Rachel Zeaman

Ohio State M.Ed/ 1st Grade Student Teacher

[Rachel Zeaman @MissZeaman]

@missaljacksy @DelaneyMathews1 Has she said why she doesn’t encourage counting on fingers?

[Rachel Zeaman @MissZeaman]

@Miss_Heck @MrsN_Trimble @MsLutterloh Agree!! I don’t think I was ever told in middle school/high school why it really worked, so when we had to explain it in 1125 it was pretty difficult.

[Rachel Zeaman @MissZeaman]

@iamfeeny @Miss_Heck Me too! I actually enjoyed math and thought it was fun, but once the memorization facts came and my teachers just tested me on this I was very disengaged.

[Rachel Zeaman @MissZeaman]

@missedwards321 @Miss_Heck Haha at least that teacher made it kind of fun for you guys!!

[Holly Heck @Miss_Heck]

Q17 The Behrend article talks about how math rules and simple repetitions can lead to misunderstandings for students. What rules can you remember learning in schools? Do you think they were helpful or may have lead to misunderstandings? #OSUElemMath

[Delaney Mathews @DelaneyMathews1]

Q18: In your placements or personal schooling do you notice the use of memorization, explicit strategy instruction or guided invention for teaching basic facts? Is it all one strategy or a mixture, is it effective? #osuelemmath

[Rachel Zeaman @MissZeaman]

@MissTrigg_Cbus @DelaneyMathews1 I think flash cards can definitely be used in an effective way. As long as it isn’t just drilling the student on the facts. Having students write their own and possibly making it into a game could make learning those facts more engaging!

[Rachel Zeaman @MissZeaman]

@themisspeppers @DelaneyMathews1 Love your example Abby because I am sure so many of us can relate. What’s the research behind timing math facts? Students all need different amounts of time to think about the problem and solve!!

[Rachel Zeaman @MissZeaman]

@DelaneyMathews1 @MissTrigg_Cbus Agree. Time is so important! I feel like sometimes I’m just trying to get through a problem with a student, but I need to allow them to think through it on their own. Often, we can learn from them as much as they learn from us.

[Rachel Zeaman @MissZeaman]

@MissTrigg_Cbus Also, sometimes my CT may change a problem or number talk to lower or higher numbers for certain students.

[Rachel Zeaman @MissZeaman]

@MissTrigg_Cbus We use many different modalities in my classroom, from cubes/counters, to number lines on the board that the kids can come up and point to, to drawing. My CT will often pull certain students up to her table to work more closely with when doing math. I love all of these ideas.

[Rachel Zeaman @MissZeaman]

@MissTrigg_Cbus @TheMissHirsch We do this also, but especially in number talks. If students are stuck on one way of thinking, we will show how you can group the dots in diff ways. Our goal is for students to understand that there are multiple ways to see the problem.

[Rachel Zeaman @MissZeaman]

@TheMissHirsch In my placement, we have been doing number of the day since the beginning of school. My CT modeled how to do tally marks, pictures, # sentence, tens frames, etc. using the # of the day. Now my students are doing almost everything on their own with diff #s each day!

[Rachel Zeaman @MissZeaman]

@Mr_MullCbus @MissMantel So true ! I feel like this strategy is applicable between all subjects. I want to encourage sharing of ideas in my future classroom as much as possible. Students may be able to understand a problem more from another classmate or a connection rather than the teacher at times.

[Rachel Zeaman @MissZeaman]

@missconway6 @TeachWithMissA Chips/color counters and connecting cubes!

[Rachel Zeaman @MissZeaman]

@YeseniaCortes01 @TeachWithMissA Wow this is super interesting!! I have never seen this before. Is this the students go-to problem solving strategy or do you see them using other methods to solve?

[Rachel Zeaman @MissZeaman]

@Mr_Louwers @iamfeeny Love this! We played war in our classroom last week with numbers 1-20. It was great practice for recognizing bigger/smaller numbers. The kids were also so engaged.

[Rachel Zeaman @MissZeaman]

@missconway6 @iamfeeny We use different colored math cubes/tools and many tens frames too! My CT uses tens frames for math problems, school day count, and even as a reward chart for students! She incorporates it in so many diff. ways- it’s awesome.

[Rachel Zeaman @MissZeaman]

@miss_furno One math myth I always thought to be true was memorization was required to be a good mathematician. I struggled in higher math classes because I always felt that if I took more time to solve the problem thoroughly on paper, then I was not as good at math. #OSUElemMath