Five for FRIDAY !

It's Friday, Friday  Everybody loves Friday!

So, my week has been interesting to say the least. This week the entire district was benchmark testing and it really altered my schedule. However, some good things have come out of this week.

Well, I finally received my copy of Christopher Lehman's Close Reading book. YAy! I have not started reading it yet but excited to be able to read it.

I spent part of my week doing this. Holy Moly Gucamole! This is necessary but not fun at all. At two of my school's this week. I helped out with the benchmark scantrons. Students in grades 1 and 2 fill answers directly in test booklet. This information needs to be transferred to a scantron so it can be scored.

So, I am watching the Story of Math because that is the kinda gal I am. I want to know why and how the place value system came to be. Not necessarily to teach my 2nd and 3rd grade students but to understand it better and provide more conceptual info about place value.  Right now as I type I am listening to how Pythagorus' Theory was born. 

This week I received the news that one of the grants proposals I wrote was accepted. Goodie Gumdrops. We have been granted! We now will start our cohort and begin work on learning about CGI math. One of the best parts is that we will be able to collaborate with a cohort at another school studying CGI as well. 

The best of all. My kindergarten math teacher and I were able to develop a Math Routine worksheet aligned to the Mountain Math subscription( which is not Common Core Aligned) and the other existing math routines. 

That's it Five for Friday almost Fraturday! And a 3 day weekend is coming so I need to post this so I can start enjoying my weekend. 

Happy Teaching!

LOOK WHO'S TAlKING!!! NUMBER TALKS!

Happy Friday, I have so much to blog about much more than I can actually keep up with but I decided that I would blog something I saw on Thursday this week. Thursday aka Halloween  morning was overloaded enough to cause me to drive to work with no purse. YIKES! So, I drove back home got my driver's license and other necessary goods. I began to think maybe this is not going to be a good day. I went about my regular schedule and I was Creepily Surprised by the first grade classroom I was walking by.  The first graders were working on a Number Talk they were on the Number 31. There were so many great things about this that I need to start showing some pictures of it. First of all the Number Talk was on the Smart Board. Check it out!

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This little guy is adding his chart where he drew a 10 more 10 less 1 more 1 less chart,on top of the 31 on the number line.
Here are some samples of the work the students were doing on their white boards. The reason why I am putting these on here is because I have never done a number talk where the students write their work on the white board before sharing. I see this as a way to give them more think time and the boards were a visual tool to help students really articulate their metacognition. However, at the seem time I wonder if writing on the boards takes away some of the mental work?  I have not decided because I was so happy that I could show you these and you can see their metacognition.

This is one of my favorites. The thought that went into these equations is great. Especially since the day before a different student came up with it Wednesday and on Thursday other students are modifying and using it.

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This student used a number bond. 

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As I walked around the room I did not see two whiteboards with the same way to show 31. This proves to me that we all learn differently and teaching one algorithm to 32 students is efficient but maybe not effective. Keep on Talking, Number Talks. Thank you Mrs. Jones First Graders.