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[Michellelorene @Michellelorene1]

@MrsN_Trimble @themissahmad @missaljacksy I see it in Kindergarten too. While strategies are very helpful, an understanding of why it works should be step one before they’re using it. It’s so important to give the opportunity to explore first.

[Michellelorene @Michellelorene1]

@RauMiss I won’t say “Oh so you’re subitizing and identifying the correct numerical representation!” I will say “You saw the dots in this way, then you wrote the number using our posters. Did anyone else do that? Who did it another way?”

[Michellelorene @Michellelorene1]

@RauMiss Since my kindergarteners are so young, their thinking is limited to single written numbers or discussion. They aren’t writing quite yet. This discussion is important. If they explain their thinking, I always try to revoice using their language, and in a way their peers understand

[Michellelorene @Michellelorene1]

@YeseniaCortes01 @RauMiss We do something similar with periods and commas. We say they’re like stoplights. Even though they don’t drive, they all ride in cars and know that you stop when it’s red. A period is a red light, and a comma a yellow light.

[Michellelorene @Michellelorene1]

@TeachWithMissA Super interesting! Was that limit a result from too many kids sitting in too small of a space? We have a similar limit because students would basically be sitting on each other and no one liked that.

[Michellelorene @Michellelorene1]

Q21 - Geometry - Van Hiele #OSUElemMath

[Michellelorene @Michellelorene1]

@AshleyLanghals Great, geometry is everywhere in familiar physical spaces! Seems it helps them achieve their goals too.

[Michellelorene @Michellelorene1]

@ChelseyAnglin Awesome! What grade kids are they? I can see even Kindergarten kids practicing 1-to-1 while making it a game too.

[Michellelorene @Michellelorene1]

@DelaneyMathews1 That’s what I did with my Buckeye Buddy and it makes all the difference, doesn’t it? Makes it more than a story problem. It makes it personal and incentivizes the problem to get a solution.

[Michellelorene @Michellelorene1]

@iamfeeny Now that is fun! Also a great way to tie in multiple means of expression.

[Michellelorene @Michellelorene1]

@Mr_MullCbus I love the idea of trajectory in geometry and tying it to something the kids know and love, like basketball!

[Michellelorene @Michellelorene1]

@RauMiss Awesome to hear! Sounds like it can go hand-in-hand with Clovetta’s class of using it in their drawing and art too.

[Michellelorene @Michellelorene1]

@ClovettaC Our class too, Clovetta. That’s an early and useful step in noticing the math around us daily.

[Michellelorene @Michellelorene1]

@DelaneyMathews1 I remember using proofs in high school and they always made me shudder seeing them on a test. I get the intended point of demonstrating you know why something memorized works, but I just ended up memorizing why something I memorized works. Sounds silly. Still couldn't apply it!

[Michellelorene @Michellelorene1]

@iamfeeny @themisspeppers I’ve seen one student in particular who won’t attempt problems which involve thinking she hasn’t used to mastery yet. She’s shy to take risks, and it’s tough to break such deeply rooted perspectives. The concept of mastery and ability changes so much.

[Michellelorene @Michellelorene1]

@AnnRoFlo @themisspeppers That just goes to show how important it is to be flexible in math. Lesson plans are fantastic, but being able to see what isn’t quite hitting the objectives and fine tuning it on the fly truly is great in terms of learning.

[Michellelorene @Michellelorene1]

@themisspeppers My CT tries to show how she uses numeracy in her daily life so the students see the effective value. She counts classmates as they're returning from the bathroom loudly and tells students it's to make sure no friends are left behind. Counting is more than a worksheet in the room.

[Michellelorene @Michellelorene1]

@themisspeppers If you're only ever shown a hammer with a nail, when you need to break open a piggybank, you'll be stumped on what tool to use. Versitility in math widens possibilities and is more helpful to students in their daily lives. They'll be able to solve their own problems effectively.

[Michellelorene @Michellelorene1]

@MsLee70686573 @TheMissHirsch We’re doing a similar thing. It’s difficult for the students when they start adding hypotheticals on our end. E.g., they’ll give 4 objects on a 5-frame and say “Which makes 5: 1 or 3” and they need to circle one. Curse worksheets!

[Michellelorene @Michellelorene1]

@MissZeaman @TheMissHirsch That sounds great! We did that because some students were discouraged that they couldn’t write certain numbers. I promised it’d be something we learned together in kindergarten. Lo and behold, they’re writing their 4s after we focused on them and they couldn’t be more proud.