We started off with a Mind Reading Game! Doesn’t that sound wacky already??? It is really crazy to see how this trick works. Math is really about number sense and looking out for pattern!
In this activity, we can also provide children with concrete, pictorial and abstract experience.
Then we did subtraction using 37 - 19. We came out with a variety of word problems using 39 – 17. We saw different kinds of word problems.
Discrete quantities: can be presented one by one
Continuous quantities: For example, dollars
Tips to teach children word problems from simple to complex
1. Give a join problem; any of the three quantities can be unknown (result, change, initial unknown)
2. Then part-part whole problems; either whole unknown or part unknown
3. Then compare problems; difference, larger, smaller unknown
Try to guess which category this word problem belongs to, 1, 2, or 3…
Jamie has 5 fewer marbles than Sarah. Jamie has 9 marbles. How many marbles does Sarah have?
“Children don’t learn well through repetition, they learn well when we provide them with variation of the same idea.”
- Zoltan Dienes
Next, paper folding time!!!
Try folding square and rectangle papers into equal parts…
Being EQUAL doesn’t mean IDENTICAL.
Let’s reflect…(This is interesting..)
Why didn’t we question our math teachers as to why the divisions are done this way??? Hhhhmmmmmmmmmm
Till then....
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