: Oh you see 2 on top and 3 on the bottom.
Student: Yes. I see 2 on the top and 3 on the bottom.
Empowering with words can help us and them better understanding how to reason with numbers of items and part-whole relationships.
Here is another way students saw 3 and 2.
Teacher: How do you see 3 dots and 2 dots?
Student: I see 3 dots over here and 2 dots over there.
Teacher: Oh you see 3 two the left and 2 on the right.
Again. We are teaching precise language and location.
Of course you will have some student who thinking is sophisticated:
Teacher: How many do you see five?
Student: I see 3 to the left 1 on top and 1 more on bottom. Together they make 5.
Teacher: Oh you see 3 and 1 more and 1 more.
Allowing students to participate in NT builds number sense, part-whole relationship, and vocabulary.
Good evening
Please forgive me for not posting a new blog last Sunday. I will write my continued adventures in kindergarten. Although, I have started a NT with first grade teachers and students. This post will discuss the progress of NT in kindergarten.
We continued with tens frames last week. This group remembers procedures very well. As soon as they sat in their places on the carpet, the students immediately place their fist to their chest.
We are continuing working with 5 on the tens frame using both bottom and top levels. The questions I ask are "how many do you see?" and "how do you see it?" Quickly students place thumbs up to inform me they know the answer. Students responses for the most part are accurate. Most students can denote there are 5 dots. A couple of students may say 4 or 3. Therefore, they are making progress. The following link is an example NT problem:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AOhF0OtPBhByfuMt00IWELRIMoK8njj1EggPEHnJ4ZQ/edit
Students can readily see 3 dots and 2 dots. Our goal is to ask them more probing questions to develop their vocabulary and subitizing skills.
Teacher: How do you see 3 dots and 2 dots?
Student: I see 2 up there and 3 down there.
Teacher: Oh you see 2 on top and 3 on the bottom.
Student: Yes. I see 2 on the top and 3 on the bottom.
Empowering with words can help us and them better understanding how to reason with numbers of items and part-whole relationships.
Here is another way students saw 3 and 2.
Teacher: How do you see 3 dots and 2 dots?
Student: I see 3 dots over here and 2 dots over there.
Teacher: Oh you see 3 two the left and 2 on the right.
Again. We are teaching precise language and location.
Of course you will have some student who thinking is sophisticated:
Teacher: How many do you see five?
Student: I see 3 to the left 1 on top and 1 more on bottom. Together they make 5.
Teacher: Oh you see 3 and 1 more and 1 more.
Allowing students to participate in NT builds number sense, part-whole relationship, and vocabulary.
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