Methods of Math Teaching and Learning

         Welcome back once again to the Tea on the Hill! I must admit this Tea has been delicious lately. I brought some lemon to put on our cup as we sat back in the shade and enjoyed this ice-cold Arnold Palmer. While we gossip more about The Hill because we are doing Place Values this week. Once again, we have two students presenting again, and this time you're going to be a little shocked when I tell you who presented. Ms. Arianna Fletcher, Miss Alabama Agriculture & Mechanical University is an elementary education major, Pre-service Teacher, and a Senior here on campus. I know that Tea was good and cold going down because you weren't expecting that. I know you weren't. It’s okay; she presented today on place values which was her first time presenting. The problem she presented to the class today was 360 + 275, which is 635. She asked who would like to defend the answer, but before she asked, another student said, “ my answer is 615” then the student came back and

More Tea on the Hill!!! Doubles/ Near Double   Welcome back to more Tea on the Hill!! As you all know, we have been working on Number Talks for a while now, but it gets better every week. This week we are working on Doubles/ Near- Doubles. You probably wonder what it is while you sip the Arnold Palmer. Take a good sip while I tell you how these Number Talks were mastered by two Pre-Service Teachers, not just one. We have Ms. Davonna a senior here at A&M, and Ms. Cassidy, a Junior here also at A&M. Ms. Davonna sounded a little nervous, but she mastered her part in getting the class to give her the answer to the problem. And, of course, you know we always start off with our fists to the chest because we are ready to start! The problem that was given was 998 + 999, which is 1,997. During this session, everyone agreed, and two ways to get the answer were defined. One of the ways is rounding 998 and 999 and subtracting two from one side and 1 from the other to get the answer. Anothe