Methods of Math Teaching and Learning

  Welcome back to another spill on The Hill!!! As you come in, please be sure to pick up your straw. This week we have stepped our game up a little bit from last week. Instead of doing two Number Talks, we did three. Before we get started be sure to put some ice in your cup and make sure it’s full. As you already know we always start with our “fist” to our heart because we are ready to start. Student’s were shown dot images for three seconds. Students were asked, “” how many did you see?” “How did you see it?” This time around everyone agreed on “12” but they had many ways of seeing 12 dot images. We had three students to participate which goes as follows: Student one: 4,4,4 which interpreted as 4 X 3= 12 Student two: I saw the first row of six and automatically knew the second row is six and wrote it as 6 + 6= 12 Student three: I counted by 2’s such as 2,4,6,8,10,12.  While you take a moment to sip, think of a way you would have seen 12 using dot images.  I know our cups look a litt

  Well, Well, prepared to be sick of us! We’ve been gone for a minute, and I know you guys miss this good old “Tea”. We couldn’t stay gone too long because we knew your mouth was getting a little dry. As you know we have a fresh set of students who are juniors and seniors, so you know it’s time to make some “Tea”. Today, we started off with dot images where the image was shown for five seconds. Students were asked to put their fists to their hearts because they were ready to start. After the image was shown students were told how many dots they saw which was “9”. We asked did anyone had any other answers besides “9”? Students replied no; they all agreed on 9. Since everyone agreed on 9, we ask how did you see it? Three students replied which goes as follows:        ·        Student one said I saw 4+4 +1=9 to get her answer. ·        Student two said she saw 4 + 5= 9. ·        Student three counted by two’s and added one (2,4,6,8 + 1=9). Now that we are done with the first o